one hundred things about me...

I have seen this done on several other blogs and thought it might be fun to try. Here goes...


1. I am a man.
2. I am 5'10".
3. I am heavier than I'd like to be.
4. I am bald.
5. I have four children.
6. I have one brother and one sister (that I know of. heh heh).
7. I am 38.
8. When I had hair, it was brown, then gray later.
9. I have studied martial arts for nearly twenty years.
10. I hold rank in Taekwon-Do and Inayan Eskrima.
11. I feel weird writing this list.
12. I love my wife.
13. She is twelve years my junior.
14. I am once divorced.
15. I never loved my first wife.
16. I have one good friend and several people I might choose to hang out with, but only if they call me first.
17. I refuse to recognize "commentator" as an actual word.
18. I love music.
19. Not the same way I love my wife.
20. I am a bit of an asshole.
21. I know it.
22. That makes it OK, somehow.
23. I am a 1989 graduate of South Milwaukee Senior High School.
24. I was a poor student.
25. I expect to graduate from UW-Milwaukee in 2012.
26. I have been a better student this time.
27. I have just typed the number twenty-seven.
28. I over-use "..." and hyphens...
29. My son is crying.
30. I'll be back in a tic.
31. I'm back.
32. My favorite movie is "12 Angry Men."
33. My favorite song is Todd Rundgren's "Emperor of the Highway."
34. My favorite food is meat.
35. My favorite book is David Sedaris' "Naked."
36. I love football.
37. Not in the same way I love my wife.
38. I am afraid of heights and drowning.
39. I was in the Air Force.
40. I have been a life guard.
41. I worked at Burger King for three years during high school.
42. I made one helluva Whopper.
43. I have played guitar since I was 14.
44. I am not good at it.
45. I have owned more than twenty guitars since I began playing.
46. I have lived in 3 states, 6 cities and 21 homes.
47. I feel like moving.
48. I respect my brother more than any person in the world.
49. I have never seen a Terminator, Alien or Harry Potter movie.
50. I am nearly half-finished with this list.
51. I am more than half-finished with this list.
52 Sometimes I intentionally omit punctuation
53. There, as with many writers, are times, ad-nauseum, when, in the face of grammar, I include unnecessary, though still useful, punctuation; like this.
54. I Nair my back.
55. I think you all know the hair situation down South.
56. I didn't get my driver's license until I was nineteen.
57. I just pinched my daughter's buns.
58. I used to supervise a laboratory department at a major medical center.
59. I interviewed and hired my wife.
60. She was not my wife at the time.
61. I don't think that's entirely inappropriate.
62. I am the least handy man on the face of the Earth.
63. I never have B.O.
64. I have never been in a fist fight.
65. I make pierogi from scratch.
66. I appreciate symmetry.
67. I use the term "myriad" correctly.
68. I really like this new chair.
69. I was in an automobile accident when I was 17.
70. I lost several of my front teeth.
71. I have a permanent bridge in their place.
72. I know where you all live.
73. I was a counselor at a summer camp for children with diabetes.
74. I was almost a counselor at a summer camp for adults with Down's Syndrome.
75. I can't dance well, but I think I can.
76. I love mob movies/TV.
77. Not in the same way I love my wife.
78. I am relatively shallow and apathetic.
79. I am a PC.
80. I owe an apology to my wife and her family.
81. I'm not ready to apologize, though.
82. I'm bringing sexy back.
83. I need a shower.
84. I am a twenty-five year smoker.
85. I should quit.
86. It's really hard.
87. I look pretty good in a suit.
88. I am afraid that my children will resent me when they grow up.
89. Vitamin B makes my pee bright yellow.
90. I wear size eleven shoes.
91. I have eighteen pairs.
92. What's the plural of 'pair'?
93. I believe in 'family first.'
94. I miss my friend Bill.
95. I have loose rules in matters of money.
96. I ain't good lookin'.
97. I ain't smart.
98. I ain't rich, but...
99. I smell good.
100. I'm punctual.