NoMyths FTB Questions Thread
 

What if I was Heathcliff?

What if I were Romeo in black jeans?

Obscure, but funny.

What was the 1 cartoon you used to wake up early on a Saturday morning to watch (like when you were a kid)?

What does your name mean?

Console or PC?

If only one team you supported could win a world (or national) championship title in your lifetime, what team would you want to see win most?

What team do you never want to see win a world (or national) championship title? Why?

/tk

Describe your political philosophy and how it has developed over the years to end up where it is now.

Coffee or Tea?

FMK: Madonna, Tori Amos, Bjork.

Defend your choice.

Why poetry?

What do you have against myths?

If you could live the life of any poet from any era who would you choose?

Can you post one of your poems?

Admit it, you're ashamed that you went to Purdue.

Why won't the Bears give Kyle Orton a chance?

What were the biggest influences in your life regarding your choice of career path?

Where did you stash the hookers and blow when you left the FOBL?

Were you a poet and didn't know it or did you always have an interest in poetry?

Getting muggy in South Carolina?

Favorite food, beverage, desert?

If you could have dinner or a drink with 3 people (live, dead, or fictional) who would they be?

Favorite movie and TV show as a kid and favorite movie and TV show now?

Strangest thing you've ever seen?

I'm glad to see you got FTB finally, NM. :)

Let's have your mount rushmore of poets.

I intend on asking each participant from here on out because I think it brings up good memories:

What is your favorite thread on FOFC?

What is your favorite thread of all the ones you started?

Are you strictly a poet or do you write other forms of literature?

What is your occupation?

Who/What is your biggest literary influence?

What poem are you most proud of?

How many ego points do you get for posting all of those pseudo-intellectual political threads?

Are you embarrassed by what you have become?

What is your best absynthe story?

Awesome. I had tried to work NoMyths into FTB, I'm glad to see he's here now. Questions later.

Many would say that poetry, at least in its historic role, has been supplanted by things like popular music, movies, television, other print/prose and more widely-availed media. What are your thoughts on the current and future of artistic media, like poetry, that are apparently no longer a central part of most people's culture?

I've seen some contend that there are no lyrics in popular music that can be considered "poetry". What are your thoughts?

What's your background, i.e. where did you grow up, give us a basic sketch of your family, what's your schooling background, what's your career path been?

What's your favorite story from your college years/early adulthood?

What's your sports gaming background that led you to FOFC?

Thanks for the kind words and great questions so far...I'm looking forward to thinking about them.

*cough* ditto

Screen name explanation?

Can you describe the process of writing a poem? If you get inspired, do you drop what you are doing and jot things down and then refine later? Do you set aside specific writing time and attempt to write about a specific theme or idea?

Will you do us the honor of writing an FOFC poem?

Describe the happiest moment of your life.

Favorite alcoholic beverage? Favorite non-alcoholic beverage?

What kind of music do you like? Who are your favorite bands?

If you could live anywhere in the world without worrying about money, where would it be?

How did it feel when you turned 30?

What was your reaction when you found out you were chosen for FTB?

So is Quizno's still your favorite sandwich place?

K, that's it for now Ant wants his computer back.

Excuse the caps, I was at work:

WHAT BETTER: BEACH OR MOUNTAINS?

WHEN A WOMAN WEARS A WHITE TSHIRT BUT A BLACK BRA, IS IT TACKY OR INCREDIBLY SEXY?

DO YOU LAUGH WHEN SOMEONE FALLS OR ASK IF THEY'RE OKAY?

what better: CRUNCHY OR CARAMEL chocolate?

WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP, HOW MUCH IS A STAMP?

Oh yeah have you met anyone from FOFC and how did it go?

What's the URL for your website? I lost my bookmarks.

How long have you lived in South Carolina?

Favorite memories of your childhood?

When did you discover that you wanted to be a poet?

What is your writing ritual?

How long has it taken you to develop your own "voice"?

What sports did you participate in your lifetime?

Is there one moment in your life that drastically formed your core beliefs?

What is your favorite lineup of TV shows at the moment?

Do you carry a journal or notepad around?

Who are the people that have molded your personality?

Did you or any or your family serve in the Armed Forces?

What are you favorite genres to read outside of poetry?

Most proudest moment of your life thus far?

Finicky eater or willing to try any type of food at least once?

What is something you fear the most?

Married, single, live-in or other?

Where and what do you currenly live?

When you think about home, where and what does that mean to you?

Have you actually had any of your poems performed as songs?

Had you parents ever thought that you would end up where you are today?

What are you hoping to accomplish in the future?

Do you have any odd or disgusting quirks?

Any bad encounters with bugs or animals?

Funniest moment of your life?

Do you have a political affiliation?

What was your first version of Front Office Football?

You mentioned that you had almost spent a decade on this fan site (going back to the Sideline days). How much have you changed personally since you first joined the board?

Do you have any spiritual or religious beliefs?

Late, but I'm tossing mine in. I thought I had until Sunday.

Memento is probably my favorite movie of all time. I was more than ticked off when my DVD was stolen on its way to Africa last year.

Sammy Jankis. Really or made up?

Same notion, is Leonard's wife dead or alive?

I think the two questions are tied together because Teddy claimed that Sammy was made up. Personally, I believe Teddy to be lieing to try and save his life. He knows Leonard won't remember what he's telling him. Because he is in a panic, Teddy doesn't remember that Leonard could leave himself a note.

Why would Leonard put on the dead man's clothes?

Teddy. Cop or a fake taking advantage of Leonard?

If Leonard's memories are of what happened before the assault, why does he firmly believe the police made mistakes in the investigation? If Teddy is a fake, how did Leonard receive the police reports that he has?

If I recall correctly, Leonard comes to the realization that he may never know if he kills the right man. If he does realize this, do you believe Leonard would consider turning himself in to the police or psychiatric facility?

Arlington Road. Great movie or what?

Would you help me move on Friday?

I've got to paint two rooms this morning. If I finished early enough, I could potentially play some softball this afternoon. Should I aim for quality painting and missing the games or quick paint the rooms and head out for softball?

Do you play any softball?

Does it suck having a birthday so close to Christmas?

Are pugs the ugliest dogs known to man?

When is the last time you had a Big Mac?

I've been to South Carolina. Have you ever been to Missouri?

That's it. I'm out.

As a professional writer, what is your biggest grammar pet peeve?

Thanks for the great questions. I'm working my way through them (on page...uh, nine now, and most of that is just the questions o.O ) and will try to send it along to Ant tomorrow night for posting.

In the meantime, you might check this thread for a sneak preview.

Our current Poet Laureate has written extensively on baseball, including a biography of Dock Ellis, the only player we know of to throw a no-hitter under the influence of something a little less banal than steroids. Do you plan to cover the world of sports with your work in the future?

Do you think (as Hall does) only another poet can truly understand a poet?

Can you work in a busy atmosphere? Do you set aside regular times during the day to write, or can you only write when the mood hits you?