List your top 5 favorite fruits.

Mango, apple, blueberry, banana, pear.

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

I cannot count the times I have wished for something knowing that it was just a fantasy, only to be surprised when something with an even better “twist” arrives.   It is like misplacing an item and anxiously for hours looking for it and wondering,”Where, oh, where…”.   The thing I would like to tweak is my capacity to give up the anxiety more often and stick with the assurance that an even more fitting solution or delight is usually in the works.

What public figure do you disagree with the most?

In Western democracies people are elected to people’s houses with the losers taking down the role of “members opposite”.  However, many such persons take on satanic functions when they ridicule, and seek to overthrow the winning party.  Both slander and opposition are latent respectively in the Hebrew and Greek terms hassatan and ho diabolos.  If only they could have convinced the public to buy their ideas of governance at the polls.  Which brings to mind another important maxim, namely, “a house divided is sure to fall”

What is your career plan?

Been there!  Done that.  Careers militate against a race well run; rat race.  My career is focused on pleasure in things I love, even if those things involve other people.  I assume people understand that careers are about community, which probably makes no sense to all the people who want to be successful without connecting with and without respecting other people.  I have earned the ultimate career: chill to the max, and make others happy with the gifts I have as if the gifts are unlimited.  Be a mellow fellow!

What are your favorite brands and why?

All the fruits with seeds have their hooks in me.  I call them incomparable and inimitable.  Popular brands I appreciate include Cosmic Crisp and Crispin apples,  good  to  the last drop Maxwell House coffee, Twining’s Earl Grey black,  and Beefeater gin, and the champagne in a shell, coconut water. Taste and little mystery makes them my favz.

Have you ever been camping?

Yes.  I love camping.  A durable tent, nutritious food and a place frequented by birds does it for me.  I like cooking in the wild and waking up with the smell of earth and trees.  I love the idea that the birds don’t know I’m watching,  so they hang out right outside the tent and I can take all the pictures I want. They probably know I’m there anyway; hahaha.!

What makes you nervous?

I am in a public space and the speaker is eliciting a comment from me.  From what I have heard so far of the speaker’s speech I have precious little to say that is complementary.  This has happened more times  than I care to count, and it represents nervous¹⁰.

How do you unwind after a demanding day?

I used to “jump in” my flight simulator and take a long flight without a copilot, so I’m handling the radio, monitoring all the gauges, enjoying the scenic landscapes, playing with various views such as how the nearest airport sees my aircraft, planes taking off and landing nearby, and, yes, flying the aircraft.  Now I just talk with an imaginary white feline with one eye green and the other blue, who neither purrs nor  meows. 

I also used to fall asleep rather quickly.