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Sunday Stealing: The High School Questions

1. Did you date someone from your school? I was a big dater. My record was four dates on one weekend. I was kind of the jerk I used to play in this space. It was easy for me to reprise the role. But the truth is that I was very single in 2006 when I started this blog. But between then and now I’ve been in two serious relationships. The current one (met in 2010) resulted in marriage. But nothing is simple.

2. Did you marry someone from your high school? No. Not any of the three times.

3. Did you car pool to school? No. I had my own car we called “The Budmobile”.

4. What kind of car did you have? Plymouth something. A total box. But I had earned the money and my dad matched whatr I saved. He was cool that way.

5. What kind of car do you have now? Chevy Malibu.

6. Its Friday night…where are you now? Home. Popcorn, movie with the Mrs.

7. It is Friday night…where were you then? A drive-in. Popcorn, movie, get naked.

8. What kind of job did you have in high school? I worked in a hotel as a desk clerk.

9. What kind of job do you do now? Currently I am disabled. I am on leave from the Martignetti Companies.

10. Were you a party animal? Yes.

11. Were you considered a flirt? Yes. Ha.

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir.

13. Were you a nerd? Nope. Unless starting a tape radio station in your sophomore year is nerdy. I wonder what the people who came to all our parties whould think of us still recording.

14. Did you get suspended from school? Nearly, but nope. I had 10 detentions my sophomore year. It’s an automatic suspension back then. You did get a hearing with the VP. This dude starts lecturing me on how bad I am. I interupt. I Said, “Sir, I talk in class. I got caught 10 times. If you want to give me a three day vacation for that, I can live with it. But I am not going to listen to you tell me that I am bad. Not for another second. Si decide.” He told me he’d contact my folks. He called my mother to compliment her on how I was raised. No suspension.

15. Can you sing the fight song? Yes.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher? My Spanish teacher my junior year. I had read Harold Robbins “The Adventurers” which took place in South America. So I was learning all the swears. He called on me to get up and give a talk. (Not unusual. He did it everyday to someone.) So I asked the topic. He said “Maria.” I responded. Maria es un puta con tetas muy bonitas rojas y grande.” The class looked dumbfounded because they did not understand. The teacher was rolling on the floor laughing. When asked what I’d said he said, “Ask Bud after class…” I got an “A” for that. Oh what I said meant, “Maria is a whore with big fat red tits.”

17. Where did you sit during lunch? Yes.

18. What was your school’s full name? I went to three. Sedgwick Junior High (Remember those?) as a freshman, Fredrick Conard (I don’t know him either) for my sophomore year and Kingswood Prep for my junior and senior seasons.

19. Where did you party the most? Anyone’s home where the parents were away.

20. What was your school mascot? Obvious I had 3. At Conard it was “The Chieftans” and at Kingswood it was “The Wyverns” (a sort of dragon.)

21. Would you do it again? What? As opposed to dropping out?

22. Did you have fun at Prom? Yes.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with? There were many, but no.

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion? No.

25. Do you still talk to people from school? I emailed the Kingswood guys that were DJs at WTIT for our 50th. Two of the four wrote back updating their lives. They were in it for the parties. Tape Radio was a means. Although nearly everyone of us did college radio.

26. What are/were your school’s colors? Who the fuck knows.

I’m sorry that I don’t get around to your blogs much anymore. Life is busy, but I think I do my part with this stupid meme. Trying to sell a house is awfully stressful. How ’bout Roseanne coming back? I hope her character is not as much a Trump supporter as she. She actually believes Bob Mueller was picked to investigate “The Russia Thing” (Man does anyone remember the cold war? Why would anybody want and President laughing with Russians after firing Comey. That’s my take. Till next time.

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Sunday Stealing: Random Questions, Part 683

1. How old do you look? We are all told that we look younger because we all lie to each other. I’m 65. I think I look my age. If you look at this shot, the back row is all 65 but Greg, who is 67. Kneeling only Gary is 65. The others are younger. Rock is 62 and Midnight & Captain are 52. Yes that means they were 2 years-old when WTIT started.

2. Where do you live? New England.

3. Are you waiting for something? Yes. Could be important.

4. What’s one pet peeve of yours that is not common? I hate the sound of a clicking clock. Hate it.

5. Do you want/have kids? I have four kids and my 7th grandchild will be born next month.

6. Have you ever thought about converting your religion? Nope. I’ve been a firm agnostic for too long. My dad used to say an agnostic was an atheist that would not commit. I’d always respond that atheists were like Catholics, both thinking they have all the answers.

