Tell Me 10 Random Facts About Your Life (I'll go first)

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. I have a birthmark between my right ring finger and my pinkie.

2. I peed in my pants three times in one week when I was in kindergarden.

3. I secretly like Christina Aguilara's music.

4. My little league soccer team never won a single game.

5. I hate Chinese food.

6. I am terrified of insects.

7. I give blood every three months.

8. I have jet black hair on the top of my head, but my goatee has brown and blonde hair in it.

9. I failed gym in 9th grade and had to make it up in summer school my senior year.

10. I am an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of pro wrestling and dinosaurs.

Okay...how bout you?

[mmm]

1. are you truly an award winning journalist...

AND an expert on dinosaurs?
You love dinosaurs and hate insects!

[THUNDER HANDS]

18. I am an award-winning journalist

And I'd like to think I'm an expert on dinosaurs. Though I can't claim to have discovered any. :D

[JohnKleeb]

2. k

1. I got a birthmark on my left arm pit and when I was younger like 2nd grade we joked he had a pizza place, :eyes: I was 7 y'all
2. Twice I have been asked out as a joke :(.
3. I never won a baseball championship but I won like 3 basketball ones.
4. Many people if not most dont know how far left I am or if I am left at all.
5. I got baseball player Brady Anderson's autograph when I was 9.
6. I as a seventh grader had a bad habit of throwing up in Science class.
7. I have Aspergers syndrome
8. I am afraid to go on roller coasters because of a bad dream I had
9. I was afraid to go off diving boards till I was 11.
10. I have never got in a fight at school, fist fight that is.
Oh one unrelated thing but kinda of a fact
I have this thing right now where I think I have other brothers and sisters, why I think that? well lets see my dad had like an untold amount of g/fs before he met my mom. So I may be an uncle :). BTW this happened to my cousin.

[Political_Junkie]

7. Isn't that funny...

"4. Many people if not most dont know how far left I am or if I am left at all."
I am far more willing to come out as bisexual these days than I am to come out as leftist. I never really thought about that until now.

[JohnKleeb]

12. my sexuality is obvious

I am not a lady's man but trust me people know that I hit from that side of the plate though I aint never dated. Well on my politics, I am a quiet type, may suprise you if you seen me around but I am, so well I do raise occassionally a left wing point, not really is it known that I am a reader of Marx and I am a leftist.

[last_texas_dem]

155. Your #8 resonates with me...

as 1. I have had a recurring nightmare, returning every few months or so for the last several years, where I am on a roller coaster looping over the top when the track suddenly ends and I'm about to go plunging into the great beyond whenever I wake up. Freaks me out every time! I wonder what the interpretation of that one could be...

Anyway, I have a quite ordinary life, but will try my best to think of a few more random things about me, hopefully things I haven't discussed before:
2. I collect records. Combined, my dad and I have over 2500 albums and 6,000 singles.
3. I have a permanent slash across my left pointer finger from playing with an Exacto knife in 3rd grade (!)
4. I was the only person in my high school class to win 2 "superlatives". Of course, they both sucked: "Shyest" and "Oddest Couple" (along w/ my ex; we were interracial and live in a hick town... go figure.)
5. I know a lot of obscure trivia regarding the Billboard music charts, especially of sixties/seventies music (artist, record label, peak position on chart, etc.)
6. I once went out during the middle of the night and defaced a giant "Bush Cheney" billboard to become "Bush Cheated" after sElection 2000. It got torn down the next day.
7. I can't roll my tongue or whistle, but- for whatever it's worth, I can put both of my legs behind my head at once.
8. I prefer the taste of non-filtered water to filtered.
9. I love a lot of unpopular artists, including Uriah Heep, Iron Butterfly, and Kasenatz-Katz bubblegum music.
10. Despite living on the southeast Texas/southwest Louisiana border, I have somehow managed to have visited Canada but never been to New Orleans and Galveston, but I plan to change that soon!

So there's a little bit about me...

[HEyHEY]

3. here' s my ten

"I failed gym in 9th grade and had to make it up in summer school my senior year." You lazy little bastard!


1: I once stole the condom machine at school
2: My favourite shirt was bought for $5 four years ago and it hasn't worn a bit despite heavy usage.
3: I am deathly afraid of bears, but I am fascinated by them.
4: I once air guitared on the evening news.
5: I met and had a picture taken with the guy who pied Jean Chretien
6: I sang "you shook me all night long" with the band Gob once
7: No-one can beat me at Air Hockey
8: Everyone can beat me at pool
9: When I was nine I wrote four full chapters of a novel, despite being dyslexic.
10: I have a fetish for hats.

Edit: my first one sucked so I changed it

[RebelOne]

166. Gosh, this is going to be hard.

1. I once was a devout Christian, but now a confirmed atheist.
2. Believe it or not, I am the subject of the original "Nancy" cartoon. My father originated it and sold the rights to Ernie Bushmiller.
3. I was at one time into witchcraft and have been in the newpapers and on the Sally Jessie show in Miami. This was in the '70s
4. I am an animal rights advocate, not an activist right now, but I will be when I retire.
5. I was married at 16 and had 2 kids.
6. I have 2 grandchildren by my son, and 2 adopted ones by daughter.
7. I used to be a wig stylist when wigs were all the rage.
8. I am terrified of crabs, but I love to eat the dead ones.
9. I do animal rescue transports.
10. I am a vegetarian, but work for a hunting and fishing publication. Ironic, isn't it?

[cigarstore]

4. Okay

1. I sat in the death chair at my state's gas chamber once.

2. I have been 1,300 feet below sea level

3. I was the first unmarried father in the history of my state to sue himself for paternity

4. I saw a man shoot his girlfriend to death and then himself to death.

5. I have been drunk underwater

6. I have seen Presidents Reagan, Clinton and Bush*(43)

7. I once had sex with three different women in one day.

8. I drove a school bus for one year

9. I once smuggled a small amount of hash out of Mexico and into the U.S.

10.I have a Hubert H. Humphrey (1968) campaign button.

[HEyHEY]

5. haha

"I drove a school bus for one year

9. I once smuggled a small amount of hash out of Mexico and into the U.S."


hmmmmmmmm both at the same time? :-)

[trotsky]

8. Wow

Would I like to sit down with you for a beer.

[cigarstore]

15. I had to quit drinking

Yes, it has been colorful but not financially rewarding. (yet)

[expatriot]

13. I would like to sit down and have a few beers with you, too.

[rppper]

77. me thinks you were on a submarine.....

but i can neither confirm or deny the 1300 feet test depth thing...obviously a pre-688 boat...my guess is a boomer...

my 10 as follows.....

1-i have a morbid fascination with hurricanes and have traveled into areas where they were about to hit....

2-i have rode motorcycles fo over 20 years, but have never popped a wheelie...

3-people that meet me always think i am republican, despite the fact i have never voted anything but democratic....

4-i have friends that range from kuwaiti refugees to aryan skinheads...

5-i have done a free dive to 90 feet....

6-i hung around dime bag darryl and vinnie paul of pantera when they were a HAIR BAND and sounded like poison...circa 1986...they are posers folks...phil anselmo had no tattoos a year befor cowboys from hell and you will never find their first 4 albums. they would sleep over at our apartment in dallas and bring weed and women with them....the 80's were crazy.....

7-i have donated to a sperm bank before...several times...@$50.00 a sample...i am waiting for the knock on the door one day....

8-i once took two weeks of leave while in the navy and flew to over 10 different countries on air force cargo planes...it cost me around 35 dollars for food...i circumnavigated the earth twice.

9-i have had sex in the bunk on one of the submarines i was stationed on...with my wife not myself....submarine humor there...

10-i have a fetish for english, scotish or irish accents...glasses too...

[cigarstore]

137. That's classified of course.

And yes I was on a submarine SSBN-643 and sometimes we made wine and got drunk.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

99. How do you sue YOURSELF?

[cigarstore]

136. Here's how

You go into court and say "I want to be declared this child's legal father". It is a paternity action. These used to be only filed by the mother against the father. My state made it legal for the father to file for his rights, regardless of the mothers wishes..

[YellowRubberDuckie]

148. Oh..Cool. Thanks for the info.

[VelmaD]

6. OK, here goes

1. I was my hometown's champ in the Elk's Lodge and Knights of Columbus free throw shooting contests every year of elementary and junior high school

2. I love xmas lights and tinsel.

3. I used to weigh 275 pounds but am now down to 158.

4. I was a cheerleader in elementary school.

5. I sing second alto in a women's chorus.

6. I will have had the same best friend for 20 years this coming January.

7. Other than as part of my Halloween costume, I haven't worn a skirt in over a decade.

8. I still have the stuffed dog my god-father gave me the day I was born.

9. When I'm sick I re-read either The Hobbit, Little House in the Big Woods, or The Hunt for Red October.

10. I dislocated my shoulder playing basketball as a kid and now I can pop it in and out of socket whenever I want to.

[expatriot]

9. random

1. In the late fall of 1995, I was going to sign up for the Army but the government offices were closed.

2. I joined the Socialist Workers' Party in 1999 while I was still officially registered as a Republican.

3. I cried on my twelfth birthday because I hadn't published a book yet or become a famous world conquerer yet.

4. I was born in Dixon, IL: the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan.

5. My favorite food is breaded mushrooms.

6. I am supervising a detention right now at Yuma High School, Yuma, AZ.

7. I cried on my twenty-seventh birthday (a month ago) because I hadn't published a book yet or become a famous world conquerer.

8. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 20.

9. I live next to Barnes and Noble in a trailer.

10. I grew up in a town called Sigourney, Iowa. The county seat of Keokuk County, the town's population is 2,100 and dropping fast.

[Don Claybrook]

10. My list

1. When I was in high school, my hero was Sam Donaldson.
2. George Bush and his Administration often make me literally shake with anger.
3. I really like playing the piano, but I’m not that good at it.
4. When I was in 2nd grade, I found a jewelry box under a bush on a hillside near my home in California, filled with nice jewelry. It was undoubtedly the loot from a home robbery, but I thought of it as, and referred to it as, my treasure chest.
5. I decided to take the requisite summer course after my junior year in high school so that I could graduate mid-term.
6. I won the Frisbee distance throw on my last day in the 6th grade.
7. I’ve been to 45 states in the US.
8. I used to have a daydream about sneaking into the space shuttle while it was on the launch pad and taking it for a joyride.
9. Once upon a time, when I was more apolitical, Cokie Roberts’ voice (and voice only) was a turnon. Go ahead, laugh.
10. I don’t often wear socks.

[Sir_Shrek]

11. OK

1. I have a pilot's (ahem...aviator's) license.

2. I have a tattoo.

3. I love vinegar, especially malt vinegar.

4. I talk to Congressional types (members and staffers alike) on the phone a lot.

5. I shook Dan Quayle's hand, when he was vice president, at a Christmas party and sincerely complimented him on his necktie.

