1. What do you have your browser start page set to?  Because I never have a definite page I want to start on, I have my browser set to open to a blank page.  Again, why should wait for a page to load that I'm not interested in *every* single time I power up IE?  Just goes to support my annoying habit of web surfing efficiency.

2. What are your favorite news sites? CNN for my quick news fix, ESPN for my sports news fix, Arkansas-Democrat Gazette for my local news fix.

3. Favorite search engine? google toolbar, hands-down.

4. When did you first get online?  Hrm...depends on what you mean by "online."  If you consider electronic BBSes (bulletin board systems) "online," then I first got online back in 1986 or so under the username PeeWee.  Considering some of the BBSes had multiple lines, message forums, electronic mail, chat capability, and were "networked" with other BBSes running the same software - was probably the predecessor to the "internet" today.  As far as the internet as we know it today (URLs, email, websites), I first got online back in 1991 while a student at the Univ. of Texas @ Austin.  I still remember using the latest & greatest web browser back then - NCSA's Mosaic v1.0.  Anyone else remember that?  or Gopher?  or telnet?  Or am I speaking Greek here?  Hehe.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend? I may take the kiddos to the Delta Rivers Nature Center while Jen stays at home & gets some medical transcription coursework done.  We should have gone there when we went to Lorance Creek several weeks ago, but of course we didn't know about this place then.  Also even though the weather may not be conducive to playing at Wild River Country, we may drop by there & get our season's passes & just look around & see what is there.  :)  Other than that, probably will spend some time packing & cleaning up around here.

While browsing the diarist.net pages today, I discovered a link for "celebrity diaries" (or what I I'd like to call {in a Robin Leach voice} online journals of the rich & famous).  A couple of particular interest to me were Neil Gaiman (a sci-fi/fantasy author), and get this, Wil Wheaton.  For those of you unfamiliar with Wil Wheaton, shame on you.  Wil is famous for his role of Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and even more so from his role in the movie, Stand by Me.  Apparently Wil is all grown up now, and isn't quite the annoying, snotty kid like we all once were. 

Also started my working on my Dramatis Personae page - so head over there and check it out!