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A - Age: 20
B - Book you are reading: Friday Night in Beast House
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Dark chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Too difficult to choose
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'6"
I - Instruments you play: Doumbek, Djembe, Bodhran, Cajon, Bass, Mandolin
J - Job title: Musician
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Changes on the time of year. Currently: parent's house
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: So
N - Nicknames: LT is a nickname
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Way too many to count
P - Pet Peeve: Mocking the mentally ill
Q- Quotes you like: "I think it's sweet that he has a crush on her, and aside from his latent appetite for cannibalism, he seems to be a gentle soul."- Jacqueline Carey
R - Right or left handed: Ambidextrous
S - Siblings: 1 younger brother, 2 older sisters, 1 older brother
T - Time you woke up today: 11am on 1/30/12
U - Unique thing about you: I am myself and therefore unique in every way.
V - Vegetable you love: Not sure
W - Worst habit: Being too serious
X - X-rays you've had: Knees
Y - Yummy food you make: Not sure. I have a fear of cooking
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

A - Age: 44
B - Book you are reading: 11/22/63 by Stephen King; Design Sponge by Grace Bonney; Commune of Women by Suzan Still; a study in the Book of James; The Education of Mrs. Bemis by John Sedgwick
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bathrooms
D - Dessert you love: Anything chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Email and news
F - Favorite author/ book: I have so many favorites. I like so many different genres
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'2"
I - Instruments you play: ummm
J - Job title: Lucy Grace's mommy and work for Montague Law PLLC
K - Kid(s): 4
L - Living arrangements: Live in a house with my husband, kids and pets
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Not sure
N - Nicknames: Don't really have one
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: birth of my daughter and one other
P - Pet Peeve: mean people
Q- Quotes you like: Too many to say
R - Right or left handed: Right handed
S - Siblings: Only child
T - Time you woke up today: 8:30 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: Read multiple books at a time
V - Vegetable you love: Red pepper right now
W - Worst habit: Biting my nails
X - X-rays you've had: I've had some taken due to sports injuries
Y - Yummy food you make: Like cooking for big holidays
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

A - Age: 48
B - Book you are reading: Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati
C - Chore you hate: Litterbox
D - Dessert you love: Red wine
E - Essential start your day item: McDonald's Diet Coke
F - Favorite author/ book: Wendell Berry, A Place on Earth
G - Gold or silver: Both
H - Height: 5'3"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Preschool teacher
K - Kid(s): Two
L - Living arrangements: Own our own home and share with two teenage girls.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: True that.
N - Nicknames: Tracy (my real name is Theresa)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Being flippant and mocking others
Q- Quotes you like -- "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever shall believe in Him shall have everlasting life."
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 younger brother, 1 younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 9 a.m. (Sun. morning)
U - Unique thing about you: I stand up for those who can't stand alone. I believe in tilting at windmilles.
V - Vegetable you love: Spinach, summer squash, zucchini, green beans, asparagus, brussel sprouts, carrots, peas, corn, edamame, rice, lettuces,
W - Worst habit: Biting nails
X - X-rays you've had: None
Y - Yummy food you make: pot roast, desserts
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 36
B - Book you are reading: Telling lies by Paul Ekman
C - Chore you hate: washing dishes
D - Dessert you love: strawberry pie
E - Essential start your day item: fruit
F - Favorite author/ book: Robin McKinley
G - Gold or silver: Sivler
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Librarian
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Alone
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:
N - Nicknames:
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 1
P - Pet Peeve: People who dont listen
Q- Quotes you like:
“Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book�
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1
T - Time you woke up today: 9:45
U - Unique thing about you:
V - Vegetable you love: potato
W - Worst habit: nail biting
X - X-rays you've had: many
Y - Yummy food you make: cookies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

A - Age: 30
B - Book you are reading: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
C - Chore you hate: cleaning out the fridge
D - Dessert you love: strawberries and fresh whipped cream
E - Essential item to start your day: music
F - Favorite author/ book: John Green, JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, JRR Tolkien, Suzanne Collins
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: Violin and bass
J - Job title: Adjunct professor
K - Kid(s): cats?
L - Living arrangements: Loving my lil' townhouse
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "[fill in the blank] is cool" (slightly addicted to Doctor Who)
N - Nicknames: Dee
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Once
P - Pet Peeve: ridiculous student excuses for absences or missed assignments
Q- Quotes you like: "Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." ~ Karl Marx, Thesis on Feurbach XI
R - Right or left handed: Right handed
S - Siblings: One younger brother
T - Time you woke up today: huh.... I honestly have no idea.
U - Unique thing about you: I'm a vegetarian -- initially because I just thought meat was gross, but the more I learn about the meat industry, the more I'm convinced that it's the best moral and ethical lifestyle to lead.
V - Vegetable you love: Tomatoes (specifically if they're from Granger County. So good!)
W - Worst habit: Biting my nails
X - X-rays you've had: ha! head, neck, upper, middle, and lower back, left hip, both knees, left ankle, right wrist
Y - Yummy food you make: spinach enchiladas
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: The Lightning Thief
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Everything
E - Essential start your day item:caffeine
F - Favorite author/ book: Jim Butcher
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'10''
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Research Assistant
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: Married homeowner
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Crap
N - Nicknames: Josh
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None for myself stayed once for others
P - Pet Peeve: Obnoxious people
Q- Quotes you like: 'Did I just see you take a bite of my cookie?'-Ashley Tolson
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 0
T - Time you woke up today: 10:00 AM
U - Unique thing about you: nothing in particular
V - Vegetable you love: Corn
W - Worst habit: Obsessing over new things
X - X-rays you've had: 1 fingers, 1spine/neck
Y - Yummy food you make: Pulled pork
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 19
B - Book you are reading: The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
C - Chore you hate: vacuuming
D - Dessert you love: tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: a shower!
F - Favorite author/ book: Jodi Picoult
G - Gold or silver: White gold
H - Height: 5'2
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Sales Associate at JCPenney
K - Kid(s): One daughter
L - Living arrangements: I live with my fiance, and daughter.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Not sure.
N - Nicknames: Chels
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Birth of my daughter.
P - Pet Peeve: Conceitedness
Q- Quotes you like:
R - Right or left handed: Righ handed
S - Siblings: None
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30am
U - Unique thing about you: I am Seth Rogen's biggest fan.
V - Vegetable you love: Zucchini
W - Worst habit: Picking at my nails
X - X-rays you've had: Arm, stomach.
Y - Yummy food you make: Lemon Rosemary Chicken and Potatoes
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

