Wow, these are interesting. And I get to ride coattails, LOL. I see the GMan used to live in Abilene and Lubbock, TX and that DaveDove is in Frederick, so I've had Xmark neighbors then and now!

1. Name/Initials:
Jayscott Embry. Most folks call me Scotty. Some of my younger siblings call me Tockins which is a family nick.

2. Where do you live:
Silver Spring, MD

3. How many other places have you lived:
born in Lubbock, TX. Grew up split between Abilene, TX and Rogersville, AL (on the Tennessee River). College and grad in Austin, TX; College Station, TX; Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. Worked in Huntsville and Dallas Texas in between and spent a LOT of time at my grandfather's ranch in Quanah, TX. Did short stints in Paramatta just outside of Sydney then outback in Walgett, both in New South Wales, Australia. Just moved to the D.C. suburbs in Maryland.

4. How many other places in the world have you visited:
I haven't traveled too much besides North America except that stint in Oz. I've done the Mexican border towns (both sides) and SCUBA dived off Cozumel. I've driven Southern Cal, Colorado, New Mex and ALL the South extensively. Oh, and in college I hitchhiked coast to coast in Canada. MANY stories from that.

5. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I think I'd go to Iceland and to New Zealand.

6. Name something you like physically about yourself:
As long as I don't overdo on day one, I don't sunburn.

7. Name something non-physical you like about yourself:
I have good intuition.

8. How many kilts do you have:
Tenish.

9. How many kilts are you planning to acquire on the next year:
Prolly three or four.

10. What got you started in this in the first place:
Lots of Celitc tradition in the family, but no kilts. Enter 80's grunge. It was a fun combo. LOL

11. Where was the last time/place you wore your kilt?
Grocery shopping yesterday.

12. Favorite time to wear a kilt:
When I'm not nekid.

13. Last person who gave your favorable feedback about your kilt wearing:
Stranger who yelled from a car last week. A Scot ex-pat on the Metro a few days before that.

14. Last person who gave your UNfavorable feedback about your kilt wearing:
Another stranger yelling from a car.

15. What’s in YOUR sporran?
Wallet, keys, coin purse, pen.

16. What do you like to do OTHER THAN wear/talk about/obsess over kilts:
Dog freak. Have Lab and Lab mixes.

17. Name one thing you have done that others might think a bit insane (like bungee jumping etc):
Hitchhiked coast to coast.

18. Say something totally random about yourself:
I'm the only of my mother's children to inherit her family's curls.

19. What question would you like to answer that hasn’t been included in the list:


20. Do you think X Marks the Scot is the best kilt discussion group in the world?
It's the best one I've come across.