7. Last shocking news you heard? Trump won the election. I may never understand it.

8. What was the last thing you drank? Diet Coke.

9. Who do you most look like in your family? My son James. When he was five he saw

a picture of me when I was five. I asked him who the picture was of. He said, “It’s me.” And I said, “No it’s me at your age.” At the time saddle shoes were big and I was wearing them. James squinted and said, “Same eyes. Same face. Different shoes.” To this day (He’s 35) when we’re told we look alike we always respond, “Different shoes.”

10. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be? My house sold.

11. Where does most of your family live? My mom, sister and I live in Connecticut. My brother and my son Ben (and their families) live in Boston. My daughter Julie lives in Rhode Island and my son James in San Diego. My daughter Heather and faqmily live in Jersey. All together – “WHAT EXIT?” 19 is the answer. Near Rutgers.

12. Where did you grow up? West Hartford.

13. Where do you want to go on vacation? St. Anywhere.

14. Have you ever had a panic attack? Yes.

15. What can’t you wait for? The aforementioned house to sell. Open House today!

16. When’s the last time you told someone you loved him or her and meant it? Everyday with Kathy.

17. Have your parents ever smoked pot? My dad tried it.

18. Want someone back in your life? Only in the WTIT 50th Anniversary sense. The only two guys missing were Gypsy (very ill, he has stage 4 COPD.) and Harvey. Gyps helped launch WTIT and was with us from day one until a night in 1974. He’s the only “starring” or main guy who wasn’t there. Harvey backed out at the last minute. While he recorded with us, he was a peripheral player at WTIT.

19. What do you order at the bar? Usually a drink.

20. When was the last time you cried really, really hard? I can’t say.

21. What are your nicknames? Bud is it. Oh, and “Buffalo”. When we started WTIT I was “Buffalo Bud Weiser”. DJs with a surname were big in the 60s. That’s why the original guys were: Galloping Gary, Jumping Johnnie, Bouncing Billy and Killer Joe (Gypsy).

22. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter? Reeses.

23. Where were you on July 4th, 2008? As random questions goes, this wins. It’s better than yesterday’s hammock in the front lawn brain teaser.

24. If you could go forward in time, how far forward would you go? Four or five hundred years.

25. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go? I’d go to Liverpool starting in 1962. Co-Co-ca-choo!

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Sunday Stealing: The Procrastination Tool Questions

1. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? I prefer standup restaurants. I can work with weights on my calves and thighs while dining.

2. What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? Any shit from the standup place. When you’re lifting weights with your feet during dinner, the food is irrelevant.

3. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Clothes and spinal discs.

4. What is the last heavy item you lifted? Very funny. It’s mean to make fun of the disabled.

5. Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Not yet. I was hoping maybe on July 4th.

6. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Yes. So I could kill the author of these questions the day before.

7. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Sam Adams.

8. What’s your goal for the year? To get through this. It’s all downhill after this.

9. Last person you hugged? The adult dancing girls when they finally arrived. (Shhhh. The Mrs. is at work). The children did not get past the front door. Of course they ran away crying after I opened the door and said “Fuck no!”

10. First place you went this morning? To the phone. You gotta book dancing girls early.

11. Do you always answer your phone? Oops. BRB Phone ringing. Oh fuck it. Let the voice mail do it. Oh. Yes I always answer it.

12. It’s four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? Someone with a death wish. Seriously, I don’t have my phone anywhere near my bedroom. Why should you decide when I wake up?

13. If you could change your eye color what would it be? The other one. It’s all that’s left.

14. What’s on your wish list for your birthday? The book “How to Answer Sunday Meme Questions”.

15. Does the future make you more nervous or excited? You’re not excited the closer that you get to the finish line.

16. Do you have any saved texts? Yes. And no. They are not “saved”. They just aren’t erased yet.

17. Ever been in a car wreck? Oh yea.

18. Do you have an accent? Of course. Everyone does. Geez. Wake up here. If I can bother answering this nonsense then you can think about what your are asking.

19. What was the last song to make you cry? “Cry Me a River”. I’m a people pleaser.

20. What did you do last night? Unspeakable stuff.

21. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Any Sunday that I have time for this. I barely have time to host this fucker. I may have to put a “This space for rent to kind host” sign up.

22. Current hate right now? Judd Corizan. Had that fucker been real he’d still be hosting this crap. He went bacjk to the “Rising Blogger” & now the sites out of business.

