You’ve decided to write your first book and to have it published the traditional way. When do you announce this project to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.?
When I come up with the idea to write the book.
When I’ve started writing the book.
When I’ve finished writing the book, but before it’s been submitted to any publisher.
When a publisher expresses interest in the book.
When a publisher offers me a contract for the book.
When I’ve signed a publishing contract for the book.
When stores start taking pre-orders for the book.
When the book is finally published.
When the first reviews from critics come in.
When the first positive reviews from critics come in.
Never, because I don’t want anyone to know I’m an author.
Never, because I’d rather the people I know find the book for themselves.
Never, because nobody I know would find the book of interest anyway.
What kind of cranberry sauce do you prefer? (If you’ve never eaten cranberry sauce before, which kind would you like if someone offered you some right now?)
I’ve just brewed a big pot of turkey broth. On Monday, I will serve turkey soup for supper. It will be a simple soup of broth, whatever turkey is still left over (chopped up, of course), chopped carrots, white butter beans, and maybe some barley. What would be good accompaniments?
Starch
Corn bread
biscuits
a crusty white store-bought bread
no added starch is needed, there is barley in there
something else
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Veggie
brocolli
cauliflower
brussel sprouts
winter squash
a bowl of fresh radishes
water cress
no additional vegetable is needed, there are carrots in there.
something else
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Additional sides
you need something else, which I will describe in the discussion thread
Which of these awards would you most like to receive, assuming you’d done something to deserve it?
Academy Award
Emmy Award
Tony Award
Grammy Award
Pulitzer Prize
Turing Award
Olympic Medal
Nobel Prize
Fields Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Congressional Gold Medal
Medal of Honor
I’d decline any of these awards
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You’ve just been informed that you are to be awarded one of the above-noted awards. Before the award is officially announced and before there’s any news coverage, who do you tell about it?
I will vote in public polls because I am not concerned that someone knows that my favorite song that begins with an N is Norwegian Wood by the Beatles.
I will not vote in public polls because I am concerned that someone with the knowledge that Norwegian Wood by the Beatles is my favorite song that starts with an N will use that information to harm me.