Oil & Survey

Sunday, Jul. 27, 2008 - 12:15 a.m.

So.

California has now outlawed trans-fats in restaurants. This goes into effect in 2010.

Okay, boys and girls! It's time to play "Let's Follow The Money"!

Since leftover transfat cooking oil is exactly what you can filter for crumbs and glug into a diesel engine tank as-is, and make that engine run more than adequately without spending any money at the filling station, I'll bet you a plug nickel that at least one of the real reasons the transfatted oils are being removed from restaurant kitchens up and down the state is because the lobbyists for the diesel companies are tired of having free leftover transfatted cooking oil available to potential diesel fuel customers.

I'd sure like to see a list of lobbyists associated with this legisiation.

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This is one of those extremely long silly and fun surveys. I filched it from Dana Elayne.

Name:
Brin

Sisters:
zero, unless you count Jamie Lord. :)

Brothers:
one

Eye Color:
Brown

Height:
five foot squatty.

Where do you live?
SF CA USA Earth

Favorite Number?
42

Favorite Drink?
Diet Coke

Favorite Month?
April

Favorite Breakfast?
Waffles

HAVE YOU EVER

Loved someone so much it made you cry?
Yes

Broken a bone?
Yes

Been in a police car?
Nope

Been on a plane?
Yes, dozens of times now

Felt like you wanna cry and have no freakin idea why?
No, I always know why. Might take awhile to admit it to myself, though.

Been in a hot tub?
Yes but not anymore.

Do you know how bacteria filled those are??
See above

Swam in the ocean?
No, but waded.

Fallen asleep in school?
Not in a class.

Broken someone's heart?
Badly. Gods help us all, I was forgiven.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call?
One to a customer but yes.

Saved e-mails?
Oh yes.

What's your room like?
I'm a slob with depression. It looks like the set of Sanford and Son.

What is the last thing you ate?
a five-minute coffee cup cake

Ever had a sore throat?
Yes.

How about a broken nose?
No thank you.

DO YOU

Believe in love at first sight?
Yes, but then the construction of a friendship behind that first impression is mandatory.

Like picnics?
I used to when I could still get my ass back up off of the blanket.

Like school?
When I went, sometimes.

MISC QUERIES

Who was the last person you texted?
Dave Marron

Who makes you smile?
John, Dave Marron, Scott, and most people I've met online.

Who did you last yell at?
I scolded Omaha Dave for teasing me about my hearing loss, but didn't raise my voice OR or push him off that cliff, both of which I was doubtless entitled to do.

Do you like filling these out?
Almost always.

Do you like yourself?
Almost always.

What are you listening to right now?
the air filter.

What did you do today?
Today? Nothing yet, it's less than an hour old.

What car do you wish to have?
We be doing fine.

Good singer?
Sensational. Beautiful and undiscovered.

Are you the oldest?
The oldest what? Teenager?

Indoors or outdoors?
Indoors. As for outdoors, it's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't.. etc

YESTERDAY, DID YOU

Talk to someone you like?
Of course.

Get sick?
I threw up a little a few days ago and ran to the bathroom with a mouthful, but no, not today.

Sing?
Yes.

Talked to an ex?
Yes.

Miss someone?
Yes.

LAST PERSON WHO

Was in your bed(besides you)?
John plus critters. (Stuffed animals)

You talked to on the phone?
Dave Marron

Made you cry?
Beatrix Kiddo

Went to the movies with?
John

You went to the mall with?
John

TRAVEL

Been to Canada?
Yes, several times

Been to Africa?
Nopety

RANDOM

What books are you reading right now?
Nothing at the moment.

Best feeling in the world?
Making people's pain go away.

Future kids names?
We've opted out, but they would have been Laura Dale for a girl and Sean Joseph for a boy.

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Only a dozen.

What's under your bed?
All sorts of evil dusty wonderfulness.

Favorite sport to watch?
Angels baseball, and toss up elsewhere between golf and figure skating.

Favorite location other than home?
Anaheim.

Ever liked someone you didn't have a chance with?
Like, back in eighth grade when I was a bigger goob than I am now!

Are you lonely right now?
Not in the least.

There ya go.

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That's it. Have a good Sunday.

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