Around the World in 80 Books discussion

I borrowed this, with permission, from the Moderator Support Group. It looks like a fun get-to-know-you kind of thing. Here goes:

A - Age:
B - Book you are reading:
C - Chore you hate:
D - Dessert you love:
E - Essential start your day item:
F - Favorite author/ book:
G - Gold or silver:
H - Height:
I - Instruments you play:
J - Job title:
K - Kid(s):
L - Living arrangements:
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:
N - Nicknames:
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:
P - Pet Peeve:
Q- Quotes you like:
R - Right or left handed:
S - Siblings:
T - Time you woke up today:
U - Unique thing about you:
V - Vegetable you love:
W - Worst habit:
X - X-rays you've had:
Y - Yummy food you make:
Z - Zodiac Sign:

I'll start...


A - Age: No comment
B - Book you are reading:Unburnable
C - Chore you hate: Laundry
D - Dessert you love: Anything with either peanut butter, chocolate, or whipped cream.
E - Essential start your day item: Makeup?
F - Favorite author/ book: Favorite book is The Poisonwood Bible. I have too many favorite authors.
G - Gold or silver: Silver or white gold
H - Height: 5' 10"
I - Instruments you play: Guitar, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Xylophone
J - Job title: Nurse
K - Kid(s): 2, one girl and one boy
L - Living arrangements: Live in my own home with my two kids and pets
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Awesome
N - Nicknames: Sunshine, Bunny, Di
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: too many to list (but none recently :))
P - Pet Peeve: I need to narrow this down and get back later...
Q- Quotes you like: I need to give this one some more thought
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: None
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30 am
U - Unique thing about you: I can float motionless in the water vertically and in most any position (weird, huh?)
V - Vegetable you love: I love most vegetables. Onions are probably my favorites, though.
W - Worst habit: Buying books
X - X-rays you've had: Too many to count
Y - Yummy food you make: Cheese biscuits
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 30 (just)
B - Book you are reading: a Killer Read; The Dark Bride; The Summer Garden
C - Chore you hate: Folding socks
D - Dessert you love: anything chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: a snuggle from my pup before I drag my ass outta bed
F - Favorite author/ book: too many to count, but LaVyrle Spencer would top the list - it was a sad day when she retired
G - Gold or silver: Gold, but its got to be White Gold
H - Height: vertically challenged
I - Instruments you play: piano, trumpet, french horn
J - Job title: Whack-a-mole - aka Cube Dweller
K - Kid(s): do 4 legged ones count?
L - Living arrangements: just me and the 4 legged family members
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: f***
N - Nicknames: Dee
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: appendix in college
P - Pet Peeve: ppl standing in my personal space (especially behind me), women who have crappy hair in uniform (what can I say, its a military thing)
Q- Quotes you like: well-behaved women rarely make history
R - Right or left handed: Right, but I can write with my left if needed
S - Siblings: 2 younger sisters
T - Time you woke up today: originally 6am, after going back to bed 9:30
U - Unique thing about you: ummm....all of me ;)
V - Vegetable you love: asparagus
W - Worst habit: chewing my nails
X - X-rays you've had: too many to count - chest, shoulder, knee, elbow and many others
Y - Yummy food you make: pot roast and pavolva
Z - Zodiac Sign: Picese (which I totally can't spell)

A - Age: 29
B - Book you are reading: i have been reading Game of the Thrones for weeks now. There's about 100 pages left.
C - Chore you hate: doing dishes
D - Dessert you love: pancakes
E - Essential start your day item: alarm clock
F - Favorite author/ book: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
G - Gold or silver: silver or white gold
H - Height: 156cm
I - Instruments you play: I can't play anything
J - Job title: teacher
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: me and my angry old cat
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: very well or walk or excellent
N - Nicknames: none
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none..
P - Pet Peeve: people who says that they do something but won't do it and then they have the worst lies to cover their laziness.
Q- Quotes you like: I don't know.
R - Right or left handed: Right, but I use flatware's like left handed people
S - Siblings: 2 younger brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 7.30 am
U - Unique thing about you: I have never smoked, broken any bones or drank coffee.
V - Vegetable you love: tomatoes and sweet pepper
W - Worst habit: none.. or I won't tell it to you
X - X-rays you've had: only my tooth when I was a little girl
Y - Yummy food you make: pasta
Z - Zodiac Sign: virgo

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
C - Chore you hate: doing the dishes
D - Dessert you love: I love all desserts!
E - Essential start your day item: shower
F - Favorite author/ book: -
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 163 cm
I - Instruments you play: piano, harpsichord, euphonium, guitar
J - Job title: teacher
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: with parents and brother
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "I don't know"
N - Nicknames: Jess
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: -
Q - Quotes you like: -
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 1 younger brother
T - Time you woke up today: 7am
U - Unique thing about you: I don't know
V - Vegetable you love: all veggies
W - Worst habit: cracking my knuckles
X - X-rays you've had: 2
Y - Yummy food you make: tarte tatin, pasta and roast
Z - Zodiac Sign: cancer

A - Age: 43
B - Book you are reading: Angela's Ashes, Whispers of the Dead and Evernote for dummies
C - Chore you hate: ironing
D - Dessert you love: anything with chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: taking my time
F - Favorite author/ book: That's a tough one; just going to skip this one
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 168 cm
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: unemployed at the moment; I normally work as an office assistant
K - Kid(s): nope
L - Living arrangements: with father
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: gosh
N - Nicknames: the black haired one that always walks so fast; the gov
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: ppl who refuse to think and use their brain
Q- Quotes you like: Our emotions are the only clues to our identity. The only true meaning in life is passion. The passion to learn, to paint, to love etc. Don't destroy your passion for the sake of others. When you do you've lost the beauty of life and that's what a sin is. By robbing yourself of your very reason to exist you have cheated.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 1 sister, who is my senior by 15 years
T - Time you woke up today: 8
U - Unique thing about you: -
V - Vegetable you love: tomatoes
W - Worst habit: drinking too much tea
X - X-rays you've had: a few
Y - Yummy food you make: pasta
Z - Zodiac Sign: Saggitarius

