i love me a beetroot. i just made a beetroot and almond dip - it's very yum.
i am about 50% deaf (which is clinically classified as 'profound') so i can hear some stuff. i am a kick-arse lip-reader - i know what people are saying on the other side of the room. and i can get away with willful deafness whenever i feel like it. it's pretty good really.