50 Questions · 6:34am Oct 18th, 2020
50 Questions cribbed from FamousLastWords
1. What is your first name?
George.
2. How old are you?
Old. Last of the baby Boomers old.
3. What country are you from?
United States of America.
4. What do you look like?
Tall, too heavy now (was lighter 2 years ago, I hope to get back to that weight in the next year).
5. What do you wish you looked like?
Lighter, like I was two years ago.
6. How did you come across MLP:FIM?
I heard about it on the net and thought my kids might be interested, so I decided to see if it was anything more than a half hour commercial for toys. I watched Friendship is Magic Parts 1 & 2 and fell in love with the mythology and with the characters. I ended up liking it more than my kids.
7. What is your favorite ship?
Twilight and almost anyone, but especially Twilestia, Twiluna, Raritwi, Twishy, and Twidance in that order.
8. What is your least favorite ship?
Not a fan of Sparity or any of the foal related ships that are more than platonic.
9.Have you told anyone outside the fandom that you like MLP?
I have told a couple of my best friends, and even shared some episodes and fimfiction stories with them.
10. Were they a family member?
My ex-wife knows, but not my kids.
11. Favorite MLP episode?
Twilight's Kingdom. I am a big fan of OP Twilight.
12. Who is your favorite superhero?
Captain America in the movies or in the Avengers comics. Not as much a fan of Cap in his own comic.
13. Favorite Anti-hero?
Don’t really like anti-heroes.
14. Favorite supervillain?
Lex Luthor in the DC Animated TV shows because he was smart.
15. Favorite anti-villain?
Not sure who counts here.
16. What was the last book you read?
The Future Is Asian by Parag Khanna. I enjoy a lot of books on geopolitics and world events.
17. What is the last movie you watched?
Knives Out. Great locked room mystery.
18. Favorite song at the moment?
Not listening to a lot of music right now.
19. What song do you always come back to?
The Best Of Times by Styx.
20. What is your current job?
Software Product Manager.
21. What job do you want in the future?
After I retire from my 9-5 job, I want to write fiction and design games full time.
22. Dream job?
I was a professional game designer when I was younger. It was a dream job, but I don’t want to do that for a living anymore. Now I do it as a hobby.
23. At this moment what is your greatest achievement?
I started a company with my best friend that we successfully ran for five years and then sold for a profit.
24. At this moment what is your greatest failure?
The differences that led to my divorce. My ex is still a good friend, but I miss being married.
25. Do you have any pets?
Nope.
26. What is your dream pet?
None.
27. Do you own any weapons?
Nope.
28. Is there a gun you really want?
I am interested in the history of guns and in their engineering trade offs (weight, cost, and capability), but I’m not interested in owning one.
29. What religion are you?
Friendly atheist.
30. If you could hang out with one person in history, who would it be?
James Baker. He was “in the room where it happened” during more interesting events in modern history than anyone I can think of. Warren Christopher is a close second.
31. If you could bring one person back from the dead, who would it be?
I think that generally the dead are better left to their final rest.
32. Are you political?
I am very interested in politics, especially in good government and in the tactics of running campaigns. But I am not publicly political.
33. Are you married?
Divorced
34. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Not at this time.
35. Have a crush on anyone?
Not at this time.
36. Care to explain?
Nothing to explain.
37. Do you consider yourself attractive?
Not particularly. About average.
38. If you could spend a day with someone alive who would it be?
Tyler Cowen, Economics Professor and co-author of the Marginal Revolution blog. He seems like he would be very interesting to talk to on many topics.
39. Who is your favorite pony?
Twilight.
40. Any embarrassing secrets you'd like to share?
Not really.
41. If you have done any stories/art, what is your favorite piece?
Teatime - A Novel Of Twilight & Celestia
42. Are you a virgin?
Nope.
43. What is the craziest thing you have done in your life?
Starting a company with my best friend.
44. Favorite TV show besides MLP?
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister from the BBC.
45. Do you have a fetish of any kind?
Yes, but not willing to say.
46. Do you regret saying this fetish?
I didn’t say.
47. What are some of your favorite MLP stories?
Just one story per author. I have many other favorites by these authors and by others.
Ageless, or Celestia Plays Dice With the Universe
The Luna Cypher
The Enchanted Library
The Iron Horse: Everything's Better With Robots
Hive Alive
The Mare Who Once Lived on the Moon
Princess Twilight Sparkle's School for Fantastic Foals
Letters From a Little Princess Monster
Triptych
48. Favorite quote?
“Crush all who oppose you!” Bastardized version of a quote from Conan the Barbarian.
49. Did you ever hurt someone's feelings just to hurt them?
I remember doing that to someone in High School. But if I have done that since, I don’t remember it.
50. Did you answer all these questions honestly?
The ones I answered.
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