J.P. wrote: "B - Book you are reading: Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots
V - vegetable you love: Eggplant
Y - Yummy food you make: Eggplant parmesiani"

I'm adding your current read to my to-read list. Hopefully it will be something I can use with my Gender and Women's Studies students! And I'd love to swap eggplant parmesiani recipes!

A - Age: 41
B - Book you are reading: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother--Amy Chua
C - Chore you hate: Washing dishes
D - Dessert you love: Anything with chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Prayer
F - Favorite author/ book: The Color Purple
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5' 4"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Warehouse worker
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: with parents for now
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: can't think of one right now
N - Nicknames: T, TT, Tiff
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: people talking too loud, oversharing
Q- Quotes you like: Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.-Fulton J. Sheen
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.�
-Audre Lorde
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 brothers, Burt and Quentin
T - Time you woke up today: 7am
U - Unique thing about you: I have a good memory
V - Vegetable you love: all vegetables, but I'm not too fond of carrots
W - Worst habit: biting nails
X - X-rays you've had: teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: anything that can be baked
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

A - Age: 56
B - Book you are reading: Hush Now Don't You Cry
C - Chore you hate: cleaning floors
D - Dessert you love: chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: hot tea
F - Favorite author/ book: Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series, Rhys Bowen's Your Royal Spyness series and Molly Murphy series and several other like these
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5' 5"
I - Instruments you play: clarinet, saxophone
J - Job title: Box Office Manager
K - Kid(s): Sort of
L - Living arrangements: house with spouse, dog and cats
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: And....
N - Nicknames: Group Sales Goddess (at one time, at one job)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: gall bladder
P - Pet Peeve: tardiness
Q- Quotes you like: Never give up, never surrender!
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 1 sister
T - Time you woke up today: 6 am
U - Unique thing about you: Don't particular care for UK sports or any other sports as far as that goes.
V - Vegetable you love: corn on the cob
W - Worst habit: procrastination sometimes
X - X-rays you've had: chest, head, teeth, of course
Y - Yummy food you make: I try not to cook
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra

A - Age: 21
B - Book you are reading: Imajica
C - Chore you hate: Litter box
D - Dessert you love: I don't usually eat sweets, but when I do it's usually something light.
E - Essential start your day item: a cigarette
F - Favorite author/ book: The past two years it's been R.A. Salvatore.
G - Gold or silver: Silver.
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: Washboard & piano.
J - Job title: Miniature Hustler
K - Kid(s): 0 -- but a niece & nephew. :D
L - Living arrangements: Live with three roommates, one of which is my boyfriend.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Definitely.
N - Nicknames: Cat Lazer is the most recent. Then Kate is a close second.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None.
P - Pet Peeve: disorganization.
Q- Quotes you like: "Hold on and pretend it's a plan"
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: one older sister.
T - Time you woke up today: 9am.
U - Unique thing about you: I don't look the way I act. :D
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli.
W - Worst habit: Procrastination.
X - X-rays you've had: teeth. back. stomach when I swallowed a bunch of coins when I was little...
Y - Yummy food you make: everything. :]
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo.

A - Age: 28
B - Book you are reading: Fast Food Nation, As you Like it, Upheaval, Demonglass, Cold Vengeance and Catching Fire
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Pretty much any
E - Essential start your day item: Shower
F - Favorite author/ book: Janet Fitch "Paint it Black"
G - Gold or silver:silver
H - Height:5'4"
I - Instruments you play: Djembe
J - Job title: Operator
K - Kid(s): nope
L - Living arrangements: house
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:lol
N - Nicknames:Batty
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:More than I like to think about
P - Pet Peeve: drama
Q- Quotes you like:Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Sister older
T - Time you woke up today: 9am
U - Unique thing about you: I collect comic books
V - Vegetable you love: Tomato
W - Worst habit: snacking
X - X-rays you've had: way to many to count, I'm accident prone
Y - Yummy food you make: you name it
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading: Mockingjay
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Fudge
E - Essential start your day item: Coca Cola
F - Favorite author/ book: Night, Elie Wiesel
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'3
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Staff Support Assoc @ UK
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: House
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Indeed
N - Nicknames: Beth
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: Gum snappers :/
Q- Quotes you like: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! -Dr. Peter Venkman
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 brothers, 4 sisters (step, half and otherwise)
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15
U - Unique thing about you: I collect Nintendo games from the NES through the N64.
V - Vegetable you love: potatoes of the french fried variety
W - Worst habit: biting nails
X - X-rays you've had: right hand and ankle
Y - Yummy food you make: Quesadillas
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

