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May 16, 2016 04:59PM

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Book(s) I am currently reading: 101 Success Facts - Lyyke Li, Everything You Need to Know by Christopher Klein and Candide by Voltaire
Chore I hate: Changing the litter box
Dessert I lov..."
Jef, Is that one of the best translations of the Mahabarata? I am most intrigued, as I suspect I have much in common with you & your other half.

Her Last Breath -Castillo
Dishes
Ice Cream
Looking out the window at clouds
Beverly Lewis
Gold
5/5
none
wife,( nurse, dishwasher, cleaning lady, therapist, etc.)
2
spouse
hot dog!
allie
nope
liars
"Every day is new with no mistakes in it yet" Lucy Maude Montgomery
Right
one sister
7:50
I am old fashioned
tomatoes
clutter
some of my back
pot pies
me neither

B - Book you are reading: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
C - Chore you hate: dishes
D - Dessert you love: tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: David Sedaris/can't possibly choose
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play: trying to learn bass guitar
J - Job title: DME coordinator
K - Kid(s): nope
L - Living arrangements: apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "nice!"
N - Nicknames: San Fran
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: nope
P - Pet Peeve: bad drivers
Q- Quotes you like: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: only child
T - Time you woke up today: 5am
U - Unique thing about you: I'm adopted
V - Vegetable you love: zucchini
W - Worst habit: I prefer to sleep instead of exercise
X - X-rays you've had: literally my entire body
Y - Yummy food you make: I make a mean chicken parm
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

B - Book you are reading: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, and The Fractured Republic by Yuval Levin
C - Chore you hate: Washing Dishes!
D - Dessert you love: Chess bars
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee!
F - Favorite author/ book: Evelyn Waugh / Brideshead Revisited
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 6'1"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Executive Director
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Just me and my wife
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "It seems to me..."
N - Nicknames: Not really
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: People not letting you finish what you're trying to say
Q- Quotes you like: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." - GK Chesterton
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 brother.
T - Time you woke up today: 10:00 (Hey, I was up late and it's Saturday!)
U - Unique thing about you: Hmm, not sure I'm the best person to answer that!
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W - Worst habit: Social Media (spending way too much time on)
X - X-rays you've had: several over the years
Y - Yummy food you make: Hoppin' John
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Glad to be here!

B - Book you are reading: _The Name of the Rose_ by Umberto Eco
C - Chore you hate: Doing the dishes
D - Dessert you love: Key Lime Pie
E - Essential start your day item: Bible
F - Favorite author/ book: R.C. Sproul, Sr./Liberal Arts for the Christian Life ed. Jeffry Davis and Phillip Ryken (among many others)
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5/11
I - Instruments you play: Piano
J - Job title: College student
K - Kid(s): Don't have any
L - Living arrangements: Boyce College in Louisville (Lexington resident during breaks)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: literally
N - Nicknames: none
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: when people reject something because it's "outdated" or "irrelevant"
Q- Quotes you like: “Truth is one, though falsehood has ten thousand by-paths.� -Clement of Alexandria
"Our culture is like a library: It is either well-stocked with the classics or cluttered with trivialities. We could say the same thing about our own souls." -Ralph C. Wood
R - Right or left handed: Right handed
S - Siblings: None
T - Time you woke up today: 8:00a
U - Unique thing about you: I like old, proven things.
V - Vegetable you love: Sweet Potato
W - Worst habit: Procrastinating
X - X-rays you've had: many
Y - Yummy food you make: anything precooked that's heated in an oven
Z - Zodiac Sign: Don't believe in them.

B - Book you are reading: None (currently writing Book 2 in the DELOS series)
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the kitty litter
D - Dessert you love: Derby Pie
E - Essential start your day item: Apple (Honeycrisp)
F - Favorite author/ book:
G - Gold or silver: Chrius
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: Sadly, none
J - Job title: Writer/Author
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: House
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Great
N - Nicknames: Blake
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 1
P - Pet Peeve: Politics
Q- Quotes you like: "'Death twitches my ear. Live,' he says, "for I am coming.'"
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 10 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: Imagination
V - Vegetable you love: Zucchini
W - Worst habit: Diet Cokes
X - X-rays you've had: 2 body, ?? teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: Stir fried zucchini with pickled okra
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

B - Book you are reading: The Minders
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Key Lime Pie
E - Essential start your day item: My Glasses
F - Favorite author/ book: Carry On By Rainbow Rowell
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5 feet 7 Inches ish
I - Instruments you play: Recorder
J - Job title: Librarian
K - Kid(s): 2
L - Living arrangements: House with my kids
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Really
N - Nicknames: Robbie
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 2 kids and that is it
P - Pet Peeve: Bad Drivers
Q- Quotes you like: Forget Regret or Life is yours to miss � Rent
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 Brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 5:11 AM
U - Unique thing about you: I can touch my nose with my tongue
V - Vegetable you love: Squash
W - Worst habit: Biting Nails
X - X-rays you've had: My whole body has been x-rayed multiple times.
Y - Yummy food you make: Bread
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

B - Book you are reading: A Song that never ends
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Anything Chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: Water bottle
F - Favorite author/ book: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'6"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Production Scheduler
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: Alone
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Fair
N - Nicknames: Jacks
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Appendix
P - Pet Peeve: Condescension
Q- Quotes you like: Live Manon, Live
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1
T - Time you woke up today: 6am
U - Unique thing about you: I have 6 plates and 16 screws in my face
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli
W - Worst habit: Scrolling
X - X-rays you've had: Face
Y - Yummy food you make: Spaghetti Omlette
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra
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The Eye of the World (other topics)The Source (other topics)
Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (other topics)
Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide (other topics)
His Song (other topics)
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April Nichols Baker (other topics)J.D. Horn (other topics)
Robert Jordan (other topics)
Anne McCaffrey (other topics)
Molly Harper (other topics)
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