6. I'm actually UP in my numerous trips to Las Vegas.

7. I've driven a car that was owned by a Senator.

8. I've been to bartending school.

9. I've been kicked out of a Green Day concert.

10. I drive a stick shift.

[Khephra]

14. Hmmmmm

1. I once danced naked on the roof of my house in the middle of a thunderstorm, just for the hell of it. (I think I saw the film "Gothic" a few too many times as a kid.)

2. Timothy Leary once served me a drink.

3. My family once bred showcats. At one point we had over 35 cats in the house at one time.

4. I've never had a woman (outside of family and friends) tell me that they loved me.

5. I went to over 13 different schools growing up.

6. For 3 years I refed a live-action game of Vampire: The Masquerade.

7. Dianic witches tend to hate me.

8. I'm one of the few people alive who remembers "National Lampoon's Disco Beaver from Outer Space."

9.I saw "Star Wars" and "Tentacles" on the same opening day.

10. I hate rollercoasters.

[LeftCoast]

29. I'm dying to hear the story behind #7!

:)

[Khephra]

53. I don't buy into either sex being superior to the other

And the Dianic witches in the Midwest that I've met push the idea that women are better than men (and a few of them suggested castrating men once they got control of the system).

I believe in the equality of the sexes, and putting women at the top of the power structure is as bad as putting men at the top of the power structure. Equality in all things, I do believe.

Also the castration bit really pissed me off, so I tend to not to be that quiet arround them.

(now this only applies to the Dianic witches that I've met in the midwest and shouldn't be seen as a sweeping stereotype. I'm sure different groups are out there. I just had lousy luck finding any that didn't hate men.)

[MotorCityMan]

64. khephra, I loved "Gothic"!

You're the first person other than myself who has seen it!

"And there was a madness, and the madness was there were eyes in her breasts...."

10 random facts

1. I realized I was gay when I was 12 and never had any problem with it, even though I was raised Catholic.

2. I played saxophone 8 years in school.

3. Always been a huge movie fan and am a font of useless movie trivia.

4. I have always had a preference for older men. My lover is 25 years older than myself and is my soulmate.

5. First started paying attention to politics when George Sr. started demonizing liberals ("card-carrying member of the ACLU").

6. I think there are few things that are more entertaining than having a litter of 6 week old cocker spaniel puppies.

7. No interest in sports whatsoever.

8. I used to breed birds (quackers, ringnecks, lories) and fish (discus).

9. I think Six Feet Under is the best show on television and I want Nate and Brenda to get back together.

10. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 5 years ago.

[Khephra]

87. That film and "Lair of the White Worm" did nasty things

to me. Nasty things I'm glad for now...but still... ;-)

[MisterP]

90. not the ringnecks!

coo-croooOOOOO (wah) coo-croooOOOOO (wah), etc. ad infinitum

[ronnykmarshall]

30. I remember Disco Beaver!!

[Khephra]

55. I'm not alone!

:loveya:

[ronnykmarshall]

66. Remember the great theme music?

Disco, beaver ...... from outerspace.

Disco, beaver ........ from outerspace.

Disco, beaver, beaver, beaver ............


Of course there was "DRAGULA: Queen Of Darkness"!!

[Khephra]

83. Look up on IMDB for the writer of Disco Beaver

You'll be surprised.

HINT: He works for CNN now.

[Fleshdancer]

69. I love you Khephra

Now you have to take number 4 off your list :)

[Khephra]

85. You're a friend....that doesn't count

Unless you mean something more. ;-)

[Blue-Jay]

78. Dude! I played live Masquerade!

(admitting to being a total geek): I was a Trouvere most of the time.

In retrospect it was pretty dumb. Who wants to buy form-fitted fangs and red contact lenses?


(drunken spelling edit)

[Khephra]

89. Being a Masquerade ref really prepared me for politics

I'm not kidding either.

Trying to control 75-100 people with just your wit, charm, speaking ability, and imagination really helps you when you're trying to organize political groups.

[durutti]

133. Here goes...

1. I grew up in Ligonier, PA -- home of Scaife (one of them, anyway).

2. I love Indian food and hot tea.

3. I attend the University of Pittsburgh, where I major in sociology.

4. I never saw a dentist until I was 18, yet have never had a cavity.

5. I'm Business Manager of the Greensburg, PA chapter of Amnesty International.

6. I like underground comics.

7. I got into politics by reading Allen Ginsberg.

8. I have two cats: a callico and a half-manx. My shih tzu recently fell ill and had to be put to sleep.

9. I played Mr. Fezziwig in a school production of "A Christmas Carol".

10. My first concert was The Cramps. I was 13.

[durutti]

134. Oops...

That was supposed to be a reply to the main thread.

[wysi]

16. Here's 10...

1. I've been to Iceland.
2. My mother went to high school with Magic Dick from the J. Geils Band.
3. My friends once put up a series of posters all over Boston advertising me as missing 'Have you seen Joe? Last seen with the Stanley Cup' (and there was a photo of me with the Stanley Cup).
4. I've touched the Stanley Cup.
5. I was on Michael Moore's TV show (with Mike) but the clip was never aired.
6. I've visited John Lennon's boyhood home in Liverpool, and stood in the place where he died in New York.
7. I can't do math in my head.
8. I haven't been back to the United States for more than five years.
9. I used to religiously watch 'Beverly Hills 90210'.
10. Each of my shins has an odd bare patch where no hair has grown.

[HEyHEY]

17. I'd love to go to iceland

Welcome to DU...I think you may be the only Kiwi Duer!

[wysi]

41. Cheers...

... but I just live here (I'm married to a Kiwi). I'm really from Massachusetts (and proud of it damn it!).

[XNASA]

19. Wrestling AND dinosaurs? That's cool.

1. I was born in the same hospital as Gary Sinese.

2. At birth, I was brought home in a Renault Daphine.

3. From the ages of 10 through 12, I was a baseball phenom.

4. I used to take accordian lessons.

5. I once had a lunch date with Aimee Mann.

6. I love to go camping, but never went until I was 23 years old.

7. I joined the Navy at 17.

8. I rarely eat fruit.

9. I currently enjoy playing Madden football on PS.

10. Al Jourgensen was my roommate for a year.

[populistmom]

20. Here's mine

1. I like to refinish furniture.

2. I had a mime make me cry once.

3. I want to be a lactation consultant.

4. I have tons of college credits, but no B.S. or B.A. yet.

5. I hate being out in the sun, but I like the beach.

6. I love anything with roses- from decorating with them to the way they smell, especially pink ones.

7. My favorite type of food is Indian.

8. I can't stand to watch sports unless my children are playing in the games (no college or pro, please, I don't care).

9. I never went to my proms.

10. I've spent well over 100 hours of my life in labor, but had 4 c-sections.

[indigo32]

86. #4

right there with ya...
I wonder if I'll ever finish LOL

[Kathy in Cambridge]

104. #5 Me too-I LOVE the beach but sit under an umbrella lathered in sunscreen

i love the smell of the air and sound of the waves but try to keep my fair skin from frying!

[Bertha Venation]

122. umbrellas get sunburn?

Sorry, Rose... couldn't resist. :hug:

I burn easily, too, but GOD I love a good tan, almost as much as I love getting it. Been years since I had one.

[Bertha Venation]

21. this thread will be fun to read! here are my ten

1. According to my mother, I was the first infant in California to have open-heart surgery
   
2. June Lockhart visited me in hospital after said surgery
   
3. College softball: I was a Pine Sister but was awarded the position of DH after nearly taking my coach's head off at batting practice one day (DH because our pitcher was afraid of the ball)
   
4. John Denver was a distant cousin
   
5. My paternal unit is an ultralight pilot and his wife a leader in the field of biblical archaeology
   
6. I've been a guitarist for nearly thirty years and have sung in choruses for nearly that long; performing is one of my dearest joys
   
7. I learned grammar & spelling mostly from reading
   
8. I nearly married a (male) church musician from Idaho
   
9. When I attained voting age, I registered as a Republican
   
10. I used to picket at "abortion" clinics and tried to get women not to go in, or to kneel & pray with me, and screamed "don't kill your baby" (Rat: you didn't say it had to be stuff we were proud of)
    

[HEyHEY]

26. Wow, why the switch in politics?

[Bertha Venation]

120. my cerebral tenticle finally blossomed into a brain

why else?

[ronnykmarshall]

48. You've come a long way, baby!

[Bertha Venation]

121. aw, shucks

:hi:

[NightTrain]

22. You asked for it!

1. I wasn't planned, if you know what I mean.

2. My earliest exposure to surrealism was Gumby.

3. I've known all the words to "Rubber Duckie" since age four.

4. Children, animals and the devlopmentally disabled have always taken an instinctive liking to me. It's only the normal, respectable types who can't stand me.

5. I am a recovering racist.

6. In my high school yearbook, I listed my favorite song as Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages." (I still had a lot of music to discover!)

7. I am an only child.

8. My first girlfriend was five years my senior. I was 17, she was 22.

9. I didn't own my first car until I was almost 22. Until then, I got around by foot or on a 12-speed bike. And I was in much better shape back then!

10. Next summer, the scar on my right arm will be 30 years old.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

105. I can relate...

I've known Rubber Duckie since I was 4, too (hence the name)...And children, animals and the developmentally disabled always love me too...
Duckie

[TrogL]

23. Why do I respond to these stupid things?

1. I've lost three teeth (crowns) in the last two months.
   
2. I'm eating spaghetti (as usual).
   
3. I'm wearing a suit for the first time in about two months
   
4. My filing cabinet smells of mold
   
5. I can no longer wear my glasses at my desk
   
6. I need a pen and they're out
   
7. There's a poster on my office wall with four organs on it
   
8. I'm compiling something
   
9. I use toilet paper for facial tissue
   
10. My bookshelf has been declared "unsafe"
    

[SiobhanClancy]

24. OK..

1) I've been to Ireland over 50 times

2) I've had my right arm broken 5 times,all due to riding accidents

3) I could eat pasta in some form every day

4) When I was in college,I had an affair with my Russian professor

5) Marijuana is my favorite green vegetable

6) I've been married twice,and I met both of those princes in Heathrow airport(at different times!)

7) My daughter won't speak to me,and this breaks my heart

8) My grandfather introduced the woman's suffrage amendment for ratification in his state legislature

9) I hate mushrooms and won't eat them!

10) When I was in 5th grade a nun hit me,and I slapped her face.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

109. That's hilarious...

10) When I was in 5th grade a nun hit me and I slapped her face.
God I would have loved to have been there to see that! That's the best!! She probably deserved it.
Duckie

[LeftCoast]

25. OK, I'll play

1. My heroes are Harry Hay and Ben Franklin.

2. I'm Wiccan

3. When I lived in Iowa, I registered Republican so I could vote in their Caucus.

4. I REALLY REALLY wanted to have a tail when I was a little kid. :)

5. I used to be deathly afraid of razor blades and couldn't even be in the same room as one.

6. When I was in kindergarten I couldn't read but by the time I'd started 1st grade, my reading scores were better than anyone else in my school (K - 5th grade).

