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At this moment, what is your favorite…

1. …song?
The Thrill Is Gone – by – B.B. King (He was on old school Letterman reruns last night and the song has stayed with me.)

2. …food?
Green Chili Smothered Chili Relleno. (I think that is going to be my lunch.)

3. …tv show?
That 70s Show (Damn, that Red Foreman is funny!)

4. …scent?
Vanilla. (Mmmmm, beans.)

5. …quote?
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out all the wrong words.” Mark Twain. (Actually, my favorite Twain quote goes something like “There are few words in the English language and I will be damned if I can only use some of them. (referring to swear words). However, I cannot find the exact quote.)

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1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
It is a rotating collection of booze related quotes from W.C. Fields. Currently, it reads: “I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake–which I also keep handy.”

2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven’t graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
That was 20 years ago, I hardly remember. However when signing a book or card for mass consumption, I was recently given a great line: “//insert another name from the card/book you are signing// appears to think well of you.” That makes me laugh.

3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
Veerlft (Veer left)

4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
A silver mug from a wedding engraved “Groomsman” and a silver champagne bucket engraved: To: Lullabelle, love Snowball.

5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
“Get Off My Lawn!”

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What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .

1. …today?
The weekend and getting some errands done.

2 …over the next week?
Getting in a more stable daily exercise routine.

3. …this year?
Losing weight and getting into to better financial shape.

4 …over the next five years?
Owning a home, starting a business.

5. …for the rest of your life?
Being happy. Being healthy. Being published.

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1. You’ve just won a complete collection of movies starring one actor – what actor would you pick?
John Cusak.

2. What was the last movie you saw in a theater?
Matrix II (?) I don’t get out to the movin’ picture shows very often.

3. What was the last video or DVD that you bought?
The box set of the Indiana Jones trilogy.

4. What movie could you watch over and over again and not get sick of?
Hmmm, so many choices. It used to be Casablanca with It’s a Wonderful Life a close second, but lately that film is probably either Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Blazing Saddles.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
A late-scheduled Christmas party and watching the Bronco’s in their playoff bid.

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1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?
Getting a job and ending my unemployment.

2. What was your biggest disappointment?
Getting a job and ending my unemployment.

3. What do you hope the new year brings?
Getting a better job and not going into unemployment.

4. Will you be making any New Year’s resolutions? If yes, what will they be?
Lose some weight and make exercise a regular part of my day.

5. What are your plans for New Year’s Eve?
Slim Cessna and his Auto Club will be playing his annual New Year’s Eve show at the Bluebird. I will be there, right up front with the gang.

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1. List your five favorite beverages.
Denver Pale Ale, Bombay Gin and Tonic, Ice Tea, Coca Cola, and a life long devotion to seek out the perfect cup of coffee.

2. List your five favorite websites.
Fark; Metafilter; altercation at msnbc/Slate; Top 10 Conservative Idiots; Harper’s Weekly Review And the sites listed on the right hand side of this page.

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
Popcorn. Sante Fe Gold tortilla chips and salsa, Red Vines, Gummy Bears, Pringles.

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Pinochle, Chess, Domino Train; Scrabble, Risk.

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
The Age of Empire Series; Empire Earth; Black and White; Hoyle Solitaire/Mahjong; Chessmaster 8000.

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1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
Generally, yes. I like winter and the severe harshness of the elements, the peaceful calm of a snow storm, the whistle of the wind and, as the song says: “Walking in my Winter Underwear.”

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. My dad was 35 year Postal Service veteran and as a result, Christmas to him was all drudge, muck and mire, filled with weeks and weeks of mandatory overtime and stress. This translated into a much bigger deal being made around the house for Thanksgiving rather than Christmas. Although I still dig midnight Christmas Mass services.

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
Recently, I have added Champagne Mimosa’s to the holiday tradition. But seriously, since my father has passed away and my mother remarried, the family is both adding new traditions and holding on to traditions. Thanksgiving is still a big, big meal with family and Christmas is becoming a catch as catch can affair celebrated in smaller groups. The biggest holiday tradition for me is The Memorial Day weekend/Birthday Affair wherein I try to host a huge meal somewhere surrounded by as many friends as I can rustle up. Plans are percalating for this year’s affair.

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
Each year I send a check of $30.00 or so to the Denver Rescue Mission. And I shop at the thrift stores a lot. That counts, right?

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
A really, really nice pair of gloves. (Sorry, it was cold out this morning and I am a bit obsessed.)

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1. What’s your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
My “Desert Storm” suede combat tanker boots. Buckles, tan, suede, boots. They have it all. I must get them resoled someday and sport them with pride once again.

2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
A really nice, big, well fitting London Fog tan rain coat, like the kind Bogart always wears in the movies. Either that or paper hats and name tags for the office.

3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
My “United Airlines Ramp Service” Employee shirt that I bought as a joke at a thrift shop. It is really, really comfortable.

4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
Turtlenecks. Olive green, burgandy or black turtlenecks. They make me look dreamy.

5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
Black socks? No, really. In high school, there was this outfit in the men’s fashion section of the Speigel catalog – A white cardigan sweater, a red shirt and baby blue pants. All from Izod. I just had to have it. I ordered it, wore it to school and honestly looked dorkier than Mr. Rogers at a high school rodeo dance. A bad choice – about ten years older than 1981 fashion should have been – and way to expensive. It may be part of the reason I tend to avoid real fashionable looks and expensive clothes to this day.

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1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not?
Not generally. I can get intimidated by the whole mall experience. I like to shop in small, small doses, but anything like the power shopping extravaganzas that are famous on the day after Thanksgiving is a bit beyond me.

2. What was the last thing you purchased?
A CD of Taj Mahal’s greatest hits and Springsteen’s new DVD “Live in Barcelona.”

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why?
Depends. I use online shopping sites, like Amazon and even Ebay to do a lot of window shopping and price comparisons. But I tend to buy things at an actual store. I have made several online purchases though and it is generally a trouble free shopping experience. I spent the summer processing orders for an auction payment service. If you want to know how to get scammed online, just ask and I can teach you everything you need to do wrong in order to get bilked out of thousands.

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it?
A small allowance, yes. I recall it was $10.00 or $15.00 and involved lawn mowing and trimming and trash emptying.

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing?
My Nikon digital camera. After I bought it , I had to send it to the shop, so I didn’t get as good of a deal as I had hoped. I still dig the camera, but I ended up paying full price for it and I regret that.

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1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year.
Start exercising, get Christmas shopping done, learn more guitar chords, master chess, visit Colorado microbreweries.
2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again.
Mostly Army friends – Doughty, JP, Dominck and Sgt. Gil de La Madrid. And a childhood friend – Clancy Kingsbury.
3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do.
Learn to paint watercolors; learn how to lift weights; learn how to bake pasteries; learn new photography skills; learn to play the guitar ( a remnant from last year. )
4. List five things you’d do if you won the lottery (no limit).
Pay off mom’s ranch; take family and friends on the world tour of food; buy a villa on the coast of Spain; buy a loft apartment in Denver; pay for college for family and friends.
5. List five things you do that help you relax.
Let go; take a walk; listen to loud music; cook a huge meal in the kitchen; watch tv.

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