silveradept | Five questions, part two.

alphaviolet asks the following:

1. If you could create a new U.S. political party, what would it be like?

Probably no less ideological than the current contenders, but it would at least be ideologicaly oriented toward, say, not mortgaging the country to special interests, paying off debts and running surpluses, simplifying the laws and the tax codes so as to make it less confusing and less exploitable, codifying the rights of women, children, LGBTQAI people, and other expressions, and trying to basically run it more on common sense and attracting very smart people with a determined public interest. We'd probably call it the Liberal Elites party just to tweak the noses of the people who believe the conutry should be run by people as smart or dumber than they are, just because they hold the same dogmatic beliefs.

I don't know how that translates into a platform. Or maybe I'm cribbing from something like Marxism and jus tweaking some details. Either way, the party would have to have a strong contingent of actually-liberal liberals, just to pull the discussion out of the zone where being a centrist means you're accused of socialism.

2. What's your sense of humor like?

Deadpan and pun-filled. To a lot of other people, I'm playing the straight man who drops in one-upmanship in the pins department or otherwise doesn't react a whole lot. Although, I'm also involved in a lot of physical comedy and big silliness when I'm trying to get other people to laugh, but mostly, my sense of humor appreciates the value of a good pun and the ability of the straight-man role in keeping the joke.

3. What's your favorite website?

Aside from my own blog and social media presences, I don't know if I have a favorite website. I have lots of places where I can go, but they're all equally important.

4. If you had a day in which you could spend time alone and do whatever you wanted, what would you do?

Right now? I'd probably be desperately trying to catch up on all the games I need to play or finish. Or Imight go out and add to my letterbox stamp collection. Or I could read. Lots of possible things. But I don't expect any of those kinds of days to be coming along any time soon.

5. What is your favorite place to spend time outdoors?

I'm not much for "outdoors"-outdoors where there's all the nature and stuff. That said, if I'm going to be in the outdoors, I prefer to be near water. The sound of water on the move is pretty nice, but I also like waterfalls with big thunderous sounds.