25 Random Things About Me
Posted at 1:32 pm on Friday, February 6, 2009, in Uncategorized, and tagged facebook.
There is this meme going around Facebook. I usually avoid memes, and I hate using that word,* but there is no other way to describe it. The deal is you are supposed to post twenty-five random things about you. It was too enticing, especially since I am much more open on this blog, and have very little posted or personal information available on my Facebook profile, even though that is what the site is for.**
In fact, it was sort of liberating…
I suppose this is the in-thing to do, so here goes…
1. I give 1/16 of my clothes to Goodwill each year, and replace half that amount. In time, I will have what I need.
2. I am a political junkie and have followed politics since 1992.
3. I did not vote once in my life, including primaries and special elections, because I had mono freshman year in college.
4. I’ve never voted for a republican, in any election, for any office, at any level, and I don’t plan to. I consider myself a liberal, but I cannot stand the democratic party, and several of my beliefs are consistent with republican ideology.
5. I am an environmentalist, almost to the extreme.
6. I always walk up and down escalators, and never just ride them.
7. I am a proponent of intellectual property rights, and I have the habit of evaluating a site’s permalink structure.
8. I never give money to bums, and when I cannot ignore them, I give them dirty looks.
9. I think gaming peaked with NHL ’95.
10. I spent three years chasing my future wife before she agreed to date me. I still hold that against her.
11. I don’t think The Office is that funny anymore but I guess I have to watch it.
12. I spent $100 for a high-tech antenna and several hours on my roof only to discover that I get the same number of channels with a rabbit-ears antenna directly behind the tv.
13. I know almost nothing about cars and have to trust whatever anyone tells me is the problem.
14. I prefer to bag my own groceries.
15. I love movies and television but despise anything Hollywood-related.
16. I grow a red beard, which is what some people call me. My other nickname is “Mean Mister Mustard,” although nobody calls me that. I use humor as a crutch.
17. I love to write, and I blog often (too much, really). I also talk to myself.
18. I’m an extremely anal editor. It is not unusual for me to send follow-up emails to correct minor errors I may have made in a previous email, even with friends. I spend hours of thought analyzing the placement of commas, semicolons, and the word “and.” (I am not sure about the comma after the word “semicolons.”) I dream about syntax.
19. I don’t like it when people with dogs cross the street to avoid meeting my dog. That is exactly why their dogs have become anti-social. I stop-and-stare at these people.
20. I do not believe in a god, and I consider myself quarter-pagan. (The other three quarters are atheist, agnostic and deist.) I would like to believe in karma.
21. I do not watch a lot of sports, but I do follow the Buffalo Sabres and Syracuse basketball, and I try to go to a handful of A’s games every season. I read Bill Simmons religiously.
22. My favorite cuisines are Mexican and French, and I love my wife’s cooking.
23. I am only able to read on the train to-and-from work so I manage about one book a month. I guess I could read at home, but that is not realistic.
24. I would switch jobs for money over happiness. I would much rather provide for my family than have a best friend at work.
25. I think I’m better than everyone, and someday, I will get my comeuppance. But not today, and hopefully not tomorrow.
* Go ahead and search, I’ve never used that word before.
** Facebook is actually for finding out what your high school friends look like.
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February 6th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
I use it, and strongly prefer it, on the grounds of disambiguation.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:32 am
There is nothing more efficient than an Oxford comma.
February 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
For someone who is “an extremely anal editor,” what’s with the hyphens between “stop and stare?”
February 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Furthermore, Mean Mister Mustard, what’s the deal with the hyphens between “to and from?” You might want to lay off the hyphen key in the future.
February 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I went back and forth on the hyphens. In the end, I decided to place emphasis on the action itself, but again, I may have been wrong. And now I will continue to dwell over this…