Jul 25 2007
100 Random Things (51-75)
- Funny movies I like: Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Best in Show, Men in Black.
- Funny shows I like: The Office, The IT Crowd, Family Guy.
- My middle name is Patrick.
- I’ve broken fingers, toes, my nose, and my left arm.
- I’ve sprained both ankles many times, separated my shoulder, dislocated a clavicle, and many other things.
- I’ve suffered from numerous physical ailments including osteitis pubis, tendonitis, hammer toe, and metatarsalgia.
- One of my favorite people in the world is my nephew. He calls me Ike. He calls Dorrie Dodo.
- My favorite pizza toppings are pepperoni, sausage and red onions.
- I love Indian, Thai, Chinese food.
- I just recently started eating sushi, and I can’t get enough of it.
- The physicists that worked on the atomic bomb in the first half of the 1900’s fascinate me. Especially Richard Feynman. If you haven’t read about him, you should.
- The only comic I care to read is Get Fuzzy. I like my Dilbert calendar, too, though. Oh, and if www.xkcd.com is a comic, then that, as well.
- My favorite season is winter, my least favorite is summer. I like them all and look forward to when they change.
- I’ve been in a couple television commercials, a television documentary and a few print advertisements. I have the VHS tapes prove it, but you probably won’t ever see them.
- I’m not a Democrat, but I can’t imagine ever voting Republican.
- My preference is to use a Macintosh whenever possible and avoid Microsoft altogether, but I see the pros and cons of every platform and operating system and won’t bash any. Well, OK… sometimes I bash Microsoft.
- I would really like to learn shorthand, but lack the drive to actually spend the time necessary to do it.
- My mother is a genius when it comes to anything related to grammar, writing and shorthand.
- My dad is my go-to guy when it comes to anything related to photography, but I think I’m becoming his go-to guy since photography has become digital.
- The only houseplants that I am able to keep are the ones that thrive on neglect.
- I am punctual and expect others to try to be.
- I love chess, but don’t really play right now.
- One of the hardest things I’ve been through was when the house I was trying to sell just after I moved in with Dorrie fell apart and cost us $13,000 to repair.
- There have been other trying times, too.
- It’s taken me two weeks to come up with the first 75 items of this list.
How did I not know about www.xkcd.com?! VERY awesome.