1. I'm all thumbs on the Internet and after 65 years of typing still 'hunt and peck'!
2. Many moons ago I took a vocational exam and got zero in 'mechanics'
3. I was an habitual liar (and a good one) until I was 36.
4. I was an alcoholic until the age of 45.
5. I trust people.
6. I have been out of the closet since I was 12.
7.
I started smoking at 12 (to appear sophisticated) and between the ages
of 18-63 I smoked 2-3 packs a day--at the age of 65 I had congestive
heart failure and gave up smoking July 23, 2008, at the age of 72, after
having an aorta valve replacement operation.
8. I cry in movie and plays.
9. Sunsets thrill me.
10.
In the 70s I use to take off--with the AAA travel book and a gay
guide--from work July 15-August 15, in my convertible with the top down,
exploring a different section of the country each time--stopped when
and where I wanted for as long as I wanted.
11. I have lived in NYC, Laguna Beach and Hollywood, California, Memphis, Tennessee (Some of the best years of my life), Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale in Florida.
12. Have travelled to Australia, New Zealand (Auckland is my most favorite city in the world), South America, Vancouver, Canada, Hawaii, Fiji Islands, Puerto Rico and took cruises in the Caribbean.
13. I have 4 'ex-lovers'.
14. I am basically a loner.
15. I believe in pleasure before business.
16. I have been both rich and poor--more of the latter--but happy under both circumstances (though rich is better!)
17. I am selfish.
18. I am stubborn.
19. I am giving.
20. Though I may ask where you would like to eat, and/or what kind of food, I already know what restaurant we are going to.
21. I divorced my family when I was 16.
22. I don't NEED someones acceptance and/or approval.
23.
Though I don't wear a sign around my neck saying "I am gay." neither do
I deny it nor will I stand by and listen, not saying anything, to
anti-gay jokes.
24. When someone asks me if I am gay I first reply,
"Why do you want to know? Do you want to go to bed with me?" then answer
yes.
25. I am a romantic.
26. I believe in 'little things mean a lot'.
27. My favorite writers are Tennessee Williams and Maya Angelou.
28.
The most exciting time I ever spent in the theatre was watching the
performance of "A Chorus Line" when it became the longest running
musical on Broadway--Sept. 29, 1983--at the Shubert Theatre, NYC.
29.
The second most exciting time was the first time I ever saw
ACL--Thanksgiving, 1976, Shubert Theatre--I have seen over 100
productions of the show across the country.
30. In my opinion the two worst Broadway to Hollywood adaptations are "A Chorus Line" and "man Of La Mancha".
31. I have champagne tastes and beer pockets.
32. I have never saved for a rainy day.
33. Have declared bankruptcy twice.
34. I absolutely detest housework--even send my socks to the cleaners.
35. I love gardening.
36. I love to cook and am great at it--you have never tasted shrimp scampi and Caesar salad like mine.
37. I had 17 finches, 2 cockatiels and 1 budgie until my doc made me give them up.
38. I love life.
39. I love people.
40. I am Mr. Pollyanna and Mr. Optimist.
41. Like Anne Frank I believe there is good in everyone.
42. I take people at their word.
43.
I have hated only two people in my life--one was 55 years ago and I
don't remember what his name is or what he looked like--the other is an
ex who I called my hater instead of my lover and now all I can remember
is that he did his best and what he thought was right.
44. I dislike intolerance, prejudice and discrimination though I admit to all against negative people.
45. I have experienced that many splendored thing--loving completely and being loved completely in return.
46. I would rather have a good friend than a lover.
47. My favorite sound is children laughing as only they can.
48.
I admire actors tremendously--even the bad ones--because I have never
had the guts to do it and am in awe of their memorizing all those lines.
49. I am great at motivating people but not myself.
50. I've been a big fish in a small pond and a small fish in a big pond--the former is better.
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"We make a living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we give."

Sir Winston Churchill  1874-1965  British Statesman and Prime Minister

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Part 2 next week!