Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.
The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards.
I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.
To some people, the fact that I am not married, or don't have children, would be the reason I have written a book on punctuation.
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forced books on to people who have subsequently forgotten all about it. Meanwhile, on my shelves sit many orphaned books loaned to me over the years by trusting, innocent souls - some as long ago as the Seventies.