trivia

we didn't win, but that just means we try again next time. :)

happy holidays friends!

If you have been visiting our blog in the past year, you know that we seem to have ridiculous disputes that we solve by dragging our friends and families into with their own individual perceptions. Here’s a chance to continue the time-honored tradition with a special holiday edition.

Let’s make sure you have the hang of this.
Sample Question:

Fill in the blank: Jesus ______ Christ.
a.) F.
b.) H.
c.) Q.
d.) Nothing. It is a blank.
Doug says b. Beka says d. You be the judge.




1.) Why do we put up Christmas lights?
a.) Doug’s birthday.
b.) to Oo and Ah
c.) So the M4 bus knows where to stop
d.) Runway for Reindeer

2.) What is the greatest holiday special/movie?
a.) A Christmas Story
b.) Ernest Saves Christmas
c.) Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
d.) Charlie Brown Christmas

3.) In the second verse of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the lyrics are, “now bring us some...”
a.) pudgy footing
b.) figgy pudding
c.) fudgy pudding
d.) piggy pudding

4.) How many pieces of chocolate does an Advent calendar have?
a.) 24
b.) 12
c.) 25
d.) Who knows? I’ve never had one.

5.) All we want for Christmas is:
a.) a Miami Dolphins victory and the zesty corn recipe from Havana Central.
b.) a 3 bedroom apartment and 42 kazoos.
c.) matching sweaters and wool socks.
d.) health, happiness, and good friends always near.

Please send your answers back to us at bekaanddoug@gmail.com.

so we can all rest easy tonight

In Doug's pondering's of halloween costumes, he came up with the idea of being the crosswalk signal -- wearing all black and outlining himself in white lights. Then he goes, "It'd be cool if I could flip a switch and then have a ———— appear."

Doug thinks it is an orange hand.
Beka thinks it is a red hand.

So being reasonable individuals, we asked our friends and family. We emailed. Beka posted on Facebook. We even asked 2 people on the street (Ok, Ok, it wasn't two strangers on the street, we already knew Alison and Brian).

So here go some answers:

We asked people from across the nation this question in a way that did not suggest a color to respond with. This resulted in answers we were not intending like, amber, blue, and "any color".
Two people followed their answer with, I hope you're right Beka! comments (Although Doug exaggerates this number).
But apparently a good issue as only two people did not respond and there were some detailed comments:

"Personally I don't care what color they are...they just don't give old farts like me enough time to putter across before they stick that damn hand up there...then I don't know if I should go back where I came from or just hall ass to the other side. Sheesh...control-freak nazi bastards!"

"We could go with the existential argument that color only exists because we say it does."

Oh wait, those are both Beka's mother — who never responded with a color...

"the answer is clearly orange. It is not red. Because it is a Stop signal, I think many of us would automatically think that it's red. However, red is wrong"

"when this email came through, I scanned it quick and saw the words "domestic dispute", "white person" and "color" and started to panic, thinking this was going to be some kind of racial thing."

Also brought up was the question of how fast one was traveling, the fact that the town where they resided just got a first traffic light in recent past, and the use of the proper Crayola definitions.

Doug looked it up on the DOT website. Apparently the DOT says it is orange. Doug took this as a victory, however, Beka thinks perception is still a stronger indicator.

9 people said red (plus two who followed their comment with, "but it should be red")
6 people said orange
6 said red-orange
1 said amber, and
2 fall in the any/other category

Beka thinks this speaks for itself.

robot robot...

For those keeping tabs... new deadline is tomorrow...


Beka: Is that safe to be doing in here? Making sparks and all?
Doug: Of course...

inew

Today the new imac arrived in the mail room and Beka set it up...

The screen is huge, and the keyboard is tiny....

And for those of you keeping score at home, this is a self-portrait of Beka from behind her head so you can see everything she also sees...

Backstory: Doug thought these would be the coolest pictures ever but we were never successful in taking one. Until now...

Unfortuantely, it didn't show the perspective of a huge computer as well as hoped...