1. One of your scars, how did you get it?
A: 7.62 mm bullet

2. What is on the walls in your room?
A: 5 of my own paintings, Honorable Discharge, Golf Hole-in-one certificate, two degrees, a Scottish land certificate fro one sq. foot of a distillery's peat bog, a fiction intensive class certificate, an art print done by a friend, and a light switch.

3. Do you snore, grind your teeth, or talk in your sleep?
A: snore

4. What type of music do you listen to?
A: Very little any more. Rock, blues and opera when I do.

6. What do you want more than anything right now?
A: Cash

7. What do you miss?
A: California

8. What is/are your most prized possessions?
A: Books, photos and my cat family

9. How tall are you?
A: 5'-9.5"

10. Do you get claustrophobic?
A: I am a claustrophobe

11. Do you get scared in the dark?
A: No. I enjoy the night

12. The last person to make you cry?
A: A little bird.

13. What is your favorite cologne/perfume?
A: Never wear it, even after shave. I don't like the cloying odors.

14. What kind of hair/eye color do you like on the opposite sex?
A: No prefs.

15. Where can you see yourself being proposed to at?
A: On my deathbed after I win a Lottery.

16. Coffee or energy drink?
A: Coffee addict

17. What is your favorite pizza topping?
A: Pepperoni, sausage and black olives

18. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
A: Mussels

20. Have you ever eaten goldfish?
A: No

21. What was the first meaningful gift you ever received?
A: A cap cowboy gun. We only could afford a single gift per child at Christ,as. It was a shiny chrome one with a holster and caps that went BANG!

22. Do you like anybody?
A: Better... I don't hate anybody, even the worst terrorist. One cannot hate and be a Christian or a Buddhist. If you hate, you have sinned.

23. Are you double jointed?
A: No

24. Favorite clothing brand?
A: Wrangler, Carhart, others

25. Best place to kiss?
A: Lips, tongue

26. Do you have a pet right now?
A: Yes.

27. What kind is it?
A: 4 wonderful cats

28. Would you fall in love knowing the person is leaving?
A: Defense mechanism avoids 'L' word activity.

29. What is the best way to tell someone how much they mean to you?
A: Face to face, not in print or via telephone/internet or twitter.

30. Say a number from 1 to 100:
A: Five

(What happened to 31?)

32. What is the number you call the most?
A: I have no idea.

33. What annoys you the most?
A: Political discourse

34. Have you been out of the US?
A: Yes

35. Your weaknesses?
A: Pointedness. Angers some. Delights me.

36. Met anyone famous?
A: Yes, but he was only famous for 15 minutes (LOL)

37. First job?
A: Setting pins bu hand in a bowling alley (YES, this was before the Brunswick machines! - 1956)

38. Ever done a prank call?
A: No

39. First concert?
A: Chuck Berry, Toledo Sports Arena, 1957

40. Ever had surgery?
A: Yes

41. What were you doing before you filled this out?
A: Checking email

42. What do you get complimented about the most?
A: Art

43. Have you ever had glasses?
A: Yes. Since 1955, but my eyes improved with the last pair and I stopped wearing them 2 years ago.

44. What do you want for your birthday?
A: More birthdays

45. How many kids do you want?
A: Next question?

46. Were you named after anyone?
A: No

47. Do you wish on stars?
A: No

48. What kind of chapstick do you use?
A: none

49. Do you believe in love at first sight?
A: The L word again. No.

50. Do you like your handwriting?
A: Can no longer write well since Essential Tremor. I paint left-handed now.

51. What is your favorite lunch meat?
A: Parma ham, "Prosciutto."

52. Any bad habits?
A: Yes

53. What CD are you most embarrassed to have on your shelf? A: I shlepped the bad ones to Goodwill

54. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
A: probably

55. Class that surprised you the most so far?
A: Glassblowing

56. Do looks matter?
A: Yes. If I were still in business I would reject visible tattoos and weird piercings, slovenly dressed persons or anyone wearing advertising or cursing on their clothing.

57. How do you release anger?
A: I talk to myself and program it out.

58. Where is your second home?
A: I wish it was on Gozo or Majorca. I have none.

59. Favorite place to clear your mind?
A: Front porch chairs

60. What was your favorite toy as a child?
A: Baseball and glove

61. How many numbers are in your cell phone?
A: 77

62.Were you a fan of Barney as a kid?
A: Barney wasn't born then

63. Do you use sarcasm?
A: Who? Me?

64. Mashed potatoes or mac 'n cheese?
A: Potatoes, unless the M&C is my own made from scratch!

65. What do you look for in a girl/guy?
A: I don't shop but I admire character, intellect, humility when it is called for and a sense of self awareness.

66. What are your nicknames?
A: Jondude

67. What's your favorite band/singer?
A: No fave.

68. What's your favorite TV show?
A: Most HGTV shows, Holmes on Homes, HOUSE

69. Favorite ice cream flavor?
A: French Vanilla

70. Do you have all your fingers and toes?
A: Yes

71. When was the last time you worked out?
A: Years ago

72. Did you notice that there was no #19?
A: I don't count the numbers

73. Do you want everyone to answer these questions?
A: Sure

74. What are you listening to?
A: A long train going through town

75. Last thing you drank?
A: Coffee

76. Last person you talked to on the phone?
A: Mark Levans

77. The first thing you notice in the opposite sex?
A: Eyes

78. Favorite story-telling song?
A: None

79. Favorite thing to hate?
A: See above. No hate.

80. Favorite month of the year?
A: December. The colors, the spirit

81. Zodiac sign?
A: Taurus

82. Favorite thing to collect?
A: Books

83. What is your hair color?
A: Used to be dark brownish black

84. Eye color?
A: Hazel, gold

85. Favorite fast food place?
A: In 'n Out Burger. None here, but I wish.

86. Favorite restaurant?
A: The Fish Company in Los Alamitos, CA, and The Pioneer Mill here in Tiffin.