A - Age: 34
B - Book you are reading: We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle
C - Chore you hate: cleaning bathrooms
D - Dessert you love: vanilla ice cream or gelato
E - Essential start your day item: unfortunately, Dr. Pepper
F - Favorite author/ book: just a few - Bossypants, House of Sand and Fog, anything by Susan Elizabeth Phillips or Nora Roberts, The Joy Luck Club
G - Gold or silver: both, as they are both in my wedding band
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: none, but want to learn to play the piano
J - Job title: unemployed right now!
K - Kid(s): none, unless you count two cats I baby
L - Living arrangements: condo with the hubby in OKC, for now, want to move desperately - OK is not the place for me!
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Hey! WTF? and I probably curse to much for a grown woman.
N - Nicknames: Shell
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None!
P - Pet Peeve: too many, but I hate that my fellow married friends have to 'ask' permission to go out. Also, trashy cars - I get some people live in them, but at the end of the day, can't you just grab up the crap and throw it out? Negativity.
Q- Quotes you like: Too many - 'Get busy living or get busy dying.' 'Resist much, obey little' - Walt Whitman
R - Right or left handed: Lefty - but like most lefties, pretty ambidexterous (can't use left-handed scissors to save my life)
S - Siblings: a younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: haha, 11:30am - benefit of being unemployed and childless!
U - Unique thing about you: Hmm. . . everything?
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli and Cauliflower - I try to keep it on hand on the time because I do love them so much, I'll eat them instead of junk.
W - Worst habit: besides drinking soda like water? Procrastination.
X - X-rays you've had: just on my teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: Salsa meatloaf
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

A - Age: 63
B - Book you are reading: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell.
C - Chore you hate: Dusting.
D - Dessert you love: anything chocolate
E - Essential start your day item: a Shower.
F - Favorite author/ book: Louis de Bernieres / George Elliot / Thomas Hardy / Iris Murdoch & many more.
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5' 10" (& shrinking).
I - Instruments you play: school recorder (very badly)
J - Job title: Grandmother.
K - Kid(s): 2
L - Living arrangements: my husband & I live in our own house.
M - Most overused word in my vocabulary - 'actually'
N - Nicknames: Mum / Nana.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none yet.
P - Pet Peeve: people who say they will do something but then never follow thru.
Q- Quotes you like: “Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it” ― Nella Larsen
R - Right or left handed: Right 100%
S - Siblings: 2 both younger.
T - Time you woke up today: 6.45am.
U - Unique thing about you: I lived in America as an 'alien' for many years..
V - Vegetable you love: nearly all but especially asparagus
W - Worst habit: reading when should be doing some work.
X - X-rays you've had: teeth (numerous) / mamograms / chest & probably more if could remember them all.
Y - Yummy food you make:home made sour-dough bread.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius.


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A - Age: 18 (19 next week!)
B - Book you are reading: Memoirs of a Geisha
C - Chore you hate: Doing dishes
D - Dessert you love: Pie...especially lemon meringue or pumpkin
E - Essential start your day item: Instant Breakfast or a smoothie
F - Favorite author/ book: Who could pick that?
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'5 3/4"
I - Instruments you play: Flute, Piano
J - Job title: Sales Associate (and full-time student)
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: Apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I don't even know. But there are probably a lot.
N - Nicknames: Alex
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Way too many.
P - Pet Peeve: People who don't use their blinkers when driving. Or do use them, but don't turn. That's worse.
Q- Quotes you like: “People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghost, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that makes things happen.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Younger brother
T - Time you woke up today: 10:30 a.m., and only because I had to go to work. I'm a night owl.
U - Unique thing about you: I'm female, yet I've always wanted to work in the Middle East...
V - Vegetable you love: All of them (well, except asparagus and tomatoes)! I'm a vegetarian!
W - Worst habit: Staying up too late and sleeping the day away. But I can't help it.
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, back/spinal cord...and I think some others but off the top of my head I'm not sure of what.
Y - Yummy food you make: Rice casserole, and red beans and rice. Delicious.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

A - Age: 24
B - Book you are reading: "Tote Fische beißen nicht" a cozy crime story by two German authors
C - Chore you hate: cleaning windows, ugh!
D - Dessert you love: Panna Cotta
E - Essential start your day item: dog food...no, not for me ;)
F - Favorite author/ book: Stephen King, his "The Dark Tower series" and Room by Emma Donoghue
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 174 cm
I - Instruments you play: I can turn on my radio...does that count? ;)
J - Job title: student
K - Kid(s): -
L - Living arrangements: with my dog :)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "toll" which means something like amazing
N - Nicknames: Caro
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: I've had a bicycle accident and had to stay in hospital for quite a time.
P - Pet Peeve: People that can find something bad in every thing.
Q- Quotes you like: While reading there are so many great sentences but then I forget them all.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: a big brother
T - Time you woke up today: 7:00
U - Unique thing about you: I drive a really seldom car
V - Vegetable you love: I'm a vegetarian so I love them all :)
W - Worst habit: buying soooo many books which leads me to buying bookshelfs :) Worse: Smoking from time to time
X - X-rays you've had: wrist, chest, feet...nearly anything you can fall on and teeth ;)
Y - Yummy food you make: Sacher Cake
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
C - Chore you hate: mopping
D - Dessert you love: ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: music
F - Favorite author/ book: Susanna Kearsley
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'3"
I - Instruments you play: none well, but a litte piano & guitar & mandolin
J - Job title: newspaper reporter/photographer
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: own a house
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: necessary evil
N - Nicknames: Mo
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: people not using vehicle's turning signals
Q- Quotes you like: "The world is a book and if we do not travel, we only read one page. " - St Augustine
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: four
T - Time you woke up today: 5:45 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: I love to try toooo many new hobbies
V - Vegetable you love: potatoes
W - Worst habit: talking too much
X - X-rays you've had: teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: two sauce pasta
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: The Bastard of Istanbul
C - Chore you hate: Doing Dishes
D - Dessert you love: frozen yogurt
E - Essential start your day item: music
F - Favorite author/ book: The Harry Potter series (probably will always be)
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: guitar, ukulele, piano, vocal
J - Job title: Customer Service Rep
K - Kid(s): not yet
L - Living arrangements: alone in my apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: seriously?
N - Nicknames: Ash, Asholay
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: bone marrow transplant
P - Pet Peeve: when the radio is on and someone starts singing a different song other than whats playing, drives me absolutely batty!
Q- Quotes you like: Where words fail, music speaks
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2 younger brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 11:30am
U - Unique thing about you: i'm aiming to play every stringed instrument before i croak
V - Vegetable you love: mushrooms, broccoli
W - Worst habit: nail biting
X - X-rays you've had: teeth, chest
Y - Yummy food you make: perogies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 62
B - Book you are reading: Talking with My Mouth Full: My Life as a Professional Eater
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bathrooms
D - Dessert you love: Peach Cobbler
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee!!
F - Favorite author/ book: The Poisonwood Bible
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'5"
I - Instruments you play: Piano
J - Job title: Teacher
K - Kid(s): 2 sons, 1 daughter
L - Living arrangements: House
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: ?
N - Nicknames: Suebee
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: car accident; 2 surgeries
P - Pet Peeve: people with no cell phone etiquette
Q- Quotes you like: Let me think about this one
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 1 sister, 3 brothers, all younger
T - Time you woke up today: 7:15
U - Unique thing about you: grew up on a resort in Canada
V - Vegetable you love: all
W - Worst habit: procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: too many
Y - Yummy food you make: Chicken enchiladas
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