7. My favorite activity in high school was to make contact explosive.

8. I was a foreign exchange student in Germany.

9. I'm currently reading the Mabinogian.

10. I collect carnivorous plants.

[rucky]

27. 1. I bake herbal dog biscuits for a living

2. I have a lifetime undefeated record in thumb wrestling
3. I can do almost any cartoon voice
4. My grandmother saved my life when I was 12 (heimlich...spaghetti)
5. I "outed" Helen Hunt to the tabloids.
6. I've totaled 2 cars.
7. There's a patch of hair on my lower back that's been there since birth.
8. Some chemical imbalance in my saliva that has made me cavity free all my life.
9. I held up a taping of The Price is Right for almost an hour.
10. I'm 5'10", but wear children size glasses & hats.

[MisterP]

92. 7. is probably a mild form of spina bifida;

is there a dimple in the bone below?

[Cheswick2.0]

164. OM gosh is that why my ex had one weird little patch of hair on his back?

He found out he had a mild case of spina bifida and no one ever mentioned about the hair. He has a weird patch kind of to the right of his spine and above where his undeveloped vertebrae is.

[LynneSin]

28. Here are my 10 random facts

1. Jimmy Carter got me interested in Politics and the democratic party back in 1976 because he was a Peanut Farmer. I figured anyone who grew peanuts to make my favorite food peanutbutter had to be a good guy
   
2. I very rarely drink soda. Once when I was about 6 my mother gave me some sprite and I promptly threw up. Although I can hold down my soda, I just don't like drinking it.
   
3. The very oldest memory I have was when I was 4 years old. Our local elementary school had served bad Macroroni Salad and all the students (including my brother) came down sick. I remember that day because I was playing in the school playground with a neighboring friend and I was wearing a winter jacket that had Blue & Turquoise swirls in it. I have no other memories until Kindergarten
   
4. I've never done an illegal drug in my life. Not that I have any issues against them, I just have never done any. Oddly enough, I find biographies about people who abused drugs to be enjoyable to read and have several in my book collection
   
5. I've been a fan of the Cincinnati Reds since 1974. I remember watching a Reds vs. Phillies game with my grandfather and I became a fan of the team ever since. My favorite player has always been Tony Perez and years later I found out we share the same birthday (but not the same year)
   
6. The first Album I ever bought was Electric Light Orchestra's "Out of the Blue". It's still one of my favorites and I play it often (now on CD). Second album was Supertramp's "Breakfast in America"
   
7. I am a natural blonde and yes, it's blonde all-over
   
8. I took an elective class my senior year in college called "Electing the President" This was 1988 and the candidate that I had to report on each week was Dick Gephardt. I really wanted Gary Hart, but so did everyone else. The teacher gave me Dick Gephardt because we both look like we don't have eyebrows (we both have blonde eyebrows that are barely visible)
   
9. The First person I ever met from DU was Ramsey at an Emily's List Luncheon in Washington DC. At our table was Skinner and EarlG.
   
10. I just recently found out that there is another DUer from my hometown who not only used the same busstop as I did, but use to be our paper boy. He's 10 years younger than me so I really didn't know him in school. If he wants to mention his name he can. Mom says she remembers you!
    

[HEyHEY]

33. Here's a random fact - The Phlyers suck!

;-)

I like the peanut one best.

[LynneSin]

36. Here's another random fact: The Canucks Suck even more

:P

[THUNDER HANDS]

37. here's a more random fact - both of them suck

and the Islanders rule! :D

[LynneSin]

40. Here's a random fact: Magic Rat sucks

[THUNDER HANDS]

42. oh yeah...well at least I have eyebrows

:D

oh yes...I went there.

[Richardo]

44. The ultimate random fact: Hockey sucks.

:7

[HEyHEY]

96. what are you a basketball fan?

phfff

[LynneSin]

45. At least I have a brain!!!!

Back at ya

[THUNDER HANDS]

47. that's debatable...you ARE a Reds fan

Why don't you make a bet with your pal Pete Rose on whether he or Tony Perez will make the Hall of Fame. :D

[LynneSin]

49. Um, that was in the year 2000

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/perez_tony.htm



Dumbass!!!

[THUNDER HANDS]

50. I'm thinking of another Red then....my bad...who's the home run hitter

Who is on the ballot ever year but never makes it?

[LynneSin]

52. George Foster?

Pul-lease, he had one year with 52 homeruns - hardly a Hall of Fame Career. Then again his baseball career went downhill when he went to the Mets.

http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0330

[THUNDER HANDS]

59. no...it was someone else

A part of the Big Red Machine teams. He was held out of the Hall forever. I'm blanking on his name though.

[LynneSin]

60. You said Home Run hitter

Which I'm assuming would be someone like George Foster (not in) or Johnny Bench (he is in).

Pete Rose was NOT a homerun hitter and yes, I know - he's not in, but he should be and will be.

Also, Joe Morgan and Sparky Anderson are also in the HOF

[kmla]

162. Hey! Am I gonna have to separate you guys?

*kmla points in direction of opposite corners for Lynne and Rat, then gives the stern, raised, "Dad" eyebrow look to both*

"If we have to stop this discussion board, so help me..."

:spank:

(Always wanted to use that emoticon, anyway...)

[indigo32]

101. Heh

I never drink "Soda" either (we call it pop here ;0)

[5thGenDemocrat]

110. LynneSin -- May 14, right?

Alas, that's Andy the Right Wing Republican's birthday, too.
John
Now returning you to the thread.

[scottcsmith]

31. My ten

1) I have thrown up at least once in the countries of Japan, Hong Kong, Sydney, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, the Philippines and the good ole' USA.

2) I do not like to call people on the telephone.
3) I do not like people to sit next to me on a train/bus, but I don't mind it on an airplane or at a movie theater.
4) The ring finger on my left hand is longer than the index finger.
5) My ex-wife, my current wife and me all attended the same high school and I knew both of them (but we all didn't know each other).
6) The maid-of-honor in my first wedding was porn star Tera Patrick (she wasn't a porn star then).
7) I was raised a Southern Baptist, gave up religion at the age of 18, and coverted to Judaism when I was 32.
8) I am the only liberal in my family.
9) I am playing ABBA on my laptop right now ("Take a Chance on Me")
10) I am an impulsive video game buyer and own hundreds, if not thousands, of PC, Playstation and Playstation 2 games.

[ronnykmarshall]

54. How has #7 gone over w/ the family?

[scottcsmith]

123. We don't talk about it

They were pretty pissed about it and we've basically agreed to not talk about it. It's worked out pretty well.

[ikojo]

177. Is number 7 (conversion to Judaism at 32)

the cause or result of number 8 (only liberal in the family)?

[Hawkeye-X]

32. OK. My turn.

1. I got an in-school suspension once for fighting, and 3 day suspension for lighting magnesium flares at school.

2. I stole charity boxes as a kid, and once got $200 from just one tiny box -- a box the size of a small paperback book.

3. I attended an International Magician's Convention for the Deaf in Rochester, NY in 1996. An American won the Grand Prix there, first in their deaf history.

4. I once put a banana (fruit and peel) on a bedspread in a convention somewhere in Maryland (can't remember the city) as a joke, and nearly got kicked out from the membership as a result (was placed on probation instead)

5. I love reading Harry Potter and am reading the 3rd book (Prisoners of Akzaban) in advance of the movie (probably my fifth reading already)

6. I once fell asleep touring New York on a double-decker bus.

7. My favorite strip bar is in Canada - Sundowner's Inn in Niagara Falls, Canada.

8. I once won an Special Merit award as a Cub Scout for fastest running at a local Jamboree.

9. I won a pro-am bowling tournament for $200 scholarship and another bowling tournament in college for another $250 scholarship

10. I still pick my nose.

[FARAFIELD]

34. OKIE DOKE HERE GOES

1. I've seen the Siegfried and Roy show

2. I've voted for one Republican (my uncle for congress twice)

3. I had airline tickets for 9/11 when the flight was cancelled
we drove across the country to Idaho to see my parents.

4. I have a birthmark on my right thigh, my wife has one on her
left foot, our second daughter has birthmarks on her right thigh
and left foot (smaller than ours though)

5. When i was in the Air Force it took me 12 years of night school
to get a degree.

6. My dad was on Corrigedor when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

7. Ken Burns Autographed my Box Set of "The Civil War"

8. Ive been to a Super Bowl (XV), a World Series Game (1989), a NBA
Championship Game (lakers Celtics) and Stanley Cup Game
(Canadiens Kings)

9. My wife and I dated for 8 years before we planned our wedding,
then secretly got married three months before it, BUT went ahead
with it.

10. My parents are very conservative, but my five sisters and I are
either liberal or moderates.

[Breezy du Nord]

112. Cool. What's a corrigedor?

Sorry, my stupidity is showing. :eyes:

[GOPisEvil]

152. An island in the Phillippines. Scene of a fairly major WWII battle.

:-)

[FARAFIELD]

167. CORRIGEDOR

WAS ONE of the Islands that the American Army occupied on December 7th, 1941 as a consequence of being attacked on the same day (the Island was surrendered in MAY 1942) my father was essentially a prisoner of war for the duration of WWII. See also the Bataan Death March.

[bobja]

35. my 10

1. I had a gran mal seizure (my first!) in church when I was 12
2. I have had my artwork in international shows
3. Sometimes I don't listen to music for months at a time
4. I've hitch-hiked across the U.S. at least 6 times
5. Grateful Dead music adversely effects my CNS
6. I have not used my vehicle to commute to work since 1989
7. I'm 53 and never been married - not gay either
8. I get claustrophobic in crowds and must fight off the seizure feeling
9. I held my high school track record in high hurdles for 5 years
10. On Thanksgiving I climbed a mountain in the desert and got naked

[Richardo]

38. 10 Simple Things to know about Richardo...

1) I'm left handed.
2) I've been in one fist fight in my life - 6th grade. Got the $#!+ kicked out of me. (And a group of my friends started it and elected me to do the fighting)
3) Almost drowned in a pool on vacation in the late 60s - saw the ol' life flash before my eyes and everything.
4) Very conservative until about 1980.
5) Do not particularly like or understand "goal" oriented sports: soccer, basketball, football, hockey. Prefer tennis, golf, baseball.
6) At 17, almost arrested smuggling two six packs of beer from Mexico to Calexico, California.
7) Incurable fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
8) Have seen 2001: A Space Odyssey at least 30 times - most of them in the theater.
9) Was fired from a job in the local public library when I was 14 or so for not showing up to work. Tried to keep it from my parents without success.
10) The entire transcript of the "man-to-man" talk my father had with me as I was leaving for college is as follows: "Don't do anything stupid."

