Only once, but I maintain they were lying.
Do you prefer texting to talking on a mobile phone?
For a full on conversation? No… but it happens occasionally. If I don’t feel like talking to the person I’ll just text also.
Have you ever eaten something you thought or knew you’d hate, but actually enjoyed it?
Yes. I always hated tuna in a can, so when someone showed me tuna at a fancy restaurant, I thought I’d hate it. But the tuna steak was good.
Have you ever sleep-walked?
If I have, I’ve gotten back to bed before realizing I was up (so to speak) and about.
Are you drinking anything right now?
Nope, but I just finished a glass of Dr Pepper.
Have you had pizza delivered to your house in the past week?
No. We either go to eat at our favorite pizza place, or get the 'za as takeout (they don’t deliver).
Have you seen the movie Downfall, about Hitler’s last days?
It’s quite good. Nominated last year for a Best Foreign Film Oscar.
Not yet, but I’ve been meaning to
Gone to any music festivals in the last year?
No, alas.
Does it bother you that the President and Mrs. Obama flew to NYC for a “date night” of dinner and a show?
Nah, let 'em kick up their heels a little. They both deserve it.
Did you have a good weekend?
Ya. It was about 5% more exciting than my typical weekend.
Ever shot a full 18 holes of golf?
Yes, miniature golf. Love those windmills. 
Ever exchanged a few chance words with a stranger only to realize then or later it was someone famous?
No, dammit.
Do you have a story along those lines that you want to share?
Yes, actually. Mel Gibson. I’ve told this elsewhere on the Board, but it was 1989, and I was living in northern Thailand. They were filming Air America in the town where I lived, and it was flooded with movie people. I’d just picked up mail from home and was occupied with that in my favorite restaurant, near my house, when five or six guys came in. They seemed to be working on the film but I thought just production crew or something. It was floor cushions in that place, and the owner, a nice lady named Lak, had picked up a variety of Western dishes from the backpackers who had come through, especially Mediterranean fare. She made a killer moussaka. One of the guys asks me what’s good, and I told him the moussaka was good. Then I went back to my mail.
The next morning, I stopped in for breakfast on my way out into the province. Lak was all excited. She told me: “Mel Gibson was in here yesterday!” I said: “Oh, that’s nice.” Her: “Yeah! You talked to him!” Me: “I talked to him?” Her: “Yeah, you told him the moussaka was good.” Ah, so that was Mel Gibson, I thought. Thinking back, yeah, it was him.
Ever serve on a jury?
Not Yet
Ever made something you were extraordinarily proud of?
Well, my three boys, but my wife did most of the work there. I’m very proud of some of my writing.
Do you have an MP3 player or iPod with more than 1,000 songs on it?
No.
Have you ever been nailed in the anus with a strap-on dildo?
Not to my knowledge, but I used to drink a lot.
Do you own any sex toys?
No. I’m a square.
Have you seen Pixar’s Up yet? (We did and loved it).
No, it’s not opened yet in Bangkok, but we’re waiting anxiously for it. Should be here this month, I think. Heard nothing but good about it.
Did you ever meet one of your great-grandparents?
Yes, I truly knew my father’s mother’s mother, and pictures exist of me as an infant being held by my mother’s father’s mother and father, as well as my father’s father’s mother.
Do you have any non-Caucasian ancestry?