A - Age: 42
B - Book you are reading: Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
C - Chore you hate: Sweeping the floor
D - Dessert you love: Tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: Caffeine (in the form of a Route 44 Diet Coke with Vanilla from Sonic
F - Favorite author/ book: Unfair to make me choose just one! (but the first one off the top of my head - today - is Dead Beat by Jim Butcher)
G - Gold or silver: Silver AND Gold (again, what's with this CHOOSING crap!?!)
H - Height: Shorter than Andre the Giant and taller than an Oompa Loompa
I - Instruments you play: Keyboard (the computer one), iPod (I can also play the piano and violin but they are boring)
J - Job title: SAHM
K - Kid(s): 2 girls (12 and 13 - God help me)
L - Living arrangements: Comfortable (House in the 'burbs)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: at the moment - Seriously?
N - Nicknames: Mom
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Many
P - Pet Peeve: "text speak" in every day posts and blogs and such. I mean, how much harder is it to type things properly when you are on the computer anyway?
Q- Quotes you like: "Lord, what fools these mortals be." - Puck
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 - brother
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15am
U - Unique thing about you: My car is older than the combined ages of my children.
V - Vegetable you love: green beans
W - Worst habit: Being a couch potato
X - X-rays you've had: dozens from teeth to ankle to chest
Y - Yummy food you make: cheesy beef noodle casserole
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sharon, you're my hero. My car's age = 17; combined age of children = 16. Someday, I might be as good as you (although I'm pretty sure my Saturn is going to rust out before it reaches 25).

A - Age: 42
B - Book you are reading: Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin.
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the bathroom.
D - Dessert you love: Peach cobbler
E - Essential start your day item: Diet Pepsi
F - Favorite author/ book: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: Tall
I - Instruments you play: Violin, piano
J - Job title: International Education Advisor
K - Kid(s): 2
L - Living arrangements: the dog lets my husband and I share her home.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Absolutely.
N - Nicknames: none
O - Overnight hospital: yes.
P- Pet Peeve: Loud/obvious gum chewers.
Q- Quotes you like: "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." Mark Twain
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: 2
T - Time you woke up today: 6am
U - Unique thing about you: I once worked as a strolling violinist in a Hungarian restauraunt.
V - Vegetable you love: Brussel sprouts- really.
W - Worst habit: Lots of OCD behaviors- I have to sort my m&m's by color.
X - X-rays you've had: too many
Y - Yummy food you make: I love to make soup!
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

Doug wrote: "Sharon, you're my hero. My car's age = 17; combined age of children = 16. Someday, I might be as good as you (although I'm pretty sure my Saturn is going to rust out before it reaches 25)."

LOL It's nice to be someone's hero! ;) His name is Merlin (named for the curmudgeonly uncle in The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell), an '86 Cadillac Seville. I won't say he's running like a top, but he's still chugging along.

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: Brave New World, By Aldous Huxley
C - Chore you hate: MOPPING! UGH!
D - Dessert you love: Cookie Dough Blizzard
E - Essential start your day item: Unsweetened Ice Tea
F - Favorite author/ book: China Mieville, Homer's Odyssey
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: At one time Clarinet, Hope to learn Piano, Accordion, Hammer Dulcimer
J - Job title: cashier-shipping guru-wine pourer-inventory magician-vendor specialist-event diva at Kentucky Proud Market in the Lexington Center!
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: An apartment (somewhat small) with my sweet fiance (somewhat large).
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: uh-huh
N - Nicknames: Emily, Jess-B, Sweetie Cakes, Quan Yi
O - Overnight hospital: Instant double pneumonia on Halloween night at the age of six.
P- Pet Peeve: Folks who ask for cowboy hats at my shop.
Q- Quotes you like: "I'm your density. I mean, your destiny." George McFly
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: 1 Sister
T - Time you woke up today: 12pm yikes!
U - Unique thing about you: I have been to Russia and still speak a bit of the language.
V - Vegetable you love: Lima Beans, carrots and cabbage.
W - Worst habit: Procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: teeth and lungs
Y - Yummy food you make: Meatloaf!
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: 1984
C - Chore you hate: None. I love to clean.
D - Dessert you love: Pumpkin Pie
E - Essential start your day item: Shower
F - Favorite author/ book: Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'2.75
I - Instruments you play: Piano
J - Job title: Account Manager/Graduate Student
K - Kid(s): No babies yet
L - Living arrangements: Rent a townhouse with my awesome husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Uh
N - Nicknames: James, Spanish pronunciation of Jaime
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Unfortunately, twice.
P - Pet Peeve: Too many to count.
Q- Quotes you like: Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. -Wendell Berry
R - Right or left handed: Right-handed
S - Siblings: A younger brother and sister.
T - Time you woke up today: 5:45
U - Unique thing about you: I am obsessed with mice (think Beatrix Potter)! I think they are so cute.
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W - Worst habit: Biting my lips
X - X-rays you've had: Dental, hands, feet
Y - Yummy food you make: Vegetarian Chili
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Doug wrote: "Please introduce yourself as you join by taking the A-to-Z quiz (courtesy of the College Students! group):

A - Age: over forty now :/
B - Book you are reading: Before I go to Sleep
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Strawberry Shortcake
E - Essential start your day item: Maxwell House
F - Favorite author/ book: I loved Cold Mountain ( I know it has it's haters but I do !)I also enjoyed his latest - Nightwoods :a Novel.
G - Gold or silver: both !
H - Height: just under average
I - Instruments you play: I can strum 2 chords on the guitar, keep a simple rythym on a djembe
J - Job title: tba
K - Kid(s):no
L - Living arrangements: fluid
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Really?
N - Nicknames:none
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: once, no fun at all.
P - Pet Peeve: when drivers ought to use their horns and don't
Q- Quotes you like: Whitman, Rumi, Gibran
R - Right or left handed:
S - Siblings: yes
T - Time you woke up today: 10
U - Unique thing about you: I was spared wisdom teeth extraction since they weren't there to extract.
V - Vegetable you love: spinach/mushrooms
W - Worst habit: fast food
X - X-rays you've had: head
Y - Yummy food you make: Spinach-mushroom lasagna rolls
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra

