Category: Friday Five

Sadly, there will be no more Friday Fives. The maintaner is calling it quits. I suppose when something stops being fun for you, you might as well stop doing it. I hadn’t been doing them for very long, but enjoyed the ones that I did do. Thanks for the fun, FF.

From the Friday Five maintainer

May 06, 2004
This is the end of the Friday Five. I know most of you have seen this coming and I appreciate you humoring me. I haven’t enjoyed it for some time now and because of that I can no longer justify the bandwidth. I’m not going to give it away or sell it or bring anyone on to help; Two-and-a-half years is a good run. Let’s let it go.
Thank you to everyone who has participated over the past 2+ years, for taking this silly little idea and running with it. Thanks again to the donators for their generosity and thoughtfulness, and those of you who have emailed me notes of support and encouragement over the last few months.
The notify list will remain as-is, just in case. The archives will remain down since that’s where most of the bandwidth suck has been. Globe of Blogs is not going anywhere, so get your blog listed if you haven’t already.

1. What do you do for a living?
I’m a medical physicist.

2. What do you like most about your job?
Lots of toys and expensive medical imaging equipment to play with.

3. What do you like least about your job?
Gets a little routine every now and then.

4. When you have a bad day at work it’s usually because _____…
Everybody seems to need me to do stuff at the same time I’ve already got a hundred other things to get done.

5. What other career(s) are you interested in?
Beach chair tester.

If you…

1. …owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?
Real authentic chinese food, with dim sum service on weekends.

2. …owned a small store, what kind of merchandise would you sell?
The kinds of things you might stop to buy on the way home, or in the middle of the night. Snacks, TP, diapers, drinks, batteries, that kind of thing.

3. …wrote a book, what genre would it be?
Hmm, sci-fi or fantasy I think.

4. …ran a school, what would you teach?
Physics, of course.

5. …recorded an album, what kind of music would be on it?
Probably instrumental stuff.

1. What was the last song you heard?
One by Shania Twain…can’t think of what the title of the song was.

2. What were the last two movies you saw?
In the theater? Cold Mountain and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
On video, Spirited Away and … oh rats, can’t remember the name of it now…

3. What were the last three things you purchased?
Umm, bought groceries the other day, dinner at Sonic last night (wife’s choice, not mine…she gets cravings for these kinds of things) and gas for my car.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
Pick up a cake and fruit plate from the grocery store, get organized for a party, clean the apartment and call my folks.

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
Wife, 3 people from work, and a lady walking her dog last night.

What was…

1. …your first grade teacher’s name?
Mrs. Shamchuck. I even went to her retirement 12 or so years later.

2. …your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
Superfriends

3. …the name of your very first best friend?
Derek

4. …your favorite breakfast cereal?
Honeycomb

5. …your favorite thing to do after school?
Go out and play.