the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace

When you die, what do you want to be remembered for? 

    being a smart-ass

What is your favorite item you’ve bought this year? 

    my mattress. I sleep SO much better than I did before, it's outrageous.

What would be the most surprising scientific discovery imaginable?

    1+1≠2

What would your talent be if you were Miss or Mister World? 

    ordering and shelving a cart full of books

Say you’re independently wealthy and don’t have to work: what do you do with your time? 

    annoy the crap out of my friends who do have to work, get massages, write, order random presents for people, polish my toenails, travel, watch movies, and nap

If you had to delete all but 3 apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep? 

    Waze, Amazon Smile and Verizon Cloud 

What is your favorite magical or mythological animal? 

    a cat that doesn't squash, vomit, pee, poo, shed, or claw on or into everything it comes into contact

What does your favorite shirt look like? 

    it's the Brass Clothing button down blouse. I have one white, one black, and I LOVE them. Wish I could get an off-white and a navy blue...

What would your dream house be like? 

    small, very quiet, loads of windows on all sides, lots of storage, huge bathtub

If you could add anyone to Mount Rushmore who would it be; why? 

    Kennedy, because it would be awesome to see all the protests to that. And really, whatever he might have done was probably not as reprehensible as the things we do not know about others who have been venerated for far longer.

What fictional family would you be a member of? 

    the Brontës. Granted they weren't fictional, but everydamnthing they thought up was published.

What is your favorite television network? 

    ESPN

[from here; the title quotation is by Gaston Bachelard, from The Poetics of Space]