Doing the dishes. I always had dishwashers in all the apartments I'd lived in before I moved here. I find I use paper plates whenever I can. :D

What was the first car you learned to drive? Was it an automatic or a stick shift?

A stick shift. It was a Ford Bronco with manual shift and no power steering. I flunked parallel parking the first time!


If you could have any car...would would you drive?

I've always wanted a Corvette, any year would be perfectly fine with me. :D

Do you keep a journal?

Nope...I love to write, but I have no time


Would you ever consider going back to school?

Only for foreign language studies, in which a good class is essential for the basics.

Do you prefer wearing plain t-shirts or colorful t-shirts with graphics on the front?

Colorful T-shirts with graphics on the front.

Do you prefer the ocean or a lake?

Never spent a whole lot of time around either but I'll take lakes because when I was a child my grandpa took me fishing in Minnesota every summer.

Have you ever been to a national park?

Yes, several. Most recently I went to Yosemite and Big Sur


What are your hobbies?

Hmmm, not really any hobbies that I'm overly addicted to. I've got a very valuable baseball card collection but that was all accumulated when I was a kid. I'm just sort of a sports junkie nowadays, not that that's a hobby.

When was the last time you had to be in a hospital?

Gosh, maybe 4 years ago for bypass surgery. Knock on wood, when the cardiologist checked me in the spring ... everything's still A-OK (Haven't heard that expression in a while.)

When was the last time you met someone who became a good friend?

About 4 months ago and they are terrific!



WWTLT gave someone fresh flowers?

I think it was our wedding anniversary which would be last June.

WWTLT you got a ticket?

Back in July. I was charged $100 for putting trash the size of a finished takeout Chinese dinner — which was exactly what it was — into the corner trashcan just because I walked out of my apartment with it being seen and apparently that's a no-no and I should've waited for trash day to toss it out "legally." Nevermind that everyone does this shit, the streets are still dirty with refuse from storefronts dumping their crap amongst other tossed-away trash and I was only giving a hoot. I can understand if I was tossing out a Santa-sized garbage bag, but they were just trying to make quotas. What a gyp.

Would you stand in a line to get inside a particular restaurant/wait long for tables, or would you skip it and look for alternate restaurants?

Usually I'll just try and find someplace else but if I've really got it stuck in my head that I absolutely have to eat at the place I'll wait in line.

What's your favorite meal of the day?

Dinner -- it's usually my largest and tastiest. I often skip lunch or have something small

Do you have a favorite outfit? What is it?