Back in my earliest days on Facebook, I used to enjoy doing these goofy questionnaires. This one is from 16 years ago.
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
My middle name was for my maternal grandfather.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Last March when I heard that my dad had died.
2025 update: More recently with my wife’s declining health.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
It’s OK.
2025 update: Not anymore.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Roast beast.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Two, one of each.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
yes
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
yes, but much less than in the past.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
not a chance.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Cheerios.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
not usually.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
b&j’s Imagine Whirled Peace.
2025 update: massive disappointment that it turned out to be a temporary flavor.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
with men, probably the eyes. with women, to my eternal shame, the rack.
2025 update: How old we all got.
15. RED OR PINK?
red
2025 update: not really a fan of either one.
16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORlTE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
keeping things to myself.
2025 update: That answer is sort of dishonest. The truer one is I regret my lack of discipline when it comes to money.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
my daughter in china.
2025 update: She’s in Germany now. Actually on her way to Tblisi today.
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
If I did, you should
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
blue flowered shorts, bare feet.
2025 update: Gray briefs, bare feet.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
mix on my BlackBerry.
2025 update: Silence.
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
blue.
23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
lasagna fresh out of the oven.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Shirley.
2025 update: Pauline from Germany.
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
found it myself.
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
baseball
27. HAIR COLOR?
75 percent brown, 25 percent gray.
28. EYE COLOR?
brown
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
nope.
30. FAVORITE FOOD?
bbq
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
happy endings.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED
i walk the line on dvd
2025 update: Barbie
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
blue
2025 update: Yellow.
34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
i love winter, but there’s not enough of it in l.a.
2025 update: My last real winter qaw 1989-90 in Reno.
35. HUGS OR KISSES?
kisses
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
who knows?
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
who knows?
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
A Modern History of Britain.
2025 update: Buried Secrets, the new Jesse Stone.
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
my mouse
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
nothing. will watch 24 tonight.
42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
laughter.
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
beatles.
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
beijing.
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
i can make people laugh.
46 WHERE WERE U BORN?
California.
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
everyone’s!
48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
dating service
49. PET PEEVES?
guys with little-man complex.
50. REGRETS?
a few, too few to mention.
2025 Update: I let my parents raise me to be frightened.