Cheddar X

Spring Cheese!

2009-04-26T07:46:00.000-07:00

I don't know what the rest of the country and world looks like these days but here at HQ, spring has sprung. The plum tree out in the yard has already bloomed as is busy making purple nuggets of juicy deliciousness, my tomatoes are starting to explode with growth and my lawn keeps needing to be mowed. And, oh yeah, our allergies have required consistent meds to keep them at bay.

So this all got me to thinking about a new Cheddar X. And here we go.

1. What's the best part of spring?
2. What's the worst part of spring?
3. What do you look forward to in the spring?
4. What is a perfect spring day like for you?
5. How's that spring cleaning coming along?

And, oh yes, a new Cheddar X feature, the retweet widget from TweetMeme. Like the Cheddar X and are as addicted to Twitter as I am (you can always follow me here? Then hit up the retweet and spread the Cheddar X love!

Receding Cheese

2009-03-19T08:21:00.000-07:00

You thought it was dead and gone but no, the was just resting, waiting for the right moment to rise up again. Now is that moment. This Cheddar X is about the current global recession, how it has affected you and measures that you've taken to shore up your expenses.

1. How worried are you about a layoff?
2. How likely are you to be laid off because of the recession?
3. What plans have you made in case a layoff does come down?
4. What have you decided to go without in order to save some money?
5. Has anything positive come from the recession?
6. How will you know your personal recession is over?
7. How will you celebrate?

The Ultimate Cheese

2008-04-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

This month's is all about ultimate (not the frisbee game). Without further jibber-jabber, let's get to the cheese, eh?

1. Your ultimate car:
2. Your ultimate house:
3. Your ultimate career:
4. Your ultimate toy:
5. Your ultimate trip:
6. Your ultimate dinner or meal:
7. Your ultimate relaxation:

I Do the Cheddar

2008-03-10T08:23:00.000-07:00

It occurred to me that its been a little while since we've had a new so I whipped this one up while taking a shower this morning. Have at it!

Name 5 things you are looking forward to
Name 4 things you wish you could do again
Name 3 experiences you wish you could share with your SO
Name 2 things you wish you hadn't said
Name 1 thing that keeps you from going completely insane

Cool, now I've got something to do this morning as well.

The 2007 Retrospective Cheddar X

2007-12-30T09:43:00.000-08:00

In these last few days of 2007 it is a good idea to take a look back and why not make it into a to round out the year. And maybe a little forward looking to 2008.

1. What single personal event in 2007 stands out?
2. What single news event in 2007 stands out to you?
3. Who do you think the Person of the Year for 2007 should be?
4. What was the worst thing that happened to you in 2007?
5. What was the worst thing that happened in 2007?
6. What are you looking forward to in 2008?

There ya go, the last Cheddar X of 2007! I hope you all had a great year and will have an even better 2008!

We Eat Cheddar X

2007-11-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

How about a gastronomic
for a little change?

1. What do you make sure you keep in your fridge at all times?
2. What is the oddest thing in your fridge?
3. What is the oddest thing in your freezer?
4. What is your go to comfort food?
5. What food reminds you of your childhood?
6. How often do you eat out?
7. What are you most likely to get at a drive thru?
8. What's your favorite fast food?

Mmmm, I'm looking forward to reading responses to this one. Post a comment with a link when you've completed this week's Cheddar X. And if you haven't been added to the X-tras list and would like to be, let me know.

Happy Cheddaring!

Shiny New Cheddar X

2007-11-16T21:30:00.000-08:00

After a long, long time since I've posted a new , I got a wild hair and upgraded to the new Blogger. Loads of fun cutting and pasting everything from the last template. And then figuring out the Haloscan install (they should mention that you need to have comments turned on in Blogger for the Haloscan install to show up). Anyway, let's get to some cheese, if you please.

1. What are your top 5 political annoyances?
2. What are your top 4 entertainment annoyances?
3. What are your top 3 family annoyances?
4. What are your top 2 SO (that's signicant other) annoyances?
5. What is your single greatest annoyance right now?

Alrighty then. More to come!

My Favorite Cheese

2007-09-13T22:02:00.000-07:00

Time to dust off this and get to posting it. I've got a bunch of almost finished questions and I'll try to get something posted in something resembling a more timely manner. Without further excusification, here's this month's Cheese.

1. Where is your favorite place to relax?
2. Where is your favorite place to cut loose and have some fun?
3. Where is your favorite place that reminds you of a special time?
4. Where is your favorite place to sit and watch the world go by?
5. Where is your favorite vista point?
6. Where is your favorite place to waste time online?
7. Where is your favorite place to waste time offline?

Habitual Cheddar X

2007-06-29T22:24:00.000-07:00

My life has been about trying to incorporate good habits and get rid of the bad ones. So it is only fitting that a new goes up themed around habits. Have fun!

1. What is your best habit?
2. What is your worst habit?
3. What habit in others annoys you the most?
4. What habit would you like to acquire?
5. Why do they call a nun's headgear a habit?

And that's the first step in what I hope becomes a renewed habit to get Cheddar X's up alot more often.

The Anti-Turn-The-Other-Cheek Cheddar

2007-04-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for a different kind of ? Well then, here we go. This week or month's cheese is all about smackage and who gets some. So, stretch out your fingers, flex your palm and get your smacking hand ready because it is time to get the X out!

1. What tv host would you most like to smack right upside the head?
2. What sports personality would you most like to smack right upside the the head?
3. What media personality would you most like to smack upside the head?
4. What political figure would you most like to smack upside the head?
5. What musical figure would you most like to smack upside the head?
6. Which two politicos would you most like to see in a cage match to the death? (i.e. win/win since one ain't coming out)
7. Which two public figures would you most like to see in a cage match to the death?
8. Who on planet Earth should be put in a rocket and shot into the sun?

Blogger X

2007-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:00

How about some Blogger ? Sound like fun? Here we go.

1. What bloggers have you met in person?
2. Were they who you thought they were?
3. Which blogger would you most like to meet?
4. Which blogger would you most like to meet in a dark alley with a crowbar or other thwacking device?
5. What blog do you wish would just go away altogether?
6. What blog do you wish would come back?

Time for Some Your Cheddar X

2007-01-29T21:24:00.000-08:00

The is all about you and what makes you tick. Sure, we take a month off here and there (and everywhere) but we're spending precious brain cycles to come up with the brilliance you may or may not find below.

1. What are your numbers?
2. What are your words?
3. What are your names?
4. What are your days?
5. What are your colors?
6. What are your flavors?
7. What are your scents?
8. What are your sounds?

Well now, that was fun (and easy since I wrote the questions much earlier today!).

Happy Cheddaring!

Aging Cheese

2006-10-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

This week's is all about time and aging.

1. Where do you see your age?
2. Where do you feel your age?
3. Where do you hear your age?
4. Where do you smell your age?
5. What is your most vivid memory of childhood?
6. What was "old" when you were a little kid?
7. Does that seem so old now?

Easy to feel mortality creeping right up on you now, huh?

Lifted Cheese Parts 11 through 20

2006-09-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

More stolen to keep the pipes flowing.

11. Last Christmas:
12. When I turn my head left:
13. I should be:
14. When I look down I see:
15. The craziest recent event was:
16. If I were a character on "Friends" I'd be:
17. By this time next year:
18. My favorite aunt is:
19. I have a hard time understanding:
20. One time at a family gathering:

Cheddar X-Like Substance

2006-08-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

Has been a long, long time coming and I cannot (and would not) claim this for my own, but I loved it and there's more to come. So there will be a few Cheddars following this one. Almost completely shameless lifted from Midvale School for Gifted Alumni Association who got it from MJ but added an mp3 and so improved the stock. I add nothing but am pushing the meme further and that's gotta count for something.

1. My roommate and I once:
2. Never in my life have I:
3. The one person who can drive me nuts, but then can always manage to make me smile is:
4. High school was:
5. When I'm nervous:
6. The last time I cried was:
7. If I were to get married right now, my bridesmaids/groomsmen would be:
8. Would you rather run naked through a crowded place or have someone e-mail your deepest secret to all your friends?
9. My hair:
10. When I was 5:

So there ya go!

Oh yeah, I also am about to add an Email subscription functionality via FeedBlitz. So, instead of coming back to a never updated page, you'll get an email when I do get a new Cheddar X up. Hooah!

Worst Cheddar Ever

2006-06-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

A random and not overly uplifting based on the Worst. Hope you enjoy.

1. Worst television host?
2. Worst television show?
3. Worst person ever?
4. Worst place you've been?
5. Worst date you've been on?
6. Worst "morning after"?
7. Worst brush with fame?
8. Worst family visit?
9. Worst part of your day?

Well, hopefully it will feel good to vent some of this dislike of things. Maybe not but I'll probably enjoy it.

Music and Food Cheddar X

2006-04-03T23:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, so the has gotten a little dusty over the last few months.

But inspiration struck tonight and I'm gonna see if I can bash out an X before inspiration starts yawning and I go to bed.

1. What food completely repulses you?
2. What food or foods did you used to love but can't eat anymore?
3. What food used to repulse you but you like now?
4. If you had one choice of food forever, what would it be?
5. What song or singer should you like but do not?
6. What song or singer shouldn't you like but do?

And there it is, glistening in the moonlight, some brand new Cheddar.

I can't promise a renewed vigor here but I'll try to get it started back up again if I can.

Happy Cheddaring!

Meme of Four Six

2006-01-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

So I guess there's this groovy new meme roaming the intarnets called the Meme of Four. But its not '04 anymore, its '06 (I'm pronouncing it "aught six" until I'm told I can't anymore). So the Meme of Four gets a Cheddar X-ing and becomes the Meme of Six. It makes more sense this way but I don't ever expect the world to make sense. Its been a while, kids, but its time for the to shake its cobwebs off and ride again!

Six jobs you've had in your life:

Six movies you could watch over and over:

Six places you've lived:

Six TV shows you love to watch:

Six places you've been on vacation:

Six websites you visit daily:

Six of your favorite foods:

Six places you'd rather be:

Six albums you can't live without:

And there it is, an early Cheddar X for the new year. Can't promise any regular new ones beyond this but I do keep thinking of questions for the X. Maybe I'll end up doing a hodge-podge Cheddar X next time to close out some of the draft posts.
Tags: Cheddar X, Meme of Four, Meme of Six

Super 7 Cheddar X

2005-09-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

We got some fresh ready for you.

