The Countertop Chronicles

1. What is your occupation? I’m a lawyer and a lobbyist. More of a lobbyist than a lawyer these days, but I do have 4 cases currently pending. Does that make me the most evil person in America?? If you knew who I represented. . . .it might (here’s a hint - its no the tobbacco companies - but at one point or another, I’ve represented every other member of the extended axis of death in the movie Thank You For Smoking (which is fantastic by the way)

2. What color are your socks right now? what socks??

3. What are you listening to right now? My dog playing with a squeeky toy and my son making a fort out of clothing storage boxes.

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Pancakes and bacon. Breakfast for dinner. Mmmm

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Of course

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My wife. She took our oldest to the beach today, while I took Rex the dog and the youngest down south to meet with a trainer and work him on some pigeons.

7. Do you like the person who tagged you? I wasn’t tagged, but everyone’s favorite dead head - zoombababoobapsilocimbeembadoom did it, and I thought why not I. besides, no one ever tags me on these kind of things.8. How old are you today? ageless

9. What is your favorite sport to watch? On tv or in person??? In person, baseball. On TV, football.

10. What is your favorite drink? water, grapefruit juice, bourbon, coffee, Dr. Pepper

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Nope

12. Last time you hugged your child? 5 minutes ago

13. Favorite food? Lobster, real pizza (NY) eggplant parmigiana, bacon, apple jacks

14. What was the last movie you watched? Clash of the Titans (last night with my oldest son)

15. Favorite day of the year? Any day during the weeks leading up to Christmas (though I don’t particularlly care for Christmas itself, probably because its the realizatino that I need to wait another year for the season to arrive (and the fact that these days stores drop the Christmas stuff on Christmas Eve and you walk into the mall on December 26th and its all lovey dovey valentines day. Yuch!

16. How do you vent anger? I masturbate

17. What was your favorite toy as a child? John, my stuffed dog. Or my GI Joes.

18. What is your favorite season? Fall

19. Ocean or pool? pool

20. Cherries or Blueberries? blueberries

21. Do you want your family & friends to participate? huh??

22. Who is the most likely to respond? huh??

24. Living arrangements? wife kids and dog

25. When was the last time you cried? When my dog died in February

26. What is on the floor of your closet? Carpet, shoes

27. Who is the family or friend you have known the longest that you are tagging? I’m not tagging anyone

28. What did you do last night? Put a scope of my rifle, loaded some ammo, tuned my son’s bike, made love to my wife,

29. Hawaii or Florida? Neither. Colorado

30. What inspires you? My kids

31. What are you most afraid of? Something horrible happening to my children.

32. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheddar bacon, thank you. Mmmmmmm…… baaaaaaaaaa-connnn [drooooooooooooool……]

33. Favorite dog breed? I like BLACK America Field Style labrador retrievers. Other than that, I’m a big fan of German Short haired Pointer

34. Favorite day of the week? Friday

35 How many states have you lived in?

1) New Jersey
2) Tennessee
3) Rhode Island
4) Vermont
5) D.C. (not a state)
6) Virginia

I also lived in London England for a year

36 Do you like these questionnaires? sometimes

37. What kind of car did your very first date drive? Well, my first date happened when I was in 6th grade, and neither of us had a car then and well, by the time we were 17 and able to drive - I had no idea where she was living. But at that point I had a Mercedes 240d and the first girl I dated who actually had a car had a Toyota sedan. Back seat was big enough.

38. What is the last book you read? Carbon Finance

I’m also reading a bunch of dog training books, but those are going step by step

39. What are your hobbies? Politics, guns, dogs,hiking, kayaking, biking, kids, going to baseball games, having sex.

40. Can you still make the Hula Hoop stay around your waist? I have no idea. Dont know when the last time I hula hooped was .