I will remember your small room, the feel of you, the light in the window, your records, your books, our morning coffee...

• Are you allergic to anything?  all narcotics, Flonase, and ricotta cheese. And I sometimes have a

disturbingly strong reaction to Lidocaine.

• Assuming you have an office with a view, what would you want the view to be of?  I have been happier with the view from my current office than I could really say. If I had to choose a different one, though, I'd love a water view.

• Has your taste in music changed in the last 10 years?  many times

• Have you ever been in a car accident?  I have not

• Name a piece of technology you wish existed:  transmogrifier

• What college did you attend?  the party school in my hometown

• What did you eat for breakfast?  Cheerios, except on Sundays (then oatmeal)

• What do you enjoy most about the holidays?  time off, presents, and some of the decorations

• What do you want to do when you retire?  nap, work in a small business at my whim, futz with plants, and read

• What food can you not stand?  mushrooms (as if that's actually food)

• What is the strangest food you have eaten?  alligator

• What kind of art would you hang, or have you hung already, hang in your office?  lots of photographs - of people and things that surround me with love. And hummingbirds.

• What’s the first thing you drink when you wake up?  tea

• What time period could you see yourself living in? only the current one

• What would you pick to add to your coffee: Baileys, Amaretto, or Whisky?  of the three, Baileys would be the least weird

• Would you describe yourself as a clean or messy person?  messy

• What is the nicest thing that's happened to you this week?  someone made an effort, went out of their way, when it was not necessary but they knew I would like it

[from here and adapted; the title quotation is by Charles Bukowski, from Raw with Love]