This is making the meme rounds right now and I thought I'd grab it before it became completely passe to do. And I added one more to make it a 7x7 and no more forwarding it to 7 people like a new age chain letter.

7 things you plan to do before you die:
7 things you can do:
7 things you cannot do:
7 things you never thought you'd do:
7 things that attract you to other people:
7 things that you say most often:
7 celebrity crushes:

Shamelessly lifted from Flower in the Breeze who had it tagged to her.
Happy Cheddaring!

Nothing But Static on Channel X

2005-08-12T16:21:00.000-07:00

Tawdry, trite and trivial is a good way to sum up this week/month's . We at the Cheddar X underground bunker have been having a ball with Tivo'ing stupid moments, rewinding them to watch them again and again and again. Like Jay Payton's great catch before he slammed into the wall last week at the A's game in the Coliseum. Or watching Ken Shamrock (one of the Ultimate Fighters) come off the fence in the Octogan to bring his knee into his opponent's chin and end the fight in one single quick movement (I loved watching Shaq react to the hit!).

This X is all about the idiot box.

1. What do you watch most?
2. What would you be embarassed to be caught watching even though you do watch it?
3. Write yourself into a tv show.
4. Replace someone in a tv show.
5. Who would you like to see out of tvland forever?
6. Who would you like to see back?
7. Entertainment or information?
8. What makes for a good viewing experience for you?
9. Have you ever had a great idea for a special niche cable channel (like the Golf Channel or Home and Garden TV)?
10. What was your favorite show when you were a kid?
11. Most memorable moment of television?
12. Most memorable moment you'd just as soon forget?
13. What would you like to see again?

That's about all I've got, actually that's not wholly true, I've got more but its not any good so I'll spare you all.

Happy Cheddaring to you all.

FrankenCheddar

2005-07-01T11:25:00.000-07:00

Yep, its time to bust out a new and this time, I'm going back into the drafts that have never made it to the blog and will compile, collide and collude this latest episode of the Cheddar X. Dig in.

1. How many times a day do you wash your hands?
2. How often do you get the flu that's going around?
3. How often are you really "sick" when you take a sick day?
4. Who would you like to see in a cage match?
5. Name 3 things you absolutely love.
6. If you had to give 2 of them up which would they be (and why)?
7. Name 3 things you absolutely loathe.
8. What is your all time favorite memory EVER?
9. What is the one thing that happened in high school that would make you avoid your class reunion?
10. What is your dream job, no matter how untrained you might be or unrealistic and bizarre it might be?
11. If you could write yourself into any tv show, which show and how would you do it?
12. If you could replace anyone on a tv show, who would you choose to replace on what show and why?

Hmm, a bit of this, some of that and whammo, slammo, we've got Cheese! Yippy-ki-yah!

Breezy Cheesy

2005-06-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

Its been a little while since we put out a fresh plate of the and its time to roll one out.

The theme this time around shall be weather related stuff. Ready? Hold on. Here we go.

1. What's your favorite kind of weather?
2. Describe the worst storm you can remember?
3. How much of a factor was the climate in choosing where you would live?
4. Favorite rainy day activity?
5. Would you rather have wind and rain or wind and snow?
6. Earthquake or hurricane?
7. Morning or night?

And that is going to have to do it. I don't have the time or the brain cycles for anything more. If any of you want to guest host a Cheddar X, drop me a line. As it is, I will very likely be dropping back to a once a month Cheddar X, at least until things settle down.

Easy TV Cheese

2005-05-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

Okay, last week was a blur and there was no cheese, this week has been a grind and the cheese nearly escaped me again. But no, I had an inspired moment and We. Have. Cheese!

This week's is all about your tv viewing. If you're not a tv person (like my brother) you can just go and sit and play with this lump of clay.

Enough jibber jabber, let's get to the cheese!

1. Who's your favorite talk show host?
2. Late night talk show?
3. What's your favorite drama?
4. Favorite comedy?
5. Least favorite show or genre?
6. Most unlikely show you like?
7. Most unlikely show you thought you'd like but really hate?
8. Worst reality show?
9. Best reality show (if it exists)?
10. Best tv innovation?
11. Who's the hottest person on tv (take that as you will, sexiest, most famous, whatever)?
12. Who's got a face for radio?
13. What major news channel, if any, do you watch?
14. Bill O'Reilly. Thoughts?

Dang, I could keep going and going and going but 14 is more than plenty for this week. This cheese is ready to be wrapped, slapped and trapped! Hoorah!

Beached Cheese

2005-04-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Straight from the new Cheddar X Beachouse, it is this week's and I don't think there's any real theme here, maybe water but maybe not.

1. What would you name your boat?
2. What's your "go to" joke?
3. What do the words "family vacation" evoke in you?
4. What is the most infectious song you know right now (that song you can't get out of your head once it starts going in there)?
5. Are you safer now than you were five years ago?
6. So, how about the new Pope, better than the old Pope, worse or just more of the same?

Alrighty, sort of a hodge podge. But its better than nothing, eh? I hope so.

Happy Cheesing to you all and to all a good cheese.

Sorry, No Cheese This Week

2005-04-15T10:19:00.000-07:00

Things have been mad busy of late and I really haven't had a moment to do the but I am about to be on vacation so there will be extra Cheese next week.

Instead of questions though, how about a caption contest?

Fearsome Cheese

2005-04-06T10:39:00.000-07:00

Cheese and wine are a good mix, creating this week's and being drunk? Maybe not the greatest mix but I do have to say that these questions return to those halcyon days of randomness from wayback in the beginning.

What are you least likely to do?
Who's life is better than yours and what makes it so great?
What does "How ya doing?" really mean?
Why would someone say something as stupid as "Does a bear shit in the woods?"?
Would you rather be super strong or super smart? Would you trade that to be able to fly?
When wheels spin, why do they look like they're going backwards?
What kind of a person would say "Well, you can't get there from here."?
Does something that smells good attract you more quickly than something that looks good?
Complete this sentence: Hoo-doggy, I tell you what.......

Well, it was fun writing them. It'll remain to be seen if its fun answering them.

Spring Cheese!

2005-03-31T08:44:00.000-08:00

Time to pack away the thick wool sweaters and bust out the bikinis and sunscreen! Spring is springing all across the country. Baseball's just around the corner and we have, out here on the coast, officially entered beach season for reals now. This week's is all about Spring. Dig in and get yourself some!

1. What excites you most about springtime?
2. What is a suresign that spring has finally sprung?
3. Do you have any spring rituals?
4. What are you least anticipating this spring?
5. What do the words "Batter Up" evoke in you?

That should cover us for this Cheddar X! Have a great weekend and get out and enjoy your world!

Dude, Where's My Cheddar?

2005-03-22T08:48:00.000-08:00

Yes, its been a little while and I should feel guilty but I've been a wee bit busy of late so let's just pretend last week was an anamoly or something. And let's hit up this week's

1. When did you last get yourself good and lost?
2. Did you stop and ask for directions or just drive until you found someplace you knew?
3. How far out of your way have you gone because you didn't want to stop for directions?
4. What's the best place, person or thing you've found while lost?
5. Do you ever get yourself lost on purpose, just so you can find your way home?
6. When was the last time you were lost in the woods?

And a BAM, there we go. Time to cut this Cheese and spread it all around.

Friday Cheese

2005-03-11T14:13:00.000-08:00

I had intentioned on getting this week's taken care of over the weekend so I could be all footloose and fancy-free (what does that mean, anyway?).

But no, I got too busy, too distracted and then some. So here we are now, Friday morning and a Cheddar X still in the hopper. So let's get right to it. How about a Current Events Cheddar X?

1. What's been the most surprising piece of news in the last month?
2. What is the best and most uplifting story you've read recently?
3. Where do you get most of your news from?
4. What do you think of this week's resignation of Dan Rather?
5. What standards do you think bloggers need to be held to in terms of reporting honestly and as factually as possible?
6. What about blogs being written by media outlets?
7. What's wrong with the news?

Hmm, well that sort of took a left turn midway through so I'm not really quite sure where we ended up. But that's alright, I like the questions anyway though I'll freely admit to being less than enthused about the Dan Rather one, I'm just curious as to what others thought of it.

And that's the cheese for this week!

Shine On You Crazy Cheddar X

2005-03-04T07:46:00.000-08:00

Alright, this week's theme is live music. Sound like fun? Alright then, here we go.

1. What was your first concert?
2. What was your first concert you were "dying" to go to?
3. What was your first album?
4. What was the last concert you went to?
5. Who would you most like to see in concert (alive or dead)?
6. Where is the best place you've seen a show?

There now, that didn't hurt too much at all.

Wordsmith Cheddar X

2005-02-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

In further honor of the passing of Hunter S. Thompson, I'm going to take the deep into wordsmithing territory and delve where scary words dwell. Maybe not but that sounded cool to write.

1. What word or words do you just love?
2. What word or words make you want to tear your hair and run up and down the street with your fingers in your ears going "Lalalalalalalala"?
3. What words do people commonly misuse that make you mad/crazy?
4. What's the prettiest word you know?
5. What word sounds like what it means?
6. What word or words just make no sense? (I.e., a word like "whatsoever" is a pretty bizarre word when you look at it).
7. What words soothe you?

That was kind of fun, I don't imagine it will easier on the backside when I get to answering these but writing them out was dandy!

Happy Cheesing, everyone.

Cheddary Movie X

2005-02-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

It can't be! No, it can be and it is. The return of internally generated questions. And this week, we're doing movies.

1. What was the last great movie you saw?
2. What made it great?
3. What was the last terrible movie you saw?
4. What movie are you most looking forward to in the next year?
5. What classic would you like to see remade and who would you choose to star in it?
6. What remake of a classic blasphemes the original?
7. Who's the classiest star in Hollywood?
8. Who's the trashiest star?
9. Who's got the biggest ego?

Nine, how's that for this week? Good? Good. I hope so. I'm ready to go and take a nap.

Spend Your Cheese X

2005-02-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

This may or may not work out but I wanted to try something a little different for this week's (aside from stealing questions from other spots). This week's X is about the best way to spend a given sum of cash.

What's the best way to spend?

