- Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Anthony Newley (1931)
- Jim Henson (1936)
- Linda McCartney (1941)
- Gerry Marsden (1942)
- Phil Hartman (1948)
- Jim Hinton (1951, same year and day as me—my Libra soul brother!)
- Joseph P. Kennedy II (1952)
Info, Likes, Dislikes, Etc:
- Sun Sign: Libra
- Ascendant: Sagittarius
- Moon: Cancer
- Meyers-Briggs Personality Type: ENFJ (click here for list of other ENFJs)
- Religion: Whatever you believe in is the truth for you.
- Politics: I detest politics and avoid debates like the plague.
- Wines: Crisp whites that are neither too dry nor too sweet, and mellow reds. Chardonnay and Chianti, mostly.
- Pet Peeve: Elective ignorance.
- Holiday: Thanksgiving.
- Online Music Station: Pandora,but I'm growing weary of their accelerating marketing ads.
- Movies: Office Space, Almost Famous, This is Spinal Tap, What Dreams May Come.
- Sleep Pattern: After years of staying up until 3 or 4 am, sleeping until 9 and then taking an hour nap at 3, I no longer have chronic insomnia. These days (as of January 2015), I go to bed around midnight, read for an hour, sleep until 7:30, and then take a 30-minute nap after dinner.
- Dream Life: My dream life is lucid and so real that I sometimes wonder if when I'm awake I'm actually dreaming.
- Eternal Question: (Looking up into the night sky) "What the hell is this?"
- Hobbies: Blogging, reading, gardening, cooking, water painting.
- Tree: Cedrus Deodara (Himalayan Cedar).
- TV Shows: QI, Midsomer Murders, Star Trek TNG, and Whose Line Is It Anyway (US).
- Food: Anything ethnic, especially Indian, Chinese, Thai, and Mexican.
- Guilty Pleasure: Any flavor of gelato from Blue Spruce.
- Best Gifts: Books, wine, international chotchkies, CDs and books from my Amazon Wishlist.
- Writing Instrument: Microsoft Word.
- Goal: To live the rest of my life in peace and contentment,surrounded by my family and friends and to leave something behind that will say that I was here.
- Beatle Song: Tomorrow Never Knows (The Void).
- Rock Song of All Time: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.
- Folk Song of All Time: "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen.
- Songwriters: Bob Dylan, Lennon/McCartney, Joni Mitchell, and Bruce Cockburn.
- Computer Program: Adobe Photoshop.
- Role Models: My character Gordon Hammond, Whoopie Goldberg, and my dad.
- Usual Frame of Mind: Frequently shifts between overtly social and intensely reclusive. Generally sunny-dispositioned.
- Signature Scent: Sandalwood.
- Form of Communication: Talking one-on-one or email. I detest phones.
- Magazines: National Geographic Traveler and vintage Mad Magazines.
- Actors: Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin.
- Actresses: Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Katherine Hepburn.
- Stress Buster: Meditating with my mala beads, Tulsi tea, or laughing with my friends.
- Shoes: Black Beatle boots, but I prefer barefoot.
- Sound: Perfect 4-part harmony, perfectly pitched. A soaring blues guitar.
- Best Place to Be: At home, or at Tenkiller Ferry Lake.
- Books: Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas and The Waters Reglitterized by Henry Miller.
- Flowers: Blue Hydrangeas, purple Morning Glories, Lavender, white roses.
- If I Could Meet Anyone (living): Johnny Depp. I think he'd be a fascinating conversationalist over a bottle of wine.
- If I Could Meet Anyone (deceased): George Harrison.
- How to Celebrate a Happy Event: With my family and friends, drinking champagne.