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1. What is your full name? William Richard Morris. Named after my mother's first boyfriend. For those of you keeping score: not my father.
2. What color pants are you wearing? Denim.
3. What are you listening to right now? The AC and server power supplies. Music in a little while.
4. What's the last thing you ate? A #2 from Backyard Burger: bacon/cheddar burger, crosscut fries, Diet DP.
5. Do you wish on stars? Sometimes, not often though.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Olive drab, possibly navy
7. How is the weather right now? August. Missouri. Get real.
8. Last person you talked to on the phone? On of my partners here at work, letting him now I was coming back to the office.
9. Do you like the person who sent you this? Snagged, not sent, but yes, I like Denise a lot.
10. How old are you today? 39. 40's still a few months away.
11. Favorite drink? Coffee in the morning, Diet DP the rest of the day.
12. Favorite sport? Not much of a sports lover. I like football, but that has more to do with the time of year and social aspects.
13. Hair color? dishwater blonde, what there is of it.
14. Do you wear contacts? Yes, but only when I'm performing. I've never found a pair that will sit flat on my eyeballs for longer than an hour.
15. Siblings? from oldest to youngest: Mike (d. 2002), Chris, Kathy, David (d. 1977). I'm the youngest of the clutch.
16. Favorite month? October.
17. Favorite food? Steak, ribeye or T-bone.
18. Last movie you watched? Training Day. Damn it was hard to watch, very visceral. Hated the ending though; too pat.
19. Favorite day of year? Any day I don't have to talk on the phone.
20. How do you vent anger? Physically, usually to the detriment (sometimes destruction) of the object in question. If the object of the anger is a person, talk it out.
21. What was your favorite toy as a child? Anything Star Wars.
22. Summer or winter? Autumn, really, but if I had to choose, Winter. Hate the heat.
23. Hugs or kisses? Kisses. Anywhere.
24. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate, if ice cream.
25. Do you want your friends to write/email back? Yes. That input helps me through my work days.
26. Who is most likely to? Wouldn't speculate.
27. Who is least likely? ditto
28. Living arrangements? own my home, a 3 bedroom ranch, with my wife, two kids, two cats, two birds, two cars, and a schipperke.
29. When was the last time you cried? That's tough. Watching "My Life as a House" with Kevin Spacey. Too much to relate to, there.
30. What is under your bed? Off-season clothes and dust.
31. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Two: Kent and Kevin Mercer, professional clowns. Known them since high school.
32. What did you do last night? After finishing the first half of a large tights order, kicked back on The Learning Channel.
33. Favorite smell? Peonies, Autumn wood smoke, cooking wood smoke.
34. What inspires you? Passion in others.
35. What are you afraid of? Tomorrow, pretty much as a matter of policy. I like my life stable and quiet, and with two kids that rarely happens. (Seems odd, doesn't it Bill? You like a quiet life but you've got kids..? Yeah, yeah, shut the fuck up.)
36. Plain, buttered, or salted popcorn? Butter, light salt.
38. Favorite flower? Roses.
39. Number of keys on your key chain? 14, a few of which I can't identify a use for.
40. Can you juggle? Yes, you bet! Well, a little. Ok, no not really.
41. Favorite day of the week? Saturday.
42. What did you do on your last birthday? Very little. Dinner I think.
43. How many states have you lived in? 2, Nebraska and Missouri, in that order.
44. How many cities have you lived in? 3, Lincoln NE, Belton MO, Independence MO.
45. How many times have you moved as in completely moved all your stuff to a new place (excluding dorms)? Never. Let me 'splain: I was two when we moved to Belton, four when we moved to Independence, and I've lived in the same house ever since. I have never moved at a time in my life when I owned anything.
46. How many countries have you lived in? 1.
47. How many cars have you had? 8.
48. Pet duck or pet rock? Duck, if I had a choice. I've got plenty of rocks though.
49. What is your favorite game? Chase, with my four year old.
50. What is your favorite mindless activity? I can't think of an activity in my life that would qualify as "mindless".
51. How many times this week have you doubted the path your life is taking? What time is it?