Fifty cents
A dollar
Five dollars
Twenty dollars
One hundred dollars
One thousand dollars
One million dollars
One hundred million dollars

And that should cover this week's Cheddar X nicely. I'm curious as to how it will work out.

More Lifted Cheese

2005-02-03T16:15:00.000-08:00

Because I've learned that stealing is cool if you don't call it stealing, this week's is flattery for the genius who came up with this magnificent questions that I found over on the Glory Road.

First, get in your wayback time machine and return to your high schools, got your long hair? Got your comb in your back pocket? Got your pack of cigs to stick to the man with? Good, let's proceed then.

What were your three favorite bands?
What was your favorite outfit?
What was up with your hair?
Who were your friends?
What did you do after school?
What did you do in your Summers?
Did you take the bus?
Who did you have a crush on?
Did you fight with your parents?
Who did you have a celebrity crush on?
Did you smoke cigarettes?
Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
Did you go to prom?
Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?

Some are quite similar to questions that have already graced the cheese. But hey, repetition is good for you, there's a quote I've got about that.

Anyway, have fun with the Cheese. I promise that next week will see a return to real questions that I actually came up with on my own and didn't have to resort to flattery and plagiarism (hmm, flagiarism? plattery? nah).

Happy Cheesing, folks!

Tardy Cheese, No Note

2005-01-26T13:31:00.000-08:00

This week's (and I guess last week's since there was no last week's) has been shamelessly lifted from Jennifer's History and Stuff. Why? Because I'm too busy these days.

Name a guilty pleasure.
If you had two weeks of free time with no responsibilities and no cash-flow issues, what would you do?
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
What do you think of Dan Rather?
If you could go back in time and visit any one day in history, which day would you choose?

A couple of notes, NotifyList hadn't worked at all so its been deleted. I'm recommending using Bloglines as a notification service but am more than happy to continue the email reminders. If you want to be added, let me know. I'll also add you to the roll call on the right there.

Happy Cheddaring!

[Update: There's a new feature at Cheddarland, its the post rating dealie-bopper thing to the right of the permalink in the footer. If a week's questions suck then I'd like to know and if a week's questions were good then that's just peachy too.

I just tried it out and it, unfortunately, requires a registration with NewsGator. So maybe its not quite as useful as I'd hoped.]

Instant Cheddar

2005-01-13T18:17:00.000-08:00

Okay, speed drill. I'm late, I've been busy, its time to throw down a fast and potentially ugly .

Who did you dream of last?
What do you want a picture of?
Where did you want to go?
When will you grow up?
Why do people expect life to be fair?
How much can you stand?

Bam, shortest cheese ever. What's the symbol for screeching tires?

Missing in Cheddar

2005-01-05T10:31:00.000-08:00

Watch it now, here comes this week's about missing things and some random questions to fill out this week.

Let's get to it, eh?

1. What public figure's passing affected you most in 2004?
2. What event would you have most liked to have witnessed first hand?
3. What cartoon would you go live in for a week or a month?
4. What song have you been listening to alot? (please not Christmas music!)
5. What are you doing or have done in response to the tsunami?

Bam, that'll cover this X for this week. New fun up next week. Maybe haiku word associations?

New Year's X

2005-01-01T09:04:00.000-08:00

Its the first of the new year and its about time to get to the out and then get back to bed.

1. How do you celebrate the ringing in of the New Year?
2. How would you rate 2004 on a scale of 1-10?
3. What stands out as the single biggest moment for you?
4. What do you expect will happen in 2005?
5. What is your wish for your family, your town, your nation and the world?

Yeah, I like that. A nice wrap there.

Time to tape this up and ship it on out. Happy 2005 everyone! 2004 was a great year for me, 2005 promises to be just as exciting and lots of fun.

Now it should be back to bed but I'm going to go play with my new toy.

Say Brother, Can You Spare a Little Cheese?

2004-12-22T13:15:00.000-08:00

That's right, intrepid Cheddarians, this week's is about charity and holidays. Mostly.

1. What do you do with your spare change?
2. What prompted you to give some money to a stranger recently? If you have given money to a stranger recently, of course.
3. What charities do you support and why?
4. What's the kindest thing a stranger has done for you?
5. Do you wish people a "Merry Christmas", "Happy Holidays", "Seasons Greetings" or something else? Why did you choose it?
6. What's your most memorable moment of 2004 online? Offline?
7. What is your hope for 2005?

I hope everyone has a great holiday break. I will see you all in the new year. I hope 2005 is as fun and interesting as 2004 has been.

Happy Cheddar X to you all and to all a good night!

Retro X: Breakdown

2004-12-17T09:26:00.000-08:00

This week's is a trip down memory lane. It'll be a shorter trip for some and a longer trip for others but I hope the sights along the way are worth the trip.

Within the time period of High School:
5 People you wish you were still close to
4 Places you used to frequent
3 Classes you loathed
2 Teachers who made a difference
1 Moment to relive or erase.

Well that was kind of fun to put together. I hope its fun to take part in.

I should also note that the Cheddar X Bloglet subscription is going to be changing to NotifyList. Bloglet keeps grabbing drafts and publishing them and that's just completely unacceptable. So, sorry to Bloglet subscibers but things'll be changing again.

Have a happy and cheesy weekend!

It's Beginning to Look Alot like Cheddar X-Mas

2004-12-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

More holiday inspired fun. Moving into the holiday season, I'm always curious about what people like and dislike about Christmas.

1. What do you like most about Christmas?
2. How have your Christmas perceptions changed over time?
3. Is it truly better to give than to receive?
4. What's your all time favorite Christmas present?
5. What gift are you most proud of giving to someone else?

Also, a couple of news thingies. Everyone say hi to Barb from All About Me(mes), she's the newest member of the ~~cult~~ Cheddar X. She also brought the broken subscription issue to my attention and I've fixed it on Bloglet so daily mailers should be functioning properly again.

I have also finally gotten around to buying the rights to www.cheddarx.com and will be slowly getting the new destination into shape over the next couple of weeks. If you come by here and the site's gone then you can either try CheddarX.com or swing by Intellectual Poison and I'll have the updated link there.

And, in the spirit of the season, I'd like to pass along Any Soldier, its a site that gets you in touch with troops in Iraq. You can send them a care package or letters or whatever. Its not that I support the war, I don't. But I do support the kids that are in that war and any taste of home that we can send them would be incredibly appreciated.

Traditional Cheese

2004-12-01T13:05:00.000-08:00

Well, we must really be making headway, the has its own tiny little troll. Oh boy. Shame he's not very interesting though.

Anyway, this week's Cheese is about traditions and maybe some foreshadowing about 2005 resolutions and whatever. You can, as always, respond in the form of poetry if it makes you happy.

1. What holiday traditions mean the most to you?
2. What mean the least to you?
3. If you could create a new tradition, what would it be and why?
4. With 2004 drawing to a close, how would you grade yourself on your resolutions from last year?
5. What are you planning to resolve to do in 2005?

Not a big week this time around, just a few questions. And yes, I'm still working on getting the Cheddar X moved to better looking and more interactive digs. Anyone want to vollunteer some design aid? Drop me a note.

And that's the Cheddar for this week. Cheers!

Melted Cheddar

2004-11-25T09:25:00.000-08:00

Since much of the country is gripped by this strange phenomenon called Winter, Easy sent over some questions designed to heat things up a bit. So here we go with this week's .

1. Hottest place you've visited? Lived?
2. Song that gets you hot?
3. Person other than Signifigant Other that gets you hot?
4. Hottest movie scene?
5. Hottest sexual experience?
6. Hottest non-sexual experience?

Alright? Howzat workin' for ya?
Good? Now go and get yourself some turkey, some stuffing and go watch some football like a good citizen!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! And I'm giving Thanks to Easy for saving my bacon!

Sociologist's Cheese

2004-11-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

I don't know, the only theme that seemed to come out of this week's questions seem like questions a sociologist or psychologist might ask during an interview.

Anyway, here's this week's . Hope its fun for you all.

1. What's the most bizarre news story that comes to mind? (link to it if you can)
2. What has caused you to lose faith in humanity lately?
3. What's caused you to believe in humanity?
4. What tasks would you most like to have an army of trained monkeys to do for you?
5. Is it morally more defensible to be prey or predator? Why?
6. What are your shortcuts at home? Work? (By shortcut, I mean, how do you save time during your day, not the route you take to the crapper!)
7. What's your favorite thing about Thanksgiving?

And I think that should just about do it for this week's Cheese.
I've got a couple of ideas percolating for next week but who knows what will happen as I'll be travelling. Anyone want to take over and guest host the Cheddar X next week?

Also, depending on how much free time I have next week, I might start migrating the Cheddar X to my own web space. It'll give me more control over the page. I will give alot of notice before moving away from here though. If you do happen to miss the notice then swing on by Intellectual Poison and there will be the correct link there. Its time to start putting in some more time to make the Cheddar X all that it can be.

Any site designers in the troop who want to work on a redesign?

Playing with Words: Cheddar Associations

2004-11-11T23:07:00.000-08:00

I've got a growing list of questions for next week but I wanted to do a slightly detuned this week. Something not quite mindless but one that didn't require me to examine my entire belief system as I just don't have the time for it now.

So let's do a little Cheddar X word associations. You can opt to do the double association as we've done before or just go through the list once. I'm kind of down today so whatever makes you happy is cool. And I am going to make a distinct effort to now allow my mood to permeate this week's Cheese.

And now, onto the words....

Fluffy bunnies -
Coffee -
Flat tax -
Fair and open -
Truth -
Justice -
America -
The Culture of Fear -
Honesty -
~~Justice -~~ (Ed. Note: DOH!!!)
Freedom -
Comfort -
Soothing -
Healing -
The Future -

Okay, that feels like a good place to come to a stop. Not an overly taxing Cheddar this week. But that's okay, sometimes it feels good to coast a little bit, you know?

By the way, everyone say hi to Mikhail of Coffee Talk, the latest brave soul to willingly join the ranks of the Cheddar X. Stop by and give him a howdy.

Bitter Pill Cheddar

2004-11-04T10:48:00.000-08:00

Warning, you might want to skip this week if you've had your fill of politics. I'm bitter, pissed off and am going to use the to see if I can find some things out.

I'll totally understand if the rest of the universe is ready to really move on. I'm getting there but I've got a little more to go.

