Queston 312

Will brown ever be as cool as black?

Question 311

On average, how many times a day do you think you are looked at by another human being?

Question 310

What do you think you are most known for?

Action 309

Approximately when was the last time you were stung by a bee?

Question 308

How would you describe your hands?

Question 307

What's the grossest thing you've done today?

Question 306

What question do you want answered right now? (besides this one)

Question 305

What was the last chance you took? Favorable or unfavorable outcome?

(your answers to this question will be published in the upcoming edition of Paris based Nuke Magazine)

Question 304

What was the thing you had too much of?

Question 303

I'd like to rename this blog from, thecenterforimprovedliving, to something else. dailyquestion was taken, and that was my best shot, so I'm leaving it up to you. What is a better name for this blog?

Question 302

What is the most difficult thing you are doing right now?

Question 301

Have you ever seen the movie Powder?

This question can quickly divide a group into the "have seen Powder" and the "have never seen powder." It could cause a riot depending upon where & when asked.

Question 300

Pick out a word you like and make a tagline for it.

Here's an example: Nefarious - not just your average evil.

Question 299

Tell us, in three sentences or less, a story about an object around you.

Question 298

What are you currently obsessing about?

Question 297

if all of the sudden you knew everything in the entire world, what would be the first thing you would do?

Question 296

What's a really impractical thing setting near you right now?

Question 295

Who would you like to follow for a day?

Question 294

If you could be in any movie, which movie would you be in?
(note: you don't even have to play a part, you could just be hanging out)

Question 293

Under what circumstances did you last vomit?

Question 292

Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? If so, please explain.

Question 291

When was the last time you ate a Fig Newton?

Question 290

What do you imagine death to be like?

Question 289

If you had a secret society, what would be your initation ritual?

Bad Blogger

Hi All,

I wanted to apologize for being such a slacker with this blog as of late. I have been busy with my latest project, The Signature Series. For this, I signed my name on a US map and then drove that route. Along the way I "improved" 19 towns that fell along my signature's path. These "improvements" include starting an Anonymous Semi-Nudist Colony in Nampa, Idaho and burying an entire town's problems in Craig, Colorado.

Currently, 8 out of 20 episodes are on crackle.com, and new episodes are released every Tuesday and Friday. You can see them all at http://www.crackle.com/signature

I hope you all are having a great summer and don't go anywhere, I promise to be back with new posts very shortly!

See ya,
Marc

P.S. Here are two of my favorite episodes so far:
Teaching the elderly how to find their power animals - http://crackle.com/c/Signature_Series#id=2326278&ml=o%3D12%26fpl%3D302599%26fx%3D
Anonymous Semi-Nudist Colony - http://crackle.com/c/Signature_Series#id=2331576&ml=o%3D12%26fpl%3D302599%26fx%3D

P.S.S I think this counts as the "World's Largest Virtual Signature."

Question 288

What's the strangest knick knack you own?

Question 287

What's the most ridiculuos thing in your fridge right now?

Question 286

What is your most reoccuring thought?

Question 285

What best represents the future?

Question 284

What was the last bit of advice you gave out?

Question 283

What was the last free thing you received or took?

Question 282

What is your DJ name?

Question 281

What is the last thing you physically wrote?

Question 280

Who would be your voice for your autobiography on tape?

Question 279

What's something you laughed at today?

Question 278

What was the last thing that punctured your skin?

Action 277

What two numbers do you think look best together?

Action 276

What's so weird about Weird Al Yankovic!

Action 275

Would you rather be a fully mature Maple tree or a large patch of poison ivy?

Action 274

What would it take for you to buy sushi on a nude beach from a nude man selling it from a fanny pack?

Action 273

Finally we all know America is in a recession. So I came up with some ways to jump-start the American economy. Which do you think will work the best?

A) Lower interest rates while simultaneously cutting taxes.
B) Sell Nebraska and Iowa to Russia.
C) Start an enormous British pound counterfeit and laundering facility in a secret location in the middle of the country.
D) Sell all of our cats to china.
Or E) Buy Canada on an illegal bid on eBay and sell it to New Zealand at "half-price."

If you think none of these will work, please recommend your own economic jump-start method.

Action 272

What was the last thing you returned?

Action 271

What was the first concert you attended?

Action 270

If there were no repercussions, how many of your friends would you have sex with?

Action 269

If you were a ghost, who would you haunt?

Action 268

If you were a lumberjack, what would be the name of your saw?

Action 267

Should serving bad mayonnaise at a restaurant be considered a misdemeanor?

Action 266

Would you date yourself?

Action 265

What do you find interesting at this very moment?

Action 264

What would you do if you woke up and found out that you had been transformed into a famous sportscaster while you were sleeping?

Action 263

When do you question yourself most?

Action 262

What's a recent weakness of yours?

Action 261

Which state best represents America?

Action 260

What's that noise?

Action 259

If you could have an eleventh finger, where would you put it?

Action 258

What was the last thing you loaned out and never got back?

Action 257

What one thing do you wear the most?

Action 256

When was the last time you used a pay phone?

Action 255

Let's create a story together. Only read what the person before you wrote, then add to that. After you've made your contribution, then feel free to read it from the beggining. It's like exquisite corpse.

Action 254

Go and clap for someone doing some mundane task around you. Just cheer em on! For example, that lady over there getting her coffee, stand up and give her a personal round of applause and maybe a handshake. What happened? How'd that feel?

