This is a reprint of a Choose Ye that I did two years ago. I was supposed to compile the results, and then I… well, I didn’t. Then I did it again last year, out of curiosity about the answers. And I’m still curious to see what my changing, evolving readership chooses, so…

So let’s do it again!

Reprint begins here:

Okay. We’re playing hardball now, kids.

Unless you’re ready to be covered in strawberries and whipped cream, no waffling!

(And no, I’m not actually going to cover you in strawberries and whipped cream. Give your head a shake.)

The choices we make sometimes say a lot about who we are. Sometimes they say nothing about who we are. But it’s funny — even the most silly choices can end up getting us into huge debates with our family and friends.

(Actually, I think it’s interesting to note the choices we struggle with… or the ones we don’t care about at all. And the choices we admit to, as opposed to the ones we hide. And the choices in others that meet with our disdain.)

But today I don’t want to hear about definitions or shades of gray or your existential struggle or “I need to know context!” or qualifiers or “well, generally I think I like this, but it depends…”

Just choose. No extra (especially political or religious) commentary, no justifications, no bashing other choices. Choose what your ideal would be.

NO EXCUSES.

Scary, I know.

(And one more parenthetical remark for good measure. Thank you.)

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Coffee or tea?

PC or Mac?

Kids or no?

Marriage: necessary or no? Desirable or no?

Pets or no?

Political or no?

Summer or winter or fall or spring?

Artificial sweeteners or sugar?

Book or e-reader?

Fries or salad?

Eat in or eat out?

Lake or ocean?

Own or rent?

Drive or take transit/walk?

Email or phone?

Text or no?

Traditional medical care or natural remedies?

Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore?

Apples or oranges?

Follow celeb culture or no?

Liberal or conservative?

Rural or urban?

Car or SUV?

Atheist or not (not includes agnostics and any faith position)?

Cable or not?

Campsite or hotel?

Alcohol or no?

Up early or up late (if given the choice)?

News online or news on TV?

(Click on the “either or” category to check out the rest of these…)

Remember — “both”, “neither” and “depends” are pansy answers. Go with your gut, and answer what is true of you most of the time, or more of the time. Yes, no one is ALWAYS any particular way, and we can all rise to occasions… but this is about the direction you lean.

Introvert or extrovert?

Expensive taste or tight with pennies?

Recharged by alone time or recharged by time with friends/family?

ADD or ultra-focused?

Paranoid or rarely a “victim”?

Easy-going or INTENSE!?

Life of the party in social moments or prefer one-on-one moments off to the side?

Highly organized or Mayor of Chaos City?

Live to work or work to live?

Thunderbolt temper or punish with silence?

Cry always or cry hardly ever?

Relentless optimist or firm realist or die-hard pessimist (three options! you’re welcome!)?

Drama-prone or drama-allergic?

Share the drama or bury it in Resentment Land?

Every day is a work in progress or love your routines?

Disciplined or all over the map?

Big dreams or simple plans?

All about you or never about you?

Could sleep forever or sleeping never?

Faith or no way?

Tons of acquaintances or deep relationships (and acquaintances)?

Nester or restless soul?

Fiction or non-fiction?

We’ve done ones like this before… but let’s do it again!

Remember, CHOOSE ONE. Even if it’s hard. Even if you prefer both! Even if you prefer neither!

You still must CHOOSE!

Mozart or Beethoven?

Coltrane or Miles?

Ry Cooder or John Lee Hooker?

Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel?

Hall or Oates?

Loggins or Messina?

Bjork or Sinead?

Rolling Stones or Beatles?

Jimmy Page or Robert Plant?

Duran Duran or Depeche Mode?

Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth? (or a Gary Cherone write-in)

Harry Connick, Jr or Michael Buble?

Oscar Peterson or Thelonius Monk?

Jay-Z or Kanye?

WHAM! or ABBA?

David Bowie or Freddie Mercury?

Jason Mraz or John Mayer?

Justin Timberlake or Whoever The Heck is Still Releasing from Backstreet Boys?

Peter, Paul and Mary or Mamas and the Papas?

Young MC or Skee Lo?

Sex Pistols or Black Flag?

The Pixies or Throwing Muses?

Marvin Gaye or Al Green?

Wilco or Spoon?

RJD2 or Mark Ronson?

Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday?

Elton John or Billy Joel?

Jackie Wilson or James Brown?

Van Morrison or Bob Dylan?

John Legend or Musiq Soulchild?

Pearl Jam or Nirvana?

GO!