Meme for a Friday morning: 44 odd things

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44 ODD Things about you! If you opened this, FILL IT OUT! Learn 44 things about your friends, and let them learn 44 things about you! Tag the person that sent it plus others.

1. Do you like blue cheese? I’m indifferent.
2. Have you ever been drunk? Yes
3. Do you own a gun? No
4. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite? I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid (sorry, couldn’t resist).
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No
6. What do you think of hot dogs? The ones you get in Central Park are the best
7. Favorite Christmas movie? White Christmas
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Orange juice
9. Can you do push ups? Yes.  Currently 60 when I do upper body workouts
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My wedding ring, which is also my only piece of jewelry
11. Favorite hobby? Reading (I would have said writing, but since I get paid to do this now, I consider it more an avocation and less a hobby)
12. Do you have A.D.D.? No
13. What’s your favorite shoe? The right one
14. Middle name? Todd
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? (1) 12 minutes to lunch; (2) long list of things to do this weekend; (3) come on, come up with  a third one already.
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, Caffeine-free Coke, Chocolate Milk
17. Current worry? Will I get all of this work done in time?
18. Current hate right now? Nothing comes to mind
19. What do you wish for in the coming year?  A healthy baby boy!
20. How did you bring in the New Year? Hung out with friends
21. Where would you like to go? To meetings of the Futurians in the late 1930s.
    
22. Three people who will complete this? Eric, Kelly, Ryane
23. Do you own slippers? Yes
24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? Blue
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Don’t know if I’ve ever slept on them
26. Can you whistle? Yes
27. Favorite color? Some shade of green
28. Would you be a pirate? No
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Many, although more often than not, "You Gotta Start off Each Day with a Song", Jimmy Durante style.
30. Favorite girl’s Name? No particular favorite
31. Favorite boy’s name? Jamie
32. What’s in your pocket right now? Left pocket, my "wallet".  Right pocket, my iPhone
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Something I read
34. Best bed sheets as a child? I don’t know what this means.
35. Worst injury you’ve ever had as a child?  Stitches in my head from getting a rock tossed at me
36. What are your plans for the future? (1) to raise a happy, healthy family; (2) to become a well-known science fiction writer; (3) to retire someday so that I can write full time.
37. Do you walk around the house naked? No
38. Who is your loudest friend? Andy
39. How many dogs do you have? None
40. Does someone have a crush on you?  My wife might
41. What is your favorite book?  Fiction: Forward the Foundation; Non-fiction: In Memory Yet Green/In Joy Still Felt.  Really, there are too many to choose from.  The best I can do is point you here.
42. What is your favorite candy? Necco Wafers
43. Favorite Sports Team? New York Yankees
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? "I Love To Laugh" (Marry Poppins edition)