June 20 Friday's Feast

Appetizer
If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose? I would love to live in Europe.

Soup
Which browser do you use to surf the Internet? Internet Explorer, although I have heard good things about the new Firefox

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country? I would say a 7, just because some of the things I think I know, are probably wrong.

Main Course
Finish this sentence: Love is…One of the most complicated emotions that there is. I actually had kind of a minor argument with my family over this last weekend, you can't tell your heart who to love.

Dessert
Have you ever been in or near a tornado? No, and I don't want to be. Scary stuff.

May 16, 2008 Fridays Feast

Appetizer

What is the nearest big city to your home? I live in a big city, Fayetteville, NC.

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how well do you keep secrets? An 8, it is that low because I am required by law to tell if someone is thinking of hurting themselves or others.

Salad
Describe your hair (color, texture, length). Black hair that lightens up to brown but now mostly gray at age 30. Short now but grows extremely quickly, and when it is long it is thick and curly.

Main Course
What kind of driver are you? Courteous? Aggressive? Slow? Slow and courteous, and may I add that I get a lot of crap for this from people. None of whom pay my insurance bill, so I really don't care what they think or say.

Dessert
When was the last time you had a really bad week? It has been a while, and I am sure I have had other's since then, but in October of 2004, I lost three people very close to me in the span of 11 days.

May 9 Fridays Feast

Let's do this:


Appetizer
When someone smiles at you, do you smile back? I usually do, although it is getting harder and harder to get people to smile at anything.

Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix? Linoleum in our kitchen and backroom, carpet everywhere else.

Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name. Just Joey Jammin' Jazzy Jammies!

Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption? Yes, I know a couple of people who are adopted, and in both cases, their lives have been changed for the better.

Dessert
Name 2 blue things. My wife's car, and Cookie Monster.

May 2 Fridays Feast

Appetizer
What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child? Oh, so many to name. Voltron, G.I. Joe, The Jetsons, Smurfs, Monchichi's, The Get Along Gang. Saturday mornings were the best.

Soup
Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it? I have thought about this lately....I would get a tortoise, and name him Slow&Steady.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion? An 8, and it depends on the special occasion. My sister gets married in June and I am looking forward to wearing a Tux.

Main Course
What kind of music do you listen to while you drive? Everything. I got XM radio back in February for Valentines day, and I am a notorious flipper anyway....I do everything from 50's music on down to talk radio and back again.

Dessert
When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it? Alarm clock a long time ago and it is in the bedroom.

April 18 Fridays Feast

Been a while since I have done a feast, so here goes. Let's jump right in.


Appetizer
Name a color you find soothing. Any light color I find soothing. Like a nice light green or blue. To me that just says soothing. Relax, everything is going to be okay.

Soup
Using 20 or less words, describe your first driving experience. Getting my license. Waiting in car for the instructor. Man in next car has a switchblade. He stole the car.

Salad
What material is your favorite item of clothing made out of? 100% cotton t shirt.

Main Course
Who is a great singer or musician who, if they were to come to your town for a concert, you would spend the night outside waiting for tickets to see? Don't know of anyone current. Maybe the Beatles or Elvis back in the day. Just to say I had the experience.

Dessert
What is the most frequent letter of the alphabet in your whole name (first, middle, maiden, last, etc.)? If I understand the question correctly, R is used four times in my entire name, both times a double R.

Fridays feast March 21

Appetizer
Given the choice, would you prefer to live in the country or in the city? I have lived in both and honestly, I prefer the country.

Soup
Who is the cutest kid you know? Don't know, I know a lot of cute kids.

Salad
Fill in the blank: I couldn't believe it when I heard Brittany Spears has a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother
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Main Course
If you could star in a commercial for one of your favorite products, which one would you want to advertise? XM Radio

Dessert
What type(s) of vitamins and/or supplements do you take on a regular basis? Used to take vitamin C, Now just blood pressure medication.

Fridays Feast March 14

I am back with a new Friday's Feast after taking the last few weeks off.

Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting? A 2, I don't like my handwriting much at all.

Soup
Do you prefer baths or showers? Definitely showers, I didn't have a shower growing up and you tire quickly of baths.

Salad
What was the last bad movie you watched? Epic Movie, there is two hours of my life that I am never going to get back.

Main Course
Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life. I would say soft drinks. Definitely too much caffeine in them and it affects my mood.

Dessert
Which instrument is your favorite to listen to? I have two of them, the guitar and the piano.

February 15 Fridays Feast

Appetizer
Name one thing that is unique about you. I know way too much useless knowledge.
Soup
Fill in the blank: My favorite holiday is Christmas but I like Thanksgiving too.
Salad
What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings? No clue, we really don't have many wood furnishings, but it is oak I think.
Main Course
Who do you talk to most often on the phone? My parent's and my wife.
Dessert
What level of responsibility do you have in your job? I am responsible for 6 employees and in charge of a building that houses 120 young men.

