It’s time for the Tuesday, er, Two-Score and Ten Or So …

Actually this was one of those Q&A chain letters that my mom passed on, but since e-mail is so Last Millennium, I thought I’d do it here (abridged) …

1. What time is it? 8:39AM MDT (GMT-6)

2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate: David Christopher Hill

3. Nickname(s): “Dave,” “***Dave,” “Three-Star Dave.”

4. Parents names: Hal & Gloria

5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake: Now, see, here’s a tough one, not out of vanity, but because age and birth date is one of those Significant Things that folks use in Identity Theft (birthplace, favorite pet, mother’s maiden name are others). Somebody who really wanted to sift through things could probably figure it out, but there are a few intentionally misleading bits I’ve used in the past, too. So … somewhere between forty and forty-five.

6. Date that you regularly blow them out? See #5. I blow them out in early January, but the exact date varies, depending on when Margie takes me out or makes me a cake.

7. Pets: Two cats, one toddler. Squirrels in the back yard, grackles in the bird feeder. No errant raccoons at the moment.

8. Eye color: Hazel

9. Hair color: Brown-grey

10. Piercing: (Shudders.) No.

11. Tattoos: (Shudders some more.) No.

12. How much do you love your job: It has its days. I’m kind of struggling at the moment managing a remote group — “out of sight, out of mind.”

13. Favorite color: Cobalt Blue

14. Hometown: See #5. I was born up in the San Francisco ‘burbs. However, I was raised almost entirely in Southern California, in the east San Gabriel Valley.

15. Current Residence: Centennial, Colo.

16. Favorite food: Rum Raisin Ice Cream.

17. Been to Africa? Nope. There are some areas I’d like to visit — safari stuff, Egypt, Morocco. But it doesn’t look likely any time soon, for a variety of financial and security reasons.

18. Been toilet papering? Nope. Ol’ Stick-in-the-mud Me.

19. Loved somebody so much it made you cry? Yes.

20. Been in a car accident? Yup. No serious injuries, but way more thrills and excitement than I’m really looking for in my life.

21. Croutons or bacon bits? Yes, please, thanks!

22. Sprite or 7 UP? When pressed, Sprite. 7Up is too sweet. On the other hand, I’d much prefer a ginger beer, a Barq’s root beer, or a Coke.

23. Favorite Movie(s): Sorry, that exceeds my bandwidth here. Though at the moment, I’d have to rank LotR up there pretty damned high.

24. Favorite Holiday: Christmas. Family, friends, gifts given, gifts received, and Lots of Spiritual Stuff to boot.

25. Favorite day of the week: Friday. Half day off, the weekend is coming, and either I have a bachelor night at home (if Margie’s gaming), or I have a game I’m going to (and get to sleep in on Saturday!).

26. Favorite word or phrases? “No problem” and “Howdy,” I suspect.

27. Favorite Toothpaste: Aim. Or Crest. Actually, I’ve stopped having a real favorite.

28. Favorite Restaurant: Hey, this question sounds vaguely familiar … Probably the knee-jerk reaction would be Le Central.

29. Favorite Flowers: Irises.

30. Favorite Drink: Gin martini, very dry (6:1), with a twist.

31. Favorite sports to watch: Probably golf. This is not something I spend a lot of time watching.

32. Preferred type of ice cream: See #16.

33. Favorite Sesame Street Character: I was a bit too old for Sesame Street growing up, and Katherine is not really into it as of yet. So I really couldn’t say. They mostly seem kinda goofy.

35. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Tokyo Joe’s.

36. When was your last hospital visit? Wow. Many, many years. Inguinal hernias when I was in the 3rd and 4th Grades. Unless you count visiting someone else in the hospital. In which case it would be when Doyce was in. Somewhere in-between those would be when we stayed over at the hospital after Katherine was born.

37. What color is your bedroom carpet? Beige.

38. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? None. Woo-hoo!

39. Who is the last person you got email from before this? Kelley.

40. Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Never convicted, no … heh heh heh …

41. Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card? Restoration Hardware. Retro-geeky joy.

42. What do you do most often when you are bored? Work on my blog …

43. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest: A wide variety of friends are scattered across the US, and even some we’ve subsequently visited in London. Margie’s godfather lives in Thailand.

But for decently close friends whom I have actually met in person, off the top of my head I’d say it would be Kelley, in Chicago.

44. Most annoying thing people ask me: “Say, that must be a good book, eh?”

45. Bedtime: Usually sometime between 9 and 10 (!), usually driven by Margie. (Which is not a bad thing, since (a) I get up at 5 a.m., and (b) without her restraint, I’d usually stay up until midnight ….)

46. Who will respond the quickest to this e-mail [blog]? Actually commenting? Probably Jenn, who, bless ‘er, seems to hit this page multiple times a day. Actually writing a blogged version themselves? Probably Doyce.

47. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Margie is probably the reader most likely not to write her own answers to the questions, though she may likely comment on mine.

48. Favorite all time TV shows: As defined by my willingness to tape the darned things: Babylon 5. The Outer Limits (TOS). The recent WB Batman/Superman/Justice League cartoons.

49. Last person(s) you went out to dinner with: Margie, just the other evening.

50. Last Movie you saw? See previous post. 🙂

51. What CD is playing right now? None. But Out of the Box is on TV, entertaining Kitten.

52. What is your favorite fragrance? Sauteeing onions and garlic.

53. What are your favorite Hobbies? Blogging, RPGing, Reading.

54. Personal habit I would most like to change: Procrastination.