More Cheddar for the Masses
What to write about this grey, wet morning? Ahh, yes, yesterday's new ! that'll do nicely until I find something to be outraged about.

1. What good did you do in the world today?
Let's see, I showered, that's a decent start in this town. I rode my bike to work even though its threatening to rain again. I made breakfast at home (though I'm not sure of the connection the world good) and got to work almost on time but before my boss got here.

2. What fashion trend are you glad that's gone away? Or what trend are you waiting to go away?
I don't know if this has died off across the country yet but I'm really glad the whole stupid fascination with 70's disco wear is slowly going away. I lived in the 70's and was mortified that people wore the stuff back then and it hasn't aged gracefully at all. It is mildly funny to me that the polyester clothes making a comeback now could, conceivably, by unearthed by alien archeologists five thousand years from now. And who knows what they'd conclude about us from those hideous clothes.

3. What's your greatest sports moment, your own or one you've witnessed?
Let's see, I was at the ballpark when Barry Bonds hit his 600th home run, that was pretty cool. When I was a little kid I got hit in the head with a foul ball off Rod Carew's bat and pitched by Jim Palmer, that hurt but was also kind of cool. My personal greatest sports moment though would have to be when I was working at the gym in Lake Zurich, Illinois with some powerlifters who got me ridiculously strong. In one week I benched more than three hundred pounds (305 for 3 reps) and then squated more than four hundred pounds for reps as well. That was damned cool, especially because I was coming up on benching double my body weight at the time.

4. Who would you nominate for the most annoying person award?
Before last night it would have to a tie between Carrotop and Gilbert Gottfried but now that idiot prick on Survivor, John, has superceded them all. He should be strapped to the front of the shuttle the next time it goes into space. He's such a filthy scum bag lying jackass that I may have to swear off the show until he's gone. And maybe even after. He gives a true definition of the term, asshat. A truly ugly human being and if he happens to win the show then I'm done with it forever. (Are you listening Burnett?)

5. What do you do to get yourself ready to write? Either blogging or other writing? (I.e. I'm a whiskey drinker and like to have a tumbler to sip from when I write fiction). When I write fiction, I'll try to wait until the house is quiet, pour a tumbler of whiskey, put on some headphones and thrash the keys until my fingers bleed. Blogging? Nah, that's a hey-this-happened-to-me mentality and is less about creation than communication.

6. Mac or PC or Linux? Why? (I'm curious about this because it seems like the majority of bloggers I know are Mac folks but maybe I'm just wishfully thinking). Macs, hands down, no question. I use a PC at work and hate it. I've never used Linux though I like what it represents. I use Macs because they're nicer, they're more intuitive, they're not the Ford Taurus of the computer industry, they're more like higher end specialty machine that looks good, works well and avoids so many of the hassles that beset PC's (my wife's PC box has deeply embedded adware on it that I just cannot get rid of, even with those programs designed to hunt and destroy them, sucks.)

And there we go, another joyous week of the Cheddar X in the bag. Want to play? Then go and get some of your own!