Hah! I resemble that remark. If you add "and tried more beer" you've got the book I just published.

It's less fun than a poll, but you get a pretty concise answer from the dictionary.

Doppelganger?

😀

This is awesome. I once wrote down and held on to a memory for 30 years just to see if a statement would come true. (As of 2016 the Tampa airport is NOT as big as Atlanta, so no, it did not).

One of my fears is I'll meet a podcaster in person and burst out laughing, "You're talking so slow! Are you drunk?" because I'm not used to their normal pace.

Is that the Poppy Z Brite one? Probably read it in '94, so it's all fuzzy. Definitely do not remember that line.

Yeah, that's got me rolling.

Orcs in the Hood

Silmarillion Dollar Man

Dagwoods for democracy?

Huh. I always kind of feel guilty if I've taken something out (even old stuff, not new releases) that I might be keeping it from someone else. Never looked at it that way, that usage is good.

Princess

I mean, I've read a translation. It was required reading in high school, I think. Possibly again in one of my college courses.

Doing that math, it's possible I was conceived on this day. I'll never know, but as far as the personal legend is concerned, I'm claiming it.