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1. Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Napoleon. I am a fierce conqueror yet so miss understood.

2. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

I am so God Damned clumsy.

3. Which living person do you most despise?

Donald J. Trump

4. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

“Living the dream!”

5. What fictional place would you like to live?

The magical book world in Jasper Fforde’s “Thursday Next” novels.

1. What is one food that’s basic in terms of ingredients and recipe, but you adore?

Basted eggs and toast. Just a bit of olive oil and butter in a non-stick skillet. Warm to about 3.5 setting on the stove. Let the butter melt but don’t let it burn.
Knock in two eggs and about a tablespoon or less of water then cover to steam/fry the eggs.
They are done when the whites are cooked but the yolks are set but still run.
Serve with toast. The entire meal takes about five minutes.

2. What’s a hobby and/or habit you started during the pandemic(Ongoing or not)?

Bread baking. I have gotten good at artisan no knead bread, sourdough, beer bread, English muffin bread and biscuits.

3. What’s a childhood memory that still makes you laugh to this day?

One year at Christmas when I was probably four years old all of us (sisters and cousins ) got these flashlights that projected a clown’s face and we played lights out hide and seek in the grand parents house all day.

4. Not counting Die Hard, what is a Christmas movie that wasn’t released/marketed as a Christmas movie.

The Thin Man from 1934. Classic. Myrna Loy steals every scene.

5. if you could’ve stayed at one age for the rest of your life, which would it be?

Thirty-four. That was the best version of me.

1. What is your favorite occupation?

I liked my little job at the newspaper in Craig and mostly the people I worked with. The publisher was a bit nuts and the small town politics were bothersome but writing up feature stories of the folks in and around the town was fun.

2. What is your current state of mind?

How. How the fuck did we actually re-elect that godless mad man again. I am currently searching all over Amazon for a chaos safety kit to use when the metaphorical shit hits the fan.

3. What is your most marked characteristic?

My quick wit.

4. When and where were you happiest?

In my 30s, freshly relocated to Denver and among old friends amid new beginnings. Broke as could be and happy.

5. What is your greatest extravagance?

I still pay for cable. It is so convenient to have all that stuff you want to watch in one place. I still have some streaming apps on the Roku but I still watch a lot of cable and network stuff.

Questions via Vanity Fair’s The Proust Questionnaire

1. What film franchise had the best sequel?

The Godfather. Godfather II is an almost perfect film.

2. And conversely, the worst?

Arthur II. The original Arthus is a funny film and holds up after all these years. The seque? unwatchable.

3. What recording artist had an even better second album after their debut?

That is tough as there are so many artists/albums. i am going to go with
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – a masterpiece of the time “Blowin in the Wind,” “Girl From The North Country.” The list goes on and on.

4. What was the earliest cassette song you remember listening to on a Walkman?

Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” I remember buying the Walkman and the cassette at the Craig KMart.

5. What’s a great song featuring the saxophone?

Gerry Raferty – Bakerstreet.

Gut punch week.
I need to surround my self in all the comforts

1. what is your “comfort movie” when you need a lift?

Finding Forester. I guess as an English major in college it resonates and what is wrong with Sean Connery and F. Murray Abraham.

2. What is your go to comfort food?

Mac and Cheese – the home made kind not that crap from a box at the store – and better yet my sister’s homemade mac and cheese. The secret ingredient is cream cheese.

3. What is your go to comfort watch on the telly?

British crime dramas. I can get sucked into to some old BBC crime detective binges in a heartbeat.

4. What is your best way to clear the head and calm the nerves?

Talk a long walk or in more conducive weather a bike trek.

5. What fictional characters would you surround yourself with whan you find your self stressed and depressed.

Well, none of the Avengers for sure that just seems too stressful. Maybe just hanging out a the coffee shop with the cast of Friends – but being careful around Ross because he really is a terrible person.