Fridays Feast for January 25

Appetizer How many times per day do you usually laugh? Twice a day on average, although there have been a few with no laughs at all.

Soup What do your sunglasses look like? Don't wear them, but went through a phase in my younger days when I rocked the mirrored aviator Top Gun Sunglasses. It was the 80's and they were popular at the time, so what can I say?

Salad You win a free trip to anywhere on your continent, but you have to travel by train. Where do you go? New York City. I always wanted to arrive there by train.

Main Course Name one thing you consider a great quality about living in your town/city. There is a large selection of entertainment options very close to my home, as well as what I consider the greatest military base of all, Ft. Bragg.

Dessert If the sky could be another color, what color do you think would look best? a purplish color.

January 18 Fridays Feast

It is birthday week here at the blog, with me and both of my sisters enjoying birthdays. My youngest sister turns 21 today! Where does the time go? On with the feast.

Appetizer What is your favorite beverage? Coke Zero and Coffee.

Soup Name 3 things that are on your computer desk at home or work. Fan, printer, and sunflower seeds.

Salad On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how honest do you think you are? An 8, sometimes you may have to lie to spare someones feelings.

Main Course If you could change the name of one city in the world, what would you rename it and why? Don't know if there is any name I would change, but if there was a Joey city, I might move there.
Dessert What stresses you out? Bills and money problems in general. Also, my job at this time of year. What calms you down? Music, books, and watching television.

January 11 Fridays Feast

Appetizer What is your middle name? Carroll, it is my father's first name and his grandmother's last name. Would you change any of your names if you could? No, I like my names.

Soup If you were a fashion designer, which fabrics, colors, and styles would you probably use the most? Don't have a clue. Probably blue and red for the colors. I also like black.

Salad What is your least favorite chore, and why? Taking out the trash and washing dishes. I don't know why but I absolutely dread doing both.

Main Course What is something that really frightens you, and can you trace it back to an event in your life? I am terrified about death, not about an afterlife or anything like that. I am all set there, but the actual act of dying itself. When I was younger, I had this recurring dream about the figure of Death. It was Death as you see in television or literature, only he didn't have a scythe, just his left arm stretched out in front of him palm down. He would float down the railroad tracks that were in front of my childhood home. Just writing about it gives me the creeps.

Dessert Where are you sitting right now? At my computer desk. Name 3 things you can see at this moment. The blue plastic fan, the large remote control that my aunt and uncle gave me from The Sharper Image, and two printers.

Great Questions this week.

December 28 Fridays Feast

Appetizer Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008. I would like to finish writing my book and to lose about 30 pounds

Soup With which cartoon character do you share personality traits? Not really now but when I was growing up, I was like Bobby Hill on King of the Hill.

Salad What time of day (or night) were you born? 4:00 in the afternoon.

Main Course Tell us something special about your hometown. It's where Nathaniel Macon, the man for whom all those places that are named Macon, came from.

Dessert If you could receive a letter from anyone in the world, who would you want to get one from? A book publisher offering me a big contract. LOL

December 14 Fridays Feast

Appetizer Make up a word and give us its definition. Bogamer- The rule that allows you to make exceptions to other rules as the need arises.

Soup What is currently your favorite song? Celebrate me home by Kenny Loggins

Salad What’s at the top of your Christmas wish list this year? I would really like a Nintendo Wii and good health for my family.

Main Course Name a scent that reminds you of someone special in your life. The scent of pipe tobacco reminds me of my next door neighbor who was a surrogate grandfather to me and my sisters and my wife.

Dessert Who is someone on television that you feel probably shouldn't be, and why? Brittany Spears, because it has gotten to the point where it is just sad and I don't know of anyone who really cares anymore other than the media.

December 7 Fridays Feast

Appetizer What was the last game you purchased? I purchased a bunch of card games for the guys in my building. They want that new debit card Monopoly now.

Soup Name something in which you don’t believe. The gas prices at the fuel pumps.

Salad If you could choose a celebrity to be your boss, who would you pick? Jerry Seinfeld, I would want him to teach me better comedy timing if he could.

Main Course What was a lesson you had to learn the hard way? Follow my instincts and my gut feeling the first time.

Dessert Describe your idea of the perfect relaxation room. A comfortable chair, 72 degree's, a well stocked book shelf, big screen TV with surround sound for when I want to do something different.

Please check out my feast from last week which I got up extremely late. I would also like to with a Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate.

December 1 Fridays Feast

I am back after taking a few weeks off.

Appetizer What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride? I love the roller coasters, especially the Volcano at Kings Dominion.

Soup How do you react in uncomfortable social situations? Social situations in general make me uncomfortable. I squirm around. What comes to mind is a funeral I attended two years ago almost to the day. A dear friend of the family passed away and in the middle of the funeral, one of her sons got up and gave a eulogy that said basically, "My mom died to leave us money." He said variations of the same for 35 minutes.