:D

[LynneSin]

43. That's better than the "woman-to-woman" chat I had with my mom

about sex:

"Whatever you do - keep your pants on"

Of course it was about 2 months too late for that advise

[MotorCityMan]

73. Never got the "man-to-man" chat

My parents gave us a set of four books, "The Life Cycle Library". The second volume was all about how a fetus developed. The books went into detail about such burning issues like "Should a girl wear gloves on a date?"

Finally learned about the birds and bees when my brother found my dads extensive pornography collection when I was 10.

[REP]

39. Ten

1. I have hypermobile joints
2. My favorite color is blue
3. I invented a mathmatical formula when I was 17 by mistake; I wrote it to get around a BASIC programming instruction I didn't get.
5. When I was in grade school, I sang with the Young Americans.
6. I've broken all my fingers and toes at least once, but have never broken a major bone.
7. I have the true paradoxical reaction to Versed.
8. The first piece I ever submitted to a major publication was purchased, but the magazine went out of business before it was published (Spy).
9. I have an unusually acute sense of smell.
10. I was born the same day as a half-brother, and I 'died' during a surgery on the same day he died.

[ronnykmarshall]

46. Lemme see .....

1. Things with a lot of holes in them give me the creeps.

2. I am the second child and my only brother was also gay.

3. My secret passion is be a singer. My voice isn't bad, but only if I'm in the shower.

4. After winning the Democratic primary in 1992, I went to shake Dianne Feinstein's hand at her victory rally. She took my hand and held it in both her hands while she talked to the press. Afterwards she, smiled and patted my on the cheek.

5. I was basically tortured in the 6th grade by bullies. The next year when I was in Jr. High, I got my revenge. In gym class, when we had to change clothes, I was much "bigger" than my tormentors.

6. When I was a little kid, I used to wear my cowboy boots with my shorts and pretend I was Nancy Sinatra.

7. I can't do math in my head.

8. When Patty Hearst was convicted, I (at 13) was very upset and called a radio station to express my feelings. They played it on the air for over a month.

9. At a Dukakis rally in 1988, Barbara Boxer told me she was watching me from the stage the whole time and really was impressed with my energy. She made sure Dukakis came over and greeted me.

10. I'm the other DU'er that remembers National Lampoon's Disco Beaver From Outerspace!

[Bombero1956]

71. my turn

1. I proposed to my wife 2 weeks after I met her (we've been married 24 years now)

2. I sat next to Elizabeth Taylor and Elton John at the Broadway musical Lion King.

3. I was always the last to get picked for sports teams when I was in grade school.

4. My 2 younger brothers were born on December 25th and January 6th(the Epiphany), I have a cousin born on Halloween , a nephew born on Valentines Day and a brother in law born on St. Patricks Day.

5. I delivered a baby girl in an ambulance a day before becoming a father for the first time.

6. I advise an Explorer post I was a member of 30 years ago.

7. I am addicted to collecting Nascar diecast replicas, at this point I am approaching 1,000 pieces.

8. I share a birthday with Hank Aaron.

9. I hate winter and can't wait to move to a warmer climate.

10. In the next year or so I will be wearing badge #1 as senior firefighter in my department.

[Blue-Jay]

51. I don't know if I can even think of ten interesting things, but here goes.

1) I've testified in a murder trial.

2) I've skydived 72 times. (thinking about getting back into it)

3) My shoe size has been the same since 7th grade. (10)

4) I got hammered in Salzberg, Austria and puked on the steps of a church in front of a bunch of nuns who were not amused. The following day I had to sing in that same church with my college chorale. One of the nuns recognized me and gave me a good finger-shaking after we sang
Handel's Dixit Dominus.

5) Listening to bagpipe music makes me weep with joy and longing. I also play them them.

6) I like watching "Hey Arnold" when nothing else is on.

7) My favorite airplane is the P51 Mustang. Good God, they're beautiful.

8) I lost a (somewhat distant) relative in the 1996 school massacre in Dunblane, Scotland. He was only five years old.

9) I got stoned with Chuck Mangione.

10) My tenor sax used to belong to Ben Webster. I have the original bill of sale from 1955. There's an interesting story about how I got it, but I'll save that for another time.

11) I'm off tomorrow, and will probably be piss drunk before tonight is over.

OK, that last one doesn't count.

[SOteric]

56. Ooof.

1. I studied ballet for 14 years. I can still stand on the tips of my toes and I'm remarkably flexible.

2. I read complex novels in 4 languages.

3. I once dated a professional baseball player for several months.

4. A man I loved and lived with took his own life and I'm not over it yet.

5. I have won several awards, including cash prizes for poetry and essays.

6. No amount of laundering seems to keep long hair from getting caught in ones' socks.

7. I still have the plush bunny my uncle Primo gave me when I was 3.

8. I have stashed a time-capsule with documents and articles related to the perfidy of the Bush "presidency" and the Iraq war somewhere in this state or the 2 neighbouring it.

9. I have a half-moon scar on my left wrist. A Hindu cleric once told me that in combination with my date of birth it signaled a specific destiny. So far, he's right.

10. I have written history.

[WWW]

57. okay, I'll bite

1.My great-uncle, a Jesuit priest, was responsible for inventing two revolutionary things, mustard gas and synthetic rubber, two things which helped the Allies to win WWI and WWII. The science building at Notre Dame is named after him.
2. I have seen the contents of Stephen King's medicine cabinet.
3. I was once interviewed by the staff of Peter Jenning's World News Tonight for a national broadcast.
4. I am married to a very famous DUer.
5. My cat once tied the Guiness World Book of Record for the most number of toes. It has since been broken.
6. When I used to work for a daily newspaper, I could write a 13-inch story in 13 minutes.
7. My husband and I built a three story house in late fall and early winter in Maine in less than three months. From ground work to roofing. We started building the house on Sept. 24 and moved in Dec. 16.
8. My grandmother knew Rachel Carson.
9. My mother's boyfriend, before she met my father, was on the cover of Time Magazine.
10. I was on the first flight out of Seoul Korea in 1998 to fly over the DMZ.

[cmf]

58. This is fun

1. I bake all my own bread.

2. Mushrooms are my favorite food, but my husband can't stand them.

3. I have a phobia of scorpions. I cannot even see a picture of one without freaking out.

4. I have very little body hair.

5. I speak French with a perfect accent.

6. I was in drum corps in high school.

7. I went to college with George P. Bush (yes, that Bush) and Andy Ashcroft (yes, that Ashcroft).

8. I can't drink beer, but I can happily down hard cider.

9. I love to travel, but am afraid to fly. I always just suck it up and spend the whole time gripping the armrests.

10. I've been a political junkie all my life. One of my first memories is watching the 1980 presidential returns when I was 4, and crying when they called it for Reagan. (My parents are staunch lifelong Democrats.)

[Padraig18]

61. OK

1.) I am the 11th of 14 children.

2.) My left foot is a full shoe-size larger than my right.

3.) I'm 'double-jointed', so much so that I can put my ankles behind my neck.

4.) I absolutely love Szechwan Chinese food.

5.) I can read 1500 wpm with comprehension, but can only type 30 wpm (VERY frustrating here @ DU).

6.) My favorite color is blue.

7.) I am a devout Catholic, yet conflicted about it at time, being gay.

8.) I almost always fall asleep in the tub when I bathe there.

9.) I can accurately tell you the time to within 5-10 minutes at any time of the day or night without a watch or clock.

10.) I am in my 1st monogamous sexual relationship.

[trackfan]

62. Here goes....

1. I haven't flown since 1983, and don't intend to. (This resolution predates 9-11.)
2. My wife and I have a personal library of several thousand books.
3. I absolutely believed, and still believe Bill Clinton when he said "I didn't inhale", because I seldom inhale, and just go along to be sociable.
4. I spend a lot of my time at work playing the horses on the internet.
5. I've played the piano for 36 years, but I'm not very good.
6. I've only worked about half of my adult life.
7. I have a dog, two cats, and two chickens.
8. I saw Gene McCarthy at a Dodger game in 1968.
9. Minnie Driver once called me to ask what a Visigoth was.
10. I was an avid NFL football fan when I was young, and barely can name half-a-dozen players today.

[Fleshdancer]

63. Random things about me

1. I gave birth to my daughter in Japan. I don't recommend it.
2. My mother named me after Gloria Steinem
3. I played the saxaphone in Junior High
4. I married when I was just 21 years old. So far so good.
5. I taught ballroom dance before I moved to Japan
6. My middle name is Joy
7. A man once told me my aura is yellow
8. I get really bad road rage. Is it really too much to ask to use your freakin' blinker??? I mean really people. :grr:
9. My first concert was the Monkeeys reunion tour. The Grassroots, Herman's Hermits, and Gary Pucket & The Union Gap were also there. I still have the t-shirt.
10. Knock on wood, but really bad things don't happen to me. I hope I didn't just jinx myself by admitting that.

[Qutzupalotl]

65. Is anyone still reading this far?

1. I got my first gray hair at age 13. Seems like the more I worry about it, the worse it gets. :) There may be snow on the roof, but there are still bats in the belfry.

2. I taught myself to play classical guitar.

3. I went to a high school that was closed for years in defiance of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision (many years later, of course), where I was a white minority.

4. Didn't date or kiss a girl until I was 16. I lost my virginity on graduation night from high school. I'm a fast learner.

5. I travelled 11 hours every other weekend when dating my future fiancee two states away.

6. I once won $100 from a local tire company by guessing when the first snowfall of the year would come. The date had flashed in my mind as I contemplated how much my Sunday paper route would suck in the snow.

7. I visited Stonehenge, Chartres, Mont St. Michel, Conques, Toulouse and Vezelay with the other two members of the Rudolf Steiner Memorial Lodge.

8. I found my dream house by accident while driving on what I thought would be an ideal commute from work.

9. I thoroughly enjoyed the first Harry Potter movie.

10. I have never voted for a Republican, despite the fact that I would if I thought that one was the best candidate.

[Cleita]

67. Ten will be hard.

1. My parents stayed married to each other until death.

2. I never had kids. I really do like them, but fate was not kind to me that way. Yet, through a stepchild, I am a surrogate grandmother and greatgrandmother.

3. I used to be taller than everyone my age until I turned twelve and the rest of my classmates caught up with me and passed me. I still think of myself as a tall person, rather silly since I usually have to look up at everyone.

4. I write fantasy fiction in my spare time.

5. I have no musical or dancing talent whatsoever, yet I love both.

6. I have been all over the Western Hemisphere, yet I have never gone east or west to Asia or to Europe.

7. I have spent months in the woods without modern conveniences.

8. I have eight aunts who are younger than me.

9. I went to boarding school.

10.I live close to the ocean.

[Skittles]

68. OK

1) I'm a real blonde - age 46 with NO gray hair

2) I was an Air Force sergeant

3) I was and Air Force brat

4) I've never been married

5) I don't own a single piece of jewelry

6) I have five brothers and no sisters

7) As a GI brat my favorite place of residence was Madison, Wisconsin

8) My mum is a Brit and I spent many years of my childhood in England

9) I have donated over 20 gallons of blood

10) My name is Susan

[ronnykmarshall]

72. You left one out

You can kick anyone's ass!

