Melanie from Just a Bump on the Beltway offered an interview to her readers. I bit.
1. Someone new is coming for dinner at your invitation. What will you cook and why?
I always grill out, vegetables mainly but sometimes a chicken with an awesome barbeque sauce. If it isn’t grilling out, it’s something simple like a homemade pizza with wine and salad. I prefer a comfortable, casual atmosphere above all else for both our sakes.
2. You are headed for the library looking for something new to read. What will you check out? Do you know?
Nope. When I go to the library, I hit up a call number that has something I’m generally interested in and comb the shelves for gems. Otherwise I’m in the new releases section judging books by their covers.
3. Your part of the world is about to be treated to a complete lunar eclipse at about 4 AM. What will you do. The range of options here is huge, by the way.
I’ll probably be the dork outside trying to get a premium picture for the blog.
4. You get a covetted invite to one of Bush’s Social Security roadshows. What do you do?
In a perfect world, I’d bring my dad along so I could mortify him by standing up and screaming something about Lyndon LaRouche, not that I care about LaRouche or anything. In reality, I’d sit there nicely and sip off my flask of ipecac.
5. When was the last time you wrote to one of your legislators, municipal or national? What did you write about?
I wrote about a month ago on the subject of the state bill outlawing gay marriage. I think we already have a law on the books defining marriage as between a man and woman, but they wanted a constitutional amendment for the state explicitly outlawing gay marriage. I wrote soon after that when state legislators threatened to have partnership laws banished, laws that would guarantee the right to gay partners’ insurance, etc., granted by private businesses.
I know that Indiana probably won’t see any sort of progressive light within the next few years, but I got so fed up with the homophobic tripe that I had to put an alternative voice out there. Also, whenever I write a letter to my legislators, I also follow up soon after with a letter to the local paper. The Opinions editor doesn’t like me too much — we once got in a two hour fight over the phone when I told him his newspaper was a piece of shit.
So, yes, local readers. Whenever you see me bitching about something or other in the paper, it has also been forwarded to a government official. Not that it does any good. All I get in return is a certified letter signed by a stamp, addressed to a Mr. Lauren B—-.
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