A - Age: 30ish
B - Book you are reading: "Captivating" by John and Stasi Eldridge
C - Chore you hate: bathroom
D - Dessert you love: Frozen Yogurt!
E - Essential start your day item: music
F - Favorite author/ book: to hard to name just one!
G - Gold or silver: both
H - Height: 62 inches
I - Instruments you play: piano
J - Job title: Assistant Extraordinaire
K - Kid(s): 2
L - Living arrangements: with Hubby, kids, and a dog
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: awesome
N - Nicknames: Mom, Mel, babe, Meliss
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: gall bladder removal
P - Pet Peeve: unkind people
Q- Quotes you like: most Beat Poet quotes (i.e. Ginsberg, Kerouac, etc.)
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: I'm the oldest of 4
T - Time you woke up today: 7:00am
U - Unique thing about you: I served in the US Army for 4 years.
V - Vegetable you love: Kale
W - Worst habit: complaining
X - X-rays you've had: nose, chest, legs.
Y - Yummy food you make: Honey lime chicken enchiladas
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo/Horse

Melissa wrote: "A - Age: 30ish
B - Book you are reading: "Captivating" by John and Stasi Eldridge
C - Chore you hate: bathroom
D - Dessert you love: Frozen Yogurt!
E - Essential start your day item: music
F - Favo..."

OMG, honey lime chicken enchiladas sound like heaven!

A - Age: 34
B - Book you are reading: Pale Fire
C - Chore you hate: Mowing the lawn
D - Dessert you love: Banoffee pie
E - Essential start your day item: Shower & coffee, not necessarily in that order (and not shower of coffee, that would be too much)
F - Favorite author/ book: Don't be silly
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 6'2"
I - Instruments you play: Tabla
J - Job title: Mindless Drudge
K - Kid(s): 4.5
L - Living arrangements: Oxygen, water, protein, carbohydrate
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Predilection
N - Nicknames: Micapam
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Removal of splinter from eye
P - Pet Peeve: When people cant' use, punctuation properly
Q- Quotes you like: Once as tragedy, twice as farce
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: I'm the only one!
T - Time you woke up today: 5:40am
U - Unique thing about you: Nothing (7b; many-worlds)
V - Vegetable you love: Aubergine
W - Worst habit: Snoring
X - X-rays you've had: Eww skeletons! I have blocked any memory of these
Y - Yummy food you make: Boeuf bourguignon; mousaka; lamb curry
Z - Zodiac Sign: We Aries don't believe in astrology, it's all a load of nonsense

A - Age: 30
B - Book you are reading: Small Wars Small Wars by Sadie Jones
C - Chore you hate: Dusting
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate or cheese
E - Essential start your day item: Cup of Tea
F - Favorite author/ book: Ooh hard! Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard for sheer joy at the memory of reading it when I was 18 on long hot summer days
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'3"
I - Instruments you play: None (shameful!) at one time I could play a treble recorder...
J - Job title: Massage Therapist and Researcher
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Living with boyfriend
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I have a habit of repeating a phrase that I think is important, repeating a phrase that I think is important. I've started to notice so it must be really annoying!
N - Nicknames: Rachie, Roo...the others are too embarassing!
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Washing being left out to dry even though it's already dry.
Q - Quotes you like: "There's a false alarm going on so nothing to worry about." It was on an email at work from a very lovely colleague. It makes me laugh every time I see it.
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 elder brother
T - Time you woke up today: 8am. Thought better of it and woke again at 1pm!
U - Unique thing about you: I have a unique way of looking at things. I can't articulate it better than that, ask a friend!
V - Vegetable you love: They're all pretty good but I'm loving courgettes at the moment.
W - Worst habit: I'm messy, in an untidy but clean way :)
X - X-rays you've had: Oh loads, many of my teeth, ultrasounds of my heart, and xrays of my knees & feet
Y - Yummy food you make: My very hot and spicy King Prawn Pathia Curry is pretty darn yum.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 47
B - Book you are reading: The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning
D - Dessert you love: Pecan Pie is right up there with carrot cake!
E - Essential start your day item: Brushing teeth
F - Favorite author/ book: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'1
I - Instruments you play: Sadly, none :-(
J - Job title: Author
K - Kid(s): One
L - Living arrangements: Living with my husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Totally!
N - Nicknames: Mo, Momo
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Let me think about that...
Q- Quotes you like: Have several but my favourite is probably "When you are following your dream, the whole Universe conspires to help you."
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3
T - Time you woke up today: 9:30am
U - Unique thing about you: fluent in English and Spanish, speak passable French and Arabic. Spoke OK Italian, but lost that...
V - Vegetable you love: All of them, especially tomatoes.
W - Worst habit: let me think about that too...
X - X-rays you've had: Dental only.
Y - Yummy food you make: Hummus
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

A - Age: 44
B - Book you are reading: Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
C - Chore you hate: Washing dishes
D - Dessert you love: Ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: A Tale of Two Cities/ authors - Chrisopher Moore / Paolo Coehlo / Kurt Vonnegut / James Rollins / Neil Gaiman
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: I took Violin lessons in grade school, but I can't really play anymore.
J - Job title: Claims examiner (health, not car insurance)
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: Apartment with my 2 cats
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Stop biting me! - said many times a day to my very playful cat.
N - Nicknames: Lisa Pizza / Tippy
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Rudeness
Q- Quotes you like:"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" and "Nothing will go right today, so I will relax and be amused"
R - Right or left handed: Left
S - Siblings: 3
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30
U - Unique thing about you: Nothing comes to mind
V - Vegetable you love: Brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit: Procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: Fractured ankle, kidney stone
Y - Yummy food you make: Fudge, beet salad, piragis
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: The Way of Kings and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the kitchen
D - Dessert you love: Only one?? Impossible. Here’s a few: tiramisu, flourless chocolate cake with raspberries, raspberry sorbet, berry trifle, and my papa’s pound cake.
E - Essential start your day item: a kiss from my husband
F - Favorite author/ book: I love George R. R. Martin, Haruki Murakami, R. Scott Bakker, and Tennessee Williams.
G - Gold or silver: White Gold
H - Height: 5’4
I - Instruments you play: I’m lacking in that department
J - Job title: Advertising Specialist
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: In an apartment with my husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: not really sure
N - Nicknames: Rose
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: a few
P - Pet Peeve: Backseat drivers
Q- Quotes you like:

“Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. “Foolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder another on the slender hope that yours is somehow the only one?”
― R. Scott Bakker
“Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .”
― David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

“As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify! Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language. Whenever he limits language he retrogresses!”
― Sheri S. Tepper, A Plague of Angels

“The name of a person you love is more than language.”
― Tennessee Williams

“There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!”
― Tennessee Williams

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“When things don't change, their sameness becomes an accretion. That is why all society puts on flesh. Succumbs to the cubicles and begins to fill them.”
― Tennessee Williams
“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 5
T - Time you woke up today: 9:00 am
U - Unique thing about you: I’m constantly cooking things from different places around the world. I love to explore cultures and countries through food. I’m constantly looking for new things to do.
V - Vegetable you love: I like all vegetables. I probably use onions the most and I do love potatoes.
W - Worst habit: I hate doing house work, so I tend to let it build up.
X - X-rays you've had: chest, finger, and leg.
Y - Yummy food you make: Pork Katsu, Tom Kha Gai, Chicken Satay with peanut soup, pot stickers, miso soup, and the list goes on. I admit I’m a huge foodie.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

A - Age: 28
B - Book you are reading: The Ash Garden, by Dennis Bock
C - Chore you hate: folding and putting away laundry =p
D - Dessert you love: fried apples
E - Essential start your day item: villainously, caffeine and nicotine (usually Mountain Dew and a Newport)
F - Favorite author/ book: Invisible Monsters, by Chuck Palahnuik
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: depends on your definition of "instruments"... and "play"
J - Job title: waitress/student
K - Kid(s): 1, my best friend's daughter Momo
L - Living arrangements: villainously once more, renting a room at a gross boardinghouse in the ghetto
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "Sweet!"
N - Nicknames: Gen or Genny with friends, Neve or Nevie at work, Bunny or Sugar or Rose Red or Eve or a million names used at brief points in the past that stuck with some but not most
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: brief stint in the psych ward at Portsmouth Naval Hospital *shrugs*
P - Pet Peeve: being late or backing out of a potential adventure
Q- Quotes you like: my quotes
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 4 brothers, or 1 sister, depending on how you look at it
T - Time you woke up today: 7:15 am... ish
U - Unique thing about you: I don't believe in "unique." So... I guess that's unique.
V - Vegetable you love: brussel sprouts
W - Worst habit: nail-biting and procrastinating
X - X-rays you've had: dental, elbow, ankles, and foot
Y - Yummy food you make: anything baked (meat, desserts, veggies, whatever)... and fried apples
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
C - Chore you hate: cooking
D - Dessert you love: frozen yoghurt
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Roald Dahl
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: piano
J - Job title: English teacher
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: with my husband
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: the phrase 'You know what I mean?'
N - Nicknames: Doadz
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: never
P - Pet Peeve: people who are obsessed with their phones
Q- Quotes you like: see my profile
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 3 - 2 sisters and 1 brother (I'm the youngest)
T - Time you woke up today: 9am
U - Unique thing about you: I have stumpy weird thumbs!
V - Vegetable you love: broccoli
W - Worst habit: nail-biting
X - X-rays you've had: dental
Y - Yummy food you make: I'm quite good at baking
Z - Zodiac Sign: virgo

What fun!

A - Age: 41
B - Book you are reading: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
C - Chore you hate: folding laundry
D - Dessert you love: bread pudding
E - Essential start your day item: a warm house (I hate cold!!)
F - Favorite author/ book: too hard to choose!!!
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: flute (still), saxophone (haven't touched since High School)
J - Job title: Environmental Regulatory and Policy Analyst
K - Kid(s): 11-year-old boy
L - Living arrangements: co-own house with boyfriend/domestic partner
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Campbell (usually talking to or about him!)
N - Nicknames: Mama, "Eye-ball"
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: selfishness
Q- Quotes you like: n/a
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 1 sister (I'm 14 months younger)
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30 (I'ts Sunday!)
U - Unique thing about you: There's no one thing that's unique about anyone - but the combination of everything we are makes each of us unique.
V - Vegetable you love: beets
W - Worst habit: Reading rather than cleaning the house!
X - X-rays you've had: no unusual ones.
Y - Yummy food you make: lasagna
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius / Dog

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan for my main book. (I usually read five books at once)
C - Chore you hate: Dishes!
D - Dessert you love: Ice cold Pudding
E - Essential start your day item: Music and tea
F - Favorite author/ book: Changes all the time
G - Gold or silver: Gold, especially Rose Gold
H - Height: 5'1" (I'm only 22 do ya think I will grown another inch?)
I - Instruments you play: Flute, Voice
J - Job title: Library Assistant I (and part time student)
K - Kid(s): not yet
L - Living arrangements: Renting a house with my good friend/roommate (her dogs rule the house)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "aw man!" "Oh man!" "..man!" or "maaaaan!"
N - Nicknames: Panda
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: never
P - Pet Peeve: When people bother me when I am reading assuming I am not doing anything important
Q- Quotes you like: “IT'S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather.
"You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?"
YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 younger brother
T - Time you woke up today: 6:30am (although not my ideal time of rising, I had a meeting at a district office 1.5 hours away)
U - Unique thing about you: I learn best by self teaching. I prefer online college courses for this reason. I am currently teaching myself German, French, and Spanish (and yes at the same time as covered in my worst habit)
V - Vegetable you love: Mushrooms and Spinach
W - Worst habit: getting lost... and overwhelming myself with too many goals to accomplish at once. I tend to have high expectations of myself, sometimes unhealthily so.
X - X-rays you've had: just dental
Y - Yummy food you make: Peanut Butter/Honey/Raisin Sandwiches
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A Age: Eighteen
B Book You're Reading: Reckless Nights in Rome by CC MacKenzie
C Chore Disliked: Umm, I don't really have chores.
D Dessert Loved: Lowfat Sherbert Ice Cream
E Essential Start Day Item: Face wash and orange juice
F Favorite Author/ Book: Candace Bushnell and 'One Fifth Avenue'
G Gold or Silver: Gold
H Height: 5'3 and a half
I Instruments You Play(ed): Flute, Clarinet, Piano and Acoustic Guitar
J Job Title: None... I focus my eneregy recieving decent grade and participation in circular clubs
K Kids: None... I am eighteen
L Living Arrangements: Soon to be living in a dorm
M Most Overused Word/ Phrase in Vocabulary: "gush"
N Nickname: Jovi
O Overnight Hospital Stay: About two years back
P Peeves: Arrogant
Q Quotes You Like: No specifics at the moment. Although anything Maragaret Thatcher and John Winston Ono Lennon
R Right/ Left Handed: Right
S Siblings: Only Child
T Time You Woke Up Today: 6: 25 am
U Unique Thing About You: Interested in Politics
V Vegetables Loved: Tomatoes and Carrots
W Worst Habit: Overally Judgemental (Depending on Situation)
X X Rays You've Had: Ankle X Ray for Soccer
Y Yummy Food You Make: Fruit Salad
Z Zodiac Sign: Libra

I love these!

