Category: Blog Note

I’ve been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award a second time, this time by Pooja, from Lifesfinewhine. Thank you for the nomination, Pooja! It was a nice surprise.

Check out her blog for lots of great posts featuring blogging advice and expertise, beautiful poetry, short stories, thought provoking quotes and much more!

Without further ado, here are the rules which I’ve copied from Pooja’s blog:

• Display the award’s official logo somewhere on your blog.
• Thank the person who nominated you.
• Provide a link to your nominator’s blog.
• Answer your nominators’ questions.
• Nominate up to 11 bloggers.
• Ask your nominees 11 questions.
• Notify your nominees by commenting on at least one of their blog posts.

Eleven Questions for Me

Below are my answers to Pooja’s eleven questions.

Question 1 : What’s your favorite animal?

Dogs, especially Leonberger dogs. I love dogs that are big or small. We’ve had a Labrador, a German Shepherd, a Leonberger, a Japanese Shin, a Pug and a mini-Australian Shepherd. I did not grow up with dogs. I learned to love them as an adult. Dogs are intelligent, they can understand hundreds of words, they are emotional, they are great communicators, they are loyal and loving. Dogs are the only animals capable of loving you more than they love themselves. Our Leonberger Bronco, or Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle, was a very large dog. He was brave, confident, strong, and a great family dog.

Bronco rescued hamsters and he saved our Pug’s life by stepping in between her and an attacking dog. He likely saved our Labrador’s life too by sniffing out an oncoming insulin shock. He chased off a trespasser and peeping Tom who was harassing my wife and other women in the neighborhood thereby saving the women in the neighborhood when police couldn’t.  He was very funny and an amazing swimmer as well as a skilled counter surfer. I wrote a book about Bronco that you can find here.

Question 2 : What TV show or movie do you wish you could watch for the first time again?

I think that might be Ex Machina. This was a movie about Artificial Intelligence embedded in a female robot. She displayed human feelings in many ways, but she was imprisoned, and she wanted to get out. She was a disaster in the making. The movie was very thought-provoking, scary on many levels, as well as full of social commentary. Because it featured several surprises it is the kind of movie that is difficult to watch too many times.

Question 3 : What’s one thing you love unironically?

My wife, my children, my dog, well, that’s many things.

Question 4 : What is your favorite dish to cook?

I don’t have a favorite dish to cook but I love to grill or barbecue chicken, meat, sausage, and drink a beer while I am doing it.

Question 5 : Share the one joke that always makes you laugh no matter how many times you hear it?

There are some jokes that have a thought-provoking aspect to them and those I can laugh at even if I’ve heard them before. An example, “How will Descartes feel when he finds out that people who don’t think exist too?”.

I also love dog jokes, even the silly simple ones. An example featuring our Pug Daisy and our mini-Australian Shepherd is shown below.

Question 6 : What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

I read a lot of French Belgian Bande Dessinée (in Swedish) when I was a kid. My favorite was Tintin and maybe Asterix. That goes for both the comic books as well as the animated movies.

Question 7 : You get to bring three items to a desert island. What are they?

• A knife. A gun needs ammunition and cannot be used for a lot of practical things. However, you can use a knife for a very long time. In addition, you can turn it into a spear and use it as a tool and use it to prepare a fire.
• A hard bottle, or another sort of vessel, for carrying water or digging.
• A reverse osmosis filter for removing salt from sea water.

Question 8 : What’s your go-to karaoke song?

I’ve only sang Karaoke a few times and I don’t remember what songs I picked, so I don’t have a go-to karaoke song. However, if I ever do Karaoke again, I think I will sing “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica.

Question 9 : Are you more of a “stay in and binge-watch” person or “go out and explore” person?

I love nature and I love the outside world. However, Dallas, where I live, does not offer a lot of opportunities for that so I might stay inside and watch TV. When I am in the countryside, or where there is a forest, mountains, or beeches, or in a beautiful city like Paris, Stockholm, or Copenhagen, I go out and explore.

Question 10 : What’s your useless superpower?

My most useless superpower is pointing out to people when they are getting their facts wrong. You would think they would appreciate the learning opportunity, but no, they often get annoyed.

Question 11 : What’s the weirdest compliment you’ve ever received?

My dog gives me an implicit compliment when he sits outside the bathroom door and waits for me. He shows that he wants to be with me, but it is a little weird.

Here are my questions for my nominees:

Question 1 : What’s your favorite book?

Question 2 : What’s your ultimate comfort food?

Question 3 : What’s your favorite season and why?

Question 4 : Do you recharge better alone or with others?

Question 5 : What’s one adventure or trip that changed you?

Question 6 : What’s something you used to believe that you’ve changed your mind about?

Question 7 : What’s something you’ve learned about yourself in the past year?

Question 8 : What’s the weirdest or most random fact you know?

Question 9 : What’s a risk you’re glad you took?

Question 10 : What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

Question 11 : What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?

Eleven New Victims

Below are my nominees. Naturally, whether you participate or not is entirely up to you. I do not have any expectations, and I fully understand if you are not up to it.

Susana Cabaço, Spiritual Insights & Personal Empowerment

John Howell, Fiction Favorites

Pete Springer, teacher and author

Violet Lentz from Thru Violet’s Lentz

Jan Sikes, Award winning Texas author

Laura Stamps from Dog Dazed

Ada Jenkins from The Introverted Bookworm

Joanne Macco, Anything is Possible with Love, Hope, and Perseverance

Darlene Foster from Darlene Foster’s Blog

Carol Ann Taylor from Carol Cooks2

The Mindful Mystic from the Wild Pomegranate Tree

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