1. What went wrong on Tuesday's election?
2. What would you be willing to die for?
3. Is it the same thing you'd be willing to kill for? (if there's anything you're willing to kill for).
4. What is your personal plan for the next four years?
5. Do you think the US will be as divided and angry in four years? More or less?

Okay, that's about all I can do for now. I'm sure I'll have more questions moving forward but I am also trying to put the nightmare of Tuesday behind me and focus on the future.

Have a good Cheddar, folks. Next week I think I'm leaning towards some word associations.

The Cheese is Old and Moldy

2004-10-27T12:44:00.000-07:00

In fact, its probably dead. Which is perfect because this week's theme is all about the end of the road that is life.

Here we go with the Dead Cheddar X!

1. What would you write on your epitaph?
2. What would you like to be remembered for?
3. What would the title of your memoirs be?
4. Who would you like to play you in the movie of your life? Who should play you?
5. If you had one moment to do over, to either change the outcome or savor the moment again, which moment would it be?

That's about it for me for this week. Some new stuff in the works for next week, I think. It'll depend on how much time my new master, GTA: San Andreas, gives me for other activities.

Bonus points for who can tell me where the title comes from? Two hints, its not from Star Wars but it is from a movie.

There's the cheese, get it while it's muerte!

Regression Cheese

2004-10-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Found via geeky.chick.blog

This week's is all about the breakdown. Start big and get all granular.

Ten movies you'd watch over and over:
Nine people you enjoy the company of:
Eight things you're wearing:
Seven things on your mind:
Six objects you touch every day:
Five things you do every day:
Four bands (etc) that you couldn't live without:
Three of your favorite songs at this moment:
Two people who have influenced your life the most:
One person who you love more than anyone in the world:

And there we go, this Cheese is ready for the masses!

Side note, anyone have a good replacement option for the Tag Board?

Opposites Day Cheddar

2004-10-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

This week's theme could also be called the Dick Cheney Approach to Truth Cheddar X but I'm trying to stay as apolitical on the Cheddar X as possible.

Here's another new idea I've been wanting to try for a little while. This week's is about answering 180 degrees from how you normally would.

So that, if the question is: What is your favorite song? and the song you hate more than anything else in the whole world is your right answer, for me it would have to be anything by Christina Aquilera or Limp Bizkit.

Sound like fun? Alrighty then, here we go. Remember, opposites. And try to really sell it as if you mean it. Spin it into the truth if you can.

1. What's your favorite food?
2. What Constitutional Amendment is the most important?
3. What needs to be added to the Amendments?
4. Is truth relative?
5. Who's the best leader your nation has right now?
6. What lets you sleep soundly at night?

That should be enough for now. Remember though, write the opposite of what you actually think but try to put a spin on it so that it sounds like that's what you really believe. And yeah, I'm going to paste a few disclaimers on mine.

So there's the for this week. With some luck we'll get back on the weekly or bi-weekly schedule from here on out.

Hard Cheese

2004-09-20T23:08:00.000-07:00

Warning, this is easily the most difficult Cheddar X yet. With that in mind, I'm planning on taking at least a week to respond to as many of the points as possible.

Because its too easy to get sucked into the negativity of the current electoral season in the good old US of A, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to sample the X-nation's ideals for various aspects of a commander-in-chief. No endorsements, no name calling, just plain what you think should be done and (if necessary) how it could be done.

I expect that this will be a tough week of the but then, nothing worthwhile is ever easy, is it?

So here's how I'm envisioning this. I'll lay out a bunch of typical or maybe atypical presidential platforms, take the one's you want, build yourself a platform based on what you think should be done. Articulate your position.

1. Education
2. Environment (which can be further broken down)
3. Economy
3a. Employment
3b. Deficit
3c. GNP
4. Foreign policy
4a. Nuclear proliferation
4b. Human rights violations
4c. Genocide
4d. United Nations
5. Terrorism
6. Homeland security
7. Taxation
8. Alternate energy sources
9. Healthcare
10. Social security
11. Abortion
12. Same sex marriage
13. Assault weapons or other gun control
14. Drugs
15. Big tobacco
16. Big business
17. Corporate corruption
18. Frivolous lawsuits
19. Obesity
20. Overconsumerism
21. National malaise
22. Smelly people on the subway
23. SUV's
24. Homelessness
25. Steroids in baseball

There are probably plenty of other topics to add here, if you want me to add a new topic or a subset (like breaking out the environment into more than just the one umbrella topic) then leave a comment or drop me an email (don't forget to drop the nospam) and I'll update the post.

I hope this is an interesting and worthwhile exercise. If not then let me know and I'll try not to do it again.

Dark Cheese

2004-09-16T08:04:00.000-07:00

I was thinking that it might be interesting to explore the darker side of the cheese, the side that never sees the sun and is bitter and mean because of it. So here we go with some darker !

1. What was the last thing you regret saying the moment it left your lips or keyboard?
2. When was the last time you wished ill upon someone? Why?
3. What's wrong with you?
4. Who would most benefit from having sense knocked into them?
5. Who would you just most like to knock around?
6. What is the worst part of your day?

And let's slice it off, wrap it up and send it out from there.

By the way, if any Cheddar X'ians want to step into the back office and help out on the production side then drop me an Email (drop the nospam) and let me know how you'd like to help out.

Happy Cheese!

A Jug of Wine, Some Bread, Some Cheddar and Thou

2004-09-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

That's right folks, this weeks is dedicated to art of romance and sensuality.

1. What's the sexiest name you've ever heard?
2. What's your idea of a romantic evening?
3. Where's the most romantic place you know?
4. What's the most romantic gesture someone's made to you?
5. What was your most romantic gesture?

And there it goes, this week's Cheddar is free, free to fly out into the great big internet. Hope you all have a lovely week. I'm just hoping the air conditioner works today.

Back to the Core Competency Cheddar

2004-09-03T09:37:00.000-07:00

Alright, I'm trying to get the back on track after nearly getting derailed earlier this week.

1. Who's your favorite superhero?
2. Who's your favorite villain?
3. What was your last brush with greatness?
4. Who is the last celebrity you've seen in public?
5. What's the most important event on your horizon?
And one political question, I can't help it.
6. What did you think of Bush's speech last night?

And that's the Cheddar for this week, sorry for it being so late. And I'll start thinking about how to make it run smoother, maybe incorporate more of the Cheddar X Nation into the mix.

Tick Tock

2004-08-31T12:51:00.000-07:00

No Cheddar X style questions.

I'm considering shutting down the Cheddar X. Or re-orging it into a less time consumptive chore. Maybe a once a month Cheddar X? Its distracting me from more important stuff like my son, my hound, my wife and house work.

I'd love some help with it but no one seems to have any interest in helping.

And with me the sole respondent to last week's questions, I'm kind of ready to pack it in.

Anyone got any thoughts?
I'll take a lack of response as a pretty solid indicator that the concept has stretched far enough to snap and break and I'll shutter the site.

I Didn't Mean to Go There Cheese

2004-08-25T09:27:00.000-07:00

This week's started out innocently enough with some nice little questions about words and stories but then it fell into Olympic fever. My apologies but here we go anyway, its late, I'm tired and mildly sunburned. Have a good time with the Cheese.

1. What's the cleverest word play you've read or made up?
2. What's the most outrageous cover story you've ever tried to make up?
3. Did it work?
4. Favorite line from a song? (Eighteen double oh and a table dance).
5. What has been your favorite Olympic moment?
6. What sport shouldn't be in the Olympics?
7. What sport should be in the Olympics?
8. What's wrong with the Olympics?

And that is what we've got for this week, folks. Anyone got any input for next week? No? No worries, I'll think of something.

GSW Cheese

2004-08-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

For those that aren't knowing, GSW doesn't stand for gun shot wound, it stands for Gratuitous Swearing Week which I've been running a little under the radar on Intellectual Poison.

Due to Easy's influence and Heather's seconding the motion, this week's has an optional twist to it (since I know there are folks out there who don't enjoy the simple and crude pleasure of a well constructed invective) to pepper your Cheddar with some spice verbiage.

With GSW this week would have been called Lowered Expectations Cheese. So let's get to the questions, alright?

1. Who or what was the last thing you were really looking forward to that ended up not being at all what you'd expected or hoped for?
2. Who have you lost respect for recently? Why?
3. What or who disappointed you lately?
4. How have you disappointed someone close to you?
5. What chore would you most like your significant other to do or finish?
6. What is your biggest self-inflicted danger to your health? (I.e. in my case I have a serious and uncontrollable requirement for lots and lots of Cheetos even though I know that my insides are probably day glo orange by now).

And that's the Cheese that's fit to be cheesed. You are welcome to sprinkle your responses with Gratuitous Swearing if you like. But it is, like all other things Cheddary and X'y, its a do it if you like it deal.

Good cheese to you!

Would You Rather Cheddar or Provolone?

2004-08-11T11:32:00.000-07:00

Taking a cue from some other question type memes, here's the Would You Rather.....

Would you rather:

Sing country songs buck naked to the PTA or come across your "art" photos on a porn site?

Have a biker gang for neighbors or five chatty Chihuahuas within barking distance?

Be addicted to sniffing modeling glue or be addicted to huffing butane from Bic lighters?

Lick a 9 volt battery or lick the bottom of your foot?

Ketchup soup or mustard soup?

Live in a great house in a place you don't like or a bad house in a place you love?

Spend a weekend at a spa or spend a weekend camping?

And finally, just a couple of questions this week to maintain the continuity.
1. What would you host a cable tv program about?
2. What or who do you lust for?
3. You've got a spare $5,000, what do you do with it?
4. How often do you see your family?

Alright, I'm done, I've got work to get to working on and rooms to clear out so I can start laying out the new floor.

Have a good Cheddar, let me know if you liked this one or not and maybe it'll get added back into the queue.

Quick Cheese Tuesday

2004-08-03T07:29:00.000-07:00

Alright, let's get the lead out, get this week's all taken care of, there. Alright.

No theme this week, just lots of questions scientifically designed to make you dig into your innermost being. Bah! Enough jibber jabber, let's get to the Q & A!

1. Who was your most unlikely friendship?
2. What Fear Factor stunt would you design?
3. Which stunt would defeat you?
4. What movies do you know by heart?
5. What is your favorite post on someone else's blog?
6. What's your favorite leftover food?
7. Who was the last person who challenged your beliefs and got you to change your mind?
8. How do you waste time you should spend doing useful stuff?

