2月24日
WHW Facts
I just read an interesting post by a friend. He lamented on how hard it is for a blog reader to truly understand the poster simply based on that post and others. He is dead on right.
This posting is an attempt to build a more complete image of me...not that anyone is clammoring for it. I have seen others do this, and think it is a cool.
Without further chatter, here are 75 facts about me:
- I am 6'1 and weigh a little more than I should
- I love my family
- I am not gorgeous...I am ok
- As my profile indicates, I am a nerd
- I love coaching kids sports teams
- I love Christmas
- I have never had shingles
- I still have all of my teeth
- I "graduated" High School as the salutorian
- I was never a hit with the girls in school....too backward and shy
- I graduated college Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
- I have never had head lice
- I grew up in a rather small town (10,000) but one with a lot of crime
- Both of my parents died before I was 25
- I value my friends very highly
- I am terrible at art and music
- One thing I hate more than anything else is the unfair treatment of people based on their clothes, their appearance, their job, their sex, their race, or their place in society. No one has the right to think they are better than others. We are all children of God.
- I completed a multi-week Dale Carnegie course, getting the most improved presenter award at our last class
- I hate Lotus Notes
- I have only been punched once in a fight...and it hurt
- I had ulcers at age 10
- My blood type is O positive
- I was going to be a doctor, but didn't have enough money to go to college that long
- I wish I lived in the Pacific NW
- I know 12 people who have been in prison
- I grew up near a bar that had a dirt floor.
- I have a strong Christian faith......but I could always use some improvement
- I like Mel Brooks' 10,000 Year Old Man
- When I was an adult, I found out that I had been adopted (at age of 1 week)
- I love to go fishing.....but hate to clean fish. Catch and release.
- Although I live in a very small town, I would love to live in the country....on a farm.
- I paid my entire way through college using loans, grants, scholarships, and working as a janitor
- I admire my dad very much. He never gaduated high school, but ended up being the president of the school board...and a very wise man.
- Because my Dad worked many jobs, most of the day-to-day raising was done by my mom....who was one of the toughest people I have ever known.....4'8", 50% native american, and afraid of no one.
- I love to sit in meetings and make smart @ss comments at randomly stupid, meaningless processes and procedures.
- I am frequently approached by people who are very unique......at last count, 3 said they were vampires, and one was sure his neighbor was using mind control, so he covered his headboard with aluminum foil
- I once laughed so hard I peed my pants
- I once sat next to Sandra Bernhardt in Ohare airport. She was not a nice person that day.
- I much prefer to laugh....and try to do it as much as possible.
- I am awful at home repairs....havng once tried to install a dish washer which resulted in over $800 in repairs by a real plumber
- I really enjoy talking to people who are individuals....even if I don't agree with them.
- I love people who are passionate about something....but hate it when those people are unable to accept others who are passionate about the opposite.
- I love riding a bike (not motorcycle)
- I have sent many emails to Bill O'Reilly....but to the best of my knowledge he has never read any of them on TV
- I have given a lot of thought to what I would do if I won the lottery. It involves a pickup truck, and me mooning a lot of people.
- I love listening to Cubs games on the radio
- I like watching movies that make me laugh....and aren't fond of those that try to scare me or make me cry.
- I have encountered an unusally large number of strange situations in public bathrooms
- If I could do it over, I would change a lot....but would still marry the same person
- Once someone threatened to throw me out of a funeral home.
- I won an American Legion Good Citizenship award in 8th grade
- I had mono 3 times in high school....no time was it contracted in the "cool" way.
- I have attended a speech given by Bill Gates (in person)
- I attended an REO Speedwagon concert...and my ears rang for 2 days afterward
- I love watching cartoons with my kids
- I love listening to Stevie Wonder music
- I once heard the f-bomb used by a friend in 3rd grade. When I repeated it at home I really did get my mouth washed out with soap. Ivory soap.
- I always wanted an afro
- I have "issues" with chocolate milk and some pastas.
- I once told a very rude airport security person that I was deaf.
- One of my favorite movies was Woody Allen's Love and Death
- I hated Wizard of Oz
- In 8th grade I was forced to attend a classical music concert. I sat at the top of the college gym bleachers and spit over the side over and over.
- Once, while trying to impress a girl, I was told I reminded her of Kermit the Frog.
- I get really tired of Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken
- I love Mountain Dew
- I once sneezed so hard I triggered a car's security system
- I love eating pizza
- I have no idea what my heritage is
- I wear glasses and believe I may be legally blind
- I have only shot a gun once in my life....and didn't hit the target or the stand it was on
- I like Microsoft Access
- I once bench pressed 320 lbs.
- I like rainy days
- I hope that someday I can honestly say I did something that helped people.
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