The 5 People You Would Like To Have Lunch With

1. Sir Patrick Stewart
2. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
3. Elon Musk
4. Barrack Obama
5. Bill Clinton

It can be a simple list, or you can explain why you would like to meet them. What would you talk about?

The first two on my list would be fun to talk with about space and science. I would like to ask Elon about entrepreneurship and electric cars. And the two Presidents it would be about politics and how things work.

 

In no particular order:

1. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. He translated the Talmud into Hebrew from Aramaic, and has written several excellent books on Jewish mysticism, as well as numerous works on Talmud and Jewish Law. Although he is ultra-Orthodox, he is renowned for being open and friendly to all students, whether Orthodox or not. He is arguably the greatest Talmud scholar living, and he could probably teach me more in one lunch than I learned in two years of rabbinical school-- and I learned a lot in rabbinical school.

2. Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Chronicles novels, because I love the stories, and I think it'd be fun to discuss magic, the paranormal, and mythology with him.

3. Joss Whedon. Maybe self-explanatory; but I am a huge fan of his work, and love his writing style and eclectic creativty.

4. Aaron Sorkin. Also maybe self-explanatory; also a huge fan of his work, and his politics. He might be the most intelligent writer in Hollywood.

5. Neil Patrick Harris. He just seems like he would be incredibly fun to hang out with, and I have crazy respect for anyone that broadly and deeply talented.

 

Non- Work related:
1- Barack Obama. Simply too much Charisma.
2- Bill Gates. How to become a legend of informatics in and spend rest of your life on a charitable fundation.
3- Sylvain Chomet. Very Big Fan.
4- Alex Grothendiek. Legendary Mathematician. WWII refugee. Spent most of his life as a recluse after Fields Medal. No one knows where he is right now.
5- Christopher Nolan. Big fan.

Work-Related:
1- Freeman Dyson. Legendary quantum physicist. Versatile to the point of crazyness, my reference as a scientist.
2- Phil Anderson. Nobel Prize for collective phenomena and superconductor studies. One of the deepest thinker of our time. Had an email exchange with him once.
3- Steve Weinberg. More or less inventor of modern QCD theory, with work and a bunch of different theoretical physics work.
4- Elon Musk. Searching for job outside academia
5- Larry Page. ibidem.

 

1. Jean Watson
2. Jane Goodall
3. Alice Munro
4. Bob Dylan
5. Tom Waits

I'm really bad at creating 'top lists' so I usually just go with my first thoughts. That were those this morning.

 

1. Mixedmedia
2. Zombiesquirrel
3. CinnamonGirl
4. Snowy
5. Damnitall
6. Noodle

 

I thought of 5 more:

6. RuPaul
7. David Sedaris
8. Rickie Lee Jones
9. Sally Mann
10. Jon Stewart

 

I'm game.

 

No names, but 5 old girlfriends. Would be great to find out what's happened in their life. Since these relationships would have been many, many years ago, there would be a lot of life to discuss.

But would they have lunch with me?

 

If you were my ex-boyfriend I'm pretty sure I would have lunch with you.

 

1. A table for 5, should the Szold girls ever live again, especially Ruth.
2. Queen Noor.
3. Laurie Notaro.
4. Anthony Bourdain.
5. Whoopi Goldberg.

 

in no particular order:

Elton John
Bernie Taupin
Halle Berry if i could contain my hormones
George Clooney
Pierce Bronson

 

1. George Washington Carver - Dr. Peanuts!
2. Gallagher - The Hammer Comedian
3. George Washington - First US President
4. Yuri Gagarin - Famous Cosmonaut
5. John Moses Browning - Gun Guru

Alternatively:

6. Dave Mustaine - Heavy Metal Enthusiast
7. Bill Clinton - Unabashed Philanderer
8. Stephen King - Mediocre Horror Author
9. Philippides* - Really, Really, Really Tired Guy
10. Akira Kurosawa - Guy That Loves Westerns

Bonus!

11. Arnold Schwarzenegger - Cyborg with a Horrible Accent
12. Isaiah Mustafa - The Old Spice Guy
13. Catherine Zeta-Jones - Good with Lasers
14. Samuel Colt - Invented the Five Six-Shooter
15. George Romero - ...of the Living Dead Guy

 

Bit maudlin, given that a number of people here are no longer around, but:

1. My father
2 My mother
3. Colin Powell
4. Kareem Adbul-Jabbar
5. Jane Lynch (she's hot, she's smart, she's funny... what more do you need for a great lunch?)

 

1. Jesus, well because he's Jesus
2. George Washington. I've read so much about him, and he did so much for our country.
3. Abraham Lincoln, same as #2.
4. Teddy Roosevelt, same as #2
5. Ronald Reagan. He was such an interesting man.

6. Elvis. I'm sure he was pretty cool back in the day.
7. Steve McQueen, coolest guy ever
8. Shakespeare
9. Samuel Clemens
10. Gordy Howe (i've met him but just briefly)

 

There's only one person I think I'd like to sit down and have a meal with. I imagine it would go down kinda like this...



On second thought, maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea after all...

 

Whenever I think about romeo dallaire I wonder what it would be like to be him and I'm not able to imagine it. Then I start to get a little angry. I don't think I will ever resolve the trauma of even learning about Rwanda. From what I understand about the man, he drags around a long, heavy shadow of regret. I feel for him.

 

Robert A. Heinlein
George S. Patton
Amelia Earhart
Chuck Yeager
Erich Hartmann

 

ok, ALIVE -

Gary Busey - I have no explanation for including Gary other than he cracks me the hell up and would make the dinner with the rest completely insane - would be interesting to see their reaction to him, and him to them....

Hillary Clinton - Former First Lady, and former Secretary of State

Michael Chabon - American author and "One of the most celebrated writers of his generation"

Mohammed ben Rashid Al Maktoum - Sheikh Mohammed oversaw the development of numerous projects in Dubai including the creation of the Palm Islands and the luxury Burj Al Arab hotel. He also promoted the construction of Burj Khalifa, which is now the tallest building in the world.

Elon Musk - Inventor and entrepreneur. Founded Paypal. (among other things)