This, That, and the Other

Rory, the king of questions, also known as the Autistic Composter, has come up with a new series of questions that he calls “The Garden Dawdler.” Rory is posing “nine questions once a week for your leisure or pleasure.”

You have awoken to a new day after a restless night filled with strange dreams and have discovered a dead person sitting on your toilet. They are a stranger to you. What do you do?

First of all, having awoken to a new day after a restless night filled with strange dreams happens almost every morning. As to finding a dead stranger sitting on my toilet, that is a much more rare occurrence. I’d push the body off my toilet so that I could pee and then I’d call Ray Donovan, my “fixer,” to clean up the scene.

Are you a hat-wearing person, and if you are, which style do you favor?

Yes, I’m a hat-wearing person and I wear a baseball cap.

How many posts do you create and publish each week to your blog?

So far this year I’ve published 540 posts, or about 30 a week. This is down from last year, when I averaged 35 per week. But my fractured hip and busted arm have contributed to that reduced output.

How often do you talk to strangers?

As little as possible.

How many tee shirts do you own?

I wear a clean t-shirt every day (as an undershirt) and I have a few dozen of those white t-shirts. I also have about a dozen colored t-shirts that I wear during the hot summer months as “outershirts.”

Do you or have you ever ironed socks? If so, why?

What? No! Who irons socks?

Do you spend too much time online, and would you know if you were spending too much time online?

I spend a significant amount of time online, as I have my iPhone with me at all times and it is pretty much always connected to the internet via WiFi or a cellular connection. Is it too much time? Not for me.

Does your family or do any of your real-life friends read your blog, and perhaps more importantly, do you let them, or do you want them to?

My family members do know about my blog, as do a few close friends. Do they regularly read it? Probably not. Do I want them to read it? Sure, I want the whole world to read my blog. Do I care if they don’t? Nope. Whatever floats their boats.

What do you think the secret is to living a happier life?

Stay off of ladders and hire someone else to clean your gutters.