Wednesday Hodgepodge-

This is my first time joining on this, Suggested to me by Kathy. Well here goes :) 

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1. Noah Webster was born this week back in 1758....besides the online version, do you own a dictionary?  Do you ever use the hardback copy or is your hunt for a definition strictly online these days? 
                 I have  several dictionaries around my house, even a dictionary of cliches, though I do not use then as frequently. Now I have a dictionary app on my phone I use or the internet. With the slang and acronym use these days UrbanDictionary has came in helpful a few times. 

2.  Should public schools ban Halloween celebrations?  What about other holiday celebrations currently under fire?  
                        Personally I see no harm is allowing kids to be kids. It's truly said how the spirit of celebrating anything gets trampled upon by political correctness or fear of offending or being offended. 

EDIT: I just have to add in an afterthought: I really think people should research history of holidays/celebration. Most are so misconstrued. It can be so eye opening and heartbreaking at the same time the transformations that have occurred over many many years and cultures. Everything has so many different meanings to so many different people. So in the end it boils down to how you view it. 

3.  What's your favorite 'dog' movie?  
                     Hachi:A Dog's Tale This is one of those movies that makes you cry. It's slower in style than I can usually handle but this movie just reached into my heart. Even hubby cried. 

4.  When were you last somewhere you'd describe as 'too quiet'?
                    Yesterday. In my house. As I wrote a blog post. 

5.  Are you a neat cook or a messy cook?  In other words do you clean as you go or make a big mess and then deal with it later? 
             This is one area hubby and I are complete opposites, though I am rubbing off on him. I am an OCD neat cook! I clean as I go and am very meticulous about how things are prepped, done and cleaned up. The only excusable "mess" for me is for the dirty dishes to pile up in one side of the sink. Don't you dare put something in my empty side. 

6.  Did you hear about Felix Baumgartner, the skydiver who broke the sound barrier via parachute?  Was your first thought  COOL! or was your first thought CRAZY!  Are you adventurous? 
               My first thought I heard this was Awesome! Glad to see daredevils still exsist but not in the cheesy way if you know what I mean. What I found really cool was hearing the guy whose record he broke was in his ear the whole time. Very humbling no doubt. As for myself, it all depends on the situation. When out in the woods or behind a camera I am adventurous, but if dealing with crowds I am not. 

7.  What's not a word but should be? 
              Creativist. It's a word I been using for 10+ years for I refuse to call myself an artist. But I do love to create stuff artistically. 

8.  Insert your own random thought here.
                 I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts...... 

I really enjoyed this and will be back next week! Can't wait to make the rounds visiting everyone else to see their response, though that may have to wait till tomorrow I need to start dinner, well ummm need to figure dinner out first. Oiy what a slacker I have been today.