And that, good friends and lookee-loos, is this week's Cheddar X!

Five W's and an H Cheddar X

2004-07-29T08:21:00.000-07:00

The first go at the concept Cheddar from last week, this week's is the 5 W's and an H. And I've already got next week's Cheese ready too! Love getting ahead of the curve!

The questions this week may be slightly obscure but I think that leaves things open to interpretation and that makes reading the responses all the more fun.

1. Who always puts a smile on your face?
2. What was your most memorable first date?
3. Where did you first feel bliss?
4. When did you realize that life really isn't fair, nor does it have to be?
5. Why are so many people angry?
6. How do you make the world a better place?

And there we have it, a fresh new Cheesy Cheddar X!

Got a question for the masses? Leave it in the comments on the board to the right.
Happy Cheesing!

Summer Cheese

2004-07-22T14:07:00.000-07:00

Here we go with another . No real theme to this week and its kind of short but its what I came up with. Have fun.

1. What did you do on your summer vacation?
2. If you could stop time, what would you do?
3. What is your hidden talent?
4. What's your dream house like?
5. What's your favorite hand or arm gesture?

I had an idea for a new kind of Cheddar X, one in which the questions begin with Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. The questions could all be based around a single topic or written up individually. Does this sound like a good idea or no?

Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend.

Surgical Strike Cheese

2004-07-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

As most of my recent days have been revolving around my newborn son and a post over on Intellectual Poison about his recent appointment with the pediatrician to circumsize him, this week's is loosely based on surgicality. And maybe a random question or two to fill out this week's cheese.

1. If you had a choice, would you be circumsized or not? Why or why not? (ladies, pretend to be men or skip this one)
2. What elective surgery would you have performed on yourself if expense wasn't an object?
3. What body part of yours is perfect just the way it is?
4. What was your most serious or involved surgery?
5. Ceserean section or vaginal birth?
6. Epidural or drug free child birth?
7. Which is worse, the anticipation or the recovery?

Unrelated questions:
8. How has your blog's focus shifted over the course of its run?
9. What has been the main cause of the shift, if there has been one?
10. How often do you redesign your site?
11. Are you stats mad (interpret that how you will) or don't care about hits, page visits and the like?

Maybe this should be a double Cheddar? Oh well, two cheeses in the hand are worth a dozen in the bushes.

As always, take from the what you please. Some questions are definitely better than others.

Baby Fun Cheddar

2004-07-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Because Easy opened the door and I'm now living the 24/7 baby dream, how about a baby oriented this week? Works for me.

1. What is your earliest memory (presumably as a baby but maybe not)?
2. What scares or scared you most about having kids?
3. How did your life change or how do you think your life will change when you have children?
4. What is your favorite thing about babies?
5. Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping baby?

And that's the Cheese for this week, its a short one and I still haven't finished my last week's Cheddar. But its all good, I'm about as happy as I've ever been with my new son.

Best and Worst Cheddar X Ever

2004-06-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

It was the best of Cheddar, it was the worst of Cheddar.

This week's is reflective of the roller coaster that's been my life of late. I'm curious about the highs and lows that others have experienced and so, this week's questions are all about the extremes.

So let's get to it, eh?
1. What was the best thing that happened to you this week? The worst?
2. What's the best thing someone's done for you (recently or not so recently)? What's the worst thing someone's done to you (again, recently or not so recently)?
3. What's the best thing about your job? Worst?
4. What's the best new website you've found? Worst?
5. What's the best book you've read? Worst?
6. What's the best movie you've seen? Worst?
7. What's the best meal you've had? Worst?
8. What's the best holiday? Worst?
9. What's the best thing in your future? Worst?
10. What's the best quote you know? Worst?
[Update: Sorry for the late addition but I was just reminded of another good Best/Worst question by Lily.
11. What's your best word? Worst word? (and yes, this is open to some interpretation)]

Okay, I got on a little tear there for a moment. Let's wrap it up and ship this cheese out!
Some ideas percolating for next week and I'll have the time to get them up early, I think and hope.

Deserted Island Cheese

2004-06-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Taking a cue from Jeff and his question about the shape of your island, I thought it would be nice to go with a full on deserted island themed this week.

Jeff's question first.
1. What shape would your island be?
And now a running with it I shall go....
2. Would you be more at home on a deserted island or in a crowded city?
3. How would you keep yourself entertained on a deserted island?
4. Who would you miss most if you were on a deserted island?
5. Who would you least like to be stuck on a deserted island with?
6. What would be the best thing about being on a deserted island?
7. What one thing would you love to take with you?

That's the Cheddar for this week. Next week may be really early or not at all since, by this time next week, I may be a father.

Regular Cheese Aims to Please

2004-06-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

The week's fly by in a blur marked only by the ever swelling belly of Mrs. Huh? as we prep for the arrival of Baba Huh?

This week's isn't themed but I hope there are some decent questions in the mix, enough to get those juices flowing.

First couple of questions come from Karen at Princess In Pain.
1. Describe how you saw yourself in high school.
2. If you could select the sex of your baby, would you? Which would you choose and why?
3. What would you name you child if it were a girl? A boy?

And the rest are from my own sick and tormented mind.
4. What are the best and worst pick up lines you've heard/used?
5. What's the worst break up line you've heard or used?
6. Heard any good jokes lately?
7. Is the glass half full or half empty or did the dog knock it over?
8. When was the last time you were tricked?

And that's all the cheese that's fit to serve up for this week. Everything else is just too locked into thematic questions.

I have a bunch of new concept Cheddar's in the works. I will try to roll them out in an alternating fashion with a week of regular questions and then a week of new stuff. And that means that next week is an experimentation week!

I've been toying with the idea of an Oppo Cheese week where responses are the opposite of what you really think. Another idea is for a Surreal Cheddar X one of these weeks. And then there's the Numbered Cheese, a Problem Solving Cheddar, A Fill in the Blank Cheddar, a fitness/exercise based Cheddar Lite, some more musical Cheese and I'm sure I've already spaced on a couple of other concepts in the works. Oh yeah, a Newspaper Headline Cheddar (and yes, I will explain that one better) too.

So there's the for this week.

Cheesy Job Interview Cheddar

2004-06-07T10:06:00.000-07:00

Sort of a twisted cheese this week and I'm not sure if it'll work out but hey, the is all about experimentation and exploration in the name of science! This week's cheese is a hypothetical job interview.

To crudely paraphrase Socrates, if it ain't examined then it ain't worth living.
So let's get on with the examination.

1. What skills do you need to develop most?
2. What did you like most about your last job?
3. What has been your favorite job?
4. What was your worst or most degrading job?
5. How do you deal with inter-office personality conflicts?
6. In what kinds of situations do you find it most difficult to deal with people?
7. How do you handle crisis situations?

And that is this week's .

Astute observers might have noticed that I've added a Cheddar X Link List to the sidebar with Memes List and The Daily Meme. More exposure is more better for the Cheddar! Bring it on! Spread the cheese all over the cyber cracker!

I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve for next week. But please, ask questions, email me or post them on the Tag Board. I can use all the help I can get some days and with the baby about to come any day now I might even have to skip a week if I don't plan properly.

Hijacked Cheese

2004-06-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

I've had almost no time to think about this week's much less write it out. So I'm going to do the next best thing to doing it myself. I'm stealing this week's cheese. This week's questions are all shamelessly stolen from Jennifer's History and Stuff.

1. What do you have planned for the future?
2. Who is the single most important person in your life and why?
3. Describe yourself in five words.
4. You can spend one night alone with any one person you wish--who is it?
5. Name your five favorite movies.
6. Name your five favorite musical artists.

And a couple from me just based on those above.
7. Name your five favorite movies when you were in high school.
8. Five favorite musicians when you were in high school.

Thanks for saving my cheesy bacon, Jennifer!

Happy Cheddaring! And please, if you've got a question, send it along to me!

Hail to the Cheese

2004-05-26T15:46:00.000-07:00

That's trite folks, this week's gets political with its moldy, oldy self.

So, enough jibber jabber, let's get to the questions!

1. If you had a choice of dinner with George W. Bush or John Kerry, which would it be, why and what would you serve?
2. What are your three major criteria for choosing who to vote for?
3. Do you plan to vote "for" someone or "against" someone?
4. What bothers you most about this presidential election?
5. How much does a candidate's religious affiliation have to do with your decision to vote for him?
6. When do you think the first female president will be elected?
7. Who, among prominent politicians, would you most like to see in the White House?
8. Who, among all people, would you like to see in the White House?

Phew!

I hope we can all still be friends after this flaming Cheese!

I've got some ideas for next week already but let's get to them when the getting's good, shall we? Why yes, we shall!

Humpty Cheddar X

2004-05-19T11:04:00.000-07:00

Alright, this week's is getting out early. Some decent questions (I think) and I've come to the conclusion that I have a serious addiction to the use of parantheses.

1. What's your favorite board game?
2. If you had to sing a song on national TV (ala the bleh-worthy American Idol), what song would you sing?
3. If you had to sing a duet, what song would you sing and with who?
4. If your life was made into a movie, what would the title be?
5. If your life was made into a porn movie, what would the title be?
6. Who would you want to play you in the movie of your life?
7. In the porn?

From Easy,
8. What are some of the top bumper stickers you've seen or thought of (I do think this is a repeat but that's cool, we've got a lot of new members)?

Next week, I can't help it folks, I've been sucked into the political maelstrom. Next week will be the first (but not necessarily the last) Political Cheddar X. I'll fully understand if some of you don't want to play as politics makes many, if not most, people retch uncontrollably these days.

And one last thought, would folks mind noting which of each week's questions they liked the best? That way I can get a little feedback and build from it to create a better and more powerful Cheddar X!

Midweek Cheddar

2004-05-10T11:59:00.000-07:00

Looking to keep getting the Cheddar out earlier in the week to give folks a better chance of taking part. Here's this week's

1. How many computer passwords do you currently have?
2. When was the last time you nearly went insane because you'd forgotten which one you were using?
3. What's your favorite board game?
4. How long have you been at your current job?
5. How much "push" would it take to get you to walk?

and one via Guessboy
6. What's the best t-shirt slogan or comment that you've come across?

