Appetizer
Do you believe there is intelligent life on other planets?

No. Not without Fox Mulder around to convince me otherwise.

Soup
What is one thing you said you’d never do, but you eventually did?

I always said I’d never let my children watch “too much” television. I’ve found that “too much” is a pretty amorphous term. Most days, Pi watches “Sesame Street” in the morning and a video with Rockford after he gets home from work. Under my pre-parenting definition, that would have been “too much.” These days, it’s just right.

Salad
Who is the teacher that influenced you the most in school?

Her name escapes me right now, but it was my fifth-grade teacher. She forced me to memorize the multiplication tables. I think it was the first time I actually applied myself.

Main Course
If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be and why?

Oprah, but only on her day off.

Dessert
What is your favorite dish to prepare?

Ice cream sundaes.

The Friday Feast is a weekly meme intended to “feed your mind by asking thought-provoking, mind-stimulating questions.”