[EmmaP]

70. Okay, I'll bite...

1. Neither my brother nor I have ever had any cavities/fillings.
2. I have occasional lapses in my vegetarianism.
3. My prefered method of transportation to/from work is bicycle.
4. When I was about 18 months old, the neighbor dropped me on my head (yes, it explains a lot).
5. I can't watch most cartoon movies because when something bad happens to the animals (Rudolph, Dumbo, Bambi's parents, etc.) I sob.
6. I prefer most animals to most people.
7. My favorite sandwich in grade school was bologna, salami, ketchup, and butter on white bread with the crust cut off.
8. I want to be a writer.
9. I love arguing.
10. Misspellings and bad grammar make me nuts. I can overlook obvious typos.

[Interrobang]

74. My 10...

1) I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to anonymous parents, and then adopted by a couple of people who moved me to London, Ontario, where I now reside.

2) I have cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia. (Therefore, it took me 10 years to learn to touch-type.) However, I also have a tested IQ of about 170ish, which makes for some interesting interactions with people who ought to know better.

3) When I was 17 and 18, I went to the National level in Advanced Dressage for the Disabled, and placed fourth and third in Canada. I was not selected to go on to the International championships in London, England, though.

4) I have had at least two articles accepted for publication and then had the pleasure of seeing my name in print denied due to publication fold.

5) Among the people with whom I have had e-mail correspondence since I started using e-mail are: Norman Spinrad (who said my article was "a good piece"!), Winston Smith (the collage artist who did all those Dead Kennedys album covers), Bart from Bartcop.com, and Dr. Gordon Bell (yes, *that* Gordon Bell!).

6) I have a black cat named Nero (I got him with that name), whose fangs are so long they overlap his bottom lip and are visible when looking straight at him. He's also the most ruthlessly affectionate cat I've ever met.

7) My fiance is Jewish, which has given me the excuse to go ahead and start learning Hebrew. Now everyone asks me if I'm going to convert to Judaism. Yesterday, I found out (while reading a website on Judaica, partly for the jokes, and mostly just for shits and giggles) that most converts take a Hebrew name when they convert (I thought, "I have a Hebrew name!"), and that the Hebrew name most female converts take is "Sarah," which is the alternate spelling of my actual first name! I may laugh about that for months.

8) I own approximately 2000 books, periodicals, and other similar items.

9) I have a Master's in Language and Professional Writing from the University of Waterloo (http://www.uwaterloo.ca), class of '99.

10) I really like studying languages, and have taken or self-studied (sometimes some of each) six languages now. I'm fluent in English (of course), functional in French and Spanish, speak enough Japanese to convince someone that we might be able to have a conversation in bad English and worse Japanese, read Yiddish about well enough to get through a simple joke (or listen well enough to pick out a word here and there in an audio file), and read/speak/listen maybe a few hundred Hebrew words, but no verb conjugations yet (I haven't found a good table with the conjugations/declensions written out in full).

And that's me. I could go on in this vein forever, but you're probably already bored. :)

[GOPisEvil]

75. My turn; my turn!

1. I am an Eagle Scout. (1985)
2. I moved six time before age 12. (Dad was in the Air Force)
3. I have a vertical scar on my forehead from a run-in with a radiator when I was 3.
4. I've never seen the Atlantic Ocean.
5. I lost 12 inches from my waist (50"-38").
6. I once voted in a Republican primary (Texas Governor in the late 1980s).
7. I once played in a golf tournament with boxing champion "Jesse" James Leija.
8. I scored 72/100 on my driving license test.
9. I've never had sex with a woman on the night I met her (the next night? another story)
10. I once played Winnie the Pooh in a school play.

[LynneSin]

80. You should have told me about the Atlantic Ocean

We could have driven there while we were in Delaware. We have beaches you know. Ironcially, I've only seen the Pacific Ocean when I was in another country (Acapulco, Mexico and Tamorindo, Costa Rica)

:shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

81. It just dawned on me while I was getting my list together.

Next time I head that way, I'll check out the Atlantic.

[LynneSin]

82. You're not coming up here for your vacation??

:cry:

:D

[GOPisEvil]

88. LOL - I'm not going anywhere. I don't think...

....BUT I got an e-mail about cheapie flights to Baltimore. So, I'll check that out to be sure.

[SOteric]

93. Awwww..... Winnie the Pooh.... Awwwww.....

:hug:

I love Winnie....

[GOPisEvil]

95. I had the little ears and everything!

IIRC, it was 5th or 6th grade.

:hug:

[trof]

76. I am also an award winning journalist.

For a piece I did about alternatives to the draft in 1962.
2. I'm web-footed. Right pinky and the next one.
3. I'm a "Jr."
4. I was once involved in a mid-air collision.
5. I was once proficient in air-to-air refueling. (OK, somewhat related to 4.)
6. I can move my eyeballs independently.
7. I am the local consultant regarding ANY type of outdoor cooking.
8. I am able to propose a toast in several languages.
9. My initials are the same as a common aviation term. MSL
10. I made a commercial for a successful gubernatorial candidate, in that I was the person onscreen.

[alfredo]

178. I am web-footed too, the middle three both feet.

All fingers are webbed, but barely noticeable.

[LynneSin]

79. I love this thread so much: Here's 10 more

1. Scrapple use to be one of my favorite foods when I was a kid. That was until I helped make Scrapple, now I get ill even seeing it
   
2. I won't touch most Asian foods because of food poisoning I got at a Chinese Restaurant.
   
3. I once owned a rabbit that didn't have any long ears. His mother chewed them off at birth.
   
4. In college I owned 2 Chameleons named Pete and Repeat. After Pete died I bought another one and his name was Damnit because he escaped when we were trying to get him out of the cage at the pet store
   
5. I once won a Halloween Contest dressed up as a headless person.
   
6. I still have my favorite stuffed animal, Lobo. I won him when I was 8 years old and he became my favorite because that's the stuffed animal my dad brought me when I was rushed to the hospital while at Horseback Riding Camp
   
7. Both of my grandmothers died the day after my birthdate at 5pm, but 2 years apart. I was panicked stricken on May 15th, 1993 for fear another relative would die. That didn't happen
   
8. George W. Bush is a distant cousin of mine. I'm related through the Walkers.
   
9. I am my own 3rd Cousin once removed. My grandparents were actually first cousins once removed. Hey, it was the old country - not like I planned it that way.
   
10. I was in Marching Band in High School, but when I got to college I tried out for the Basketball Cheerleading Squad - and I made it too.
    

[Ediacara]

84. well...

1) I have a knack for cracking safes, although am by no means an expert.

2) I have an odd birthmark where I have a patch of blonde hair growing on the side of my head behind my right ear, where the rest of my hair is dark brown. When my hair is longer, it's hard to notice, but when it's short people think I am the victom of a bad bleach job.

3) I actually am an expert on dinosaurs and am going to school for paleontology.

4) I have seriously considered running for Seattle City Council, but I felt getting back into school was more important.

5) I have been in three earthquakes that I can remember. The most recent and severe being the Nisqually quake on 28 Feb 2001.

6) I think Mac's, up until VERY recently, have been less user friendly than PCs.

7) I am shorter than every president, except possibly Monroe.

8) It is against the rules for me to give blood.

9) I protested during the WTO "riots" of 1999.

10)I live in the least represented congressional district in the country.

[Red State Rebel]

91. Just in case you're interested.....

1. My parents couldn't afford an instrument for me to play in school so I waited until Jr. high when the school offered the free use of a violin and lessons because they needed string players. I played for 6 years in school and still have a violin in the house.

2. I was a Cheerleader and Pommie in High School - my picture from then is in the entryway of the local Applebees where they hang all the local school stuff. To tell you how old it is, the picture is in black and white :).

3. I'm a boy scout leader and I have a gay scout and 2 gay adult volunteers.

4. I make all of my family's soap.

5. I was a twin, but the twin died in the womb and miscarried at 7 months. After my mom told me this I would get so sad on my birthday.

6. Both of my parents were dead by the time I was 21 - my father at 32 of kidney failure and my mother at 46 of cancer. Turning 46 this year was very freaky for me.

7. My body has regenerated an ovary that I had removed surgically 7 years ago.

8. My parents couldn't afford dance lessons so I taught my self tumbling then traded giving tumbling lessons for dance classes at the local studio. I can still do the splits.

9. I taught Colorguard and Winterguard at our local high school as a volunteer for 8 years - we had 5 straight undefeated years on the field and won state 2 years in winter.

10. I volunteer each summer for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corp as a seamstress. I travel on tour with them by bus all over the country while they compete in DCI. (www.cavaliers.org)

[indigo32]

94. OK

1. I wear hearing aides

2. I am 4'11 3/4 inch ;)

3. I drink coffee ALL day long and still sleep at night

4. As a nurse (in the past) I have seen babies born and held peoples hand as they died...and considered it an honor

5. I have NEVER voted for a Republican

6. I dream of owning a motorcycle... even went out and got a license but haven't bought one yet. I plan to this spring

7. I am falling head over heals for someone and it's been YEARS since I've felt that way.

8. I'm a Unitarian

9. I love to sing and sing in two different Choirs... played piano growing up and french horn in high school

10. in a nod to Magic Rat I USED to enjoy prowrestling quite a bit

[Djinn]

97. hey this is fun

1. I died at birth - for a minute or two, some say that explains a lot

2. I was 13 when I first voted in a federal election (a friend of my older sisters wasn't going to bother voting and let me do it for her)

3. The flatest shoe I wear to work has a 2 inch heel

4. I recently put on some weight after being sick for a year or two and have some boobs for the first time ever (Yeah!)

5. I went to my ten year high school reunion last weekend

6. I split my head open twice before the age of two

7. I can "speak" in sign language (little rusty now but still good at insults)

8. I'm currently slacking off at work

9. I turned into a bit of a fascist at Uni just as a reaction to the knee jerk leftism of everyone else there

10. Im terrified of moths

[jus_the_facts]

98. aight here goes.....

1. I hate reality shows.

2. I have a freckle between my middle and pointer fingers of my right hand.

3. I own every Black Sabbath and Ozzy CD.

4. I own 175+ DVD's.

5. I have brown hair with red and blond natural highlights...and my pubes are jet black! :evilgrin:

6. I looooove dolphins and want to swim with them before I die.

7. I'm addicted to Sprite Remix.

8. My kitty gets bad hairballs and I bought her a new kind of hairball treats today.

9. I'm forced to listen to sports talk radio every night.

10. I'm really good at arranging flowers.

[MisterP]

100. it's my horse!

