Five more questions!

[sigerson]

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This round is from naydhezdha. Damn. I think I misspelled that.

1)Cheese curds or butterburgers?

Butterburgers. You can pretend that there’s food there, instead of just fat. Meat, for instance. And they present themselves as a meal, not snack food. Cheese is not a snack food. No matter how tasty garlic-dill-white-cheddar curds are, you’re not supposed to be just popping them in your mouth while you watch TV. A Butterburger is an instance; an incident; a moment. Cheese curds are a chronic condition.

2) If you (heaven forbid) had to run Trivia again, what would be an ultrabonus category you'd consider?

Oh jeez…Ultrabonus? Um. I always hated the ultra…Catholic saints? Blacklisted Hollywood actors? Ingredients for a tasty snack?

3) What's in your favorite picnic basket? (spare no expense!)

Start with the hard materials: A big blanket, with a vinyl underside so it doesn’t soak through to any damp ground. In addition to cupsplatessilverware, two wine glasses, probably made of plastic.
A bottle of wine. Red, or a less dry white.
A baguette, brie, apples and grapes.
Perhaps salami or some spicy cold-cut meat.
Ice-cold water.
Cookies. Chocolate chip or Oatmeal Scotchies.
More apples.
More cookies.
More wine, thanks…

4) What's your favorite campaign that you've run? Why?

Orb. It’s the only one I’ve run with any real duration and dedication, and I love it. And the people have just brought it alive. It’s also a great ‘starter’ world for me. Next time, less standard-fantasy and more strangeness!

5) If you had to spend the rest of your life stuck in a computer/PlayStation2/etc. game, which one would it be?

Eternal Darkness!
No, I’m kidding. Besides, how would I know I was in an Eternal Darkness game until the zombie ate my brain?
Thief. Definitely thief. I’m not a good thief myself, but the Pagans or the Hammers could use a good devotee, and there’s so much weird stuff—but comparatively few Big Nasty Things Killing Everyone Right and Left, as opposed to Baldur’s Gate, for instance.

Comments

[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

Yep, misspelled, but no hard feelings! :)

Loved the answers, thanks for playing along...

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Cheese curds are a chronic condition.

One which, apparently, you feel compelled to pass on. So maybe cheese curds are also a contagious meme as well.

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

My turn again?

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Hum.

1. Give me a fire-and-brimstone speech about the advantages of Gurps. Feel free to condemn me to hell.

2. What exactly does this newspaper job of yours require? Do you like it?

3. Where do you want to live? I mean the physical location, not "somewhere with good people", or "somewhere close to home/my friends/strip joints". Assume that the amenities of a good life are provided; then tell me where this is all located.

4. What's the standard law student like? What kind of a lawyer will s/he become?

5. The malpractice issue. Greedy insurance companies, spiraling trial settlements, medical error. Who's the bad guy? Failing that, where's a solution. Like I told nadyhezhda, don't worry about the practicality of reaching this solution, just present a final outcome.

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

1. Give me a fire-and-brimstone speech about the advantages of Gurps. Feel free to condemn me to hell.
My friends, I come before you with a mighty message. A message from God himself. For I had a dream. I was asleep in my bed, and I felt the Lord come to me. The light from the Lord seared my eyes and I could not look at him. And He said to me, "Sinner!" And I said, "Lord, what have I done? I've lived a clean life, I go to church, I pray every day. What have I done?" And the Lord said to me, "You have made your hands unclean. You have fondled and played with...polyhedrals." And I was ashamed, because the Lord knew my sin. And I said, "Lord, what can I do? How can I repent?" And the Lord looked down on me, the heat of His presence burning my flesh, and he said, with a voice that turned my very bowels to Jello, "Thou shalt cast down thy polyhedrals, never to pick them up again. Thou shalt prepare a mighty bookshelf of ash, eight cubits tall, one cubit deep, and six cubits wide. Then thou shalt proceed to thy Friendly Local Game Store and purchase as many GURPS products as thou mayst carry, and thou shalt fill thy bookshelf with them and never look upon another system again."
And my friends, I stand here before you now a changed man. No more have I befouled myself with the devil's marbles. The Lord's own six-siders are enough for me. I have seen the light!

2. What exactly does this newspaper job of yours require? Do you like it?
I like it because I get to be silly and creative - something law school generally seems to frown upon. I also get to hang out with the silly, creative kids. As the Editor in Chief, I'm "in charge," which means asking nicely for people to do the things they've agreed to do. I also handle most of the administrative stuff, like answering inquiries, handling advertisers, getting broken hardware fixed, and so on, and fill in as editor and layout staff. Those things aren't as much fun.

3. Where do you want to live? I mean the physical location, not "somewhere with good people", or "somewhere close to home/my friends/strip joints". Assume that the amenities of a good life are provided; then tell me where this is all located.
If all the amenities are there, I don't particularly care, but I'm increasingly adverse to winter. There's nothing good about winter when you don't do winter sports and need tons of sunlight.

4. What's the standard law student like? What kind of a lawyer will s/he become?
Most are very driven and competitive, and very sure of themselves. They'll be the same as lawyers. Note that they aren't generally unpleasant, but a lifetime of stress leads to bitterness and being surrounded by bitter people compounds the problem.

5. The malpractice issue. Greedy insurance companies, spiraling trial settlements, medical error. Who's the bad guy? Failing that, where's a solution. Like I told nadyhezhda, don't worry about the practicality of reaching this solution, just present a final outcome.
I don't have many answers here, but I can point to one promising datum: states that enforce caps on pain and suffering damages (i.e., the stuff that isn't lost wages or lost opportunities) have much lower malpractice insurance rates and lower medical costs overall, without lower standards of care. That means that much of the medicine doctors practice is actually just covering their asses, and that you don't need to threaten them with heavy penalties to ensure that they do good work.
Much of the problem with the malpractice system is that juries simply aren't equipped to evaluate the corectness of medical procedures. When faced with conflicting evidence, they usually end up going with their guts, and that often means an award for a sympathetic plaintiff. When experts evaluate the evidence, they usually conclude that only one-eighth of truly wronged patients actually file suit, and that jury awards are esentially random. There are lots of ideas for how to get around this, but many of them run into the problem that the Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial.

ok I'm in

[anu3bis.livejournal.com]

For the next round?

Re: ok I'm in

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Hrmmmm. Hoom.

1. You have the power to be incredibly skilled at a form of art or craft. But only one thing. Other things, you have to learn from scratch. What do you choose?

2. What draws you to the more tongue-in-cheek games (paranoia, toon, latelatelate show, etc)?

3. Why anubis?

4. What's the most interesting place you've had dinner in Boston?

5. You are facing off against Iron Chef Sakai. Choose the theme ingredient, and describe your dishes. Also, describe how Kishi reacts.