There's the Cheddar. I'm tired and want to go back to bed but that won't be happening until much, much, much later today. Thank goodness there's coffee and yummy flavored creamers. I think I'll be making mine a triple today.

Afterthought Cheddar

2004-05-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

You know, the funny thing is that I had all these questions ready to go for this week's on Monday afternoon and just got too busy with everything else going on.

Anyway, this week see's more stolen questions from Blown Fuse and then some of my own as well.

1. Desert island scenario: 3 belongings.
2. If you didn't have the name you have, what name would you like to have?
3. What's the craziest thing you ever did while drunk and/or high?
4. What movie is your favorite "guilty pleasure"? (You could watch it over and over but are embarrassed to admit it).

And then a couple more from me.
5. When was the last time you ate more than you should have because the food was so good? What were you eating?
6. How many rechargable items do you have?
7. Will the rising costs of gas affect your driving habits? Or, is the cost of gas rising out of control where you live?

And that's this week's .

I should let you all know that I am hyper political these days and am striving mightily to avoid a Political Cheddar X. I will continue to take my meds and head down other paths but hey, if you're down for some political cheese then let me know.

Other than that, have a wicked weekend!

Nacho Cheddar X

2004-04-29T15:13:00.000-07:00

As in, "hey man, that's nacho (not your) cheese" that's right, campers, this week's was heisted from Blown Fuse because she had her readers send in questions and they kicked butt.

And away we go.....
1. Name 3 things you absolutely love.
2. If you had to give 2 of them up which would they be (and why)?
3. What is your all time favorite memory EVER?
4. What is the one thing that happened in high school that would make you avoid your class reunion?
5. What is your dream job, no matter how untrained you might be or unrealistic and bizarre it might be?
6. What's one thing you think you're really good at?

Well this was a nice and easy week to get the up. I've got two secret X's in the works right now although I may end up trashing one. Stay tuned to X!

Come and Sit with the Cheddar for a Spell

2004-04-22T15:19:00.000-07:00

Yep, its time again for some tasty questions.

1. What is the worst or best insult someone's said to you?
2. What's the lamest platitude you know?
3. Do you pick up hitchhikers? When was the last time you did?
4. What's your favorite fruit and how do you like to eat it?
5. What's your favorite drive or drives?
6. Which begs the question, what's your favorite hike or walk?

Yeah, that'll cover it for this week. Not sure what's on tap for next week but I'll try to get it up earlier in the week if possible because I know most of us don't do much blogging over the weekend since we're not at work.

And a double welcome this week, first of we've got Machine Gun Sun who needs some validation to stave off a pending nervous breakdown so make sure to stop by and tell her how awesome she is.

And then we also have Caught in the X Fire (a blog after my heart!).

Everybody, this is Candida and Stevie. Play nice and share the cheese with them!

Tip Toeing through the Cheddar

2004-04-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

Trying to get a jump on this week's , I'm putting the questions up early.

No theme this week, just random things that cross my mind long enough for me to record somewhere, somehow.

1. What does party mean to you? (I.e. when you go and get your party on, what does that mean?)
2. What was the first thing you thought or said when you saw your significant other for the first time?
3. Do you talk to yourself? Why?
4. What's been your biggest personal change in the last ten years?
5. What are you most looking forward to?

And that's all I've got for this week.

Friday Cheese

2004-04-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I know, its Friday, where's the Cheddar? Its been a busy week and I'd meant to get this up last night but oh well, here we go with this week's (and yeah, I know I'd mentioned the number X concept last week but I'm still struggling with it, bear with me).

1. When was the last time you caught yourself before doing something really stupid? What was it?
2. What was your last nightmare about?
3. How do you entertain yourself in traffic?
4. Who inspires you?
5. What trait in the opposite sex makes you wonder most?
6. Which of the seven deadly sins is the worst? Why?
7. Do you blog on the weekends much or at all?

And that's it, my tank's empty, I need to sleep for about a month (being woken up by a puppy with razors for claws scratching at your back gets old pretty quickly).

By the way, for the newer folks, you've got questions? Toss them into the comments or on the Zonkboard. I can use all the help I can get some weeks. Other weeks (usually when I drive into work alot for some reason) I have plenty of questions flowing.

So that's the for this week. Have a great weekend everybody! As long as mine includes a good long nap with a baseball game or two on, I'll be a happy camper.

More Cheddary Word Associations

2004-04-01T16:14:00.000-08:00

Because I had such a good time with the word association Cheddar from a couple of weeks ago, I felt like doing another round of Word Associations but with a twist.

In a corrupted form of the old game of telephone crossed with the original word associations, this week's X is the Double Word Associations. There are a couple of ways to do it and I think any of them are fine, you can either go through the list once and then go through it again on the first new list or go with the first two different words that each word in the list evokes (and yes, Jim, I did add that "differently" just for you).

For example, if the word is Capital, my first association is lowercase, after completing the list, I would come back to the newly generated word list and do the same word association game on the new words (is it me or am I waaaaay overexplaining this? hey, cut me some slack, the puppy had me up three times during the night and then up for good at about 4:30).

Anyway, let's bust it out and have some cheesy fun, shall we? Oh yes, we shall. And no, I don't think there's any theme to this week's list although I was tempted to rhyme them all but we can save that for another time.

Mel Gibson -
Pot belly -
Pork -
New York Yankees -
March Madness -
Iraq -
Google -
April Fool's Day -
Sweet -
Career -
Economy -
Forest -
Jessica Simpson -
Enzyte Smiley Guy -
Opening Day -
Motorcycle -
Highway Patrol -
Meth lab -
Medicinal Marijuana -
Fat America -
Fast food -
Coffee -
Commercial flight -
Patriotism -
Treason -
Sedition -
Final Solution -

Now don't forget, this is the Double Word Association Week, you can either go through and do each word twice or go through the list and then treat the new list like a whole new list. Either way, I'm curious to see how well this works out.
And yeah, as before, I could just keep rolling along until the list is far too large to be of any use. But let's cap it there, wrap it up and send it packing. And I'm leaning towards a numerical Cheddar for next week, I've had a month or two to let it fester in my head and I think its almost ready to be uncorked.

There's this week's ! Go get some!

Early and Short Cheddar

2004-03-24T15:46:00.000-08:00

Yep, Wednesday , no theme, just a few questions I've been kicking around for a little while

1. What would you want written on your epitaph?
2. What do you collect and why?
3. What's the dumbest legal action you know of?
4. What single decision in your life do you wish you could change? (might be a double, oh well)
5. Some people resemble their dogs, do you know anyone that resembles their name?
And from Robert
6. What's your favourite / most used unit of time?
Which makes me wonder.
7. What's the best internet time device you've seen so far?

And yeah, that's it. This week's Cheddar is all done and ready for the chomping. Dig in and spread it around!

Next up: Sarcastic Word Associations, Themed Word Associations or Double Word Associations because I had a blast with the last round and am eager to try it again.

Welcome to the Cheese!

2004-03-22T11:03:00.000-08:00

I should have done this on Friday but things got a little busy and its now Monday so what are you gonna do?

Anyway, a big welcome shout out to Heather from No Particular Order. In her responses to last week's Cheddar X she gave me an interesting idea that I'm curious about how to implement and would love some input. Its sort of a new take on the old game, Telegraph. Or maybe its a double word association? I'm not sure.

Anyway, here's what she did "Linux = Linus = Snoopy".

I've been working on how to do it and maybe it makes the most sense to just call it a double word association. Have a list of words, write in the first that pops into your mind on them, go through the list and then go through it again but working off of the new words. Anybody got any insights to share?

So, welcome, Heather!

Speed Cheese

2004-03-18T10:55:00.000-08:00

A festering concept for this week's . Word associations! Oh boy! If anyone's not been in therapy then here's how this works, read each line and type in the first thing that pops into your head, it doesn't necessarily have to be a single word but that's the general idea. And once we're all done, I'll be able to compile that nice marketing profile and sell it to DoubleClick. Nah, not really.

When I say:
Olympics, you say? =
Politics =
John Kerry =
George Bush =
Osama =
Same-sex marriage =
Todd Bertuzzi =
Barry Bonds =
The Passion of the Christ =
Beach =
Britney Spears =
Paris Hilton =
Microsoft =
France =
Hans Blix =
Linux =
MTV =
Outsource =
Hummer H2 =
Honor =
Love =
Courteney Love =

I'm sure I could just keep rolling with it but that should be plenty for now. If you feel like expounding on any of the topics then feel free.
Happy Cheddar X'ing!

Is it Thursday Already?

2004-03-11T15:40:00.000-08:00

Wow, this has been a fast week! I'd intended on posting questions on Tuesday but seeing as its now Thursday that didn't quite come to pass.

Anyway, here is this week's , dig in and have some fun.

1. What's your favorite form of corporate or governmental irony? (I.e. a bike company called Huffy)
2. What are your favorite acronyms?
3. Do you have personal acronyms? What are they?
4. Where do you shop online?
5. What do you buy online?
6. What would you do if you were falsely accused of shoplifting?
7. What's your take on Feng Shui? Hooey or truey?

And that's all I've got for this week.
Sorry, got a lot of work stuff going on right now or I'd ramble on for a bit. But instead, I've gotta get back to work.
Happy Cheddaring!

By the way, there has been a links purge as of this afternoon. I checked the sites before dropping them but if you got dropped and don't want to be dropped then drop me a dropping note to say don't drop me.

Busy Day Cheddar X

2004-03-04T09:04:00.000-08:00

I haven't had time to map out the Number X that I've been considering for the last couple of weeks so we're passing on that for now and going back to the standard question set. And, since today is a busy day in the Huh? house, we're just going to jump right into the

1. Where do you do your best thinking?
2. What was the last thing you gave away?
3. What generation do you most identify with? What generation interests you the most?
4. What was your favorite pet growing up?
5. What keeps you up at night?
6. What do you love about your significant other?

Wham-bam, there she goes, another cheesy in the bag.

Side note: AllGuinness, my patron saint of net thingies that kickass, has put together a little Cheddar X rating tool that's still in process but shows some real promise. It was just a thought to add a little competition to the mix by having ratings of each week's Cheddar X.

