there was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable

Mark Wahlberg v. Mark Cuban: who is the better businessman or business woman and why?  Mark Wahlberg, because to my knowledge he drives fewer people bananas

What was the worst job you ever had?  The current one, in the sense that it is the most ill-suited to my nature.

Which band / artist – dead or alive – would play at your funeral?  Dead or Alive

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  taller

What’s your favorite tradition or holiday?  anything that involves giving me presents

What fictional world or place would you like to visit?  Chalk, in England - from the Faulkner Wisdom Competition Gold Medal-winning novel by Rob Magnuson Smith, Gravedigger

What is your favorite breakfast food?  bacon on toast

What is your favorite time of the day and why?  all else being equal: sundown

Teleportation or flying?  teleportation

What is your favorite TV show?  at the moment: Leverage

What book, movie read/seen lately you would recommend and why?  The Cider House Rules - because it is so different from anything else I have seen, and it has stuck with me.

If you had a time machine, would go back in time or into the future?  to the future, specifically for financial gain

Do you think you could live without your smartphone (or other technology item) for 24 hours?  yup

What is your favorite dessert?  chocolate chip cookies

What was your favorite game to play as a child?  a card game called Cheat

Are you a traveler or a homebody?  I'm a wistful, wishful traveler 

What’s one career you wish you could have?  policy writer

What’s your favorite place of all the places you’ve travelled?  Miami

Do you have a favorite plant?  yes

What did you have for breakfast this morning?  Cheerios

What’s is one thing we don’t know about you?  my blood type

What is your favorite meal to cook and why?  chili - because no matter what you do, it's never wrong

What is your favorite musical instrument and why?  drums - because I like the sound and it seems like they'd be fun to play

Popcorn or M&Ms?  a mix of the two sounds delicious

 [from here and adapted; the title quotation is by Kazuo Ishiguro, from The Remains of the Day]