1. Take care of recuperating pelicans every Sunday--used to be helping more injured ones for about two years.
2. Have a simian line on my left palm and two webbed toes on my left foot (#2 & #3).
3. Can imitate many birds and the leg of ham reposing in the Governor's Mansion in Sacrymento.
4. Speak German fluently (but can't understand what Schwarzenegger's saying).
5. Have had budgerigars for over eight years now.
6. Fascinated by embryology and physiology.
7. Animals don't mind me, except one of my parakeets.
8. Enjoy machines, especially those made before the 1600's.
9. Was often chased by dogs when I was about 5, still am leery of many of them.
10. Howard Zinn, Aleister Crowley, Al Franken, and Stephen Jay Gould can all be found on one of my bookshelves.

[wysi]

102. Zinn...

... was one of my professors at BU, and a genuinely lovely man in person as well. I learned a great deal from him.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

107. My fruends-BU Grads-say the same thing about Zinn

They loved him as a professor. I have met him and found him warm and gracious. He is truly one of my heroes!

Welcome to DU, fellow Masshole! It must be hard cheering for the Sox in New Zealand!

[wysi]

111. Very hard...

... especially when you have to go to meetings at work during the 7th inning of game 7 against the * (can't say their name either).

But Schilling is a good addition, and I like this new direction they seem to be taking. :-)

As for Zinn, I credit him in no small part with my intellectual awakening, even if he did make me decide that Communism wouldn't work (and he was a Communist!).

[5thGenDemocrat]

103. Not that anyone will or should care, but

1. I've been to all 1083 townships in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
2. I can't whistle.
3. I own a 1963 International Harvester bus named "Social Embarrassment". It is just under 30 feet long and weighs seven tons.
4. I've been married twice: the first went 22 months, the second 24 months.
5. One of my ancestors, Thomas Lynch, signed the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina.
6. The only really famous politician I've ever met was George Wallace.
7. I've never been to a circus.
8. I am allergic to tea.
9. I had a 0.00 GPA in high school and graduated GED in November of my junior year.
10. I was editor of my college paper. Fellow DUer MSchreader was on the staff.
John
Oh, and I can count to ten.

[Blade]

106. Ok..

1. I am an expert at prowrestling and the WWE.
2. I hate spiders. (not afraid of them, though.)
3. I failed Calculus 3 times.
4. I hate vegetables.
5. I love meat.
6. I work in a friggen library.
7. I've kicked someone's ass until they were knocked unconscious.
8. I've gotten written up numerous times by my RAs because of "bad behavior."
9. I used to work at a K-Mart.
10. I have a strange addiction to Dr. Pepper....

[Breezy du Nord]

108. What the hell, I'll bite

1. I hate seeing horror movies, yet I watch them all the time.
2. My best friend has the fluency of a five-year-old in Mandarin.
3. I have two celebrity crushes. Johnny Depp and Aaron McGruder (though I don't think the last one counts as a celebrity) They are both much to old for me, but, oh well. :) I admire because they are both smart and pretty goo-looking. oh, who am I kidding they're DISHES.
4. I used to like Britney Spears' music. (Don't laugh, I was stupid when I was younger.)
5. I'm one of the youngest people on DU (a freshie).
6. I am blind in my right eye.
7. When I was two, I developed Juvenile Rhuematoid Arthritis in my ankle.
8. I've been to Mexico and I absolutely LOVE it there.
9. I've always aspired to be a writer.
And of course...
10. I'm allergic to cats.

[ChaoticSilly]

113. my 10

1. I've only been to church once in my entire life.
2. I made my first B in the 4th grade & thought I was going to be in serious trouble for it.
3. I registered to vote as a republican on the advice of my family, but have never voted for one.
4. I deliberately sabotaged my grades in high school because I was scared I'd make validictorian and have to make a speech at graduation.
5. I graduated 3rd in my high school class.
6. I've won 2nd place twice in the IRTC this year.
7. I'm thinking about proposing to my girlfriend.
8. I've been lurking around DU since the 2000 selection, but still have a dismally low post count.
9. I have a very, very messy desk.
10. I'm testing my first sig in this post.

[Catfish]

114. This is fun

I'm going to post the first 10 things I can think of and then enjoy reading all the other posts:

1. I was born in and grew up in New Orleans.

2. I'm cooking a big pot of tomato sauce now and the house smells great.

3. I got my first dog at age 5 and I named him Mike because there were 6 boys in my kindergarten class named Mike.

4. My undergraduate degree is in Economics.

5. Both my second toes are very long, longer than my big toes and almost as long as my little finger.

6. As flawed as he was, I admire Lyndon Johnson and even Robert Caro can't cure me of that.

7. I hate to shop, except for groceries.

8. I hate to vacuum and mop but like to wash, dry, fold and put away laundry.

9. My first memory is of feeding bread to ducks by a lagoon.

10. I can lean back and pull my foot up and touch my toes to my head.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

115. My Ten:

1. I am a natural redhead, now strawberry blonde. No gray yet!

2. I spoke in full sentences at one-year old and read by two years old. At 3 I could name all the Presidents.

3. I filled my whole passport in less than ten years and had to order extra pages.

3 A. I have been to Paris 25 times in 20 years.

4. I voted for one Republican in my life: former Mass. Governor Bill Weld, who was light years more liberal than his Democratic opponent, John Silber.

5. I am a rabid Red Sox fan and have partial seasons tickets

6. I was a punk rocker as a kid.

7. I love to cook and I'm damn good at it. I do not enjoy baking.

8. I have a flair for decorating but I have no artistic talent whatsoever.

9. I am afraid of heights-I don't like being high up on a ladder or on a roof deck, but I have no fear of being 30,000 miles up in a plane.

10. I can argue circles around most people, but I'm generally very affable and diplomatic.

[wysi]

116. #4

I voted for Weld too, mainly because I went to BU! I spoke to him on the morning of the election... I was coming out of the Government Center T station and he was at the top shaking people's hands... I said 'Hey I just voted for you!'.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

118. Silber was a sicko

I could never imagine him running a state, considering how he ran BU.

Where are you from in Mass?

[SiobhanClancy]

146. Since I got fired from BU...

I'm enjoying their troubles over there...:evilgrin:
I hear that the faculty and many students are really in an uproar over there about the recent fiasco.

[wysi]

174. I loved BU...

... and I'm glad I went there, but the place is run by psychos. Sorry to hear you got fired :-(

[wysi]

173. Way out west...

... Pittsfield!

[camero]

117. ok, here goes

1. I have black hair and blue eyes

2. Went to my state tournament for wrestling in high school

3. got carried off the field after getting walked with the bases loaded on the final at bat in my little league championship game.

4. Best time in the mile: 5:23

5. Drove a tractor trailer in 47 states and 4 Canadian Provinces.

6. Volunteered for the salvation army once.

7. my first serious relationship was at age 32.

8. I drink diet soda like some people drink beer.

9. I have a high school and some trade school education.

10. I pushed a car across the toll booth at the Whitestone Bridge in
NYC and the toll collector called me Popeye. toot toot.

[Catfish]

119. Great thread!

I loved reading it. Thanks!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

124. Just in case you're still reading this...

10. I have hyper smelling and tasting abilities. I can taste the difference between types of bottled water, and I can smell people's lipgloss and chapstick from several feet away.

9. I'm obsessed with Hallmark. I will spend hours in there, on the verge of tears, reading cards. I buy three cards every time I'm there, no matter what they are for. I will use them eventually. Remember those commercials with that lady imagining what it would be like to have a box at the ready? Yeah, that's me.

8. I am the biggest Lewis Black and George Carlin fan you will ever find.

7. I have to sleep with a fan on, or I literally can't breathe.

6. Sweating is against my religion.

5. I love DU, but most of the time am left wondering if anyone reads my posts and if anyone likes me at all. Mainly because I kill threads left and right. I have a weird sense of humor, and I always think everyone ignores me because of it.

4. I have a collection of over 20 pairs of flip flops, soccer flops, and house shoes.

3. I have never (knock on wood) had a cavity or a broken bone.

2. In the last ten years they have been on, I haven't missed an episode of ER or Friends.

1. My boyfriend and I are huge fans of Harry Potter. We're in the middle of the 4th book, which we listen to in the car. Book three is the best of the series, and I'm dreading reading number 5.

Duckie

[Breezy du Nord]

126. #8 about Lewis Black

You rock! He's one of my favorite parts of the Daily show and his stand-up specials are hilarious. And I like Harry Potter for some reason too, though the movies don't do it justice. The third is the coolest one, you're right.

[VOX]

125. 10 by rezmutt...

1. I can make four distinct, separate and simultaneous sounds with my cheeks, lips and vocal chords.

2. I've never gotten a speeding ticket (and yes, I do drive).

3. I once honked my horn unmercifully at Don Knotts.

4. In the 10th grade, I won a nationwide brotherhood essay contest sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

5. I have never flown in an airplane.

6. I play a mean blues harp.

7. I can do a dead-on impression of a Siamese cat.

8. I wear extra-long neckties and have 36-inch-long sleeves.

9. I collect Hopi katsinas, Zuni fetishes and Navajo weavings.

10. I have done many PSA spots for radio.

[never cry wolf]

127. Ok, I'll give it a go

1. My left nasal passage drains from the bottom as a result of getting my cheekbone crushed in softball.

2. My Dad's father was a member of the communist party during the depression.

3. I was on the 12 year plan in college. I got my B. Arch. but have enough credits for two masters.

4. My sister died last April of breast cancer.

5. My other sister divorced her husband two years ago. Uncle Mike is gay (she knew going in) and HIV positive and still best friends with my sis, they both got new boyfriends.

6. Uncle Mike and my freeper mom get along swimingly, he often spends the weekend with my parents.

7. Sievekingplatz in Hamburg is the street where all the municipal buildings are located and was named after one of my ancestors.

8. U of Ill. has an architectural campus in Versailles and I was fortunate enough to be able to go to school there for a year.

9. I have NEVER been in a fistfight. I did wrestle in high school though so don't mess with me.

10. Between me and my dad, we know EVERYTHING!! Go ahead, ask me any question!!

[sleepyhead]

128. Only 10?

1. I learned to read at age 2 and was reading the New York Times to my parents (with commentary) at age 3.

2. I had a lazy eye and had to start wearing glasses in kindergarten (related to #1?)

3. My sister and I had to run home from school each day in grade school because of the fundamentalist kids throwing rocks at us and calling us "Christ-killers"

4. I played piccolo in high school and always played the solo part in "Stars and Stripes Forever"

5. I have a very large cat named Wilbur who sleeps by my head each night and purrs so loud that you can hear him across the room.

6. I changed careers at the age of 30 and fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian.

7. My very favorite food is fried chicken.

8. I have never lost a spelling bee.

9. I got married for the first time this year - at the age of 47!

10. Almost all of my favorite clothes are black.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

129. Mine

1. On my first day of first grade, the teacher called me by the wrong name all day, and I was too scared to correct her.
2. Before I started school, I had been taught to sing songs in German, Latvian, and Norwegian.
3. Although I took driver's training in high school, I didn't get my license till I was 29.
4. I love choral singing, and have sung in church, community, and Slavic/Balkan choruses.
5. I played "Kate the nymphomaniac" in a college production of David and Lisa.
6. I didn't own a car between 1993 and 2003.
7. The college I was working for sent me and seven colleagues on a five-week, all-expenses-paid trip to China in 1990.
8. The only fruits I like are apples and berries.
9. I'm terrible at wrapping packages.
10. One of the greatest disappointments of my childhood was that I was never able to own a horse.

