25 Things
I just did one of those "25 Things About Me' lists on Facebook. I thought I might as well post it here as well, as Long as I'm trying to get things rolling.
1. I was born during an ice storm.
2. I can name all the Presidents in the correct order.
3. I used to be able to name every World Series winner in the correct order, but now there are too many of them, and I think some of those teams don't really count.
4. I think it's an outrage that I get over 300 TV channels, and not one of them has a guy dressed up like Bela Lugosi hosting cheesy horror movies on Saturday nights.
5. I resisted getting a cel phone for years, now I get the heebie jeebies anytime I don't have it with me.
6. I was happy when I had to get glasses, when I was a kid I thought wearing glasses would be cool.
7. I hate football. I saw on the news the other day that 45 high school kids die playing football every year. If 45 kids a year died from eating Fritos, Fritos would be banned. They outlawed lawn darts when one kid lost an eye.
8. I was born with malformed knees, my tendons are attached in the wrong place. It's a condition called "Q Tendon".
9. The first album I ever bought with my own money was Between The Buttons.
10. I hardly ever read fiction any more. I read one or two novels a year. The rest of the time I read history or other non-fiction.
11. Thanks to Cheryl's adroit DVR skills, I have absolutely no idea when any particular show is actually on television.
12. I went back to see my grandmother's old house a few years ago, and the neighborhood was nothing but empty fields for blocks in all directions. What happened to New Orleans happened to Detroit, except it took place in slow motion and was not on national TV, so nobody cares.
13. I love maps. I could look at maps all day.
14. Monkeys give me the creeps.
15. I was in my late teens before I knew you could eat supper without having potatoes.
16. I think that the greatest artist America has produced was Charles Addams.
17. I've now raised my won-lost record in Presidential elections to 5-4. I count Gore as a win, and if you don't, take me off your friends list.
18. I liked being in my 30s more than my 20s, my 40s more than my 30s, and so far, my 50s more than my 40s. I could stand to have fewer aches and pains though.
19. No matter how many times I see a bald eagle, it feels like a big deal every time.
20. If the Chinese won't eat cheese, I'll be damned if I'll eat tofu.
21. I think people should stay the hell out of the ocean. Have you seen some of the nasty things that live in it?
22. Always used Macs, always will.
23. Boxers.
24. I waited until I was 47 to get married, so it's a good thing I did it right.
25. I believe the meaning of life is that you ought to just try to, ya know, be a mensch.
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