Dave Pollard's How to Save the World

Kishore insisted that I maintain a weblog too. He is asking me to post entries in depth similar to Dave Pollard's How to Save the World

Right now, I am pondering the answers to questions in That's Awfully Personal

1. The very attractive spouse of your good friend comes on to you, gently but persistently, at a garden party. How do you deal with the spouse, and what, if anything, do you tell your good friend, who gets jealous easily, about the incident?
2. Your home is aflame and burning out of control. All living creatures have been safely evacuated. You have time to go back in quickly and save one possession from the flames. What would it be, and why?