A - Age: 23
B - Book you are reading: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
C - Chore you hate: Folding laundry, vacuuming
D - Dessert you love: Baklava
E - Essential start your day item: My contacts
F - Favorite author/ book: This changes; for now Haruki Murakami and Bill Bryson
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: The Clarinet
J - Job title: Personal Shopper and Student ;)
K - Kid(s): None for now
L - Living arrangements: A tiny flat in Madrid, Spain
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Seriously?, Excellent, Oh well, Totes
N - Nicknames: Lu
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Never
P - Pet Peeve: Incorrect spelling, grr!
Q - Quotes you like: “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: None!
T - Time you woke up today: 6:15 am
U - Unique thing about you: I am constantly taking on projects and courses in all the different (way too many) areas that interest me
V - Vegetable you love: Tomatoes
W - Worst habit: Taking on too many of the aforementioned projects at once
X - X-rays you've had: Dental
Y - Yummy food you make: Spanish tortilla
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

A - Age: 23 years
B - Book you are reading: Starting "The Fault in the
Stars" this evening!
C - Chore you hate: doing dishes
D - Dessert you love: Ben + Jerry Ice cream!
E - Essential start your day item: TEA!
F - Favorite author/ book: much to many..
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 173 cm
I - Instruments you play: I wish I could. But sadly,
none.
J - Job title: technical consultant (??)
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: just me and my apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: aha
N - Nicknames: none
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth:
many..10?
P - Pet Peeve: smart asses, who feel the need to
mind everyones business but their own.
Q- Quotes you like: "Everything will be alright in
the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."
And
"Meet the time as it seeks us."
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 3 siblings, all older..
T - Time you woke up today: 6:20am
U - Unique thing about you: At the moment, the only
one allowed to thouch my hair is my horse..
V - Vegetable you love: well, beeing a vegetarian..
W - Worst habit: I tend to oversleep..
X - X-rays you've had: many. shoulder, both arms,
leg, spine (more than once..), hand, skull (more
than ones..), feet,
Y - Yummy food you make: cheese soup
Z - Zodiac Sign: Libra, I think.

Age 62 years old
B I am reading By Love Possessed by Lorna Goodison
C dusting
D. sweet potato pie and apple pie
E. news on t.v.
F. Too hard to choose. I love so many books. Can't think off the top of my head.
G.Silver
H.4'11'
I none
J.Job title - Not working at this time.
K.4 grown men
L.with my husband in an apartment
M. maybe
N.Tea
O.hysterectomy
P. people babbling about absolutely nothing.
Q. Many.
R.right
S. one sister who has passed away.
T.5 o'clock
U. I don't like eggs.
V.corn
W.hate to sit down and read all my mail in one sitting.
X.teeth, chest
Y.Pancakes, rum pound cake
Z.Scorpio

blesses is the maker

A - Age: 20
B - Book you are reading: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
C - Chore you hate: Everything
D - Dessert you love: Ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: An alarm clock
F - Favorite author/ book: Rick Riordan and his Percy Jackson series
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5' 2"
I - Instruments you play: Clarinet and Piano
J - Job title: Student/Student Worker
K - Kid(s): my two cats, one dog, and a fish
L - Living arrangements: Temporary apartment with one roommate and my fish
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I
N - Nicknames: Banana, Squirrellie, that quiet kid
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: a few that I don't remember
P - Pet Peeve: People assuming I want to hear about their risque encounters
Q- Quotes you like: Perception is greater than reality.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2
T - Time you woke up today: 7:45 A.M.
U - Unique thing about you: I apparently study my food before I eat it though I don't recognize this habit that I'm told I have
V - Vegetable you love: carrots
W - Worst habit: forgetting to brush my teeth at night
X - X-rays you've had: chest, finger, hand, and teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: Chicken Curry
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

A - Age: 25
B - Book you are reading: The Eye of The World, Robert Jordan
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the Toilet
D - Dessert you love: Anything Chocolate (preferably dark)
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Les Miserables, Victor Hugo/ Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas/ and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy
G - Gold or silver: Gold-white
H - Height: 5'5
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Med Student
K - Kid(s): I am one!
L - Living arrangements: Home
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary:
N - Nicknames: Tash, Tashie, Mufasa
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Kidney Stones
P - Pet Peeve: Bragging
Q- Quotes you like:

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
~Henry David Thoreau

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
~Mahatma Gandhi

R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: One sister: Roberta
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30am
U - Unique thing about you:
V - Vegetable you love: All, especially Asparagus, brussel sprouts and artichokes.
W - Worst habit: biting my nails when I'm stressed.
X - X-rays you've had: abdomen, lower extremities
Y - Yummy food you make: pasta putenesca, crepes, and nutella stuffed baked french toast.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning my room ;)
D - Dessert you love: Tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: Toothbrush
F - Favorite author/ book: Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: 165 cm
I - Instruments you play: Clarinet, recorder and piano
J - Job title: Teacher
K - Kid(s): Not yet but soon
L - Living arrangements: Living with a host family in Poland
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Listen.
N - Nicknames: Jujubee, Juju, Birdie, Freebird, Ace, JB
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Yes, once when I was fifty days old and once when I was about 11.
P - Pet Peeve: The sound of itching.
Q- Quotes you like: "Que sera, sera."
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: 2
T - Time you woke up today: 10a
U - Unique thing about you: I am interested in everything.
V - Vegetable you love: ALL!
W - Worst habit: Bite my nails :(
X - X-rays you've had: At least 15 and a few catscans.
Y - Yummy food you make: Oh... you don't want me to cook.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

