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What is your full name? |
Richard Alan Turko (needless to say, I don't normally get things monogrammed)
| Any kids? Nephews or Nieces? |
No kids. I have two nephews - Tyler (born in October of 1992) and Troy (born in August of 1994.) They live in Mesa, Arizona. They're very cool kids!
| Any pets? |
Jake and Sean. They were born in June 2002. We adopted them through Petco from a great organization called Purrfect Pals. It's a "no-kill" cat shelter in Mount Vernon, Washington. Jake thinks he's a dog...he actually retrieves small dog rawhide sticks. Sean goes crazy when he hears the ice maker...he makes a bee-line for the kitchen hoping that we'll drop an ice cube so he can lick it before it melts.
| What was your first car? |
A 1967 Ford Mustang (dark green with a black vinyl roof)
| What are you driving now? |
On October 15, 2005 I purchased a 2005 Toyota Prius. I swore I would never pay more for a car than my parents paid for their first house ($ 14,500.) Never say never! Why the Prius? Honestly, I'm very concerned that our dependence on foreign oil in the US is driving (literally) our domestic and international policy. The Prius is a gas/electric hybrid vehicle.
| You don't have one of those "vanity" licenses plates, do you? |
Guilty! My car is licensed with Washington State plates of "CAN8DN" (CAN-8-D-N...say it over and over until it makes sense.) It's very fun watching others in my rearview mirror as they try to figure out what it means...and the joy that they get when they figure it out.
| What is your favorite book? |
My favorite
books are ones that I enjoy reading on the beach while vacation. These
include
Like People In History
| What are some of your favorite movies? |
Classics - Casablanca, Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life, The Best Years of Our Lives
Tear-Jerkers - Field of Dreams, Steel Magnolias, The Color Purple, The Sum of Us, Brokeback Mountain
Comedies - Bull Durham, There's Something About Mary, Bend It Like Beckham, The Sure Thing
Romance - Trick, Sleepless in Seattle, Murphy's Romance, Always, Roxanne, Notting Hill,
Under the Tuscan Sun, Brokeback Mountain
Musicals - Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, Chicago, Singin' in the Rain
Action/Adventure - Die Hard, The Italian Job, Raiders of the Lost Ark, True Lies, Kill Bill One & Two
Drama - The Talented Mr. Ripley, No Way Out, Goodfellas, Fried Green Tomatoes
Foreign Language - The Motorcycle Diaries, Life is Beautiful, Cinema Paradiso
| What is your favorite quote from a movie? |
"All gay men have track lightin'. And all gay men are named Mark, Rick or Steve." (Olympia Dukakis as Clairee Belcher in Steel Magnolias) This movie is FULL of great quotes! Check them out here!
| What are your favorite television shows? |
Six Feet Under
| Who are your favorite musical artists? |
Sting,
Carole King
| Who are your favorite composers? |
George Gershwin
| Streisand or Midler? |
Love them both...sorry!
| Coke or Pepsi? |
Diet Coke, although I have developed a quite a taste for Diet 7-Up since they began using Splenda. Diet Coke with Splenda tastes a lot like Tab did years ago.
| Big Mac or Quarter Pounder? |
Big Mac.
| Boxers or Briefs? |
A little too personal, don't you think?
| Favorite Ben & Jerry's Flavor? |
Phish Food (Chocolate Ice Cream with Gooey Marshmallow, a Caramel Swirl and Fish-Shaped Fudge Pieces.)
| What is your favorite cookie? |
Mother's Taffy Cookies (buy a package along with a quart of milk - you'll either thank me or curse me later!)
| What are your favorite gadgets? |
The
iPod
| What are your favorite websites? |
Amazon.com
| What was your favorite vacation? |
In 2000, Rob and I visited New York City and Boston. In New York I was introduced to the musical Rent, visited the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building, ate at Becco and Sardi's, bought "faux-lex" watches on Canal Street and saw Tom Brokaw at Rockefeller Center. In Boston I introduced Rob to whole lobsters and outlet shopping in Kittery, Maine.
| How do you treat yourself? |
A trip to Canyon Ranch in either Lennox, MA or Tucson, AZ. I've been to Lennox twice and Tucson once. Always expensive but always worth it! When I can't go out of town I go to The Chairman in downtown Seattle.
| Where were you on September 11, 2001? |
Rob and I were visiting Paris. We were scheduled to return to Seattle on September 13 from London. Instead, we had an extended visit in London (at the expensive hotel that we had treated ourselves to for our last night in Europe!) It was awful to be away from home during those days but it was a privilege to see the absolute outpouring of sympathy and support from then English and French people we encountered.
| What's the best bargain you have discovered lately? |
A membership to the Seattle International Film Festival. Besides receiving discounts on tickets during the festival you also are invited to private screenings throughout the year. In the last two weeks alone, we've been invited to four screenings!
| Any volunteer work? |
In July 2005 I began working with the Evergreen Radio Reading Service. They are part of the Seattle Public Library system and are responsible for recording audio programming for the visually or reading impaired. I'm currently doing a show called "Those Opinionated Columnists" which airs on Thursday at 9pm and Sunday at 8pm. I read syndicated columns that appear in the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Tacoma News Tribune. In order to listen you'll need an SCA-capable radio. Tune to KUOW-FM (94.9 FM) and then flip the SCA switch.
