Southern France, in a stone house with a lot of history (and working plumbing).

2) Who are your favorite characters in history?

Lincoln, Einstein, Anna Pavlova, P.T. Barnum’s very special people.

3) Who are your heroes in real life?

Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Christa McAuliff, Michael DeBakey, Golda Meir

4) What is it you most dislike?

People who fabricate themselves into something completely false and devoid of integrity.

5) What natural gift would you most like to possess?

The ability to effortlessly read music or flawless comedic timing.

1. Big Sky Country (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming) or just anywhere but Cali.

2. Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein

3. Frank Zappa, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan, Mahatma Ghandi

4. False sincerity

5. The ability to play the blues with the talent of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the vision of Jimi Hendrix,the sincerity of Robert Johnson and the soul of Buddy Guy.

2. Teddy Roosevelt (I notice he’s popular!), Amelia Earheart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

3. My parents (boring, but true), Joan of Arc, and Katharin Hepburn

4. Hang overs

5. Speak at least six languages.

2. Fave characters in history?–Jane Austen, Lao Tsu, Einstein, Paramahansa Yogananda, Dalai Lama

3.Heroes?–I don’t really have any heroes, but there are many people that I respect for many reasons.

4. What I most dislike?–liars and shrinkwrap

5. Natural gift I’d like to possess?–Would love to be able to play guitar and sing well.

2) Who are your favorite characters in history? Ulysses S. Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Salvador Dali and Susan B. Anthony.

3) Who are your heroes in real life? My brother in law, a fireman who survived 9-11, my parents and school teachers who really care about their jobs and make a difference.

4) What is it you most dislike? Liars and people who are full of themselves.

5) What natural gift would you most like to possess? To be able to sing, play the drums and drive a stick shift. One at a time would be fine.

2) Stephen Sondheim, Martin Scorsese, Richard III
3) My family, librarians, teachers
4) People who do not see that everyone has unique gifts
5)Composer/lyricist/film director

Vancouver BC Canada

2) Who are your favorite characters in history?

Gustavus Adolphus, Oliver Cromwell, Isaac Newton

3) Who are your heroes in real life?

Wayne Gretzky, my wife’s grandfather

4) What is it you most dislike?

People who stop in the middle of the hallway to chat with their buddy, without moving to the side.

5) What natural gift would you most like to possess?

Any musical talent, or even just to lose the anti-talent I already have and upgrade to “neither skilled nor unskilled”.

My answers:

1. On the east coast.
2. Queen Elizabeth I, Anastasia Nikolaevna, Tommy Douglas.
3. Friends, mentors, cousins.
4. Finding an empty milk jug in the fridge.
5. An impeccable memory and a built-in dictionary.

Apologies to comment readers for the digression…

English, unlike Latin, is not a monolithic, dead, static language. It is still commonly spoken and is therefore subject to evolution and change. As such, several reputable English dictionaries have recently begun acknowledging “nucular” as an alternate pronunciation.

Incidentally, the mispronunciation has been raising ire since the Eisenhower administration – Bush is just the latest in a line of high profile folks to espouse it. :-)