Friday’s Feast

Appetizer: When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?

Usually, I’m a friendly guy. I laugh a lot, and it’s easier to smile than frown—or so I’m told. But when people smile, I always think of the words of Jackson Browne:

Everyone I’ve ever known has wished me well

Anyway that’s how it seems, it’s hard to tell

Maybe people only ask you how you re doing

’Cause that’s easier than letting on how little they could care

Or maybe the The Undisputed Truth:

Remember a smile is just

A frown turned upside down

My friend let me tell you

Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes

They don’t tell the truth, uh

Smiling faces, smiling faces

Tell lies and I got proof

Cynical much?

Soup: Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?

There is a mix of carpet, vinyl, and tile. We would like to change the carpet over to wood, but with the dog, tile is probably the winner there.

Salad: Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.

Which first name? My real one or the one I go by?

• Ernest’s efforts evoke earnesty everywhere.
• Love lengthens life—lust less.

Not my best work.

Main Course: Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?

Yes.

Dessert: Name [two] blue things.

• The sky (sometimes)
• The Hot Shot Flying Insect Killer can