Borrowed from "Hooray For Anything"

What turns me on- intelligence, smells, sweetness
What turns me off- lying, lack of pragmatism and/or common sense (is there a difference?), right and left wing puppets and parrots, smells, petty meanness, people who don't have facts and figures to back up their claims (we used to call this marketing math)
Favorite Sound- laughter
Least Favorite Sound- static
Favorite Word- obdurate
Least Favorite Word- schadenfreude (media's new fave word)
Dream job- bestselling writer
Currently Reading- Possession
Currently Listening To- Dusty in Memphis
Currently Worried About- weight, finances, terrorism, what' going on in Iraq
Currently Happy About-lists as a way to create a story's structure, plot and architecture