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Tiffany or Debbie Gibson?

Michael J. Fox or Rob Lowe?

Simon and Simon or Magnum, PI?

George Michael or Andrew Ridgeley?

Jelly bracelets or leg warmers?

Schoolhouse Rock or Electric Company?

Hill St. Blues or St. Elsewhere?

Poison or Motley Crue?

Diff’rent Strokes or Facts of Life?

Bon Jovi or Def Leppard?

Reaganomics or Thatcherism?

Atari or NES?

Cabbage Patch Kids or Rubik’s Cube?

Swatch watch or Ray Ban glasses?

Phil Collins or Huey Lewis?

Band Aid or USA for Africa?

Parachute pants or ripped-neck sweatshirt?

Cheers or the Cosby Show?

Oprah Winfrey or Phil Donahue?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or He-Man?

The Police or U2?

Blunt or tactful?

Dickens or Joyce?

eBay or Amazon?

Jimi or Prince?

Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?

Sunlight or starlight?

Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller?

Biology or chemistry?

Homemade or store bought?

Bold or underline?

OMG or WTF?

Cynical or idealistic?

Foreign cinema or blockbuster?

Embarrass yourself or embarrass someone else?

Lemonade or iced tea?

Hammer or wrench?

Say too much or say too little?

Collaborate or do it alone?

Laser tag or paintball?

Daytime cold drugs or nighttime cold drugs?

Bears or Colts?

Woody Allen or Martin Scorcese?

Soft mattress or firm mattress?

Patient in lineups or sigher/tapper/general annoyer of people around you?

Hot tea or iced tea?

Talker/listener?

Learn by taking a class or learn by trial and error?

Baked or fried?

House or apartment?

Thriller or horror film?

Romance or comedy?

Pac Man or Asteroids?

Sheep or goat?

Travel mug or paper cup?

French doors or Japanese screen?

Goldfish or tiny turtle?

Carpet or hardwood floors?

Stairs or elevator?

Radio or CD in the car (or iPod, if you have the connecty thing. Or 8-tracks, for that matter)

Diane Sawyer or Katie Couric?

soy milk or cow’s milk?

shared couch or chair of your own?

slate/marble floor or wood?

traffic jam in your car, or overcrowded train?

carrots or celery?

wristwatch or wall clock?

winter vacation or summer vacation?

take-out or cook for yourself?

Justin Timberlake or James Blunt?

milkshake or fruit smoothie?

visit to the doctor or visit to the dentist?

country or rap?

early shift or late shift?

Colbert or Stewart?

Letterman or Leno?

Colts or Bears?

New York Times or Wall Street Journal?

CNN.com or BBC.co.uk?

Fear of commitment or tendency to fall too often?

DIY or call a repairman?

Idealist or realist?

Right brain or left brain?

Popsicle or Creamsicle?

Hammock or porch swing?

Desert or rainforest?

IE or Firefox?

Televised sports or no way?

Tape or glue?

Romance novel or mystery novel?

Babies or teenagers?

Rodents or snakes as pets?

Camping or hotel?

Poker or Scrabble?

Potatoes or pasta?

Read blogs or read news sites?

Fall in love or get out of debt?

Eat in front of the tv or at the table?

Umbrella or coat?

Pitch black or nightlight?

Meg or… something else?

James Brown or Marvin Gaye?

Chinese or Indian takeout?

Fleece or knitted blanket?

Girls with makeup or without?

Costco or Whole Foods?

Wildflowers or arrangements?

Tradition or shakeups?

Cello or trumpet?

Watch-wearing or no?

Salt water or fresh (to swim in, not drink)?

Pants or shorts?

Chatspeak or absolutely NOT?

Digital camera or old-school?

Wireless or plugged in?

Waltz or tango?

Brian Williams or Anderson Cooper?

Time or Newsweek?

Waterbed or mattress?

Cream and sugar or not?

CNN or BBC News?

iTunes or something else?

Scented candles or unscented?

Prairie or mountain?

Socks or barefoot?

Matt Damon or Ben Affleck?

Brass or pewter?

Wool or cotton?

Willow tree or pine?

Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter?

France or Italy?

Electric or gas stove?

Thrift store or outlet?

Japanese garden or English garden?

Sophia Loren or Liz Taylor?

2006 or 2007?

New Year’s resolutions or keep on keepin’ on?

Take the season off, or work a little?

Do the Boxing Day sales, or worry about your credit cards exploding?

Flee from family, or loathe leaving?

Play endlessly with new toys, or get bored quickly?

Send thank you notes, or send emails?

Get what you wanted, or go get it yourself?

Feel relaxed from the break, or need more break to recover from the break?

Keep eating candy/baking until it disappears, or long sick of it by now?

Feel guilty about what you got, or feel deserving?

Vowing to spend less next year, or ready to play ball in eleven months?

Took 1,000 pictures, or just a few (or none)?

Thought about work, or forgot about it the whole time?

Shortbread or sugar cookie?

Avoided blogging and email, or stuck right by it?

Gift certificates or cash?

Christmas or Hanukkah?

Hot chocolate or hot cider?

Holidays in Hawaii or Aspen?

Santa Claus or not?

New Years: big party or little party?

Give major gifts, or little ones?

Holiday with friends or holiday with family?

Turkey dinner or sushi?

Send cards or not?

Stress freakout or love the season?

Christmas sweater or ironic t-shirt with joke about the season?

fireplace or bonfire?

SUV or horse-drawn sleigh?

Fake tree or real tree? Or no tree?

Windy or rainy?

Pub or club?

Dilbert or… not?

Fireplace: gas or wood-burning?

Run or walk?

Self-Google or rather not know what the Internet says about you?

Give gifts or give money?

Phone or email?

Deep South or Midwest?

Slate or Salon?

OCD or ADHD?

Laugh or cry?

Oreo or Fig Newton?

Altman or Scorcese?

Burroughs or Eggers?

Slurpee or Frappucino?

Furniture: design or comfort?

Pay for education or self-teach?

Bottled water or tap?

Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt?

Coloured lights or white ones?

Heels or flats?

Dress-up party or casual?

Art by famous people, or people you know?

Drive the coast or hike the mountains?

Bookshelf or big-screen?

Student loans or three jobs?

Mittens or gloves?

CrackerJacks or Pirate’s Booty?

I just got an email that completely made my day:

(Or would have, if it hadn’t ALREADY been made by having lunch and shopping with my Mom, The Judy… )

From (faithful and excellent reader) Chris in Virginia (which makes my blog sound like a call-in show):

(why am I using so many parentheses)

Hey Meg,

My daughter (a junior at Radford University at Radford VA)
loves getting your "choose" quizzes from me. She never
has time to do much blog reading so I copy and paste them
for her.

She's an RA (resident advisor) and used one of your
CHOOSE quizzes for a program. Everyone on the first
floor of her dorm had to vote and then she made up this
bulletin board -- complete with a credit line for YOU!

(She added the "paper or plastic" item -- she spent
four years working in a grocery store over the summers!)

If these pictures don't come through -- let me know.

Chris (in VA)

***

That is the most awesome thing EVER.

Wanna see the pictures? I know. I DID, TOO.

HOW FUN IS THAT? And check it out, I get a byline:

THAT, my friends, is better than a blogging award. That’s like a… a… DORM AWARD.

Thanks, Chris!

AND thank you to the choosy people of Radford University!