Joyce From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly Wednesday Hodgepodge of questions for fun and for getting to know each other.

1. Will you watch the Super Bowl? If so who will you root for? If you are outside the USA what is the ‘big deal sporting event’ in your own country?

No, we’re not football fans. I’m American but the only “big deal sporting event” I’m interested in is the Olympics.

2. Is ignorance bliss?

It depends. If I am having a medical procedure, I don’t really want to know all the details — that would just give me that much more to worry be concerned about. But too often ignorance is detrimental. On the other hand, missionary stories of tribal people show that, though they may not have access to knowledge in developed countries, they have knowledge and skills we know nothing of.

3. Which of the seven dwarfs are you? (and just in case your Disney is a little bit rusty, here they are-Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy)

Bashful and Grumpy.

4. When you are riding in the car with another couple how do you organize the seating? (Men up front? Women up front? Couples sit together?) And thanks to Lori at Mountain Woman at Heart for the question! Everyone go say hi to Lori.

Usually couples together.

5. What is beauty?

That’s hard to answer. Whatever it is, it is in the eye of the beholder: different things are beautiful to different people. And it is not just visual: writing, music, holiness, many things are beautiful. I decided to check Dictionary.com, which said, “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).” Yep, that about sums it up. 🙂

6. If someone asks you to bring an appetizer or a dessert to a party in their home, which would you choose?

Usually a dessert. I have a better repertoire of them plus most can be made ahead without having to keep them warm or cold.

7. What is your crowd pleasing go-to appetizer?

Little sausages or meatballs in the crockpot in barbecue sauce.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I have a weird question: how do you make eyebrow hairs lay down? This didn’t use to be a problem, but over the last few years they’ve decided to assert themselves. Neither combing them down while wet nor using gel helps. I don’t look quite like this yet, but I want to avoid it!