Stop by, give him some feedback and encouragement. He's also the guy who put together the Blinky Linker that puts together a visual representation of the interlinkings between blogs so that, if I'd gotten it set up here, mousing over any blog in the Cheddar X Roll call would highlight the other blogs that that blog I'm moused over is linked to. Its a really cool concept and I need to play with the toy more since he's gone to 2.0 which automates alot more of the process.

Cleaning House

2004-02-27T12:36:00.000-08:00

Its time, folks. I've dropped a few blogs from the Cheddar Roll Call and removed them from the mailing lists. A few did write me and ask to stay on board even though they've not been regular players and that's totally cool.

If you're a Cheddar X'er and want to be alerted to new questions and have your blog added to the roll call then drop me a note (remember to drop the nospam) and I'll get you added on. Also, let me know if you would like to be added to the notification mailings.

Maybe we'll have to do a Cheddar X siting week. Its fun to Google the Cheddar X and see where its all going.

Ode to my Cheddar

2004-02-26T09:17:00.000-08:00

There must be nothing better
Than another week of Cheddar
The questions are primed and ready
Stay the course and hold 'er steady
Work your way through
You all already know what to do.

Welcome to this week's where the order of the day is rhyming or responding in verse. It was far harder to come up with questions than I first thought. Have some fun, take your time, getting the Cheddar up late isn't a crime and over the weekend or next week is fine.

And whoever can figure out what rhymes with orange gets the bonus prize this week!

1. What is your favorite poem or verse? Why?
2. Describe your family.
3. What line in a song or poem do people always screw up that drives you nuts?
4. Are there poems or songs that you intentionally change the words to?
5. Make up a standard limerick about something funny that happened in the last couple of days.
6. How about a haiku about your last intense emotional moment?
7. What's caught your eye in the news lately?

I'm not sure about answering number 3 and 4 in verse but hey, give it a try if you want to.

And that's this week's Ode to the X that is the .
Next week is numbered X. I'll have to figure out what that means but that's next week, I've got to get my rhyming cap on and get to work!

I have also been mulling around the idea of either selecting or voting on a best Cheddar of the Week, what do folks think?

Back to the Cheddary Grindstone

2004-02-19T09:26:00.000-08:00

Oh boy, its time for more !

1. What was your last good deed for a stranger?
2. Describe the last relationship that ended badly or with regrets.
3. Do you love or hate your job? Why?
4. What was the strangest place you've lived?
5. What blogs do you occasionally read just because you have no idea why anyone would have any interest in reading them?
6. Have you engaged in comment wars before? On your blog or on someone else's? What was the war about?
7. Do you ban IP's and commenters? Who and why?
8. What is the first thing you notice about someone when you first meet them?
9. Have you already made up your mind about the next Presidential Election?

If you like, you can continue with Jim's idea from last week, to insert one false answer into the mix to see if people are paying attention or not.

Next week, Numbered Cheddar X. And no, I don't really know what that means yet either. But I'll figure it out over the weekend. Other ideas, how about a poetry week (just for you Ryan!) where responses should conform to some poetic standards?

Also, I think I'm going to start removing blogs from the roll that haven't taken part in any Cheddar X activities for the last couple of months. If you want to stay then you got to play!

Another Cheesed Convert!

2004-02-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

We also welcome another new member to the this week.

Everybody be sure to make Mindless Gibberish of a Tired Mind feel welcome. Have fun!

Cheddar seX! Oooh Baby!

2004-02-11T09:44:00.000-08:00

That's right, Cheddarlovers, this week's is all about sex.

Let's get down on it then!

From BuggreAlleThis comes the first question.
1. Who's your daddy?
The rest are from my own twisted curiosity. Some short answers, some long answers but its not in the length it's in how you answer that counts!
2. What's your orientation?
3. What's your favorite sexual position?
4. How do you feel about porn?
5. How do you feel about same sex porn?
6. About how often do you engage in sexual relations?
7. How often do you masturbate?
8. Do you have toys?
9. What was your most intense sexual experience?
10. How important is sex to maintaining the bond between you and your partner?
11. Have you ever engaged in same sex activities?
12. Have you ever considered "swinging"?
13. What is your earliest sexual memory?
14. Have you ever paid for sex? (interpret that however you like)
15. Are you more aroused by visual, auditory or sensate (touch) stimulation?
16. How long have you gone without sex with another person?
17. How long have you gone without sex period?
18. Do you have to have an emotional connection before having sex with someone? How has that changed as you've grown up?

Okay, as might be apparent, I've got a lot of thoughts on the subject and could easily go on and on and on with the questions. But, as it is, this is longest to date already.

PS Jim just wrote me with an excellent idea. "Answer one question with a lie and see if your readers can tell which one is the falsity" (note, I would have probably said falsehood but hey, I'm quoting here! hehehe)/

Morning Cheese, Please

2004-02-06T08:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, let's not point fingers, we all know the is going up slightly later than at its normal time. Its nobody's fault so let's all just move on and get into the cheese, okay?

Alright, alright, I was way to busy yesterday and didn't have time to post new questions. I've been thinking about trying to post them earlier in the week since Thursdays are usually one of my tougher days in the office.

But before we get to the questions, what's your cheese rating? By way of Jim's Snooze Button Dreams I happened to learn what my Cheese Rating is. Johnny Huh equals Cheddar. I knew it before and am substantially validated now. And now, on with the show.

1. What is your ugliest moment?
2. Are people more likely to try and take advantage of someone outside their ethnicity?
3. Do you have links on your blog that are linked back? How does that make you feel (and I'm not really talking about the A-list bloggers)?
4. Is it better to lead with bad news followed by good or the other way around? Why?
5. What was your worst injury?
6. What's your secret talent or skill?

And there ya have it, instant Cheddary goodness, only from the inquiring mind of, well, me.

Next week I'm considering either a Cheddar seX set of questions or a Number X set of questions. Anyone want to suggest a question? Toss it in comments or on the board.
Happy Cheddaring!

Bitter Cheddar

2004-01-29T16:11:00.000-08:00

And now for something a little different, Sarcastic . Interpret it however you like. I'd thought that it would be fun to have a bitter and cynical sarcasm based Cheddar X and this is the best I could come up with on short notice.

1. What sucked today?
2. How are ya doing?
3. Got any plans for the weekend?
4. Hey, is that a new haircut?
5. What's up?
6. Spare some change?
7. What is it with kids today?

Next week will be normal questions again so I don't get too backed up with them. I may also try a new idea, something like MadLibs but easier. Kind of a fill in the blank concept. I'll flesh it out more next week.

By the way, has anyone already invented the word sarcaustic? When your sarcasm is nasty enough to burn a hole in someone? If not then I have. And I'll add it to my ever growing lexicon.

Also, we do have another new member to the Cheddar X family, everyone, this is Mojo Mark, MojoMark, this is everyone.

And that's this week's Twilight Zone induced . Go Get Some!

Late Cheddar is Betta than Neva Cheddar

2004-01-23T09:44:00.000-08:00

There's no hard and fast rules of when the new questions will go up but I've been aiming for a Thursday delivery since the start. Yesterday just didn't happen though, for a variety of reasons that aren't important. What's important is that we're all here now, salivating over some fresh Cheddar X!

Before we get to this week's questions, I've been thinking about another theme week concept. How does Biting Sarcasm Week sound? And if you said, incredibly lame then I think we're on the right track. Anyway, give it some thought and toss a question up on the Zonk Board.

And onto the questions.
1. Do you read more male or female bloggers? Why do you suppose that is?
2. Does politicizing a blog send you packing if the blogger's beliefs are opposed to your own? Or, do you only read opinions that you agree with?
3. Do you read other Cheddar X answers before writing your own?
4. What was the last utterly ridiculous thing someone said to you?
5. What world record would you most like to hold?
6. What types of blog posts make you want to comment more often than not?
7. Does your significant other have a beloved article of clothing that you hate? Have you contemplated "accidentally" destroying it?

I've got more but let's stick a fork in it now and call it done for this week.

Happy Cheddaring to you all!

And Another Bites into the Cheddar!

2004-01-20T17:15:00.000-08:00

The grows again!

This time we welcome, Simple Simon into our cheesy ranks.

And, truth be told, he'd asked me to add him before but I spaced it. Sorry, Simon! Thanks for the nudge!

Movie Night at the Cheddar!

2004-01-15T17:05:00.000-08:00

It is THAT time again, folks, time to settle in for some good old !

This week is a return to the concept of the favorite band songs as answers from a month or two ago. Only this time we're using movies instead of song titles.

Choose your favorite actor and answer the questions below with movies they have been in. Best bet is to hit up a site like Reel or something like it to get a full list of your actor's movies. As before with the music themed version of this, you can opt to disclose the actor or not and allow readers to try and guess who it is. It may be too difficult to answer all the questions with a single actor's filmography so you can either skip some or split the list in two and use two different actors. Do whatever makes you happy.

1. What is your home life like?
2. What is your first thought when you think about high school?
3. What is your strongest personality trait?
4. What's your work like?
5. What do you wish your job was?
6. Describe your partner.
7. Describe yourself.
8. What's some good advice?
9. Tell us about your childhood.
10. What would you say to your ten year old self?

Alrighty then, there's this week's new and oh so cool !

Also, we do have a new member to the Cheddar this week, everyone make sure to make XSet feel welcome!

The Cheddar is Coming, The Cheddar is Coming!

2004-01-08T12:59:00.000-08:00

Its a shiny new year and the hard working staff at the has been hard at work to bring you better Cheddar.
A new concept is being begun, a MadLibs Cheddar X. Yes, this first week is a cheater MadLibs that's a redirect to the MadLibs site but future versions will be all Cheddar, all the time.

But enough about that, let's get into the cheese of the Cheddar X, this week's questions.
From Snooze Button Dreams
1. Do you have a pet name for your significant other? If so, how did it come about?
And the rest are my own.
2. What was your favorite cartoon growing up? What's your favorite cartoon now?
3. What is your best way to save money?
4. What was your most frivolous purchase in the last couple of months?
5. What word would you like to see banished from use forever?
6. What is the strangest thing about someone that has attracted you? (I.e. the way someone walked, the way they chewed, along those lines)
7. What was your most memorable New Year's Eve? Why?