A - Age: 49. The Cliffhanger, possibly worse than being a teenager.
B - Book you are reading: I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron and Wedding Song by Farideh Goldin
C - Chore you hate: Toilets and Windows
D - Dessert you love: Chocolate Torte with cream and berries
E - Essential start your day item: Furry robe and my Halloween slippers, worn year-round
F - Favorite author/ book: Too many
G - Gold or silver: Gold
H - Height: In my prime, was about 5-feet 6-inches; now I am probably about 5-feet 5-five. With age comes a bit of diminishment
I - Instruments you play: None whatsoever
J - Job title: Mom, wife, daughter, neighbor, friend, author
K - Kid(s): 3
L - Living arrangements: I live with my husband and we are entertained by our three children.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "Right, right."
N - Nicknames: Moe-Moe, BaBa (my kids)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: When I had my kids, an episode in my early 20s with dehydration, viral infection
P - Pet Peeve: Finding dirty dishes in the sink when I know I cleaned up perfectly before I went to bed the night before
Q- Quotes you like: "If you're going through hell, keep going." _Winston Churchill
R - Right or left handed: Was born left-handed but my mom wanted me to be right-handed so she switched me; I use both pretty equally, except for writing, I use my right hand.
S - Siblings: A brother, died in 2002, cancer
T - Time you woke up today: 5 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: I am the last person in my immediate family who is 100 percent Greek-Cypriot
V - Vegetable you love: Sweet corn
W - Worst habit: I worry too much
X - X-rays you've had: Lungs, legs, back
Y - Yummy food you make: Pastitchio, a Greek pasta dish with ziti, cheese and ground beef. Like a white lasagna, except the noodles are different.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Diane wrote: "I borrowed this, with permission, from the Moderator Support Group. It looks like a fun get-to-know-you kind of thing. Here goes:

A - Age:63
B - Book you are reading: The Left Hand of Darkness
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning floors
D - Dessert you love: Gingersnaps & tea
E - Essential start your day item: Hot pot of English Breakfast Tea
F - Favorite author/book: Shantaram
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'11"
I - Instruments you play: Bit of acoustic guitar
J - Job title: House spouse and father to three gems
K - Kids: 3
L - Living arrangements: Live with partner and son
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: You hoser..you!
N - Nicknames: Pellet and Mr. Dictionary
O - Overnight stay in hospital other than birth: Appendectomy in 1980
P - Pet Peeve(s): unsharpened pencils and people throwing trash on Mother Earth
Q - Quotes you like: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and the lightening bug.
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Four brothers/two deceased and three sisters
T - Time you woke up today: 6:45 a.m.
U - Unique thing about you: I stayed at a Bah'ai commune on the island of Molokai.
V - Vegetable you love: Cucumbers and onions in vinegar
W - Worst habit: unable to focus for any length of time
X - X-rays you've had: Lungs, leg and shoulder
Y - Yummy food you make: Doolally Dal (a spicy Indian lentil dish), Challah with poppy seed topping (Jewish braided bread), and tofu stir fry.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo with moon in Cancer

I'm in. These are always fun.

A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading: I actually just finished one, and need to pick a new one up!
C - Chore you hate: Dishes.
D - Dessert you love: Brownie anything
E - Essential start your day item: Tea
F - Favorite author/ book: I can't think of just one.
G - Gold or silver: Silver. . . or white gold.
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play: Piano, and then poorly: guitar, recorder, ukulele
J - Job title: MSW Intern in Counselling
K - Kid(s): None!
L - Living arrangements: 2 bedroom apartment in a downtown where I currently rent out 1 bedroom - to a younger guy and a cat
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "Ok, and" (especially in counselling trying to break myself of that comment)
N - Nicknames: Jess
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: 2 - kidney-area problems as an infant, and more kidney problems a few years ago
P - Pet Peeve: Comic strips used for classes or things I need to be in.
Q- Quotes you like: Many?
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 sister who is 5 years younger
T - Time you woke up today: 9:45am :)
U - Unique thing about you: I carry two passports when I travel overseas (I was born and raised in Canada, and am actually more German by blood, but I'm a dual Canadian-Irish citizen)
V - Vegetable you love: Cauliflower
W - Worst habit: Having my hands in my mouth/on my face.
X - X-rays you've had: Ankles - they were just sprained!
Y - Yummy food you make: Roasted Root Vegetable Soup with Ginger and Curry. My favourite of my soups.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Diane wrote: "I'll start...
U - Unique thing about you: I can float motionless in the water vertically and in most any position (weird, huh?)
"

Oh my gosh, I can too! I haven't heard anyone else that can do this. Haha. And the really odd thing is that my (only) sister can't float in any position. She's never been able to. It's like I got all the floating in our family.

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko and The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
C - Chore you hate: Dusting
D - Dessert you love: the salted caramel gellato at Frost's
E - Essential start your day item: toothbrush (Seriously, I don't see how people can roll over and kiss someone with morning breath. It's so gross)
F - Favorite author/ book: Terry Pratchett
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'6"
I - Instruments you play: None but I used to play piano and trombone
J - Job title: Veterinary Assistant
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "I know, right?" or "My bad."
N - Nicknames: Netti to most but my twin calls me Sghett, Sghetti, or Sghett-Sghett based on my childhood nickname Manette Spaghett/ Manetti Spaghetti.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Not putting caps back on pens.
Q- Quotes you like: "Don't get afraid, get angry."
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3; older sister, older brother, and a twin sister
T - Time you woke up today: 6:45
U - Unique thing about you: I'm the only one of my siblings who does not/is not planning to move to the midwest.
V - Vegetable you love: Spinach, banana peppers
W - Worst habit: Road rage, horribly indecisive
X - X-rays you've had: None
Y - Yummy food you make: Lemon pepper chicken
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces

A - Age: ummm...29... ;)
B - Book you are reading: A Game of Thrones
C - Chore you hate: laundry
D - Dessert you love: tiramisu
E - Essential start your day item: cup of coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Milan Kundera, Jane Austen, Karen Marie Moning
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5' 9"
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: stay at home mom with a M.Ed.
K - Kid(s): a boy (age 12) and a girl (age 10)
L - Living arrangements: in a house with my husband, children, dog, and cats. Although because of his job, my husband is now living primarily in Hawaii
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Well, I asked my daughter and she says it is "..because I say so". lol
N - Nicknames: J.R., Punzle
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: concussion
P - Pet Peeve: people who lie
Q- Quotes you like: "It's never too late to be what you might have been."
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: one brother who died a long time ago.
T - Time you woke up today: 5:45am
U - Unique thing about you: I have a crazy sensitive sense of smell. My husband always jokes that I should get a job with the DEA sniffing luggage.
V - Vegetable you love: all of them
W - Worst habit: sitting on the couch reading when I should be cleaning
X - X-rays you've had: arm, back, toe, teeth, head, finger
Y - Yummy food you make: chocolate chip cookies
Z - Zodiac Sign: Leo