A - Age: 33
B - Book you are reading: Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio
C - Chore you hate: Sweeping the floor
D - Dessert you love: Lemon meringue pie
E - Essential start your day item: Sunglasses
F - Favorite author/ book: E. Lynn Harris
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'3"
I - Instruments you play: Piano (kind of)
J - Job title: Editor
K - Kid(s):none, unless you count nephews, then 2
L - Living arrangements: In the process of buying
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Wack
N - Nicknames:None I want anyone else calling me
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Rude people
Q- Quotes you like: ""I'm not good or real, I'm evil and imaginary," Karen from Will and Grace.
R - Right or left handed:Right
S - Siblings: 1 brother
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: I bought a car to match my UK license plate cover.
V - Vegetable you love: Spinach
W - Worst habit: General messiness
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, chest, ovaries (sorry, guys)
Y - Yummy food you make: Any kind of pie
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the shower
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate. Anything with chocolate.
E - Essential start-your-day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Right now, Karen Armstrong
G - Gold or silver: Gold (Allergic to silver)
H - Height: 5' 6"
I - Instruments you play: piano
J - Job title: Marriage and Family Therapist (and a doctoral student)
K - Kid(s): Nope
L - Living arrangements: With my husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: surely
N - Nicknames: Compo (based on maiden name)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope
P - Pet Peeve: Not recycling (It's so easy now!)
Q- Quotes you like: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3
T - Time you woke up today: 7:00
U - Unique thing about you: Still afraid of the dark
V - Vegetable you love: Green beans
W - Worst habit: bite my nails
X - X-rays you've had: Just teeth, I guess
Y - Yummy food you make: Chocolate. Anything with chocolate.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 38
B - Book you are reading: His Song by J.M. Snyder
C - Chore you hate: I have to pick just one?
D - Dessert you love: anything dripping in, floating in, covered in or otherwise made of dark chocolate.
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee... strong coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Author: Stephen King/ Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
G - Gold or silver: Silver all the way
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play: flute, piccalo, alto sax, piano a little, guitar tiny bit but it's been a while and I've forgotten most, dabbled with the clarinet
J - Job title: full-time: Legal assistant part-time: contract line editor
K - Kid(s): daughter - 10; son - 5
L - Living arrangements: married, happily most days
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Stop Fighting with your brother/sister!!!!
N - Nicknames: skezicks (boss thinks that's funny)speedracer/dobeyjo/sachimo/sloppy jo/ I can go on and on
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none thank goodness
P - Pet Peeve: Rude people, people who block intersections, people who drive in the left hand lane (seriously I only have 10,605 charachters left, I should stop now)
Q- Quotes you like: "So many books, so little time"
R - Right or left handed: right but use my left for some things.
S - Siblings: a younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: The VERY last minute... 6:30
U - Unique thing about you: Love M/M romance and help co-mod the group
V - Vegetable you love: not many I don't love, probably sweet potatotes the most.
W - Worst habit: Being messy.
X - X-rays you've had: Broken hand (don't hit boys, at least not with a bare hand), ankle, knee, do ultrasounds count? Had lots of those (multiple on the same kid!).
Y - Yummy food you make: All my food is yummy :o) But they love my mac-n-cheese
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hello!

A - Age:28
B - Book you are reading: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
C - Chore you hate: Ironing and doing laundry
D - Dessert you love: Cheesecake
E - Essential start your day item: Cell phone/Medicine
F - Favorite author/ book: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5.50
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Product Line Manager
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: Live with husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: specially, literally
N - Nicknames: OG, olguis
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: several when I was little (asthma)
P - Pet Peeve: people that interrupt when others are talking
Q- Quotes you like: "La vida no es sino una continua sucesión de oportunidades para sobrevivir." Gabo (Translation: Live is but a succession of continuous opportunities to survive)
R - Right or left handed: Left
S - Siblings: 2 brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 6:45am
U - Unique thing about you: I like DIY, scrapbook, crafty things.
V - Vegetable you love: Onions (weird i know)
W - Worst habit: Biting my nails and touching my face al the time
X - X-rays you've had: I've had xrays of my wrist, knee, and chest.
Y - Yummy food you make: Dips (artichoke spinach dip, chicken buffalo, etc)
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra

A - Age: 43
B - Book you are reading: Storming Heaven - Denise Giardina
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the toilet
D - Dessert you love: blackberry cobbler
E - Essential start your day item: Prozac ;)
F - Favorite author/ book: The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play: nose flute
J - Job title: writer / editor
K - Kid(s): thomas, 22; tayler, 21
L - Living arrangements: apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: i know right!?
N - Nicknames: MairBear
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: a lot
P - Pet Peeve: most of them
Q- Quotes you like: i have a ton
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: three half brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 10am
U - Unique thing about you: i'm me!
V - Vegetable you love: all of them
W - Worst habit: ??
X - X-rays you've had: a lot
Y - Yummy food you make: fried chicken
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 36
B - Book you are reading: Dune by Frank Herbert
C - Chore you hate: washing dishes
D - Dessert you love: ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: The Bible
F - Favorite author/ book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 6'0"
I - Instruments you play: kazoo
J - Job title: Registered Nurse
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: house
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Um
N - Nicknames: Cool Mike
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: left lane drivers who are not driving fast enough to pass the vehicle in the right lane
Q- Quotes you like: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: none
T - Time you woke up today: 5:15 am
U - Unique thing about you: I was raised totally by my father.
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: biting my fingernails
X - X-rays you've had: dental and chiropractic-related
Y - Yummy food you make: broccoli chicken casserole
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagitarrius

