Viktor-C'est la vie!

Your favourite state to visit?

For those who have traveled America, so far what is your favourite state to visit?

For myself, it's definitely Vermont. Burlington is a wonderful city, there are no billboards along the highways, the people are friendly and active, there are no McDonald's in any of the major cities, history is well-preserved, it's simply an amazing place.

Many people I know find it odd when I tell them that to this day I've never ever seen my parents cuddle. It's not for a lack of love between them, they simply were never affectionate around us as children. Is this normal or is my family weird?

Also you may answer if you already have been gay married but for those who haven't, what is your ideal way to deal with the dilemma of surnames in a gay marriage?

Myself, I plan to take my partner's surname if and when gay marriage is legalized in my state or we marry in another state. I prefer to have one family name, especially for my children as that was how I was raised.

You?

Did Victorian houses have window screens? I see a lot of homes that have interior wood shutters and I often see these shutters closed while the window is opened (from the bottom and from the top sometimes for some reason). Did these shutters serve as window screens?

I look at old photos from the late 19th century and early 20th century such as on Shorpy and when they are blown up, I can't honestly tell the difference in quality between these photos and what my Nikon D5000 can take. Now I'm just an amateur photographer, but to me it seems like photo quality has stayed pretty much constant since photography was invented. Is this true? If not, what accounts for the good quality of old photographs?

Should we bring back the choice of flogging ie. ten lashes for minor convictions in the USA as opposed to prison?

Like in the case of Casey Anthony, should she be convicted, should she be executed by public hanging? Should we bring back public hangings as a manner of execution in the USA?

Such as the places you want to visit, where you want to eat, etc? Or do you just take off and do what want to without worry of an indepth itinerary?

Late 19the century Victorian carriage houses certainly seem big enough to accommodate horses and a family typically hired a live-in stable boy or chauffeur. But I thought horses needed an open environment and couldn't be boarded in urban city lots? Were the horses boarded in ranches and just brought in when needed? Or were they permanently boarded in the city?

My boyfriend's been getting on my case because I'm too afraid to hold his hand in public. Do you hold hands in public with your partner?

Do you support the use of the word "queer" as an umbrella-term for non-heteronormative and/or non-gender-binary people ie. LGBTQ people? Some say its original meaning of "deviating from the norm, odd, strange" coupled with its use as a derogatory term against LGBTQ people give it a negative connotation, while others say that that is its strength and WHY it should be used as a new umbrella-term to replace the alphabet soup mess that is LGBTQXYZ. Your thoughts?

It's common on a PA of a house to write, Borrower, Co-Borrower, husband and wife. What do they do for gay partners in states where gay marriage is and isn't legal?

En francés, hay los verbos Tutoyer y Vouvoyer que quieren decir "Usar la forma de tu/la forma de vous." Es español hay una frase igual por Tu? Una frase como "Je peux te tutoyer?" "On peut se tutoyer?" Y también "Tutoye-moi!" "Tutoyons-nous!" Y lo mismo por Vous. Cuales son las frases en español por tu y usted y aun vosotros y vos?

These are the names of my mother and her 10 siblings. Which do you like? Not having a baby, but I've always been curious which of my aunts uncles or my mother has the most preferable name.

Jean-Baptiste

Antoine-Fréderic

Jeanne-Louise

Jacques-Michel

Marie-Josèphe

Marguerite-Anne

Sophie-Élisabeth

François-Pierre

Jean-Noël

Rose-Catherine

Nicolas-Guillaume

Is it common for national commercials (those which don't feature distinct actors making product pitches) to use stock videography or do they, for the most part, actually hire a film crew and actors for the shots they use in their commercials?

There are two books I've been meaning to read: Dostoevsky's The idiot and Agatha Christie's The Peril at End House. I love Dostoevsky and I've never read a Christie novel. I'm a slow reader. Which should I pick up first?

It's 5:00AM and the Royal Wedding is beginning. All os a sudden huge tornadoes rip through Raleigh killing hundreds and leaving thousands injured and missing. What would the media do?

The 10th amendment would put Planned Parenthood funding at the state level, would it not? Why is Planned Parenthood funded at the federal level? Does it have something to with Roe vs. Wade protecting abortion under the 14th amendment therefore making it a federal issue?

Soy de los EEUU pero a causa de la television latinoamerica y peliculas, aprendi un acento de espanol que siempre falta las eses. Quiero saber que acento falta las mas eses? Quiza el acento de Venezuela? Or el de la costa de Colombia? O otro pais? Gracias!

In July I'm going to Burlington, VT, NH, Portland and Kennebunkport, ME, and Quebec City. For NH should I spend some time camping in the north (any good suggestions? We were thinking Freedom, NH) or would my time be better spent in beautiful Portsmouth?

PS: I'm from Northern Michigan.