Eight Random Things About Me
One of those web meme dealies - just what it sounds like
Les and Breakerslion have both tagged me with the “8 random things about you” meme so here goes. First, I have to post the rules, knowing perfectly well in advance that I intend to violate two of them:
- Players write eight random facts or habits about themselves
- At the end of the blog post, we’re supposed to tag eight other people, and list their names
- ...and leave each a comment telling them they’re tagged.
Eight Random Things About Me:
- MrsDoF and I carry our own hot sauce to restaurants. This is probably tacky, but they generally only have Tabasco sauce and there’s much better.
- I drive a 40-year-old car, but not often. Usually, I get around on a bicycle.
- I like clever mechanical things. My wristwatch has no battery, and winds itself as I move around. It isn’t very accurate compared to a cheap quartz watch, though.
- “Decrepit Old Fool” is a joke; I’m not actually old. OK, I have an AARP card, but I hope to get much older…
- I’m in the process of culling my library from around 2500 books to maybe 500. Apparently I’m not literary because most of the books are nonfiction, with frequent topics being technology history, civil engineering, physics, chemistry, math, interface design, epidemiology, forensics, and social topics like history, psychology, and religion. And a whole lot of “other”. Not so much cosmology or astronomy - apparently those topics are over my head. With few exceptions most of the novels I read are by Clarke, Asimov, or Heinlein.
- I have a chronic pain disorder that causes me to get a lot less sleep than I should. I try not to be rude but sometimes I cut conversations short, too.
- My standard kit consists of eyeglasses, ballpoint pen and index cards, pocket knife, magnifying glass, a tiny digital camera, wristwatch, handkerchief, a paper folder with some money, and a little leather holder for my driver’s license and credit card. I don’t carry a “wallet” per se. I have a cell phone but often forget to charge it up.
- I lied about my age to get my first job, assembling bicycles in a bike shop in Ellensburg, Washington. Had a great time with it for several months until the owner found out and fired me.
OK, here’s the part where I break the rules; I’m not tagging anyone. My reasoning is that memes are supposed to spread like viral contagion, but sometimes there are mutations to a less virulent or contagious form and that’s what’s happened here. Most of the cool kids have already been infected tagged with this meme so if you feel like picking it up, enjoy!
(There will be no Science Friday post today. I’m still researching the one I started last week. Thanks to all who responded to the three questions, and anyone else is invited to weigh in.
UPDATE: 18 Aug ‘07 - tagged again by Don Thieme
Nice one DOF!
I never mentioned it, but SmugBaldy is a joke as well.
Posted by Michael on 07/06/07 at 10:06 AMso if you feel like picking it up, enjoy
What, right here in the comments section? Or do I need to take it to my shed, in the woods outside Lincoln, Montana?
Posted by Ted on 07/06/07 at 09:36 PMIf you don’t have a blog, feel free to let ‘er rip here in the comments section!
Must say, Lincoln, Montana sounds pretty sweet.
Posted by george.w on 08/18/07 at 11:31 AMYou made this meme work here, because your “random” things really do tell quite a lot about you. I agree with you about the futility of spreading these memes in general. I rarely follow through on them myself.
I am going to reply to your comment about rock hammers/picks on my blog.
Posted by Don Thieme on 08/19/07 at 07:25 AM
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