A - Age:58
B - Book you are reading:The Bishop by Steven James
C - Chore you hate:Painting
D - Dessert you love:Ice cream
E - Essential start your day item:Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book:Too many to list
G - Gold or silver:Silver
H - Height:6'
I - Instruments you play:Guitar,Mandolin,Dulcimer
J - Job title:Administrator
K - Kid(s):2
L - Living arrangements:House
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:#%*^@
N - Nicknames:none
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:yes
P - Pet Peeve:talking on cell phones while driving
Q- Quotes you like:"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on."~ Robert Frost
R - Right or left handed:Rt
S - Siblings:1
T - Time you woke up today:4:00am
U - Unique thing about you:I grow numerous varieties of hot chile peppers.
V - Vegetable you love:dried beans and hot peppers
W - Worst habit:procrastination
X - X-rays you've had:Head,back,knees,ankle,arm,wrist
Y - Yummy food you make:Green chili
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: The Tiger's Wife
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the litter box
D - Dessert you love: mint chocolate chip ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: my toothbrush
F - Favorite author/ book: The Great Gastby
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Office manager
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Myself w/ 2 cats in an apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Gosh, I don't think I have any.
N - Nicknames: EJD, my initials
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: People who complain about how busy they are
Q- Quotes you like:
R - Right or left handed: Left
S - Siblings: younger brother, Grant
T - Time you woke up today: 8:30
U - Unique thing about you: I am left handed
V - Vegetable you love: asparagus
W - Worst habit: chewing my nails
X - X-rays you've had: None
Y - Yummy food you make: I don't really cook
Z - Zodiac Sign: cancer

A - Age:30
B - Book you are reading: The Shack
C - Chore you hate: Putting the dishes away
D - Dessert you love: Cake
E - Essential start your day item: Flat iron
F - Favorite author/ book: Jeannette Walls
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height:5'4''
I - Instruments you play: Flute and piano
J - Job title: social worker
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: With fiance'
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: seriously
N - Nicknames: Lizard
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: Lazy people
Q- Quotes you like: "An ounce of pretentious is worth a pound of manure."
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Brother
T - Time you woke up today: 5:50am
U - Unique thing about you: I am the only right handed person in my family.
V - Vegetable you love: Corn
W - Worst habit: rubbing my eyes
X - X-rays you've had: left wrist
Y - Yummy food you make: Chicken nuggets
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra

A - Age: 31
B - Book you are reading: Overseas by Beatriz Williams
C - Chore you hate: ironing
D - Dessert you love: bread pudding
E - Essential start your day item: caffeine
F - Favorite author/ book: Karen White or Elizabeth Peters
G - Gold or silver:silver
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play: voice
J - Job title: Financial Aid Assistant at UK
K - Kid(s): teenage step-daughter
L - Living arrangements: house with husband and daughter, dog and two cats
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Ew...
N - Nicknames: Bethy, Annabethy, Aunt B, Cricket
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: never
P - Pet Peeve: obviously improper grammar, people who treat stops signs like suggestions
Q- Quotes you like: Just look up Mark Twain on brainy quotes.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30. ish.
U - Unique thing about you: I have played with cougars, and been within inches of a lion.
V - Vegetable you love: lima beans
W - Worst habit: chewing the inside of my cheek
X - X-rays you've had: ankle, lots of years ago
Y - Yummy food you make: chicken and dumplings
Z - Zodiac Sign: not sure anymore. Used to be scorpio. Might still be.

A - Age: 28
B - Book you are reading: Blood Meridian and Game Change
C - Chore you hate: Washing silverware
D - Dessert you love: Strawberry Shortcake
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee and NPR
F - Favorite author/ book: Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit, Unbroken), Silas House, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
G - Gold or silver: I'm just anti-nickel (allergy)
H - Height: 5-foot-4
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Communications specialist/PR
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Roommate is a bff
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Yes
N - Nicknames: None officially
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: No
P - Pet Peeve: Annoying people and noises
Q- Quotes you like: Happiness is a consequence of personal effort. From Eat, Pray, Love
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Younger brother and sister
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: Hmmm...
V - Vegetable you love: Sweet peas
W - Worst habit: Hmmm...
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth. Actually my dental x-rays are pretty interesting. Ask me about them.
Y - Yummy food you make: It's not spicy enough unless smelling it makes you tear up.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Please introduce yourself as you join by taking the A-to-Z quiz (courtesy of the College Students! group):

A - Age: 57
B - Book you are reading: Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the bathroom
D - Dessert you love: birthday cake
E - Essential start your day item: a banana
F - Favorite author/ book: I can't pick there are so many
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: bassoon and clarinet long ago
J - Job title: manager
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: house with husband and 2 dogs
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: so
N - Nicknames: Snook
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: yes
P - Pet Peeve: people texting when you're trying to talk to them
Q- Quotes you like: So many books, so little time.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: one brother
T - Time you woke up today: 7:00
U - Unique thing about you: it's not unique, but I love to knit socks
V - Vegetable you love: asparagus
W - Worst habit: being late
X - X-rays you've had: numerous
Y - Yummy food you make: roasted asparagus
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

A - Age: 74
B - Book you are reading: Cherry by Mary Karr
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bathrooms
D - Dessert you love: Coconut custard Pie
E - Essential start your day item: newspaper
F - Favorite author/book: Rick Bragg/All over but the Shoutin'
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: Lawyer
K - Kids: six step-children (all grown and gone)
L - Living arrangements: Widower, in my own house
M- Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Amazing
N - Nicknames: Jim
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 2
P - Pet Peeve: Rudeness
Q - Quotes you like: People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Four, two sisters, two brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30
U - Unique thing about you: I started law school when I was 39
V - Vegetable you love: tomatoes
W - Worst habit: eating sweets
X - X-rays you've had: Chest
Y - Yummy food you make: Grilled hamburgers
Z - Zodiac sign: Virgo

A - Age: 34
B - Book you are reading: spook country (taking forever while I go to grad school)
C - Chore you hate: bathrooms
D - Dessert you love: strawberry short cake
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: terry pratchett
G - Gold or silver: platinum (or silver if you insist)
H - Height: 5"5'
I - Instruments you play: voice or the recorder
J - Job title: automated billing systems analyst
K - Kid(s): 2 young girls
L - Living arrangements: platonic family with one extra grandma.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I think I can do that
N - Nicknames: no more
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: nope
P - Pet Peeve: when others are working around me
Q- Quotes you like: 'I don't trust anyone who doesn't drink.'
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2 older siblings, perfect to learn from
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15
U - Unique thing about you: I want to teach kids to love books, but I am just better at programming.
V - Vegetable you love: sugar snap peas
W - Worst habit: forgetting to brush my teeth
X - X-rays you've had: chest, looking for a straight pin
Y - Yummy food you make: pizza with my husband
Z - Zodiac Sign Aries

Hi! So excited to live in such a literature-loving city!

