An interview with Pendragon:
Why are we doing this interview thing?
Seemed like the thing to do for the moment…
Are you sure you want to do this?
Darn straight!
Are you male or female?
Male, my friend, male
What is your name (if you don't mind sharing it with us)?
Dale Harris, pseudonym Jonathan Cutler Blade
Got milk?
Think so, yeah
Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
If they are chocolate chip probably me
If you had a personal theme song what would it be?
Born to Lose
What makes you keep coming back to the Forum?
Most of my friends are on-line friends here on Lit-Net
It has been a year since the last interview. What have been the high and low points?
High Point: My daughter’s marriage. Low Point: my attempted suicide
The best and worst books you have read during last year?
Best: The Children of Sherlock Holmes… Worst: From the Listening Hills
The biggest surprises of the past year (both pleasant and unpleasant)?
Pleasant: My son made it to the Nationals at FFA finals
Unpleasant: I had to go in the hospital again, which lost me my right to own a gun—that was the horrible surprise
What has been the biggest change in your life since your last birthday?
I think I’m more cynical and more uptight
Do you feel comfortable in your walk with God/atheism?
I feel comfortable with my walk with Jesus Christ
Given the option, what animal would you choose to be?
Probably a wolf
How did you meet your significant other?
We went to school and graduated together
What is the one thing you must do before you die?
Write up some stories that are on my mind and look for a publisher
Do you believe in ghosts?
Well, I believe there are things out there that one cannot explain—are they ghosts or not, I don’t pretend to know
What is your role in an emergency situation: the 911 dialer, the person who runs to the scene to help, the video recorder, or the person too overcome by shock to do anything?
I’d like to think I’d keep a cool head and try to help but I might be frozen by the shock of it all
What song is in your head at the moment?
There Is a River
Which book are you reading at the moment?
Monument Rock by Louis L’Amour
The last book you finished reading?
Dutchman’s Flat by Louis Lamour
What are you wearing at the moment?
Tee shirt and black slacks
Favorite TV shows?
Sanctuary, House, Heroes, The Forgotten, Dr. Who, Fringe
Which LitNet members would you like to meet in person if you could?
Virgil, Mtpspur, Motherhubbard, PrinceMuskin
Favorite post on the Forum?
Hard to say, I like a lot of them
Favorite thread?
Personal Poetry
Last food did you have?
Spinach, hey, I like it and it’s good for me!
Last words you said out loud?
“You gotta work this morning?” to my younger son
Last person you hugged/kissed?
My wife, of course
What question would you like to ask yourself?
Do you really want to hash that over again?
What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?
Nothing, really. I’d planned on reading this morning
Last dream you remember having?
Dreamed I was back in school for the millionth time. Sigh.
What is your most bizarre book memory?
Finding out a book I’d just bought was the same as another differently titled book already on my shelf. Talk about pissed at the author/publisher!
Who is your best friend and how long you have known them?
Hummmm… Don’t really have a best friend outside of Martha, my wife—I’m a bit of a hermit, what with my illness and all
If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?
Hummm… touch. I really need the others
Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?
LOL. I’ll always be in pursuit
How often do you tell lies?
I’d like to say never but I’d be lying again
What gives your life meaning?
My immediate family
What type of Faerie would you like to be and why?
LOL. Leprechaun because they have the pot o’gold ya know!
If you were a colour, what colour would you be and why?
Red. Irt’s my favorite color
What makes you laugh?
My own inept ways lately
What was the happiest period of your life and why?
Twenties, had a lot going right back then. If I could, I go back to that age and time
If you could be a disney character who or what would you be and why?
LOL. Goofy, I suppose, fits me best
Do those animated smilies ever get tired? Think of them day after day, dancing or crashing computers or laughing or crying till the end of time... Nah, gotta love them:eek2::nod::nod::lol::lol:
One thing you would like to do before your next birthday?
Don’t have much time, it’s the 24th…Get a story written, I hope
Did you answer all of the question?
Yeah
One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?
Never say it couldn’t happen to you. It can, unfortunately
What would you like to ask to the person to be interviewed after you?Did you read this and laugh?