Ratz. I got tagged...

...by ALa at Blonde Sagacity. It took a while for my brain to reboot...

Was it milspeak-y, allowing me to show off my extensive knowledge of aerodynamics, aerial gunnery, etcetera?
[Q. Why is the maximum effective range of the practice TOW missile only 3,000 meters, rather than the 3,750 meters for the live missile? A. TOWs are wire-guided. The wire's expensive, so Hughes only put 3,000 meters of it on the practice round.]

Nope.

Was it an in-your-face effort at delving the innermost depths of my psyche (granted, you'd only need a shortish stick to plumb my innermost depths...)?
[Q. How would you like your eggs in the morning? A. Scrambled. Hold the ketchup.]

Nope.

*sigh* It's a ding-blasted chick-quiz. And, to my eternal shame, I actually answered some of the questions. Click on Flash Traffic (extended entry) for the results.

Side effects may include blurred vision, headache, nausea and the inability to read demotic Egyptian. You have been warned...

1. First name: William. Anybody shocked at that revelation?

2. Were you named after anyone? Yes.

3. Do you wish on stars? What’s with the chick question?

4. When did you last cry? When I wrote this...

5. Do you like your handwriting? Only so-so. It’s not a very good cook and it’s awful in bed, but I’m stuck with it, right?

6. What is your favorite lunch meat? What’s lunch? Oh--you must mean the time period between the last cup of coffee in the morning and the first cup in the afternoon…

7. What is your birth date? August 25. Sorry I can’t be more specific, but we hadn’t invented years yet.

8. What is your most embarrassing moment? Can I count getting tagged for a quiz full of chick questions?

9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with yourself? If I were another person, there wouldn’t BE a “me” to be friends with.

10. This question intentionally left blank (readers of military Operator's Manuals will get it).

11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? “Privileged communication” applies.

12. Do looks matter? Only to people working in the entertainment biz.

13. How do you release anger? Why release it? It’s finally gotten used to the KennelKrate…

14. Where is your second home? Lately, the doghouse.

15. Do you trust others too easily? Yeah. That’s how I got tagged with this quiz full of chick questions.

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Dirt. Versatile stuff. Mom wasn’t overly happy with that choice, by the way.

17. What class in high school do you think was totally useless? The freshmen. The rest of us were pretty cool.

18. Do you have a journal? No.

19. Do you use sarcasm a lot? *dryly* Heaven forefend…

20. What is your favorite movie? A tossup between “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and the original “Night of the Living Dead.” Both should be required pre-marital viewing.

21. What are your nicknames? Bill the Rotorhead, the Pencil-Necked Geek, the Aged Aviator (John’s just got a way with words) or my wife’s favorite, “Get Off That %$#@! Computer!”

22. Would you bungee jump? Nope. Acrophobia. If I’m not strapped into something, you won’t get me higher off the ground than I’d care to fall…

23. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Ever try to remove a pair of combat boots without untying them?

24. Do you think that you are strong? My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. *adroitly dodges rapid series of lighting bolts, slips on errant pile of lime slices from recent comment party*

25. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint Chocolate Chip.

26. Shoe size? Twelve-and-a-half to thirteen, depending on how much walking I’ve gotta do.

27. What are your favorite colors? I’ll answer that if you’ll tell me the velocity of a fully-laden sparrow. An English sparrow.

28. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? Being a chick-quiz magnet.

29. What do you miss most? About what?

30. Do you want everyone you sent this to, to send it back? Heh. Send this out? I’d like to keep the friends I have, thanks.

31. What color pants are you wearing? Blue jeans with assorted colors of dog hair. From assorted colors of dogs.

32. What are you listening to right now? My hard drive screaming its cylinders off. Or maybe it’s the power pack again…

33. Last thing you ate? Coffee grounds that snuck through the filter.

34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I’d say “off-,” but I’m trying to keep this PG-17, at least.

35. What is the weather like right now? Hot. If the temp goes up another twenty degrees, small reptiles will undergo spontaneous ignition.

36. Last person you talked to on the phone? My dad.

37. This question intentionally left blank. BTW, ALa, where *did* 10 and 37 disappear to?

38. Do you like the person who sent this to you? If I say anything other than “Of course!” I’m dead in the water, right?

39. How are you today? Compared with what?

40. Favorite Drink? Non-alcoholic: Root beer. Alcoholic: JD, neat.

41. Favorite Sport: Plinking rats.

42. Hair Color? Grey…as if nobody knew that.

43. Eye Color? Blue.

44. Do you wear contacts? No. Got 20/23 in the left, 20/25 in the right.

45. Favorite Food? Anything handy.

46. Last Movie You Watched? By choice or because I was sucking up to the wife?

47. Favorite Day of the Year? Tomorrow. Especially if I wake up to see it.

48. Scary Movies or Happy Endings? Scary movies. Save the happy endings for real life--cuz there aren’t enough of them to go around…

49. Summer or winter? Summer. You don’t have to shovel rain.

50. Hugs or kisses? Sister or girlfriend?

51. What is Your Favorite Dessert? See #25.

52. Who is Most Likely to Respond? To what? The quiz I’m not going to tag anybody with??

53. Who is Least Likely to Respond? See #52.

54. Where Would You Want to Go on your Next Vacation? Someplace with either wireless or DSL...