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And then, the "Proust Questionnaire" questions:
(Elli's Answers)

 What is your most marked characteristic?

--angst

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

--Leaving my house each day

Which living person do you most admire?

--(aside from my husband & my parents) Robert W. McChesney

If you could practice a different profession or job, what would it be?

--Cyber-punk, hacker

Which talent would you like to have?

--Hand-eye coordination

Which historical figure, real or imaginary, do you most admire or identify with?

--Maigret’s friend Dr. Pardon, St. Ignatious, the prodigal son's father

 What do you read for fun?

--Psychological mysteries, British mysteries and history such as recently a book that argued that the Plague in England was not bubonic plague but an outbreak of anthrax/Mad Cow disease

What amazes or amuses you most?

--Texting (i.e. the verb, to text, as on a cell phone)