The ABCs of Me

This is a little egotistical, but what the hell - it’s been awhile since I’ve done one. Do yours and tell me where it is.

A - Age: ageless (you wouldn’t believe me anyway)

B - Bed size: Queen

C - Chore you hate: washing my car

D - Dog's names: Nash, ZeeZee and Tory

E - Essential start your day item: Coffee

F - Favorite color: Red (although I own almost nothing in that color)

G - Gold or Silver: both

H - Height: 5’11”

I - Instruments you play: trombone in high school, saxophone in my 30s and bass guitar. If you heard me attempt to play any of them, you’d swear I never had a lesson.

J - Job title: Creative Services Director, Public Service Director, Photographer

K - Kid(s): Not that I know of

L - Living arrangements: one woman, three dogs, four birds and two fish.

M - Mom's name: Ursula

N - Nicknames: Bern, Bern Man, Bernie The Lens

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: eleven nights, after falling down the stairs in the 12-foot wide Baltimore row house I was living in at the time

P - Pet Peeve: drivers who tailgate me when I’m already driving 20 over the limit

Q - Quote from a movie/tv show: “what we have here is failure to communicate” (from Cool Hand Luke)

R - Right or left handed: right handed for everything except telephone use

S - Siblings: one sister

T - Time you wake up: before sunrise, when I have a choice

U - Underwear: boxer briefs

V - Vegetable you dislike: turnip greens

W - Ways you run late: when I underestimate how long it takes to get anywhere in the DC area

X - X-rays you've had: see letter O above

Y - Yummy food you make: omelettes

Z - Zoo favorite: elephants