1. Name: Carl
2. Age: over the cusp of forty (Gemini)
3. Status: boyfriended
4. Coloration: brown hair, brown eyes
5. Moustaches: on and off for the last 12 years; currently: off
6. Enneagram: Type Five
7. Nationality: Californian (the flag does say "California Republic" in big red letters)
8. Current location: Hayes Valley, San Francisco
9. Current occupation: humanitarian
10. Ideal occupation: part-time heiress
11. Pets: no
12. City or country: city
13. Favorite cities: San Francisco, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Buenos Aires
14. Opinion of children: they were worst part of my childhood
15. Language I wish to learn next: Portuguese
16. Wish I had met before they died: Elizabeth David, Richard Olney
17. States as yet unvisited: Alaska, Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee
18. States I have no intention of visiting:  Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee 
19. I’ve never been farther east in Canada than Montreal
20. Addictions: black tea mixed with a little green tea in the morning, cornmeal pancakes
21. Number of (minor) celebrities who would recognize me on the street: 1 (and, no, it's not Mrs. Burns)
22. Christy Turlington and I had the same orthodontist
23. Inspirations: Nico Muhly, SoBlo, Lemonyellow (where are you now, Miss Halpert?), Mark Hanter
24. I don't care for the potato.
25. I can't eat crab because of the horrid flavor.
26. Previous incarnations: pirate, lumberjack, and high official in the Catholic Church.
27. Pets: none, ever
28. Nephews: one (so far)
29. Neices: three (so far)
30. Favorite kind of cake: cup
31. Most common vocation of my ex-boyfriends: DJ
32. I don't care for the saxophone or the clarinet (both are too much like the kazoo).
33. I enjoyed commuting over the Golden Gate Bridge.
34. I sometimes listen to the smooth jazz station in the privacy of my car.
35. I've never made music with others.
36. I've never drunk Starbucks coffee.
37. The only two area codes I've ever lived in are 415 and 212.
38. I think I've seen every extant Vermeer (even the stolen one).
39. I've never owned a television set.
40. I've never had a blue-eyed boyfriend.
41. I've had my oldest pair of shoes since 1984, before some of you were even born.
42. I sometimes go weeks without listening to music at home.
43. I think I forgot to go on a single date in 2004.
44. I've never seen the Super Bowl or the Oscars.
45. I've hiked across the Grand Canyon twice.
46. I'm not bad at butchery.
47. I've given testimony before a grand jury.
48. I don't have any clocks in my apartment.
49. I have never been in a Walmart.
50. I have never seen "Star Wars."
51. I have never seen "The Godfather," "Apocalypse Now," or the rest of Francis' oeuvre, but I have seen him in his underpants.
52. I love bacon.

Last update: August 2008