#1: Why are some people pre-disposed to being night owls? Something I’ve never understood. Let me go to bed at 9PM and be up by 4AM and I’m happy as can be. I can get more done between 4AM-8AM than most people can all day. Pretty much any time after 2PM and I’m useless expect to bbq a steak, play with the kids (tired as I may be) or mix a good martini (ok – that’s a 24 hour a day skill)

#2: Working for the kind of company that makes up phrases that would put those to shame, all I can say is “no comment.” Well, maybe we can reconnect over IM on this topic later.

#3: No one, and especially not Mr. Bims, is giving me a foot rub right now. In fact, I’m sitting in the Delta Crown Room at LAX and they actually had an announcement that said (and I kid you not): “For health reasons, you may not remove your shoes in the lounge.” Puh-lease! For health reasons? Is a smelly foot a health reason? I’ve honestly never heard such an announcement yet it came over the loudspeaker here.

#4: Anytime is a good time to drink . In fact, this is my 4th glass of wine this evening, and then there was the 2 glasses I had at the superbowl party. Pretty much morning, noon and night – as long as it helps and doesn’t kill you — I say WTF. Live a little. People who don’t drink before noon really don’t know what they are missing. Same thing applies to people who don’t drink until 3 or 4AM.

#5: In my case, I just have to make sure I’m off the corporate network. Don’t want anyone knowing what I read/view/entertain myself with. Except the NSA, CIA and other various assorted secret agencies who clearly know it all anyhow. Can’t avoid them.

#6: I have no idea what sunsets outside your balcony look like. But I can tell you what sunsets in all of the 50 states look like and countless countries around the world. Nothing like watching the sunset from the Felix restaurant in the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. That’s a great site.

#7: Afternoon naps rule. Any day of the week (and especially on Sundays).

#8: Who sleeps in PJ’s?

#9: Ok. Lying is no mandatory, but, maybe, um, stretching the facts to fit the story you want to tell? “Yes, we found definite proof that there might be some yellow cake uranium in Nigeria that Saddam Hussein might have wanted to buy in 1984″ or “Iran might be helping cause the unrest in Iraq, but we’re not sure” or “I didn’t have sexual relations with that intern in a blue dress”…

#10: I’m not sure I was born to do. So far I’ve eliminated a lot of things. Professional bowler, westler, jockey, hockey player, baseball player, football player, basketball player, golfer, actor, doctor, lawyer…”

1. Murder- Lets face it. We’ve all thought about it. Maybe not the brutal slasher murders, but haven’t you ever wanted to “eliminate” someone. Writers get to illiminate people all the time.

2. total control I have okay classroom control, but yesterday my reading group turned into the land of lost fart jokes. I do love a good fart joke. However nine year olds feel the need to tell the same fart joke over and over.

3. And finally the computer is always open. the dream of my own schedule is just too cool. Perhaps I should keep these dreams in mind and seriously start writing again. I must be forced to write again after I have been cleared by my Dr. NErd