1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (Mother and Father’s middle name):
Elaine Benjamin

2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad):
Carl Juan

3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name):
Duine

4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favourite colour, favourite animal):
Pink Dolphin

5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born):
Elaine Oakland

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav colour, fav drink, add “THE” to the beginning):
Purple the Water

7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 3 letters of your last name):
Nedui

8. GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavour, fav cookie)
Chocolate Lemon Bar

9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name)
Lily East

10. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy):
Magie Noire Caramel

11. PORN NAME: (1st pets name, street you grew up on):
Stevie Wildwood

To play along, go to Amazon.com’s advanced search and type your first name into the “title” field. Look through the results for the most interesting book cover and post it on your blog.

I don’t know about interesting, but this one is pretty darn cute. As for interesting, I like this title: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth

Moody Monday‘s mood this week is Spontaneous. Even tho it’s not a great picture, I love this one. The kids saw the almond blossoms on the ground and started tossing them up in the air with much joy.

Q1: What’s the longest road trip you’ve ever taken or been a part of? Did you enjoy the drive or was it a pain in the you-know-what?

Gawd! There have been so many. My mother was the queen of the roadtrip when I was little. We drove from one end of the USA to the other. From the bottom to the top, and even down Baja. I hated it. I know we stopped and looked at things, but what I remember is getting rousted out of bed in the morning, driving all day, setting up camp or going to the hotel, going to bed, and having it start all over again in the morning.

Q2: How old is the oldest person you now know or have ever met? Would you like to be as old as that person?

My brother’s wife’s greatgrandmother is 104. Yes, I’d like to live that long.

Q3: Earlier this week, 91-year-old W. Mark Felt revealed to the world that he in fact was ‘Deep Throat’, the man who frequently met with Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in Washington area parking garages to confirm information or fill in gaps from other sources related to the Watergate affair. Felt, who at the time was the second in command at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is being hailed by some as a hero, while others say he violated the ethics of the law enforcement profession by talking to a newspaper rather than turning his information over to a grand jury. W. Mark Felt… hero or not?

I think he’s a hero.

Q4: Do you like your feet? Are you comfortable wearing open toe sandals, or do you prefer to keep your little piggies covered up at all costs?

I like my feet. I paint my toenails and show them off in sandals.

From Gimmeeee Threeee

My kids were beyond excited when they saw this fellow in the front garden. Woodpeckers are shy, so I couldn’t get very close to him to take a picture. And he flew away when I tried to get closer. When we checked the birdfeeder, we could tell he’d been at it. What’s even better is that the next day, there was a pair of them in the front yard.

Alas, that is the last we’ve seen of them.

Photo Friday‘s theme this week is rare.

I just discovered The Daily Meme, and from there The Daily Haiku. This is my very first haiku.