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(Sorry, but I was unable to restrict myself to only one choice in many cases.)

Actor: Burt Lancaster
Actress: Debra Winger, Katherine Hepburn
American City: San Francisco, New Orleans
American Person: Middle aged American woman or man about my age from a working class background.
Asian City: Bangkok
Author ("fun"): Lawrence Sanders (Archibald McNally),    Bernard Cornwell (Richard Sharpe)
Author ("literature"): John Steinbeck
Booksellers: Mark and Cindy Ziesing
Market: Chatuchak Weekend Market (BKK)
Color: Dark Green
Comedian: George Carlin, Bob Newhart
Community College: Quinabaug Valley C.C. (CT.)
Conservative: Barry Goldwater
Country: America and Thailand
Dessert: Key lime pie
Drink: Beer (Here in Thailand I usually drink Leo Beer.)
Food: Sweet and sour vegetables with rice, tempera, humus, tofu
Freeware Download: Yankee Clipper
Game: Cribbage
High School: The only one I went to, Paradise High School
Highway: Route 66 and Route 2 (USA)
Insect: Preying mantis
Military figure: My Dad (retired US Army Lt. Col) and Mom (WWII Army Nurse)
Military Service Personnel: Navy Hospital Corpsmen
Movie: Field of Dreams, 1000 Clowns, Rocky, Bird Man of Alcatraz
Musical instrument: Flute, sax, harmonica, guitar
Musician: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Prine, Christy Moore, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Dar Williams
Pastimes: Internet, computer, reading, playing basketball, harmonica, guitar, listening to music
Philosopher: Soren Kierkgaard, Lao Tzu
Place in America: Cow Creek
Place in Thailand: Khukan - where I live
Political Philosopher: Lysander Spooner
Prayer: Peace Prayer of St. Francis, Serenity Prayer
Radical: Bobby Sands, David Dellinger
Saint: St. Francis of Assisi
Sandwich: Sub (A grinder in Connecticut)
Song: Pachelbel Canon in D
Sport: Football (American), Basketball, Boxing
Sports hero: Y.A. Title, Willie Mays, Archie Moore, Wilt Chamberlin
Sports Team: NY Giants, Sacramento Kings, SF Giants, Notre Dame
Street: Bourbon Street, Lombard Street (SF)
Thai Music: Carabao, Siriporn
Thai Person: Woman from NE Thailand from a farming background.
Travel destination: Quiet place with few tourists and real people.
TV series (classic American): The Fugitive, The Bob Newhart Show
TV series (on cable in Bangkok): Weird Homes, Art Attack
Type of Music: Folk Rock, Oldies, Classic Punk, Reggae
Type of Restaurant: Vegetarian, Indian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican
University: Moorhead State (Minnesota)
Vehicle: Motorcycle, Pickup truck
Woman in the Bible (other than Mary): Mary Magdalene


To be continued