The House of Love is very pleased to have National Review’s Senior Editor Jay Nordlinger shares his thoughts on the 11 Questions.

What fragrance provokes the most profound memory in you?

Very hard to say. But one of my grandmothers wore Shalimar.

What is your comfort food?

Oh, all of them! But I have a particular thing for macaroni and cheese. I sometimes have the food tastes of an eight-year-old.

Of the six senses (ESP included) which is the strongest for you?

Am I allowed to say spiritual sense?

What is your daily daydream?

Not sure I have one, but I’ll tell you this: Before drifting off to sleep, I often play holes of golf in my head. I tend to be in major tournaments: at the Masters; at the British Open, taking place at St Andrews; at the U.S. Open, taking place at Pebble Beach, probably. I’m up against Tiger and Phil and the boys. Amazingly, I do pretty well.

If you found a hundred bucks on the sidewalk, what would you do with it?

I would try to ascertain to whom it belonged. If that were impossible, I would put it to some good, unselfish use – I would consider the $ serendipity, unearned.

What is your existential bliss?

Understanding of God, and the harmony it brings.

What are you hopeful for?

The above!

What is your greatest vice?

Oh, geez. Let me mention a kind of cutesy “vice”: an overfondness for ice cream.

What is your greatest virtue?

To know better than to answer a question like that! I would not want to break my arm (patting myself on the back).

What do you want from life?

The max – the maximum of good.

Does Heaven Exist?

Oh, yes – and can be experienced here and now, through submersion in Spirit. Of course, hell can be experienced here and now, too. And we get rid of that by “drawing nigh.” Not nigh to hellish thoughts! We do it by “resubmerging,” if you will: in the right.