A - Age: 23
B - Book you are reading: I JUST finished (seriously 5 minutes ago) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip Dick, and tomorrow I will be starting "The Moviegoer" by Walker Percy
C - Chore you hate: DISHES
D - Dessert you love: Ice Cream. Any flavor.
E - Essential start your day item: WATER. I drink 1 liter before I do anything else every morning.
F - Favorite author/ book: This is like asking me to choose a favorite breath of air. However, Mary Oliver's American Primitive and House of Light have probably impacted me the most.
G - Gold or silver: Both
H - Height: 5'1.75"
I - Instruments you play: I wish I could
J - Job title: In school to become a Secondary English Teacher
K - Kid(s): Nope, but next year I'll have at least 30+ kids! (My students)
L - Living arrangements: By my lonesome.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "perpetually" and "legitimately" I have serious adverb addiction.
N - Nicknames: None, really.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None (thank goodness)
P - Pet Peeve: Poor grammar, bad tippers, and general rudeness.
Q- Quotes you like: "To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal, to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it, and when the time comes to let it go, to let it go" -Mary Oliver (this is tattooed on my back)
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: A WONDERFUL Brother and Sister-in-Law
T - Time you woke up today: 7:45am
U - Unique thing about you: I have done a jungle hiking tour in Guyana.
V - Vegetable you love: ALL OF THEM (except beets). I'm vegetarian.
W - Worst habit: Forgetting to introduce people.
X - X-rays you've had: Chest
Y - Yummy food you make: Zucchini, Mushroom, eggplant, and egg lettuce wraps.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
C - Chore you hate: Folding Clothes
D - Dessert you love: Tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: More sleep?
F - Favorite author/ book: Jean-Paul Sartre
G - Gold or silver: White Gold
H - Height: 5"7'
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: Quality manager
K - Kid(s): 3 Step-Kids
L - Living arrangements: In a house
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:OK
N - Nicknames: Cooper, Coop, Scoop,
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: A couple
P - Pet Peeve: When someone (a child) says that they have something, that they obviously have not.
Q- Quotes you like: 'I'm trying to think, but nothing happens.'
R - Right or left handed: left
S - Siblings: 1 younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 5:30
U - Unique thing about you:
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W - Worst habit: Procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: a couple
Y - Yummy food you make: Turkey Burgers with Bacon
Z - Zodiac Sign Aquarius

A - Age: 58
B - Book you are reading: Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta by Carole Nelson Douglas
C - Chore you hate: anything that interferes with reading
D - Dessert you love: anything chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: the newspaper
F - Favorite author/ book: too many to pick just one, but some favorite authors are Patricia Cornwell, Harlan Coben, Scott Turow, and Tony Hillerman, and I loved Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible and Helen Hooven Santmyer's And Ladies of the Club
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'6"
I - Instruments you play: organ, harpsichord, piano, string bass, and hammered dulcimer are the main ones, and I play around with some others too
J - Job title: church organist and college administrator
K - Kid(s): no
L - Living arrangements: in a house with my husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "No problem!"
N - Nicknames: no
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: not so far
P - Pet Peeve: people who don't use turn signals
Q- Quotes you like: "What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?" "Music is a fair and glorious gift from God" (Martin Luther) "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." (Desmond Tutu)
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: no, just me
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15 am
U - Unique thing about you: I have ridden in the Goodyear Blimp, which was pretty cool!
V - Vegetable you love: asparagus, tomatoes fresh off the vine
W - Worst habit: taking on too much at one time
X - X-rays you've had: several
Y - Yummy food you make: lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus the Bull

A - Age: 35
B - Book you are reading: 1Q84 (STILL)
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the bathroom
D - Dessert you love: good profiteroles (hard to find)
E - Essential start your day item: glass of water
F - Favorite author/ book: Anything by Jonathan Franzen, also Henry James and Dostoevsky. Actually, many more as well...
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: piano
J - Job title: professor
K - Kid(s): 2 girls
L - Living arrangements: in a house with my husband and kids
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Awesome
N - Nicknames: nope
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: a few accidents as a child, and two times to GIVE birth
P - Pet Peeve: people speeding down my street. SLOW DOWN!
Q- Quotes you like: "F*** it dude, let's go bowling."
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: one brother
T - Time you woke up today: not sure - power went out last night. Aroun 7?
U - Unique thing about you: I actually like taxes.
V - Vegetable you love:all of them!
W - Worst habit: grinding my teeth.
X - X-rays you've had: lots
Y - Yummy food you make: pumpkin mac and cheese
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: Hammered by Kevin Hearne
C - Chore you hate: cleaning drains
D - Dessert you love:cookies
E - Essential start your day item: tea
F - Favorite author/ book:Terry Pratchett, can't pick just one
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height:5'2"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Operations Supervisor
K - Kid(s):no thank you
L - Living arrangements: Quite happily
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: uh
N - Nicknames: Roxstar
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope
P - Pet Peeve: People speaking for me and Rudeness
Q- Quotes you like: "There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them" vicki Baum
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: two in fact
T - Time you woke up today: 7 amish
U - Unique thing about you: I am a costuming geek.
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: I get annoyed easily
X - X-rays you've had: chest, spine, teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: ginger molasses cookies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn and fire tiger

