12 Questions to Ponder

Alan Simpson
4 min readAug 11, 2024
Photo by Emily Morter on Unsplash

Nichola Scurry recently posted their answers to these 12 questions. I decided to throw my answers out there into the void. I’m sure the world is anxiously awaiting.

1. If you could delete one month from the year, which month would you choose?

This is a tough one. I’m sure February would be a popular answer, but that would delete my birthday and my wife’s birthday. I’m going to go the unpopular route of throwing out a summer month: August. There are no holidays in August. It’s hot and humid. It is the month when I start longing for fall. So, why not get fall here faster?

2. What’s the silliest feature you’d have in your dream house?

A hidden room behind a bookshelf.

I have no reason to have one, but I always thought they were cool. It would be even better if I could be the only one to know so I could hide there when my family wants me to be productive.

3. What’s the worst hair decision you’ve made?

My entire youth was a bad hair decision. I don’t have good hair. I don’t know how to make my hair look good. Yet, I still let it grow in the 80s when I should have gone to a buzz cut as soon I was old enough to realize how bad my hair…

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Alan Simpson

I am a semi-retired former librarian who writes about a variety of topics. I review TV shows. I review books. I write about what is happening around us.