Interview with FoilWoman

This interrogation brought to you by FoilWoman. I accepted a challenge posted on my friend, FW's blog. Here are "Da Rules".

1. Leave me a comment saying 'interview me please'
2. I will respond by asking you five questions here on my blog (not the same questions you see here)
3. You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions

So here are FoilWoman's questions for the Whiz, and my responses. If you'd like to play, comment accordingly (see rules above) and I'll interrogate you.

1. What is virtue?
This was a hard one. I consulted both the dictionary and thesaurus, but wasn't entirely happy with what I got from either of those two sources. I think what FW is after is my personal view on virtue - so that's what I'll give you. I think virtue is having a set of standards by which you live your life - a set of standards which consider all persons impacted by all situations. It's making a sincere effort to live up to those standards - not always successfully. When failing to meet the self-imposed challenge, virtue means admitting mistakes and attempting to set things right in the best way possible. Virtue is practicing what you preach...not just preaching it.

2. Why do ball point pens always leak ink all over my hands?
I honestly don't know, FoilWoman. Perhaps you are being punished by some higher being for a specific sinful behavior. Perhaps there is some warp in the time/space continuum that manifests itself in this bizarre inky-hands syndrome. Or perhaps you just buy really cheap, crappy pens.

3. What is the best food ever, and will you cook some for me right now?
The best food ever is definitely nothing I can cook for you! Cooking is not a talent at which I excel. The best food ever would be magic steak. Yes, there is significance to that response. No, I won't explain.

4. What is it like, being a higher being (or one of the Powers That Be). . .?
Being merely mortal, all I can say for sure is that a higher being would certainly not have had as much difficulty responding to that virtue question as I had. A higher being would likely not have consulted the dictionary, thesaurus or any other reference material, looking for assistance in constructing a more intelligent-sounding response.

5. Who is your favorite piece of beefcake, and would you please post a picture?
Rob Lowe and sure - here are a couple of them.