A - Age: 31
B - Book you are reading: Quiet
C - Chore you hate: Washing dishes
D - Dessert you love: Cheesecake
E - Essential start your day item: diet coke
F - Favorite author/ book: That's like making someone choose their favorite child
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'7
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: RN
K - Kid(s): none, but mother to two dogs and two cats
L - Living arrangements: with my boyfriend
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: 'classy'
N - Nicknames: Sarah Lou, Sarah Jane (neither of which are my middle name)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: a few surgeries in college
P - Pet Peeve: negativity
Q- Quotes you like: “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.�
� Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings:none
T - Time you woke up today:1:25 pm
U - Unique thing about you: I once helped break the world record for the world's longest paperclip chain
V - Vegetable you love: brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit: nail biting
X - X-rays you've had: my wrist when I was little
Y - Yummy food you make: roasted chicken
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

A - Age: 37
B - Book you are reading: "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
C - Chore you hate: I have a particular hatred for ironing.
D - Dessert you love: chocolate souffle with raspberry sauce
E - Essential start your day item: orange juice
F - Favorite author/ book: It's so hard to pick one: I love Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Charles Bukowski, Jane Austen, Jeannette Winterson...I'll just stop there, because otherwise I'll name half my bookshelf. I love books- there's a perfect book for every day, every mood.
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5' 8"
I - Instruments you play: seatbelt keytar (and i'm pretty awesome)
J - Job title: I am not my job.
K - Kid(s): No thank you, I'm full.
L - Living arrangements: with my soon-to-be husband, in our condo
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: right now, it's probably "wedding" or "walking dead".
N - Nicknames: these things are probably inappropriate to tell strangers unless we've been drinking.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: an emergency gall bladder surgery, and getting my tonsils removed.
P - Pet Peeve: loud talkers/ close talkers. People who add an "s" onto the end of the name of all stores.
Q- Quotes you like:
“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.�
� Neil Gaiman
“Do you know that books smell like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land? I loved to smell them when I was a boy. Lord, there were a lot of lovely books once, before we let them go.�
� Ray Bradbury
R - Right or left handed: Righty.
S - Siblings: 2 sisters & one brother.
T - Time you woke up today: 6:00, but only because of work.
U - Unique thing about you: I collect Halloween things, mostly bats. Halloween is a BIG DEAL at my house!
V - Vegetable you love: Asparagus.
W - Worst habit: procrastination. for example, I meant to fill this out 2 months ago, when I joined.
X - X-rays you've had: oh, billions!
Y - Yummy food you make: Raspberry margaritas
Z - Zodiac Signs are nonsense.

A - Age: 24
B - Book you are reading: Just finished Amber Spyglass, the final book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, and I just started Once Upon a Time in the North, a prequel.
C - Chore you hate: all of them!
D - Dessert you love: ice cream!
E - Essential start your day item: my alarm on my phone; without it, I'd easily sleep until 3-4pm, no matter what time I went to bed.
F - Favorite author/ book: Vonnegut's Slaugherhouse V. I even have "so it goes" tattooed on my foot.
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'1"
I - Instruments you play: I'd say guitar, but I haven't really touched one in almost eight years. I guess I'm back to square one.
J - Job title: student - finally finishing my degree after a two-year "semester off"
K - Kid(s): one daughter, Melinda.
L - Living arrangements: my husband & I just bought a house!
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: probably something profane.
N - Nicknames: Mommy :)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: I had a cesarean with my daughter, and I was in the hospital for four days.
P - Pet Peeve: interrupting, the scraping sound of silverware on plates
Q- Quotes you like: "So it goes."
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: several!
T - Time you woke up today: 11am EST
U - Unique thing about you: I'm obsessed with WWII
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: so many
Y - Yummy food you make: I'm not really a cook...
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra, but it doesn't matter to me.

A - Age:55
B - Book you are reading: "The Affair"~Alicia Clifford
C - Chore you hate: Grocery Shopping
D - Dessert you love: Anything chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Alarm Clock
F - Favorite author/ book: "Cane River", Lalita Tademy
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'11"
I - Instruments you play: Piano
J - Job title: Skilled Team Member
K - Kid(s): son and daughter, both old enough to take care of themselves, neither of whom, do
L - Living arrangements: New-to-me house with teeny yard
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Should not be repeated
N - Nicknames: Lela
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Giving or receiving?
P - Pet Peeve: Cell Phone Addiction
Q- Quotes you like: "Whatever you are, be a good one" ~Abraham Lincoln
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Two sisters
T - Time you woke up today: 1:30, 2:30, up for good at 3:30
U - Unique thing about you: Jack-of-all-trades, master of none;-)
V - Vegetable you love: Brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit: HGTV
X - X-rays you've had: foot,shoulder, chest, stomach
Y - Yummy food you make: pineapple-chicken shish-k-bob
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius / Pisces

Howdy. My name is Jason Sizemore. I live in Lexington where I own and operate the award-winning genre press Apex Publications! :) Along with publishing stuff, I read a heck of a whole lot.