23. Met someone who changed your life? I am 65. I’ve met a lot of people who have changed my life.

24. How did you bring in the New Year? I’m not sure. But how did I bring in the year before? Ahh. There’s the rub.

25. What song represents you? “Imagine”.

Did I mention that I’ve put the house up for sale? Yep. Cannot do the stairs. We had this wonderful neighbor who kept his home immaculate. They divorced. She moved in a cowboy from “Apocalypse Now”. A mean furniture thrown off deck bad. And a trampoline. I finally hired a guy to fence off that side and put a “privacy wall” on one side of the deck. Oh I did try talking to the moron. How did that go? I had to build a wall and a fence. Other than that it went swimmingly. I did find a guy who really needed the work and priced it right. Wait. What was that? Oh. The fence fell down. On the bright side I think it broke the trampoline. RIP Greg Allman. He was 69. See what I mean about the finish line? See you next month. Same time. Same blog.

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Sunday Stealing: The Racquet Questions

01  What is the worst nickname that anyone has ever called you? I had a Russian girlfriend who called me her little “hа самом деле, вы смотрели это дерьмо?”

02  Have you got a favorite flower? Nope. But we did a spot spoof on a florist. It was called “Bruce and Caesar’s Pistils & Stamens”

03  Do you add a sauce, ketchup or other artificial flavorings to your food? I want some of the drugs he was on when he wrote this question. Who the fuck cares about what I put on my hot dog?

04  Describe yourself using only words that begin with the letter ‘T’. Terrific, Timely and already Tired of the stupid questions that he has mixed in.

05  What is/was your lover’s pet name for you? Budman.

06  What is your least favorite color? I want some MORE of the drugs he was on when he wrote these questions. Who the fuck cares about fave colors?

07  Who did you vote for in the last election, and did they win? I was with her. I thought he’d be a total disaster. Even I am surprised how unqualified he is…

08  What is/was your grandfathers’ names? Joseph Fishelberg and William Brennan who passed away before my birth. So perhaps I don’t remember much about him for some reason Joseph passed away when I was 6. I remember watching King Kong with him while he was watching me so my folks could go out. That’s all folks!

09  What is the best present you ever received? My first digital computer, a Sony Vaio was given to me by a guy thanking me for the business . He had never even heard a recording session. But he loved the concept. And while that computer died a decade ago, I still use Sony Vaio software to edit my music. It’s all I’ve known, digitally speaking.

10  What is 17 1/2% of 97 + 42 x (6 / 2) – 137 ? [Editor’s note: Holy shit!] 39.925

11  What would be the best possible way you could die? In my sleep. Is there better answer?

12  Given the choice of absolutely anything, what would be your dream job? I would own a radio station where I also did the morning shift.

13  What position do you sleep in at night? Usually on my side. I’ve had to learn to sleep on my back because the pain in my shoulders is still horrible. But it’s not as bad as it was the first few weeks when I had to take even more of pain meds to get through it. But I went with dealing with the pain instead of continuing the extra meds.

15  Who is your favorite fictional character? Hawkeye Pierce as played by Alan Alda.

16  What food do you hate most in the world? I want even more of the drugs he was on when he wrote these questions. Who the fuck cares about what food I eat?

17  When was the last time you were ill? Does recovering from a broken neck count? I saw my neurosurgeon. They think I’m doing as well as can be expected and said that I still have a year and a half left.

18  If you were transformed into a wild creature, what would it be? Lion. *Roar*

19  What was your favorite toy as a child, and whatever happened to it? Believe it or not, I got my first tape recorder at 4 years-old. I don’t remember it but my mom filmed me interviewing my family on Christmas Eve.

20  What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen? It hard to top this fucking mess.

You can’t always get what you want. This meme seemed easier than it was. I also usually change the bad questions out by either rewriting or in some quests there are too many questions, anyway. Who do you have in the big game? Enjoy the game. And please if you drink, call an Uber. Peace & love. Join us again. Same time. Same blog.

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Sunday Stealing: The Very Forceful Questions

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1. Do you have/have you had any pets? Just my virtual dog Happy. Man do we have fun times together. Unless you want him to fetch. He sucks at that.

2. Do you play video games? If so, do you have a favorite video game series? No, so no.

3. Any unpopular opinions on anything? I certainly do at work. The liquor industry is so conservative and behind the times. I am a flaming progressive. When customers started a political rant IU would say, “Dude, I’m a liberal. I don’t expect you to understand me. Let’s not debate…”

4. Do you have a favorite gem? If yes, has anyone ever bought you jewelry with that gem? Another no and no. We are going for the world’s record with that answer.

5. Favorite story genres? Sci-Fi and Rom-Com. I know. I don’t follow that either.

6. What was once a secret that you can now share? (The original question was “What kind of fruit do you hate” which is type of question that I think “who cares?” so I just change them.) My life is a simple open book.

7. Do you like reading? Just on the internet. But a friend (Bouncing Billy) lent me a book on John Lennon. It’s over 1,000 pages. God help me.

8. What time is it for you now, what are you usually doing at this time of the day? Usually fucking around on the computer. Does this count?

