Hi. Art says to tell you:
1. This is the first time I have ever posted to mudcat as myself.

OK. The rest of this is from me, not him:

2. I spend some time chatting on Mudchat second hand--Art (he spends a lot of time...) will be chatting and I will be saying things like, "What are they talking about now?" and "Oh! Tell them..." Or, of course, he will have come to me for the answer to some obscure question, because
3. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but mine is full of trivia, mostly pretty useless.
4. I can indulge in chatting over Art's shoulder because of the way the main room of our house is. I love it. Standing at the sink I can look out a window onto the neghbor's wall and some greenery, or over the sink at the back of Art's head and the computer screen, and beyond him, a couch with usually at least one of three cats. Or perhaps a cat on the desk or the sink counter. (Yuck.)
5. Three cats. "The boys", or sometimes, the "bonnie bad boys".
6. I did coursework at 7 colleges before acquiring my first bachelor's degree (met Art during the first; there is a connection). About eleven years later I started the second B.S., took 6 years and four schools but that one has been more useful for contributing to society (!) and earning. They call them B.S. for a reason, no?
7. All four of my grandparents came to America by sea early in the 20th century; two from England and two to get out of tsarist Russia.
8. Often I would rather sew, bead or knit at home than go out anywhere fancy. Not always.
9. I'd rather folkdance than almost anything else.
10. I can be verbose at times.