More useless information than you’d care to know…
- Age: Old enough not to have that question asked.
- African American Heroine: Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) from Star Trek. Cliché, but true. I was three.
- Celebrity Crush: Dana Andrews, except when it’s William Holden. Hey, don’t laugh! The odds of you getting your pick aren’t much better!
- Dream Vacation: It’s a secret.
- Education: Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies. My first degree.
- Favorite Book Genre: Nonfiction.
- Favorite Comic Strip: Heart of the City by Mark Tatulli.
- Favorite Cuisine: Italian, except when it’s Chinese American.
- Favorite Drink: They say I’m addicted to Pepsi Cola. Not true. I’ve quit a number of times…
- Favorite Fruit: Raspberries. Although one can't hold a candle to a really superb blackberry. But then, how often do you come across a really superb blackberry?
- Favorite Impressionist Painter: American Mary Stevenson Cassatt. Love her cute domestic scenes more than the Frenchmen's stuff.
- Favorite Musical Instrument: Piano. Why are you even asking?
- Favorite Peanuts Character: Schroeder. He's such an adorable baby with his toy piano!
- Favorite U.S. President: Thomas Jefferson. I remember being so thrilled, around age six, that a President had been named after my grandfather...
- Favorite Woman in Science: Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze (Madame Lavoisier), the wife of famed Antoine Lavoisier. They were the first couple to do make beautiful chemistry together.
- Giacomo Casanova: Excuse me, but they were obviously faking it.
- Glocks: If I hear one more homeschool boy talk about his, I’ll scream!
- Homeschooling: I was homeschooled before it was cool.
- Interracial Marriage: I was biracial/mixed before it was cool.
- JFK’s Assassination: Of all the conspiracy theories, I find the one about the Mafia the most convincing.
- Love Languages Results: (1) Physical Touch, (2) Quality Time, (3) Acts of Service, (4) Words of Affirmation, (5) Receiving Gifts. I've taken Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages online quiz three times over the last few years. The ranking aren't going to change. The scores just keep getting further apart.
- Mac or PC: Let me tell you about my tragic childhood experience with an Apple…
- Marital Status: Single, Never Married.
- Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightly: If one guy’s perfect, there’s no contest.
- Mr. Darcy or Mr. Thornton: Science tell us that women are always happier in a relationship with a good kisser.
- Newton or Leibniz: I only use the latter’s notation.
- No One Would Ever Guess: I played the drums. Yes, the drum set. I was accused of having a “girly kick.”
- Oddest Job Ever: Making and selling personalized Easter baskets.
- Political Position: I lean often libertarian and sometimes conservative.
- Political Party: The Republican Party’s far from perfect, but it’s currently Pareto efficient.
- Religious Affiliation: Much more Campbellite than Lipscombite.
- The Economy: Quit kidding yourself. Gold and silver markets can experience price “bubbles” too!
- Waxing or Sugaring: Sugaring definately. No contest.
- Waxing or Threading: Undecided.
- Weave: Nope. You can look and touch all you want. You can even come to the hairstylist with me.
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