9. What character on TV or in film is most similar to you? You can go with looks or personality. Or you can make a quip and go to the next question. Hawkeye Pierce without the great writers.

10. What’s something weird you wanna do? It cannot be weirder than Mr. Watermelonhead. I typed “weird” into google images. That’s how Watermelonhead and I met.

11. Have you ever accomplished a New Years Resolution? No and no. (See I’m going for it) I don’t do resolutions.

12. Is there any music artist you look up to? Just The Beatles.

13. Are you allergic to anything? If yes, what? No and no.

14. When was the last time you took a swim? Who else was with you? I was with Kathy at my son’s pool. It was a while ago. They just moved a second time since the house with the pool.

15. Would you rather have the ability to sleep for as long as you want, or have the ability to never have to sleep? I’d love to not feel tired all the time. But it’s the meds I take for heart decease. Better alive and tired.

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Sunday Stealing: Bud’s Last Stand 2016

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1. What did you do in 2016 that you’d never done before? I met Captain Kirk and, separately, I went to a “Dark Shadows” convention. Oh, I went to the Mike & the Mad Dog reunion where I met Suzyn Waldman. And the Cubbies…

2. Best thing that happened to you was…the survival and growth of my marriage to Kathy. I never thought I’d say this: It was a good separation. We both grew a lot. And there were some good things that happened while we were apart.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My daughter Jules had a daughter. I’d love to tell you

more, but as I have mentioned, we are estranged. (Fortunately, I have three more children that I could not be closer to…) In the meantime, both of my sons are expecting kids in 2017.

4. Did anyone close to you die? No. We did have some scares with my mom but at 93 it is to be expected.

5. What countries did you visit? This one. I did finally go visit my son in San Diego for the first time. Let’s face it. California is like a separate country.

6. What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016? A good year health wise. I am out of work on disability and while I hope to keep improving, I’d like a year with nothing new to deal with.

7. What dates from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Meeting Bill Shatner, taking Kathy to Trekondernoga during the summer and taping this beam out!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I thought I had my best year at work. It would be ironic if it turns out to be my last.

9. What was your biggest failure? Turning 65. I swore I’d never get this old.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nah.

11. What was the best thing you bought? A 65” plasma 4K UHD TV.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? President Obama. While I found his promises not kept frustrating, I believe he is a smart and honorable man who will be missed.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Trump. Totally. Grossed. Me. Out.

14. Where did most of your money go? Just paying the bills.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Starting to plan WTIT’s 50^th Birthday Party. One of the guys from the past commented on the WTIT Facebook page said that we should do it in Vegas. I think he was missing the point. If he wants us to hit Vegas, well that would be great. But not moving the show there. But it should be an awesome time.

16. What song will always remind you of 2016? The theme to Game of Thrones. I now it’s been out for six years, but we just discovered it and binge-watched all six seasons. Twice.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer? Happier, fatter (a recent development since not working) and poorer.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?   Wrote more comedy. I have been editing a lot of WTIT comedy bits that never made it to our master reels. I love not only editing but remastering by improving sound effects and such. But I have not written enough. This post is a prime example…

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Complaining. Life isn’t fair. I gotta get over it.

20. How will you spend New Year’s Eve? At home with the Mrs.

21. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. “When I was younger so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. But now these days are gone and I’m not so self-assured. Now I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve opened up the doors…”

22. What was your favorite new TV program? West World. Incredible series.

23. What was the rudest thing someone did to you in 2016? Today I got blasted over the questions that I used today. Well at first. She apparently liked another one that we’ve used in the past. While she was right that these were better questions (Yes, I changed it…) the arrogance threw me. I did leave her a whooper of a comment back. I suggested she find some other way to spend her Sundays. She has since apologized and all is well.

24. What was the best book you read? I’m reading a John Lennon bio currently.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery? “Renegades” by the X Ambassadors is a great tune.

26. What did you want and get? After the TV my wife bought me a JBL sound bar. It’s like having a theater in my den.

27. What did you want and not get? A huge inheritance. Not that one’s coming, but shit wouldn’t that be great.

28. What was your favorite film of this year? I’ll go with Star Trek Beyond. Trek’s 50^th year was something, particularly get that pic with Shat.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I didn’t do anything since a week before I was operated on due to my broken neck.

30. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? That would be my wife moving back.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016? Yea, right.

32. What kept you sane? Smirnoff.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I love Katie Nolan.

34. What political issue stirred you the most? Trump. I am in denial.

35. Who did you miss? My dad. It’s been two years now.

36. Who was the best new person you met? Susyn Waldman. She was very friendly.

Happy New Year! See you in 2017. Same time. Same blog.