Pop Quiz by Ashley Alvis
1.   What is your name?	Hard to say.         Generically, usually: Ashley Alvis         Fully: R. Ashley Alvis,III (where R. is for Robert)         Signature: ...ash.         Endearments: ash, a-a (as in ak-ak w/o k's), A., a.         Symbology: a phoenix         Alternate: LeyA Havenisle
2.   How old are you?	Anciently infantile         Legal Birthday: 7/27/50
3.   Where do you live?	Legally: City of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Buckhead area)
4.   What do you do for a living?	write software
5.   Do you drive?	I'm licensed for 2 and 4 wheels on roads, currently using only 4. Mostly i drive people crazy, but it's a nice crazy, i think.
6.   What do you do for joy?	I Write! sometimes speak; i play, like a child, with minds, with hearts, with spirit.
7.   What is your pet peeve?	Preaching
And how much does it weigh?	Depends on where it is; near anything massive it's heavier than that; alone in the ether it's weightless and free.
Does it sleep by the door?	Hard to say, when sleeping it grows invisible, but is moving as it does. So where does it go? Sorry, i've never tried to follow it, never wanted to, but i'm glad you suggested the concept, sounds wortwhile of itself.
Is it housebroken?	Certainly not. It breaks houses without any damage to itself.
8.   Do you write, paint or play?	yes.
All at the same time?	yes.
(While juggling a dozen eggs and riding a unicycle?)	How many times need i tell you that? three. oh....
9.   Who is the most impressive character you've ever met?	Just a moment, have to go find his name... Ansett, as revealed by OrsonScottCard in "SongMaster" Close second: Menoly by McAffery, "DragonSinger"
10.   Have you ever read, acted, performed, thrown up, etc. in public?	I tell you four times, yes.
11.  What piece of literature or art moved your soul to ecstatic waves of bliss?	"The Seven Valleys" and "The Four Valleys" of Baha'u'llah
12.  What was the first thing you ever encountered that made you realise that art is important?	My first poem
13.  Would you consider yourself an artist?	Yes.
A good one?	mostly
Why or why not?	I mean well
14.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything else?	the opposite of paradox         non-imaginary numbers         the outside of the Einstienian envelope         allness         absoluteness
15.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY everything to do with everything else?	nothingness         paradice         numbers         gymnastics         innerness         play         seriousness         childhood, especially infantility         vulnerability         growth         oneness         allness         essence
16.  What's the meaning of life?	It means to run backwards into your Source while forwardly embracing our destiny
17.  Why?	Because here, everything is inside out, while life seems outside in, but isn't.
18.  True or false: the Three Stooges represent the apex of American cultural achievement.	False, but they are one step, or four.
19.  True or False: Shemp was funnier than the original Curly.	or.
20.  Who's da man?	just a little girl at heart