I know this one is not for everyone, but give it a try.

Action 253

After reading this, go to the nearest wall, face it, get as close as you want and stay there as long as you like. STOP...don't read on until you come back from facing the wall.





What did you mostly think about while facing the wall?

Action 252

If you had to design a logo for yourself, what would it look like?

Action 251

What's the scariest thing you've imagined under your bed?

Action 250

What two words do you want to see together right now?

Action 249

Tell us a short short story.

Action 248

What did you have for lunch today?

Action 247

When I say "Celebration," what's the first thing you think of?

Action 256

I hate to be a _____________, but could you _____________.
(fill in the blanks with one word or several words)

Talk Show names

Hi All!

I hate to do this, but there is just no other way. I have a show coming up at the Hayward Gallery in London. It is a talkshow loosely based around The Center for Improved Living. I will discuss some of the topics brought up in the questions on this site and have guests and do interstitial videos etc.

I NEED A NAME FOR THIS TALK SHOW!!! Below are the names I came up with, but I'm sure you good people have a better name, so... The floor is yours. Please help!! But if you have a favorite from below, let me know. Thanks!

forever yours,
marc

my talk show names:

You & Me TV
Me N U
The Me & You Show
Channel B
The Pretty Good Show
The Hamburger Pyramid
That’s Better
The More Better Show
More Better
The Some More Show
The Other Show
The Other Southbank Show
I Did It!
Showtronics
Showtronic
This is great!
That Show
The That Show
The American Talk show in London
The Human Show
Humans on the Internet
The Marc Horowitz Show
The Marc Show!
The fast planet show
Not another bar chart show
@ the show & things
& things show
Yes!
The Fuzzy Show
The 3 VHS camera Show
MOOT
Data Entry
The Weird Show
The _____ Show
Earth!
Cup of Tea
Tea Time
The Bran New Show (that is Scottish slang for excellent)
The Brand New Show
A Comfortable Spaceship
Close to Being Right
The Picnic Table (and have a picnic table as the main set piece, everything would happen around that)

Action 255

What was the very last thing you learned?

Action 254

What's the craziest thing you want to do today, but probably won't.

Action 253

What was the last thing you really messed up on?

Action 252

Who was the last "unexpected" visitor in one of your recent dreams?

Action 251

Invent a premise for a new game show.

Action 250

What was the last thing you bought in bulk?

Action 249

Make up a new initialism (like "lol" meaning "laughing out loud").

Action 248

In a pinch would you wear your friend's underwear, or would you just skip it?

Action 247

What is the best kitchen appliance?

the flu

i got a bad case of the flu. I'll be back in action tomorrow. sorry and I hope you are all in good health.

Action 246

Make up a new name for cottage cheese.

Action 245

What's the best meal you can cook?

Action 244

What do you want to make, but don't think you can?

Action 243

Give us some good news today!

Action 242

Make up a name for your left hand.

Action 241

What are some strangely paired items around you right now?

Action 240

If you could turn yourself into something else, what would you turn yourself into?
(Optional: why?)
(Note: when you change forms, you keep all your senses - sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch and your thinking power. You could change back to yourself whenever you want to.)

Action 239

How do you like your coffee or tea?

Action 238

Approximately, how many times do you check your e-mail each day?

Action 237

Invent a myth.

TCFIL Show at the Hayward Gallery in London

To coincide with Laughing in a Foreign Language, artist and comedian Marc Horowitz presents his extraordinary Centre for Improved Living, an open workshop featuring sculptures, videos, performance, life-coaching and conversation with the artist. Addressing a diverse range of subjects from architectural environments, advertising and commerce to happiness and power, Horowitz’s project thrives on a makeshift, DIY aesthetic. Using props, objects and ideas, Horowitz encourages and facilitates exchanges of laughter, provocation, problem-solving and improved ways of living.

– written by the good people at the Hayward

——

The show opens on March 18th and goes until April 13th. I am planning on doing a talk show in the gallery - have three talk shows a week each lasting an hour with 2 -3 guests. Each show would have a topic, taken from from this site. I would loosely address this topic with each of the guests as we do an activity related to the topic. I also plan to have several workshops.

I am looking for some people in the London area, or who will be there during the show, to make this a live webcast, help with set and prop building, guests and people to line up guests (production staff), writers, PAs, and equipment (video mixer and a couple cheap cameras).

If you or someone you know would be interested in this project please e-mail me at ineedtostopsoon at gmail dot com.

Thanks!

Action 236

What is your most dangerous idea?

Action 235

What is your relationship to trivia?

Action 234

What the strangest thing in plain view of you right now?

Action 233

What is the most amazing automatic thing your body does?

Action 232

Why did you wake up this morning?

that time of the year...

to ask what do you guys think of the blog so far? What should there be more of? Do the questions suck? What sort of questions do you want to see? Should there be more actions/ assignments, or is that too much work? Should there be a whole new component to the site? You tell me. Thanks for all your visits and answers.

Happy New Year!

Action 231

Give yourself a tattoo today with a ballpoint pen. What'd you make and where'd you put it?

Action 230

What type of pillow do you sleep on?

Action 229

What could be the worst thing that could happen in going back in time?

Action 228

How do YOU think glass is made?

Action 227

If you were to design a new casino for the strip in Vegas, what would be its theme?

Action 226

How many times is it okay to reuse a bath towel before having to wash it?

Action 225

If you had to change your name today, what would you change it to?