Apparently I’ve won an award of some sort.

Usually, I don’t really pay any attention to these. I’ve received three or four of them since I started doing the daily sketches, and generally just ignore them. But I decided with this one to go ahead and post it. Why? Dunno. Whimsy, I guess.

Anyway, reader starscrapper99 nominated me for this one. I’m apparently supposed to nominate other blogs for this thing, so I guess I’d go with:

1. http://culturaltrash.wordpress.com
2. http://everyrecordtellsastory.com
3. http://normsonline.com
4. http://karenbjones.com
5. http://scottspinks.wordpress.com

I’m apparently supposed to notify these folks, but eh, they can figure this whole business out for themselves, I figure.

The rules (or whatever) are:

1. In the post, include the logo plus thank and put a link to the blogger who nominated you.
2. Answer the questions you have been given, then create any number of questions to give to your nominees.
3. Nominate 5 or more bloggers, and notify them that you have done so.
4. Sit back and relax.

Anyway, here are the questions I’m supposed to answer.

What do you think about home-educating?

As a teacher, I usually frown on the idea. Being a teacher is pretty darn difficult and requires a fair amount of training and effort to get good and effective at it. That being said, I’ve met some folks who were home schooled and turned out pretty good, but most of the people I know who were home schooled had educators for parents. That probably skews the data a bit.

If You Could Be Anyone On The Planet, Who Would It Be?

It’s a bit of a cop-out, but I’d be me. I mean, let’s all be honest, I’m pretty awesome.

Do You Prefer Writing or Reading? Why?

Tricky. I do more reading than writing, on average, and will sit and read for hours on end if given the opportunity. That said, I also love writing. If I had to give up one, it’d be writing, so I guess I prefer reading.

What Foods Do You Think Make People Fat?

Honestly, after talking with my wife’s nutritionist, I think it’s less what one eats and more how one eats and how much. My wife spent the best part of a year eating steak, food cooked in butter and olive oil, and drinking heavy cream in her coffee. And she lost weight. That being said, processed food seems to be pretty horrible in general, so I’m gonna say processed food is the devil of fatness.

I’m now at the point where I make up my own questions, so here they are:

1. What are your Top 5 Albums of all time?
2. What’s the most poisonous aspect of the current American political climate?
3. If you could hang out with any figure in history, how would you mess with them and attempt to alter the future?
4. Who’s your favorite Doctor (Doctor Who, that is)?