  20 Questions Or alternatively,  to gain inclusion on here,  just mention on your blog that you've not been included thus far.  Here,  it's the urlLink Rake's Progress ' turn:  Why do you blog?
 It beats working.  What are your favourite blogs?  The usual suspects.  urlLink Maud Newton ,  urlLink The Elegant Variation ,  urlLink The Reading Experience ,
 urlLink Return of the Reluctant ,  urlLink Bookninja ,  urlLink Golden Rule Jones ,  urlLink Syntax of Things ,  urlLink Lit Saloon ,  urlLink Beatrice ,
 urlLink Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind ,  urlLink A& L Daily ,  urlLink Cup of Chica ,  urlLink About Last Night ,  urlLink TMFTML ,
 urlLink Splinters /  urlLink In Writing ,  urlLink Largehearted boy ,  urlLink S/ FJ ,  urlLink This Modern World ,
 urlLink Bookslut ,  urlLink Collected Miscellany ,  urlLink Old Hag ,  urlLink brokentype ,  urlLink Last Plane to Jakarta ,  urlLink Aarons Baseball Blog /
 urlLink The Hardball Times ,  urlLink Football Outsiders ,  urlLink hip hop music dot com ,  urlLink Hipster Detritus ,  urlLink No Roll &  Roll Fun ,
 urlLink Izzle!  Izzle Pfaff!  .  urlLink Moby ,  when he was still active.  And Uncle Bob at urlLink Identity Theory ,
 who doesnt usually blog but helps keep whippersnappers like me in line.  What are you reading at the moment?  Dog of the South ,  the new DFW (  Oblivion )  and,
 at the behest of Mrs.  Rake,  The Awakening ,  by Kate Chopin.  What is the best book you've ever read?  Argh.
 I want to say In Search of Lost Time,  but I guess Ill go with Blood Meridian .  Its more than a novel,  better than a book.  What is your favourite poem?  "
Aubade,  by Philip Larkin.  Who is your favourite musician( s)  If I have to choose one,  Im taking Bob Dylan.
 Best album,  however,  is a death match between In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,  69 Love Songs,  and Bee Thousand.  What is your favourite quote?
 You have asked me what I would do and what I would not do.  I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do.  I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home,  my fatherland or my church:  and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can,  and as wholly as I can,
 using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use.  silence,  exile,  and cunning.  How did you vote in the last election?  In vain.
 What do you consider to be the main threat to civilisation?  Religious fanaticism.  What's the best piece of advice you've been given?  Know when to hold em,  know when to fold em.  Know when to walk away,
 know when to run.  When do you view it permissible to lie?  When the cures worse than the disease.  If your house was on fire,  what possessions would you grab?  Just the dog and the best bottle of whiskey on the shelf.
 Define pleasure.  When the one youre thinking of is thinking of you.  Define pain.  When the one youre thinking of has forsaken you.  What animal would you most like to be?  A crow.
 What has been your best blogging experience?  The best moment was the first time I saw RP mentioned/ linked to ( at urlLink Ed's )  The graciousness and intelligence of the lit blogging community is an ongoing pleasure.  What has been your worst blogging experience?
 I havent been around long enough to suffer much.  Anything involving the technical aspects of running the blog makes my stomach turn.  Who are your heroes ( in any field)  I honestly try to avoid them.  Who is your favourite comedian of all time?
 Bill Hicks/ Andy Kaufman.  Toss up.  What one thing would improve the quality of your life?  $ 500,
000.