[Imalittleteapot]

130. I could tell some juicy stuff in a list of 20.

1. I'm a graphic designer, want to be an architect, should be a grade school teacher (according to Mom).
2. I shook Clinton's and Gore's hands in 2000.
3. I'm terrified of mosquitos, but not of snakes, mice and bees.
4. I sing-along with Karen Carpenter or Motown CDs when I'm drunk.
5. My brother called me a GD f-ing N word loving liberal. We haven't spoken since and Christmas is coming.
6. I'm married to a Republican. With the exception of just four people, everyone in our large families share his stupidity.
7. I went to a George Wallace rally, date unknown.
8. I get emotional at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the sea.
9. After viewing it last weekend, I strongly disagree with the movie critics assessment of "The Life of David Gale" with Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura Linney.
10. I want to take a road trip out of Texas - all around the country - and spend a month or two in the Umbria region of Italy. Fat chance.

[AlFrankenFan]

131. Hmmm...

1. I am a very good cartoonist and have never taken an art class in my life.

2. Bill Clinton inspired me to play the saxophone.

3. I'm 13

4. I've almost cut off my thumb, index, and middle fingers on my left hand in three seperate incidents (knife, dish washer, knife)

5. Coffee makes me act like a hyper jackass

6. I have been to 26 states in the USA

7. I learned the "f" word at age 5

8. I hate chocolate

9. I've hated Rush Limbaugh since I was 4

10. I'm allergic to popcorn

[alfredo]

132. OK

1. I have webbed toes and fingers

2. I drove cab in Detroit

3. worked with the Black Panthers

4. had a top secret crypto security clearance

5. Lived with a CIA agent

6. Lived with a local leader of the Student Mobilization Committee

7. partied with Jomo Kenyatta's right hand man

8. Met Miriam Makeba

9. Have two incurable diseases, but feel fine

10. Could be thrown in prison in five countries.

[alfredo]

169. Number 5 told me where to meet number 8 eom

[JaySherman]

135. Mine

1. My best friend and I have the same birthday, one year apart.

2. I sometimes listen to Chomsky speeches for fun.

3. I have a knack for remembering totally odd, useless facts and anecdotes but I can never remember how to play card games. And if you ask me to hang out next week I'll probably forget if you don't remind me.

4. The oldest woman I've had sex with was 38 (I'm 25).

5. My greatest athletic achievement ever was finishing 3rd in a high school cross-country tournament.

6. I'm from U.S. but I currently live in Japan, where I'm an English teacher.

7. I have a 137 I.Q. Almost a genius (140). Close, but not quite. That's the story of my life.

8. I'm pagan, and back in the States I hung out with a bunch of druids.

9. I'm half deaf in one ear but I have perfect 20/20 vision.

10. I always get misty-eyed when I hear Enya's song "May it Be" from the Fellowship of the Rings soundtrack.

[Bundbuster]

138. streaming

1. Ted Williams' final-swing HR landed 20 feet from me at Fenway Park.

2. My parents never voted for a Democrat, I never for a Republican.

3. Did acid approx. 500 times in the early '70's - never a bad trip.

4. Once owned a 6-foot boa constictor (Miss hiss) which gave neck
and shoulder massages on command.

5. Once lived 4 years with no TV or telephone - best years of my life.

6. Wes Clark shook my hand and thanked me last month.

7. Couldn't sleep for 21 straight days in 1984, now fall asleep on
planes before they take off.

8. Happiest man on earth when I read that more orgasms = lower odds
of prostate cancer and longer life expectancy.

9. Saw a man struck and killed by lightning when I was 14. Got hit
and almost killed by lightning when I was 22.

10. I must go and extend my life expectancy again - see ya.

[OldEurope]

139. Let´s see:

1. The only time I left Europe was a trip to the Asian shore of Istanbul.
2. I hate flying.
3. I slept during the birth of my first child ;) (yes, anesthesia for the section)
4. My parents are Hungarian but missed to teach us the language. They only spoke Hungarian when they wanted the children to understand nothing.
5. I´m to small for my weight.
6. At Christmas I always get very emotional, which is strange: I do not at all believe in God or Jesus or whatever.
7. When I see a spider or a bug in the house, I call my husband. I´m not afraid, but... ok...I´m afraid. (blush)
8. I adore cats, but cannot have one anymore, due to allergy.
:cry:
9. My personal library has now 1362 books, about 600 of them SciFi, and 200 on history and arts.
10. My husband and I had our 90th birthday party this year (he´s exactly one month older than I, so we always have the party together and add the years. In five years we´ll celebrate our 100th bithday!)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

140. Please don't laugh

1. I secretly find Wesley Clark cute ( shudders I know he is old enough to be my grandfather but maybe its the background of his . )

2. I have perfect pitch when it comes to music . I play the clarinet .

3. I wanted to join the circus when I was 9 . I even wrote the producer a letter informing him ( Kenneth Feld ) of my interest . They thought it was cute and told me how I could join . Once I read the part about school for circus kids - I quickly lost interest .

4. I am an extremely quiet person .

5. I have had numerous numbers of out of body experiences since I was born .

6. I have had dreams where things I have seen in the dreams have come true .

7. I have never met my real father ... and I am not mad at him for leaving . But I don't want to meet him - just not interested .

8. I love 80's music .

9. The only time I speak out loud in front of people is when the subject is Politics . Once the subject about Politics comes up , I can't be stopped .

10. I am for either Dean or Clark as the Democratic Nominee . I am disappointed by John Edwards .

[Fight_n_back]

141. 10 random facts

1. I played high School football with future Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.

2. I once committed three fouls in one minute in a High School basketball game.

3. I ran the 440 in middle school and finished fourth in every race regardless of the winning time.

4. I have a scar on my right knee from when I accidently hit myself with a hand axe.

5. My first job was carrying bricks for a mason.

6. I flunked 9th grade Algebra but didn't need to retake it because I passed the math classes in the higher grades which I was only able to take because of a paperwork error.

7. I moved to San Francisco with 200 dollars, ate out of garbage cans, slept in a park and everything worked out okay.

8. One of my best friends is a male-female transgender prostitute.

9. Robin Williams once bought me an R. Crumb comic book and I have no idea why.

10. I got drunk with the only woman to ever play in the NHL.

[Nihil]

142. OK, my ten ...

1. I was born in the house where my mother has lived since 1946.

2. I didn't learn to drive until I was 24.

3. I used to have a phobia about wasps but can now share a room with
a wasp without freaking out. It took me years to do it though and
I still hate it if a buzzing insect gets caught up in my hair - just
not as frantic as it used to be!

4. I was a contributory author on an Oracle programming book.

5. I haven't worn a watch for years.

6. I had a Norwegian pen-friend when I was a teenager.

7. I have been present at the birth of all of my children.

8. I have a small scar on my finger where a drill-bit snapped while I
was holding a piece of metal for my brother to drill.

9. I am a quiet, fairly intelligent but not very confident person.
Strangely enough, most people seem to view me as calm, collected,
solid as a rock and with the wisdom of Solomon. If only they saw
it from the inside ...

10. My biggest ambition is to be a good father to my kids and a good
husband to my wife - not the richest, the most powerful, the smartest,
the sexiest or the most perfect ... just one that they wouldn't want
to swap.

Nihil

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

143. Your # 2 makes me feel good :

2. I didn't learn to drive until I was 24.

I am 23 and I don't have a license yet :) :hi:

[Nihil]

145. Anything to oblige a lady !

:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

149. Nihill, you have your priorities straight!

And I respect that about you. :hug: I wish everyone were like that. (Reference to #10)
Duckie

[Nihil]

151. Thanks!

From time to time I still get too involved with job security, bills,
money, etc., but fortunately, when I chill out a little, I can look
back over some of the less than smooth times and recognise that having
survived these, we can probably weather any future storm too.

Can't remember where I first read this but I've been trying to live
up to it ever since:
"Happiness is not getting what you want; it's wanting what you get."

Well, after spending the end of last week with my youngest son
bringing up blood after an operation on his throat (stayed in hospital
with him while Mrs.Nihil took care of the others) and having several
weakly voiced but so sincere "Thank you Daddy" hugs when he started
to recover, I know where my priorities truly lie.

:hug: back to you too!

Nihil

[Goldust]

144. Hmmm

1) I own one of the Palm Beach County, Fla. voting machines used in 2000.

2) I once drove from Houston to Albuquerque without any water in my engine after the garage that did my radiator flush punched a hole in it. Luckily when I "discovered" the problem I was pulling into town and didn't get stuck in the desert.

3) Once when visiting the state capitol I couldn't find a parking spot and accidentally took Governor Ann Richards'. All they had was the name painted on the pavement and I didn't see it.

4) I've played Roy Orbison's piano.

5) I've had sex while I was driving, and I don't mean oral.

6) I'm addicted to Dots

7) I've eaten beef right off the cow.

8) I can think of at least three occasions when I'd have sex with a girl before she told me her name. Four if you count the girl in Italy who didn't speak English. It's not fun like you'd think.

9) After flunking out of college I met a guy who did adult films and did two shoots for quick cash.

10) Even though my current career pays well, I still pose nude as a side job.

[Throckmorton]

147. Ok, I'll bite,

1. My hair is my own, brown and grey.

2. The first girl I ever saw naked was Sue Plummer.

3. I hate snakes, even if they do taste like chicken.

4. I never played an orgainized sport of any kind.

5. My sister once knocked a pekenese dog out with a baseball bat, it was an accident.

6. My house has four redundant and diverse heating systems.

7. My favorite tree is the Larch.

8. My brother is an interior decorator, with his own TV show.

9. I am an electrican by trade, but haven't practiced in over 20 years.

10. I made the honor role every marking period in trade school.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

150. OMG! Your brother is Christopher Lowell!!

Actually, I'm not asking you to tell us. I just thought that would make a great Subject line. LOL Actually, I watch quite a bit of HGTV and all those design shows. And I'm obsessed with Trading Spaces. I just like the mystery of imagining posting with someone famous, or someone related to someone famous. LOL I'm a dorky girl, I know...and the mystery makes it better.
Duckie

[DoNotRefill]

153. OK...

1. I'm not fat, I'm "big boned".
2. I know how to manufacture at least 3 different WMDs with ordinary items found in an average kitchen.
3. My wife is pregnant, and I've asked for a paternity test to verify that our cat isn't the father.
4. I can set concrete on fire if I want to.
5. My regular safe guy refuses to sell me (or move for me) any more safes.
6. I'm a closet Kipling fan.
7. People who refer to me as "spineless" are partially correct.
8. I have over 3,000 wins playing Starcraft on Battlenet with real people, with barely 200 losses, and I don't hack.
9. I like to make hummus from scratch, and I do it well.
10. I once invaded Poland while drunk.

