Friday's Quizzlet: The Edge of Gorgonzola

Appetizer: If you had a free subscription to any mag, which would you pick?
Didn't we have an extremely similar question just recently? Yawn. No matter, I've changed my mind. It would be a disturbing hybrid of the new hardcore version of Hustler and Tiger Beat.

Soup: If you became famous, what would you choose as your stage name?
I'd use my real name. I have a blog - obviously I'm not too concerned with anonymity. But let's talk about porn star names for a minute. Chime in with yours: you remember the drill - your first name is your first pet, your surname is the street you grew up on. That would make me "Apple Island View". Not so catchy in the light of day. I think I'd go with Dick Hertz.

Salad: What ingredients make an awesome salad?
Cheese, cheese and cheese. I don't care if it's gorganzola, feta or even something you picked out from between your toes. The Cobb, the Greek - all lovely. I often carry bricks of gouda over to friend's dinner parties in case they're not hip to the practice. And when I tell them I've got a little gouda in my pants, they look at me with sad eyes and say, "please leave now".

Main Course: What do you like most about your current job?
The ability to make or break online businesses based on my skills. SEO skills, Bowstaff skills, etc. We do more of the making, and less of the breaking, thankfully. We're a small, cohesive unit who can have a massive impact on anyone who signs on. The marketplace is becoming flooded, however, and I fear it is not to last. And Yetis.

Dessert: Who is your favorite instrumental musician (not a singer)?
I'm gonna run with this one a bit. There have been 3 extremely influential guitarists in the past 20 years that I want to mention. The first being The Edge from U2. Like the band or not, when he plays you know it's him - and it's extremely hard to find a signature sound on an instrument that exists in such abundance and is so widely used across all musical genres. The second is Johnny Marr of The Smiths for much the same reason. Marr forever changed the way in which a generation of subsequent strummers approached the insturment. Extremely complicated chord progressions and rhythms. Marr's anithesis, Joey Santiago, is my third choice. He is the polar opposite of Marr - came onto the scene with only a few years of experience under his belt, technically a very poor guitarist. But the fearless sounds that he managed to make have yet to be duplicated, although many have tried. Find the songs 'Something Against You' or 'Vamos' by The Pixies, lock yourself in a dark room and then crank the volume up to 10 if you don't believe me. You know what? I am going to blare them both right now.