• What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn’t have breakfast, why not? – Two questions, okay. I had maple-flavored Malt-O-Meal for breakfast. And, I did have breakfast so the second question is irrelevant.
  
• What’s your favorite cereal? – Oddly enough, Smart Start. It’s reasonably tasty and it’s good for me.
  
• How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change? – And this makes a total of five questions. We don’t, as a couple or a family, eat out all that often. That’s a good thing given our finances, and it should only change if our finances improve drastically.
  
• What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that? – Six and Seven. Hmm. Dinner is rarely a planned event at our house. It’ll probably be ramen noodles or sandwiches. If you need a recipe for ramen noodles, you really do need professional help.
  
• What’s your favorite restaurant? Why? – Isn’t the “Why” sort of implicit? Morons. Nine questions, several of them redundant or irrelevant. Oh yeah: It’s a toss-up between Chang’s Mongolian, Tony Roma’s and The Original Hot Cake House. You know, the one right next to the Ross Island Bridge. And to answer the insipid question of “why,” it’s because I like the food. Duh.

On a semi-related note, I’ve received quite a bit of encouragement for starting my own weekly “question” meme. I’m not sure if I should premiere it today or wait until next week. What do you think, sirs and madames?

UPDATED 5pm: The overwhelming encouragement says, “Yes, I’m going to do it.” The bloody damned gods-awful afternoon at work says, “But not today.” Sorry. Thank you, all of you. I hope not to disappoint. Watch for a preliminary posting shortly.

Oh, and it’s a sign of how frazzled I’ve been this week that I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity presented by the presumably-third question. And if you don’t know what I mean by that, you’re probably a better person than I am…
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