[grannylib]

154. OK I'll play...better late than never!

1. my eyes are two different colors, one green, one blue
2. when I was little I had hair so long I could sit on my braids
3. my favorite kind of vacation is camping, preferably in northern Minnesota/Boundary Waters area...the more wilderness/farther away from phones I am, the happier I am!
4. My favorite bird is the common loon
5. I am a PK (preacher's kid)
6. I once considered going to seminary myself
7. I am a huge Katharine Hepburn fan; so sad when she died
8. I could read by the time I was 3
9. My earliest memory is when I was 8 months old
10. I really hate most hard liquor, not much of a drinker to begin with

[davsand]

156. Well, let's see...

1. I hate the feel of a cotton ball tearing. Gives me the flaming willies every time. I make my husband take them out.

2. I saw a man murdered.

3. I've had a gun pulled on me. (Not related to the murder I witnessed.)

4. Only one man has ever told me I am beautiful and I am married to him.

5. I lived with one man for 7 years and was still living with him when the man I ended up married to moved in with us.

6. I get bored by my jobs after about a year and changing jobs is kind of a treat for me.

7. I really like old ACDC albums.

8. If it is pasta and alfredo sauce with crab meat I will eat all of it or else get sick trying.

9. I literally ran into Dick Butkis in St. Louis Lambert Airport--and he recognized me.

10. I dearly love the movie Raising Arizona.



Man, I was scrambling there that last couple to not have to venture into anything that I could be prosecuted for!

Laura

[cedahlia]

157. Here's me...

1. I'm aspiring to be a librarian.

2. I am a huge Tori Amos fan.

3. I vividly remember loathing Bush1 and excitedly voting for Dukakis in my 4th grade mock presidential election.

4. I love the dark, creepy children's movies of the 80s, like Labyrinth, Return to Oz, and Alice in Wonderland.

5. I (along with our landlords) take care of a clan of outdoor feral cats.

6. My 83 year old grandfather is a Senior Olympian, plays drums in band, and is an accomplished (and published!) cartoonist...and that's just a few of his talents. (That's not really about me, but I'm very proud of him.):)

7. I will drive very far out of my way for some great eggplant parmesan.

8. I love winter and think I might actually have the opposite of Seasonal Affective Disorder...I loathe summertime (unless I'm at the beach) but feel rejuvenated and peaceful during winter.

9. I have been on MTV--for about 2 seconds! (they filmed my friends and I marching at an Anti-Racist Action rally in DC for a show they did on youth and racism.)

10. I'm a believer in what Sylvia Browne says about the afterlife, past lives, and our souls, etc.

[Papa]

158. Me..

1. In first grade I sang "Joy to the World" in front of class for someones birthday

2. In 2nd grade every student wrote my name down when asked who they wanted to sit by

3. I went to school with John Belushis nephew

4. I can ride a wheelie on a ten speed

5. Once dressed up as a woman for halloween and upset my female coworkers ...they were jealous at how fabulous i looked.

6. Drove my car onto some train tracks once and got stuck

7. My first love was a 28 years old and I was 16

8. I've never lost money at a casino

9. My old neighbor new the BIG DOG himself. he gave her english lessons in Arkansas. She used to tell people he would be president one day.

10. During the first gulf war I thought the anti-war folks were unpatriotic and should "get the hell out" if they didn't like it.

[corarose]

159. My 10

1. I was a Girl Scout
2. I love to Sing
3. I play the flute, bass guitar and piccolo
4. I worked at the Gaslight Club with I was 22
5. I make crossword puzzles and I love to do crosswords even If I am a bad speller...go figure.
6. I have been swimming since I was 3 years old
7. I try to find the good in everyone
8. I have a very rare blood type & I have blood at Northwestern Hospital stored in case of an emergency.
9. I weighed 3 pounds when I was born
10.I am a psychic who has been tested by Universities on my abilities.

[tigereye]

165. I know its the end, but I couldn't resist

and I read through pretty much the whole thing... not very busy today!These are a lot of fun. I am also avoiding X-mas shopping. Have to go to the toy store to buy mucho legos.

1. I was a fellow Girl Scout, all the way up to Senior, with all the bells and whistles.

2. Had my son when I was 38.

3. Once wanted to be a nun.. nice Catholic girl.

4. Played drums and other instruments too, in a punk and then a post- punk band, until I became a parent. We put out three albums.

5. Was one foot away from Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall in a movie theater once. They walked right by me. He was really short and really craggy.

6. I am a feminist and proud to be one!

7. Favorite movie is Harold and Maude

8. My husband is a foot taller than me.

9. I was a vegetarian for many years, but occasionally cheated and ate a Reuben.


10. I am about half Irish and half from the Alsace Lorraine ( a province swapped back and forth between France and Germany during many wars)

[Samurai_Writer]

160. Here's my ten...

in no particular order...

1. I punched the Mother Superior in the face when I was in 8th grade (after she swung at me and I ducked). I was trying to get expelled so I could go to the public school with my friends. No such luck. 10 years of Catholic school and Irish nuns is why I'm an atheist now.

2. I surrendered my first child for adoption, an act that affected nearly everything in my life since then. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2991/marybb.html

3. I have reunited over 100 families in the past 4 years by helping them search for their grown birth children or birth parents.

4. I'm a featured BBW model on an erotic website.

5. My youngest son is a professional skateboarder.

6. I really, really like someone from DU and hope to meet him soon.

7. I'm constantly mistaken for being hispanic, so much so that people do not believe that I don't speak Spanish. My ethnicity is 50% Israeli, 40% German, and 10% Irish.

8. I've been bisexual since I was 11 years old, but did not have a sexual experience with a woman until I was 25. I was shy, what can I say?

9. I still know my best friend that I met when I was 5 years old. 38 years of friendship and counting.

10. I meet most of my friends initially online before meeting in person. Some I have known for 15 years or more.

[Zero Gravitas]

161. 10 Random Facts About Me

1) I've been a political junkie since I was 10, at age 12 I knew more about politics than 95% of the adults

2) I've flown across the Atlantic at least 50 times (lost count)

3) I've seen Mount Fuji and the Grand Canyon in the same day.

4) I like basil. yum.

5) I collect old books... I have 5 books that are more than 300 years old.

6) I have eaten curried parrot fish on Naviti island.

7) I have been a Formula One fan for the past 20 years.

8) I got hit by a car when I was 12.

9) I've met Michael Palin.

10) I have lived in Madison Wisconsin, Ann Arbor Michigan and Lawrence Kansas.

[HEyHEY]

163. Republican attack?

" I've been a political junkie since I was 10, at age 12 I knew more about politics than 95% of the adults"

"I got hit by a car when I was 12"

Someone musta put two and two together....lucky they didn't getcha!

[kmla]

168. And yet one more

1. I am primarily right handed, but I eat left handed, and if I were to punt a football professionally, it would be left-footed.
2. I think Pink is a hottie (albeit a little too rough), and I think Julia Stiles is just adorable. But I am old enough to be their father.
3. I am only averagely talented at sports.
4. I have absolutely NO musical talent whatsoever. But I dance pretty good for a semi-dork.
5. I watch HGTV and other home-improvement shows so much, I annoy my wife.
6. My middle name is named after the second person of color to play major league baseball - Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians). I have a picture of his name and number (which was retired) while on a tour of Jacobs field a few years ago.
7. I am at my ideal weight. For someone who is 7'-4".
8. I am a pretty good at doing quick math in my head.
9. I am pretty sure that my right shoulder has a torn rotator cuff that will need correction in the future. Consequently, it hurts like hell when I try to hang from monkey bars. Not that I do that often...
10. I was 31 years old when I first flew in an airplane. That was on my honeymoon.

[carols]

170. I was hijacked to Cuba once (for real)

2. I am an only child but have seven children of my own.
3. I think Lucky Charms is the world's best cereal
4. I love Leonard Cohen, Anti-flag and Bach
5. I majored in English, but wound up with a career in high tech
6. I have 6 cats and 3 dogs
7. I see no inherent contradiction in believing in both God and astrology
8. I have been married for 21 years
9. The Hotel New Hampshire is my all time favorite book
10. Every time I see George Bush on television I want to vomit.

[SoCalDem]

171. In no particular order

1. I blew a full ride scholarship to Kansas University, because I had too much fun :(
2. I was bitten by a poisonous snake when I was a kid..
3. When I was 19, I moved out on my own. I had $23.00,a gasoline credit card, my car, my cat..I moved 300 miles from home and had no job or place to live lined up.. Found a roommate the same day and a job the next day..
4. Between May 1977 and October 1981 we lived in FIVE states and 9 different houses... no we were not on the lam :)
5. I was in a drama class in college with Don Johnson ..THE Don Johnson..
7. I played flag football with John Riggins ..THE John Riggins (asshole)
8. I have waaaaay too many cats.. Bottle-fed a litter of 5 and a litter of 4 ..all in the same year..(ended up keeping 3 from litter #1 and 2 from litter #2)
9. I performed in an International Dance Fesitval in Panama City, Panama in 1959.. Eisenhower was in the front row..
10. My kids did not have storebought bread until they went to school.

[Punkingal]

172. Okay, here goes....

I had to think about this for a while.

1. The doctor who delivered me later became a Congressman.

2. A former boss of mine was one of the writers of the song, "Kiss
You All Over," by Exile.

3. I had a crush on Al Gore Jr when he was 12 and we met at a
picnic.

4. I am terrified of spiders.

5. I met Bill and Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire the week-end
before the Jennifer Flowers story broke.

6. I am a hypnotist.

7. I once helped the police catch a person who had robbed me, and
the story made the wires, and the National Enquirer.

8. I have always been attracted to dark-haired men, but Jeff Bridges
is my dream man.

9. Johnnie Cash once said hello to me outside a movie theatre in
Nashville, but ignored everyone else who was around.

10. College football is my hobby. I suffer severe withdrawal pains 8
months of the year.

[spotbird]

175. I want to play.

1. I nearly died and saw “the white light”
2. My mother didn’t want me when she found out she was pregnant and never warmed up to the idea of me
3. My children are well-adjusted and sometimes it makes me jealous
4. I know nothing about sports
5. I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up
6. A can of paint came open in the back of my car on the way home from the store and I didn’t go back and complain.
7. Sometimes I feel like I’m just going through the motions.
8. I love soup.
9. My back hurts all the time and the doctor doesn’t know why
10.We are going home for the holidays.

[Race4Peace]

176. ok here it goes...

1.I hate bUSH :kick:
3.I hate bUSH :kick:
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5.I hate bUSH :kick:
6.I hate bUSH :kick:
7.I hate bUSH :kick:
8.I hate bUSH :kick:
9.I hate bUSH :kick:
10.I hate bUSH :kick: