...does it cost just about the same to fly from Los Angeles to Hawaii as it does to fly from Pensacola to Hawaii?
...do I bawl my eyes out every time a horse runs fast in a movie?
...does Newt Gingrich feel the need to label every person with whom he disagrees? (the elite media...the Massachusetts moderate...the socialist Kenyan President...the money-grubbing creditors at Tiffany's...the elite Kenyan socialist money-grubbing Saul Alinsky hairstylist who "did" Calista)
...am I never able to guess the actual perp on Law and Order, including, sadly, the repeats?
...hasn't someone been able to make an alternative energy source viable and profitable enough to end our dependence on oil, both foreign and domestic?
...does the time between the Super Bowl and the first Red Sox spring training game seem like an eternity?
...do I almost never eat peanuts in the shell unless I'm at a baseball game in which case I absolutely have to devour them?
...did the Supreme Court decide that money is akin to speech?
...can I live with the same furniture for 40 years without a second thought while other people need to change their surroundings periodically?
...does the word "Vermont" placed in front of any product (syrup, coffee, paper shredder, socket wrench) seem to add value to said product?
...do the words "Rhode Island" have the opposite effect?
...can't I get both the volume and channel selector to operate from one remote instead of two?
...did Juliet ever think that Friar Laurence's cockeyed scheme could actually work?
...did I never learn to fix anything?
...do I get excited any time Boston is the setting for a movie?
...don't I like beer as much as I once did?
...haven't I settled on the ONE BEST WAY to eat an Oreo?
...are we even mentioning contraception and birth control?
...do I think something really bad involving Iran is right around the corner?
...did the actor who played the bizarre Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld recently try to shoot himself in the head, unsuccessfully?
...can a professional golfer hit a golf ball 140 yards using a pitching wedge?
...are the "land's end" kinds of places (Key West, Provincetown, Penzance) havens for many offbeat and/or desperate people?
...why is the same true of Seekonk, Massachusetts? (just kidding)
...is Italian food always my go-to choice when eating out?
...do movies directed by Michael Mann always look so cool?
...don't I attend more plays, both amateur and professional?
...does anyone even begin to care what another person does in the privacy of his/her bedroom?
...is almost every dress shirt I own a button-down type?
...would I rather watch a Rick Steve's travel show on Italy than actually go there?
...didn't I learn to dribble with my right hand?
...don't I "get" kites?
...is there always lint in the lint filter after a drying? shouldn't clothes that have been washed and dried many times be free of lint after a while?
and, finally (did I just hear you whisper, "Thank God"?)...
...is the actual movie never, ever, ever as good as the previews?
Ain't life grand?
J
