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    1. Vincenzo Ravina

      I can't say I've ever gotten something truly awful. There have been some books I've never read and some things I don't need, but nothing stands out as a worst gift.

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      My greatest success? Being published and being paid for my words.

      My greatest failure? Not achieving more. Not having finished a novel or really getting things going journalistically.

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      Probably some kind of website that deals in something abhorrent like child abuse or stepping on small animals or videos of deaths. That kind of thing. One of those sites.

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      I rather like being human, but I'd give being a panda a chance, for a little bit. Not forever.

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      Not eating my favourite food for a year. Eating the same thing would be hellish and serve only to make me sick of my favourite food. I'd rather do without for a while.

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      I'd pay off my student loans, buy some clothes and put the rest in a high interest bank account! And choose some kind of charity to give to.

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      Not altogether sure. Maybe something awesome like being shot out of a cannon. Or maybe being buried at sea. Or maybe I'll have my ashes mixed in with newspaper ink or something.

      I hope the funeral is a good time.

      Maybe my tombstone will be a slot machine with my assets inside. Anyone who wants their inheritance has to come by and win it. I think that might be a Far Side cartoon or something.

      Something!

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      Yes. I would like to raise a child in an environment entirely devoid of a certain colour, like green. Make it so the child never sees the colour. Then, on his or her sixteenth birthday, make everything green. The cake, the banners, the table cloth, the clothing. Everything. Then observe the reaction.

      I would also strongly encourage children to read The Phantom Tollbooth.

      My child would not have a plain name. He or she would have an interesting and unusual name.

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      I have sustained very few injuries. I haven't broken any bones, to my knowledge. Regarding illness, I have had pneumonia and I had a hernia when I was a kid.

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      I couldn't possibly narrow it down! Highlights include: a subscription to Mad Magazine, a new voice recorder, a fancy electric shaver, 24 season six, 30 Rock season one and MORE.

    17. Vincenzo Ravina

      1. If it isn't in the Oxford English Dictionary, it's not a real word.

      2. Frustrated has an R in it. Right after the F. You are not 'fustrated.'

      Also, libRary. Not lie-berry.

      Also, 'I could care less' means the opposite of what you're trying to say.

      3. Smoking is bad for your teeth and lungs. It's slow poison and it annoys me when you do it within my breathing space! Stop smoking.

      4. Journalism's first obligation is to the truth.

      5. Calm down! Be reasonable! It's better for all of us.

    18. Vincenzo Ravina

      We tossed around a few interesting ideas at our first meeting about a month ago. I probably shouldn't talk about them here.

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      Gosh, I don't know. This is something that will be relevant to my life sooner rather than later, and I just don't know. I just don't know.

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Vincenzo Ravina

Halifax, NS

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Vincenzo Ravina’s Bio

I am a writer and journalist. My favourite animal is the giraffe. My worst fear is Alzheimer's. If it isn't in the Oxford English Dictionary, it isn't a word.

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