Accent: But of course I don't have an accent. I'm from accentless Connecticut via accentless northern California and now live in accentless Seattle. Yeah, I know but that's how it sounds to my ears.

Booze: Less than I used to becasue of the Vicodin, but at conventions, local beer. If someone's really buying? Chambord and Cream, Rusty Nails (oh my) or margaritas. don't get trendy cocktails, used to drink scotch. Realized I can tell bad from good but not good from great so i saved some money not drinking great Scotch.

Chore I Hate: Is there any other kind? i can't bend, get tired easily, have back and hip problems, gimme a break. Vacuuming. Dusting. um..all of them.

Dog or Cat: Cat. Cat cat cat.

Essential Electronics: internet connection device with keyboard (ok, APPLE computer) and the iPod which I so did not want to get hooked on but did.

Favorite Cologne: What's cologne?

Gold or Silver: silver. Pewter, bronze, copper even but silver.

Hometown: God help me Hartford, CT. It's not a bad place to be from, but really, it's not very exciting. It IS the home to the first public art museum in the country, which is a cool factoid.

Insomnia: Yes. Dammit.

Job Title: Word-seeking missile. Super-hero Hedgehog Gal.

Kids: ARE YOU KIDDNG? MOI?

Living arrangements: Stu, me, dozens of soft toy monkeys, hedgehogs, gorillas, orangutangs, puppies and one baby penguin. Squonk.

Most admirable traits: Hoo, boy. Um. Empathy? intelligence? Erg, it's embarrassing to think about this. And are they the same ones my friends see?

Number of sexual partners: thirtyish. Yes, I did once keep track.

Overnight hospital stays: oy. um, 1965 foot surgery - a week. 1974 back surgery. FIVE weeks at Mass General (remember the old days? Well, it would been 3 weeks but for the staph infection.) 1980, another back surgery, like a week? And I vaguely think overnight for something else but it's icky and who wants to hear icky?

Phobias: Speaking of icky. Several. Heights (or more accurately, edges). Spiders and crawly things including slidy things (snakes). Fire. Proselytizing.

Quote: right, like I could choose. I no longer use the Anne Lamott one

The one currently on my email:
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” - Edward R. Murrow

These faded cards on my bulletin board"
"I say that as long as the signs by the highway still say 'Men Working' we aren't done with feminism." - Pat Murphy

"It is a commonplace of modern technology that there is a high measure od certainty that problems ahve solutions before there is knowliedge of how they are to be solved." John Kenneth Galbraith

Religion: Born Jewish. Non-believer and non-observant. Don't get faith at all.

Siblings: One sister, 3 years older.

Time I wake up: anytime between 6 and 11 - see insomnia above.

Unusual talent or skill: No idea. Have things i consider talents, but unusual?

Vegetable I love: i'm really fond of most of them (even lima beans) but cauliflower could disappear off the face of the planet and I would not mourn. Spinach, broccoli, zucchini (small enough to have flavor), peas of all kinds please.

Worst habit: Probably impatience. But again, maybe other people have other ideas.

X-rays: You're kidding, right? I've been x-rayed more than any 50 people you know, I'm guessing. Everywhere. From childhood to 2 months ago. a gazillion.

Yummy foods I make: spinach lasagne, lemon chicken, brownies, "Snortbread" (a shortbread recipe misread and tagged for life), a lovely zucchini saute i stole from a restaurant years ago, pea soup (used to, Stu doesn't like it), I do a nice roast turkey when i can.

Zodiac sign: Pisces.