And now......
MadLibs ala Cheddar X
MadLibs brought to the Cheddar X by Madlibs. Take your word list and plug them into this page to get a short story based on an excerpt from The Catcher in the Rye.
Because I had to go and look them up to make sure, some definitions.
adverb - The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as so, very, and rapidly.
adjective - The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.
noun - The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as neighbor, window, happiness, or negotiation.
verb - The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive. A phrase or other construction used as a verb.

Come up with these words and then plug them in at the link above:
Adverb
Verb
Verb in the past tense
Adjective
Plural Noun
A fictional character
An undesirable noun
Verb
Noun
Verb in the present tense ending in s
Plural Noun
Number
Plural Noun
Adjective
Adjective
Noun

I'm open to aid on the MadLibs idea, either coming up with stories to plug the words into or whatever people feel like doing to help.
And that's it, the first of 2004!

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing of the Cheddar X!

2004-01-02T09:53:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone got through the momentous changing of the calendar the other night. Aside from a few minor fireworks and childlike giggling, this was a fairly mellow New Year's but that was to be expected. But enough about the past, let's move forward into this year's first !

1. How do you organize your music?
2. Do you have more online or more hard copy music?
3. What are your three most favorite bands you found or heard of online?

And now some obvious questions.
4. What are your New Year's resolutions, if any?
5. How did you do on your last year's resolutions?

And that's about it for the X this week, I'm still working on the MadLibs idea but should have it pulled together over the weekend.

Happy ing!

Post Christmas Cheddar X

2003-12-26T10:01:00.000-08:00

Good morning and welcome to this week's post Christmas . This week's questions have nothing to do with the holiday but will hopefully still be fun to answer anyway.

I've not had a chance to get the MadLibs Cheddar X pulled together yet but will do so over the weekend I think. Or next week since its a vacation week for the Huh? family.

And so, without further jabbering on my part, let's get to the questions!

From a conversation with Ryan,
1. What's the best porn name you've seen or invented?

2. What's the most recent thing you've eaten off the ground?

3. What's your favorite meal (sneaking suspicion this has been asked before)?

4. What's the lamest blog name you know of?

5. Which blogger would you most like to meet in person?

6. What is the most surprising thing about you?

7. What is the best new word you've learned or made up?

Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break yesterday, I know Santa was quite kind to us (anytime Santa gives you power tools, its a good thing!).
Happy ing!

Its Beginning to Look Alot like the Cheddar X!

2003-12-18T15:28:00.000-08:00

Its that time again, a holiday inspired

As usually happens, I came up with all kinds of good regular X questions and only a spattering of holiday themed ones, but here's where the true beauty of the Cheddar X comes in to play. The Zonk Board questions will be carrying the load this week and that's alright by me because there's lots of end of the year projects to wrap up at work!

From Karen:
1. What was your most memorable present you received as a child? Good or bad.

From Chewie:
2. What is your most favorite holiday memory? Tradition?
3. Hot cocoa or hot apple cider?

And from Sue:
4. Egg Nog. Yes or yuck?!

To which I will add a couple more.
5. What's your favorite Christmas song or carol?

6. What's your favorite Christmas movie and why?

7. Do you spend the holidays with your family or with your friends or neither?

8. What is the most thoughtful gift you've ever given to someone?

I could go on now that my question asking side of the brain has woken up but this should be plenty to chew on until next week.

It looks like the Mad Libs idea is a go and I'll begin working on it. I think the plan is to Publish a list of needed words and then publish the short story that the words will fill in. As this is a very raw idea, I would welcome any help on it. I've got some ideas but can always use a few more. Send me an email at jh at intellectualpoison dot com with your input.

And there is it, another steaming pile of the .

Happy Holidays to everyone, thanks to Sue, Karen and Chewie for their input (Victoria, I tried to figure out a holiday themed question out of your comment on the board but failed, sorry!).

Lost? Look No Further Than the Cheddar X for Salvation

2003-12-11T15:31:00.000-08:00

Time for more ! We had the best turnout ever for last week's band themed answers and I know I had a blast reading through people's answers.

1. What was your last near death experience?
1a. Or what is your most memorable near death experience?
2. How often do you pull or edit posts after publishing them?
3. How do you decide what to blog about?
4. What is your favorite work of art?
5. What was your last brush with the law about?
6. What's the most clever post title you've come up with?
7. What's the best marketing gimmick you've seen lately? Worst?

And I'm starting to develop another interesting concept for a Cheddar X. What would people's interests be in taking part in sort of MadLibs kind of Cheddar X where a certain number of adjectives, nouns, verbs and all those other fun parts of the language are entered into a short story? I think the best way for it to work is for a post of what the story requirements are on one day and then the short story with those blanks to be filled in the next or something like that. Is this a good idea or is doomed to fail because of the inherent weaknesses of the concept?

Also, because of the excellent response from last week's Cheddar X, I would also like to revisit the theme but by using movies as the base for answers. Maybe narrow it down to favorite actor or director. Of course, the set of questions would have to be changed but that's easily doable. Please leave responses in the comments or on the Tag Board (when its fixed). I will also be adding some more verbiage to the sidebar to make the aim of the Cheddar X a bit more accessible to newcomers.

One more idea to open up for discussion that I'm pretty sure I know the answer to already but would love some feedback. Would anyone be interested in doing a politically themed Cheddar X? My inclination is to say no but ya never know!

Everyone's assignment for next week? Give some thought to Christmas or holiday themed questions. Post questions to the comments or Tag Board. I've got a few working already but hey, I can always use a helping hand.

If you're lurking and wondering if you can play then lurk no more, come on in and join the X!

Cheddar X-ploration: To Go Where No Blog Has Gone Before

2003-12-04T11:41:00.000-08:00

This is the mandate, the philosophy and the verbiage on the back of the fresh new package of I got.

This week is a twisted sort of Cheddar X. Its a concept borrowed from Intellectual Properties who borrowed it from Indie.Rock.Librarian who likely borrowed it from somewhere else but that's as far as I'm tracing it.

And here we go!

Choose one of your favorite bands and answer the questions using song titles by that band. I think it would add some fun to not name the band and see how hard it is for people to guess (guessing, by the way, does not include using Google so no cheating!). But do it either way you want to.

Are you male or female?
Describe yourself:
How do some people feel about you?
How do you feel about yourself?
Describe your ex:
Descibe your current significant other (real or imaginary):
Describe what you want to be:
Describe your current mood:
Describe your friends:
Share a few words of wisdom:

Still unclear? Check out intellectual properties' responses for more guidance. Or heck, just wing it and have fun with it.

Leave a note in the comments if you want to share your responses, if not then no worries! The isn't about rules, man!, its about having some fun, dig?

Solo Cheddar X-stacy

2003-11-26T09:24:00.000-08:00

Yeah, yeah, I know I'm partially recycling post titles but isn't imitation some sort of flattery? What if I'm imitating myself? Oh well. Its that time again, time for the goodness that is the . We've got a short week busted in half by Turkey Day tomorrow and I know most of the nation will be in a tryptophan induced coma by four in the afternoon, just about the time we head out to start looting houses for Christmas presents.

Enough about me. Let's get to the Cheddar X questions this week.

1. What's the funniest town name you've ever seen?
2. What was the last museum you went to?
3. When was the last time you were grossed out? (I'd been thinking about narrowing this down to the last time you were grossed out a pal's house but why limit responses?)
4. What is the best blog title you've come across or made up on your own?
5. Do you live in your hometown now? What caused you to stay or move away?
6. If you were a criminal mastermind, how would you take over the world?

Next week question notes: I'm working on a set of questions that's intended to be answered by using song titles of your favorite band. I was thinking it might be kind of fun to not name the band and see if people can figure it out. What do folks think?

Submit questions you might have on the tag board or in the comments.

Thanks for the cool emails I've been getting this week, they make all of this way more fun to know that other people are getting kicks out of it as well. Which reminds me, if you know of some other blogs answering the Cheddar X, post a comment so the rest of us can check them out.

And there it is, this week's . Go get some!

An Extra Large Serving of Movie Themed Cheddar X

2003-11-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

I should be careful what I ask for. Last week I asked for a little help on this week's movie themed set of questions and Chewie unleashed a flood of inquiries. Joey, our newest member and writer of BuggreAlleThis added in one and I had one as well. Which makes this the largest ever!

Without further yapping on my part, let's get right to the action. And, since its such a large list of q's, don't feel required to answer them all if you don't want to. Heck, you don't have to answer any if you don't feel like it, that's the beauty of the Cheddar X!

From Chewie,
1. What's your favorite/least favorite movie?
2. What's the best movie-adaptation of a book?
3. What movie makes you cry?
4. What movie do you watch to cheer you up?
5. Any amusing stories involving movies or the movie theater?
6. Would you rather go to the theater or stay home and watch a movie?
7. Are you more awed by a good plot or special effects?
8. Who is your favorite/least favorite actor/actress?

From Johnny Huh,
9. What's your favorite cult movie?

From Joey,
10. Matrix Revolutions, worth the wait or WTF?

I've come across a few other places where the Cheddar X gospel is being spread outside of the member set which is totally cool and the Cheddar X-ecutive staff is very pleased but hey, if you're playing then why not post a comment when you've added your responses? One blog that I can't seem to find anymore took the Cheddar X a step further and interviewed himself and I damned near fell out of my chair laughing.

I just Googled Cheddar X and found a whole bunch more blogs that have taken part. Kind of cool!

Come on In, the Cheddar's Fine

2003-11-13T16:05:00.000-08:00

It becomes Thursday before I know it and I'm forced to scramble a bit, on occasion, to come up with insightful questions for the .

I've been noticing a decline in the participation levels and would welcome any input on how to regenerate people's interest in the Cheddar X but don't expect me to go jumping out of a cake or anything like that. Let me know what would make the Cheddar X more valuable for you, how to improve the product.

But let's get to the meat of the show and get down to the question asking.
1. What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
2. What is the best thing you've ever found?
3. What three words describe your blog?
4. What was the most recent thing you did that seemed like a good idea at the time but later events proved otherwise?
5. What two celebrities would you most like to see fight to the death?
6. What do you think is the best thing about the internet? What's the worst?

Next week, taking a cue from Chewie, let's try a movie themed Cheddar X for next week. I could use some help coming up with the set of questions so please don't be bashful and post them in the comments, on the board or email them to me.

Also, we've got a new member this week, everyone amble over and say hi to Tea.