A - Age: 56
B - Book you are reading: The Diary of Anais Nin 1947-55
C - Chore you hate: toilets
D - Dessert you love: choc. chip cookies
E - Essential start your day item: cup of coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Shantaram
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5' 4"
I - Instruments you play: had piano lessons don't play well
J - Job title: artist; oil on canvas
K - Kid(s): one son
L - Living arrangements: On my own
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: The other thing is....
N - Nicknames: Sher
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: the word "pad or padded" in novels
Q- Quotes you like: When someone tells you who they are - believe them the first time.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: two sisters
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30am
U - Unique thing about you: I often know things I don't know how I know.
V - Vegetable you love: Roasted brussell sprouts
W - Worst habit: worry
X - X-rays you've had: broken ankle; broken rib but years a part.
Y - Yummy food you make: choc. chip cookies
Z - Zodia; Aquarius

A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading: Child of the Phoenix, Lust for Life- Irving Stone (and a few other ones)
C - Chore you hate: dusting baseboards
D - Dessert you love: Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla ice cream with fruit
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: Irving Stone
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5’4”
I - Instruments you play: Clarinet
J - Job title: slave – front line worker in the mental health and developmental services field
K - Kid(s): want soon
L - Living arrangements: with husband in an apartment
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: I’m bored
N - Nicknames: none since collage
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: one
P - Pet Peeve: co workers who don’t pull their weight
Q- Quotes you like:
R - Right or left handed: ambidextrous
S - Siblings: none
T - Time you woke up today: 0600 hr
U - Unique thing about you: I’m very creative and love to paint.
V - Vegetable you love: all of them
W - Worst habit: getting distracted.
X - X-rays you've had: hand, ribs, arm
Y - Yummy food you make: Pulled pork, stuffed chicken, pastas, burgers
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

New to this group so I figured this could be fun.
A - Age: 27
B - Book you are reading:Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dessert you love: Cheesecake
E - Essential start your day item: Redbull
F - Favorite author/ book: That's like asking a mother to pick her favorite child...
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'8
I - Instruments you play: Nothing.
J - Job title: Clerk
K - Kid(s): Nope.
L - Living arrangements: I live in my moms basement with my cats... womp womp
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "Oh, balls"
N - Nicknames: Jenner
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: A couple surgeries
P - Pet Peeve: vaguebooking, liars
Q- Quotes you like: The "live content" quote by William Henry Channing
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: A brother
T - Time you woke up today: 8:30ish
U - Unique thing about you: I'm fairy ordinary
V - Vegetable you love: most of them.
W - Worst habit: caffeine addict
X - X-rays you've had: back xrays and my innards
Y - Yummy food you make: quinoa burgers
Z - Zodiac Sign: leo

Hi! I'm new too and this looks fun!

A - Age: 35...just starting to feel a bit...*sensible*
B - Book you are reading: Under the Dome by Stephen King, only the second book of his I've read since the 90's. Liking it so far!
C - Chore you hate: Um, all of them?
D - Dessert you love: Eton Mess, most lemon flavoured things. Sorbet of any and all varieties.
E - Essential start your day item: Peppermint tea. I have a pot all to myself. I'm obsessed.
F - Favorite author/ book: What, just ONE of each?!? Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones for book and Neil Gaiman for author.
G - Gold or silver: Hmm. Am wearing white gold wedding band, and silver toe ring.
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: Used to play recorder, keyboard, flute, and guitar. No longer - but I live with a musician!
J - Job title: Mum.
K - Kid(s): 8 year old loon, Isaac.
L - Living arrangements: Isaac, hubby and I live in our house with a big allotment and a tiny 11 year old cat Mew and a mad 1 year old beagle puppy Kimber. It's chaos.
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Do you see what I mean? or awesome.
N - Nicknames: Well, clairefun is my 'stage' name. clayfun or just clay. Girliegirl to my hubby (not sure why).
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: in for a month when I was born, in for a week when I was 5 with an eye operation, in for a week before Isaac was born, and one night for heart issues.
P - Pet Peeve: The culture of stupidity. Why do people look up to these brainless idiot 'celebs' and why do they believe everything they read in the papers?
Q- Quotes you like: Dunno
R - Right or left handed: right handed.
S - Siblings: One sister, 10 years older, 2 brothers 15 and 20 years older.
T - Time you woke up today: 7.30
U - Unique thing about you: I cosplay, go to conventions, and meet & collect autographs of actors and actresses from my favourite tv shows or films.
V - Vegetable you love: Most (I'm vegetarian) but especially cauliflower, sprouts, kale...
W - Worst habit: I'm 5 weeks smoke free so haven't adjusted yet to the new worst habit...I'm lazy, how's that?
X - X-rays you've had: chest, teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: Nah. I like food (maybe too much!) but absolutely hate cooking. Hubby likes it though! Ah, I make a tasty mushroom stroganoff, if I'm forced to.
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus the bull. Stubborn but loyal.

A - Age: 18
B - Book you are reading: The upanishads
C - Chore you hate: cleaning in general
D - Dessert you love: well, fruit
E - Essential start your day item: probably food
F - Favorite author/ book: Herman Hesse, Virginia Woolf
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 160 cm, get used to them metric system :P
I - Instruments you play: guitar, flute i can sing
J - Job title: student, volunteering at various organizations and cutter at a fabric store (thats what it is actually called)
K - Kid(s): I'll wait some years..
L - Living arrangements: still living with my parets ad cats :)
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: theoretically speaking
N - Nicknames: Nerd ;)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: group work, racism, and sexism.
Q- Quotes you like: to many
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: one younger sister
T - Time you woke up today: 6:43
U - Unique thing about you: I speak 4 languages...(if that's unique?)
V - Vegetable you love: I love every vegetable :D
W - Worst habit: correcting others.
X - X-rays you've had: hands, feet, face(?!)
Y - Yummy food you make: Dahl
Z - Zodiac Sign: Aries

A- Age: 34
B- Book you are reading: Ender's Game and The Elementary Particles
C- Chore you hate: All of them except dishes!
D- Dessert you love: Almost anything, especially dark chocolate. Love baking.
E- Essential star your day item: Coffee, shower, breakfast, toothbrush.
F- Favorite author/book: Too many!
G- Gold or silver: Both depending on what I wear
H- Height: 5'10"
I- Instruments you play: not a one
J- Job title: Bar manager/bartender, sometimes server
K- Kid(s): 1 dog, 2 cats, and a bunny
L- Living arrangements: own my own home
M- Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Really?, most curse words, terrible, are you serious?
N- Nicknames: Mel, Mel Belle, Melly Mel, Melificient
O- Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope
P- Pet Peeve: late people, people who don't use turn signals while driving, people who ignore me when I'm trying to take their order, stupid people.
Q- Quotes you like: Check my GR profile
R- Right or left handed: Right
s- Siblings: 1 younger full sister, 2 older half-siblings (brother and sister)
T- Time you woke up today: 8 but I went back to sleep until 9. Usually up by 7.
U- Unique thing about you: I can trace my ancestors on my dad's side back to Prussia. I've also never broken a bone and I can remember what happened in every book I've read. It's why I don't usually reread books.
V- Vegetable you love: All of them! Except beets. Can't stand them.
W- Worst habit: Impatient, I'm a huge procrastinator, I'm also untidy. My house is always cluttered because I hate to clean.
X- X-rays you've had: Just dental and once because they thought I had a broken finger.
Y- Yummy food you make: I cook a lot, so there are tons of things I like. Favs are sweet potato and kale enchiladas, jambalaya, dahl, soups, chili, quick breads and muffins.
Z- Zodiac sign: Pisces!

A - Age: 62
B - Book you are reading: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
C - Chore you hate: cleaning floors
D - Dessert you love: pecan pie
E - Essential start your day item: coffee
F - Favorite author/ book: so many! I really like the late naturalist, Stephen Jay Gould.
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play: none
J - Job title: formerly Associate Director of Community Initiatives for a behavioral health agency
K - Kid(s): 2 stepchildren
L - Living arrangements: house we built in the high desert
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: cool
N - Nicknames: J9
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: dishonesty
Q- Quotes you like: Anything from Ralph Waldo Emerson
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: three half sibs, two girls and a boy all older
T - Time you woke up today: 7:30 am
U - Unique thing about you: hmmm...nothing particularly unique
V - Vegetable you love: Carrots
W - Worst habit: not making the bed
X - X-rays you've had: Well...
Y - Yummy food you make: oven baked chicken
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo

A - Age: 33
B - Book you are reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
C - Chore you hate: sweeping
D - Dessert you love: chocolate cake
E - Essential start your day item: coffee and breakfast
F - Favorite author/ book: Some of my favorite authors are Mary Roach, Tana French, and Gregory Maguire.
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: I played the flute and alto saxophone back in middle and high school.
J - Job title: audiologist
K - Kid(s): none yet
L - Living arrangements: renting a condo near downtown Seattle
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: meh
N - Nicknames: Cait
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: once due to a really severe stomach bug when I was about 12 or 13 and when I had jaw surgery when I was 17.
P - Pet Peeve: people driving slowly in the passing lane, loud chewing, and leaving time on the microwave.
Q- Quotes you like: There are a few, mainly inspirational or an interesting way to look at the world/life.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: two younger brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 6:00 am
U - Unique thing about you: I can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue and I was a competitive swimmer for 12 years.
V - Vegetable you love: Broccoli and squash (summer and winter)
W - Worst habit: picking at my nails
X - X-rays you've had: Mainly just my head (teeth, jaw)
Y - Yummy food you make: chicken salsa verde soup, tater tot hot dish, curried rice dishes
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

A - Age: 38
B - Book you are reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
C - Chore you hate: Washing windows
D - Dessert you love: Ice cream
E - Essential start your day item: Toothbrush, yoga mat, espresso (in that order)
F - Favorite author/ book: Robert Holdstock
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 163cm (5'3")
I - Instruments you play: None, unfortunately, but I listen music fluently
J - Job title: Sports instructor/PT
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: House in a country
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: Really
N - Nicknames: Sin
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: Stupidity, dishonesty, judging without understanding
Q- Quotes you like: “She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.” (Bukowski)
R - Right or left handed: Left
S - Siblings: 4
T - Time you woke up today: About midday, it's Sunday :)
U - Unique thing about you: 6th sense in navigation, I never get lost
V - Vegetable you love: All of them! (vegetarian)
W - Worst habit: Social smoking (very rare, but still)
X - X-rays you've had: Dental
Y - Yummy food you make: Big white beans & chili in coconut milk sauce; omelettes
Z - Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Fun! I love these =D

A - Age: 26
B - Book you are reading: Gotham by Edward Burrows
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the bathroom
D - Dessert you love: oh my goodness ALL desserts
E - Essential start your day item: toothbrush
F - Favorite author/ book: A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
G - Gold or silver: gold
H - Height: 5'6"
I - Instruments you play: none, sadly
J - Job title: teacher
K - Kid(s): 0
L - Living arrangements: an apartment I love
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: "ya know"
N - Nicknames: Mel; Missy
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: people who don't use their blinkers; people who cut me off and then drive slower than I was driving; people who are unreasonable
Q - Quotes you like: too many to pick one
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2 younger brothers
T - Time you woke up today: 5:10 am
U - Unique thing about you: I once walked by David Tennant on the street in London...
V - Vegetable you love: all. but especially broccoli, asparagus, brussels sprouts
W - Worst habit: going to bed too late
X - X-rays you've had: 1, broken collar bone
Y - Yummy food you make: baked goods
Z - Zodiac Sign: gemini

A - Age: 50ish
B - Book you are reading: Conversación en La Catedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
C - Chore you hate: laundry
D - Dessert you love: fruit cobblers
E - Essential start your day item: mobile phone for alarm, check sleep app, weather & email
F - Favorite author/ book: Mario Vargas Llosa & Gabriel Garcia Marquez
G - Gold or silver: both & anything else that is shiny
H - Height: 5'1
I - Instruments you play: none. Love classical, jazz & salsa
J - Job title: Marketing Director
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: apartment in the heart of the city
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: amazing
N - Nicknames: Joha, Jo
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: none
P - Pet Peeve: dishonesty, pretentiousness
Q- Quotes you like: too many...
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 2 amazing sisters
T - Time you woke up today: 7:45
U - Unique thing about you: pick up languages easily
V - Vegetable you love: asparagus and rapini
W - Worst habit: procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: teeth and back
Y - Yummy food you make: caesar salad, arroz con pollo
Z - Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hi everyone!

A - Age: 22
B - Book you are reading: Ruthless People
C - Chore you hate: Taking out the trash
D - Dessert you love: Anything with chocolate!
E - Essential start your day item: my iPad and a caffeinated drink
F - Favorite author/ book: JK Rowling
G - Gold or silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'7"
I - Instruments you play: Synthesizer and vocals
J - Job title: Pharmacy Technician
K - Kid(s): None
L - Living arrangements: Living with my parents, hopefully for not much longer lol
M - Most overused word/phrase in your vocabulary: sweet or awesome
N - Nicknames: Missy
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Tonsil/adenoid removal
P - Pet Peeve: Lying and arrogance
Q- Quotes you like: Way too many!
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: None
T - Time you woke up today: 6:00am
U - Unique thing about you: I've lived in 3 states and 2 foreign countries
V - Vegetable you love: Potatoes
W - Worst habit: Procrastination
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, back, chest, feet
Y - Yummy food you make: Chocolate cake
Z - Zodiac Sign: Virgo