A - Age: 38
B - Book you are reading: Shadow Season by Tom Piccirilli
C - Chore you hate: Changing cat boxes
D - Dessert you love: French silk pie
E - Essential start your day item: Large mug of coffee, one cream, one sugar
F - Favorite author/ book: Mary Doria Russell... any of her books, but particularly The Sparrow
G - Gold or silver: Gold.
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: Nadda
J - Job title: Publisher-Editor
K - Kid(s): Two
L - Living arrangements: Homeowner
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Cool
N - Nicknames: BigBorg (yeah, pretty nerdy)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:
P - Pet Peeve: Crappy books!
Q- Quotes you like: Ours is not to wonder why, ours is just to do or die.
R - Right or left handed: Lefty
S - Siblings: One little bro
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30am
U - Unique thing about you: Mr. Minor Trait. Left-handed, blue-eyed, red-headed...
V - Vegetable you love: Potato
W - Worst habit: Too much internet
X - X-rays you've had: Urethra!
Y - Yummy food you make: Chili
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

A - Age:71
B - Book you are reading:Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
C - Chore you hate:Scrubbing the bathroom
D - Dessert you love:Blackberry Cobbler
E - Essential start your day item:Breakfast with the newspaper
F - Favorite author/ book:Too many to choose!
G - Gold or silver:Silver
H - Height:5'3"
I - Instruments you play:Drums and Piano
J - Job title:Piano teacher and retired from the business world
K - Kid(s):3 plus 7 grandchildren
L - Living arrangements:At home with husband and two vizslas
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:Come along....
N - Nicknames:Annie
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:Bypass Surgery
P - Pet Peeve:Mean people
Q- Quotes you like:Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be..Abraham Lincoln
R - Right or left handed:Right
S - Siblings:Two sisters
T - Time you woke up today:7:00
U - Unique thing about you:Pretty outspoken
V - Vegetable you love:Kale
W - Worst habit:Messy desk
X - X-rays you've had:lots...
Y - Yummy food you make:Apple pie
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagitarius

A - Age: 39
B - Book you are reading: How I Write by Janet Evanovich
C - Chore you hate: Mopping
D - Dessert you love: Never met a dessert I didn't like!
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Malcom Gladwell
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 5'2"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Mom; Was a special education teacher in my past life, will go back to work someday... sooner than later
K - Kid(s): 3 girls
L - Living arrangements: Live with husband, kids, two fish and a dog
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "Seriously?" and "Oh, sure."
N - Nicknames: juls
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: none
Q- Quotes you like: The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2
T - Time you woke up today: 6:00
U - Unique thing about you: I excell at drawing with crayons! :)
V - Vegetable you love: All of them!
W - Worst habit: I worry a lot about things I can't control.
X - X-rays you've had: dental, arm
Y - Yummy food you make: soups
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

A - Age: 23
B - Book you are reading: None currently, just finished Return from Tomorrow by George Ritchie
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bathrooms/dishwasher
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate/cheesecake
E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE
F - Favorite author/ book: Ernest Hemingway/Great Gatsby
G - Gold or silver: Silve
H - Height: 4'11
I - Instruments you play: All Percussion
J - Job title: Clinical Lab Technican
K - Kid(s): ZERO!
L - Living arrangements: Parents basement :)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:
N - Nicknames: Half-pint, short-stack, lil bit, lil sara
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: yes
P - Pet Peeve: Knowing you aren't patient yet doing nothing about it
Q- Quotes you like: The Margaret Mead quote about changing the world
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 younger sisters, 1 twin sister, 1 older brother
T - Time you woke up today: haven't been to sleep since 730 last night
U - Unique thing about you: I'm a twin
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: Chewing on my nails
X - X-rays you've had: Back, hips, ankles, arm
Y - Yummy food you make: Cookies, chocolate chip or other flavors
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A-62
B-Out & Back by Lexington author Diane Strong
C-Sweeping my hair off the bathroom floor
D-Anything chocolate
F-CoffeeE-Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
G-Silver
H-5'8"
I-Uke
J-Writer
K-2 adult daughters/5 grandchildren
L-Full time caregiver for my mom
M-Really
N-Kake
O-Surgery 25 years ago
P-People who take themselves too seriously
Q-When one day closes, another one opens
R-Right
S-4 (1 sister, 3 brothers)
T-5:00 to go for an early run
U-Romance writer training for a marathon
V-Green beans
W-constantly checking emails & tweets on iPhone while away from my computer
X-Teeth
Y-crab legs
Z-Aries

Hi there! I joined awhile back, but just getting around to the quiz. I'm a local author and my first YA novel, Blackwood, comes out in September.

A - Age: 35
B - Book you are reading: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
C - Chore you hate: Loading the dishwasher.
D - Dessert you love: Cupcakes.
E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE.
F - Favorite author/ book: Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler.
G - Gold or silver: Silver.
H - Height: 5'9.
I - Instruments you play: iPod. :-)
J - Job title: Author. (I'll go with that one here, anyway.)
K - Kid(s): None. (Two dogs and a cat though.)
L - Living arrangements: Hundred-year-old house in downtown Lexington.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: If I knew, I'd stop overusing it. :-)
N - Nicknames: Bondgirl.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope.
P - Pet Peeve: Quotation mark abuse.
Q- Quotes you like: "Don’t forget, every Cinderella has her midnight." - Midnight
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: One.
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15.
U - Unique thing about you: I'm me?
V - Vegetable you love: Sweet potato.
W - Worst habit: Working too much.
X - X-rays you've had: Foot.
Y - Yummy food you make: Takeout?
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer.

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: Rainbow Six (again).
C - Chore you hate: All. If you like it, it's not a chore.
D - Dessert you love: CHEESECAKE!
E - Essential start your day item: Spotify. Music is a necessity.
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'5
I - Instruments you play: Drums, piano, bass guitar, sing.
J - Job title: Stocker at Lowe's; Elem Ed student.
K - Kid(s): None.
L - Living arrangements: Apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I employ a host of expletives in casual conversation.
N - Nicknames: None, but I'd like one.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None that I can remember.
P - Pet Peeve: Sarcasm
Q- Quotes you like: "Give me your hand and we'll conquer them all. Give me your heart and I'll just let you fall." - Mumford and Sons
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Dustin, older brother.
T - Time you woke up today: 3AM (I work 4AM to 1PM)
U - Unique thing about you: I'm in the U.S. Army
V - Vegetable you love: Tomato
W - Worst habit: Excessive language, and I enjoy a fine cigar or pipe tobacco.
X - X-rays you've had: None
Y - Yummy food you make: I can't really cook, but when I do it's always eggs.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus