Hodgepodge Wednesday, February 12th

Hodgepodge Questions Volume 162

Here are this week's questions...answer on your own blog, then hop back over to Joyce's Blog on Wednesday to share the linky love.  

1.What makes love last?  Trust and respect for each other. Knowing little things about each other that matter. Laughter. There has to be joy and laughter.  Also....you have to love yourself first.
 

2. The Beatles made their US debut fifty years ago this week. Are you a fan? If so, what's your favorite Beatles tune?  I have never been a big Beatles fan. I was 12 when they hit the Sullivan Show, and remember watching them, and all the screaming girls, and wondering what the fuss was about. I preferred/prefer the Rolling Stones. I started liking the Beatles just before they broke up....the Abbey Road Album, and Come Together.

3. Valentine's Day-your thoughts? Do you celebrate in any way? Do anything special for the people you love? Expect anything special from the people who love you?  Joe is not very romantic (and neither am I). We have always given Valentine's Day a nod, and usually exchange cards. Sometimes there is candy involved.  I do special things for the people I love all the time (I think I do, anyway). We don't need Valentine's Day to express our love.  It's kind of a Hallmark holiday....


4. Steak or burger...you have to choose. Now that that's settled, how do you like it?  I like steak and burgers, and not one more than the other (sorry!) - it depends on the restaurant and my mood. I like both cooked medium. A little pink, but no runny blood.  I like mushrooms with my steak, and lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo on my burgers.

5. The Hodgepodge lands on the birth date (February 12th) of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America. Lincoln is quoted as saying, 'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test his character give him power.'  Do you agree? Why or why not?  I had not heard that quote before, but I agree with Lincoln (on lots of issues!). Power has a way of turning people into cruel monsters. Those in powerful positions, who can rise above the temptations that come with the territory, are the wo/men of character Lincoln was referring to.

6. Honest Abe's image is featured on the US penny (1 cent coin) so I'm wondering...what do you do with your pennies (or your country's equivalent)?  It's been suggested the US stop making the penny, and two bills have been introduced proposing just that, but neither were approved. What say you? I'm thinking of all the things I purchase for $1.99, or $5.99 (etc.)....that's a lot of pennies not spent throughout the year. If the penny goes away, we will pay $2.00, or $6.00, and there goes that "penny saved is a penny earned" mindset.  "See a penny, pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck."  I'm sure they will one day go away, as they have in much of Europe.

7.  Do you think pop culture deserves serious study?  Not if it means someone is getting thousands of dollars in a government grant to do the study!!  (Snickering.) What difference will it make? None!

8. Insert your own random thought here.  Not so random, but I can't wait to have our two sons and our grandson all under our roof at the same time, next week!! First time in a very long time I'll have all my boys together! I'm a happy girl!! Familia!!

Joey, me, and Jeff.  This was three or four years ago,

and Tristan wasn't there with us.