Monday, April 11, 2005

Morning Muffin

from Friday's Feast

Appetizer - What is a symbol that inspires you?
The Celtic Cross. It represents two things I'm proud of: my faith and my Irish heritage.

Soup - Name something (either serious or funny) that has happened in your life that you would consider a miracle.
God's unending love. He has given me so many gifts and opportunities to learn from my mistakes and make things right.

Salad - How do you handle criticism?
It's a tough pill to swallow, but if it is going to make me better, then I'm all for it.

Main Course - Complete this sentence: I feel alone when...
I experience extreme emotion (moments of celebration, times of trial) all by myself.

Dessert - Name one TV show you wouldn't want to be caught dead watching.
Jerry Springer

2 comments:

Micah said...

You live in Cincy and won't watch Springer? For shame. The dude's only your former mayor. And idiot for paying a prostitute with a personal check.

Celtic crosses rule, for the reasons you stated (only for Scottish heritage, in my case). In fact, I decided about a year or so ago that my next tattoo will be a Celtic cross. I saw a cool one online that had a spider web inside it, to symbolize Robert the Bruce's persistance (of course, it has a dual meaning for me, given my alma mater's mascot).

If you don't know: According to legend, after his defeat at the hands of the Comyns and the subsequent incarceration of his family, Bruce hid himself in a cave on a deserted island, watching a spider trying to spin a web. Each time the spider failed, it simply started all over again. Inspired by this, Bruce returned to inflict a series of defeats on the English, thus winning him more supporters and eventual victory. The story serves to explain the maxim: "if at first you don't succeed, try and try again."

Kate The Great said...

Micah, the kicker is it was a bad check.

True story: I went to school with Springer's daughter. He came to talk to us on career day. Of course I went to go here his talk; he was talking about integrity in journalism.

I shit you not.

Well. I guess everybody has a price, right?