I prefer to sleep nude, but my back has a tendency to stiffen up if it caches a draft, and I don't like tracks on the sheets, so a t-shirt and underwear does it for me. 

2. What’s the one thing in your refrigerator you’re goddamned angry about if someone touches it?

The last bit of something I've been savoring in my mind, like the last slice of blueberry cheesecake, maybe, so you better be good at reading my mind because I will hurt you if you touch it, whatever it is. 

3. What’s the one thing you do so well that when you’ve done it, you stand back and say, “YES!”

Write.

4. What’s your one piece of clothing that you want to wear everyday and you would if you could and not get stared at?

I have a couple pairs of nearly identical baggy khaki cargo shorts.  I wear them winter / summer / spring / fall. 

5. What scares the shit out of you?

Snakes. Extreme heights.

6. What is your favorite physical feature? The one you look at and think, “damn, that’s good!”

My eyes

7. Have you ever actually read the Bible?

Most of it. Some of it in 4 different languages. That's probably the problem. I know what it actually says, and it isn't what most people think. 

8. Who is the most overrated celebrity / personality / politician / human being to ever walk earth?

Adolph Hitler. He didn't cause what happened. He just personified the evil that was already in the hearts of millions in a way that enabled the largest tragedy in the history of mankind to be carried out. 

9. What is your favorite physical activity?

Sex.  Long, luxurious, ecstatic tantric sex with my beloved. 

10. What is the worst concert you’ve ever seen? And folks, if you can name more than one - rethink your definition of worst. Worst. Go.

Bob Dylan, at the Austin City Limits Festival two years ago. His voice was totally blown, unintelligible, despite a top notch sound system. And some idiot manager ordered the big screen stadium  TV locked down in a very wide shot which showed Bob as a tiny blob, the same as the actual viewing conditions from the back of the mob. I left during the second song in tears at such deep disappointment after 45 years of anticipation. 

11. You control the world’s radio station for the length of one song. (One song for God’s sake. One. Draw your line.) What tune do you play?

Define song? Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is one musical piece I can listen to again and again and again. 

12. First kiss. Yeah, we know your Mother kissed your head. We get all that. First real - OMG that shook my knees - kiss. You tasted - you wanted more.

I was 12; she was the same. We kissed and more. Much more. Much, much more. It was lovely and natural and sweet and I wish everyone's first time could be so wonderful. 

13. You can have anything to drink on earth. What one beverage is your favorite?

Limeade, tart. A shot of vodka wouldn't hurt it.. 

14. What film do you love so much that when you view it you follow the dialogue in your head?

Bladerunner. Don't ask me to explain it. I just do. 

15. Ok. You’re damn tired. It’s been a long day. You want to go to bed but you don’t have any sheets on it. Do you make it? Or throw yourself on it?

I throw a sheet over it and flop

16. Who is the funniest person ever?

Buster Keaton. No, Harold Lloyd. No, Buster Keaton. 

17. If you could have one more look at a person, who would you choose?

My former sweetie from NYC. Most beautiful person in my life. 

18. There are no health issues: no diabetes, no cholesterol, no high blood pressure. We don’t have to gnaw fiber. You can eat what you want without consequence. What’s for breakfast?

Scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, cheese polenta, hash browns, wheat toast, strong black coffee, fresh OJ screwdriver. 

19. Yeah. You can have him/her and there are no consequences. Who? Who is your ideal partner?

Bonnie Raitt. I'm a sucker for brilliant, gorgeous, talented redheads. 

20. What is your deal breaker in a friendship (not a romantic relationship)?

Racism. 

21. If you could effortlessly change one aspect of yourself, what would you choose?

I'd be more focused, more disciplined.

22. If you can banish one thing from the earth - what would you chose? And come on - let’s let beauty pageant contestants handle hatred, poverty, and racism. What one thing do you want removed without consequence?

Selfishness. I'd have people connect and be empathetic towards others. 

23. What’s the best product? What item do you recommend to people?

Wusthof kitchen knives. Sometimes a product is so exceptional you know you can recommend it without apology or reservation. 

24. If you could, would you live on a desert island? In a monastery? Do you like solitude or do you like people surrounding you?

Monastery, just outside a joyful bubbly town where I could repair to for celebration and relationship on my own terms and rhythms.  

25. What is your best childhood memory?

My father waking me in the middle of the night, dressing me, carrying me out to the Studebaker, and driving to the railroad crossing in the fog, where we sat and waited until the circus train pulled in while it was still dark, and we watched the elephants get off and unload the other cars.