Salad On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy discussing deep, philosophical topics? An 8. It depends on the topic and the people I am discussing it with. I don't mind disagreements, but I hate having my beliefs ridiculed. Besides, I believe there are some things you don't talk about in public.

Main Course Did you get a flu shot this year? If not, do you plan to? I have already gotten it. I had the flu twice last year, or at least had a recurrence of the flu after I thought I had gotten rid of it. I was the second person to go get the shot this year.

Dessert Approximately how many hours per week do you spend watching television? Too many. I am behind on some of the shows I watch, then my wife and I watch a lot of shows on DVD.

Fridays Feast/November 9

Appetizer Which snack do you like to get when you go to the movies? I like to get popcorn and Junior Mints.

Soup What year did you start using the Internet? 1996. We used AOL out of the local city but realized that the phone bill was going to be too high. Used local BBS systems after that until the college I went to went Internet in 1997. We were seriously behind the times.

Salad What is your first name in Pig Latin? Oseph Jay or Oey Jay. Take your pick.

Main Course Name something you are picky about. I only like to wear Nike Sneakers. If the switch on the car that adjusts the brightness of the dashboard controls is not all the way up, I will not move that car and if someone else is driving I almost completely collapse and refuse to think about anything else until it is done.

Dessert Fill in the blanks: I _wrote some of my book_ yesterday and I _will write some more __ today.

Fridays Feast/November 2

Appetizer How much money do you plan to spend this upcoming holiday season? I think we average about $20-30 a person, I don't know how much exactly because we buy one or two presents a week. We started two weeks ago so we wouldn't be rushed as it got closer to the holiday season.

Soup What was the last television show you watched, and was it good? I watched the NBC comedy night done right last night and they were pretty good.

Salad If you had to paint the walls of your living room tomorrow, what color would you choose? I like blue but I know my wife would never go for it.

Main Course Name something clever or practical you have thought of that should be invented, but hasn't yet. I can't really think of anything. My one shot at something was about 20 years ago. I thought of those pill holders for every day of the week so that people needing medication wouldn't accidentally overdose. I was only a kid at the time and thought that everyone would think that I was stupid. They came out about a year later. The only difference is mine had a button that you pushed for your pills.

Dessert List 3 things you would like to receive as gifts this upcoming holiday season. The Lost Season Three DVD Set, a Red Sox championship Jersey, and Barnes & Noble gift cards.

October 26 Fridays Feast

Appetizer: Name a great website you would recommend to others. I really like this one.

Soup:On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how often do you dream at night? About an 8. I dream most every night. I can't always remember specifics, but I remember dreaming. I dreamed last night that I was telling a joke but couldn't remember a part of it. Even after I woke up and was drifting in and out of sleep I couldn't remember how that joke went. Within three minutes of getting up it came to me.

Salad: Did you have a pet as a child? Yes, I did. If so, what kind and what was its name? Although we had dogs before her, my first pet that I remember clearly was a pure bred collie that we of course named Lassie. And that dog was just like the Lassie from TV only I never got stuck in a well.

Main Course: If you had the chance to star in a commercial, what would you choose to advertise? Chevy Trucks, mainly because that is what my dad has always drove and watching baseball this fall that John Mellancamp song is stuck in my head. This is our country.

Dessert: What is your favorite kind of hard candy? Werthers candies.

October 19th Fridays Feast

Appetizer If you were a dog, what breed would you be, and why? A pug. I have always liked those little wrinkly dogs.

Soup What does the color purple make you think of? I don't really know. My school colors in junior high were purple and gold. I was in chorus in 8th grade and they had these purple shirts made up. Unfortunately I was sick the week they had the shirts ordered and didn't get one. I had to wear a purple shirt from home without the nice school logo on it. I always felt like I was standing out in a bad way when we went on performances.

Salad Approximately how long does it take you to get ready each morning? from shower to street, 30 minutes.

Main Course How many cousins do you have, and are you close to them? I will limit this to first cousins only. I have 14. I would say that I am close to half of them. It's mainly an age thing.

Dessert Take your initials (first, middle, last) and come up with something else those letters could stand for. (Example: SFO = Sweet Funny Otter) Just Causes Halitosis.

Fridays Feast for October 12

Appetizer When was the last time you were surprised? I can't remember the last time I was surprised. Probably Easter weekend. It has been a long time since I woke up to snow in April.

Soup Fill in the blanks: My eyes are __brown______, but I wish they were __green_.

Salad If you were a Beanie Baby, what would you look like and what would your name be? The fist thing that popped into my head is a penguin, so I guess my name would be Blocky.

Main Course Name two things you consistently do that you consider to be healthy habits. I have been drinking more water and I walk everywhere on the college campus where I work. Everyone else I work with drives.

Dessert What brand of toothpaste are you using these days? Do you like it? Why or why not? Crest Natural Mint toothpaste. My wife bought it for me two weeks ago. It is a pretty good toothpaste. Better than some that I have tried lately.