100 Things

I would like to thank my dear friend Lorraine for the above photo. I do not recall uttering the words “Make me look as much like a serial killer as you can”, but I guess I must have. 

1. I used to have a really good job as a corporate manager for a major blood bank.
2. I was fired from there for having this blog.
3. I can wiggle my ears.
4. I can wiggle yours too, but only with your permission.
5. I only use Pilot gel pens.  Mostly black, occasionally red.
6. I once drove a car down a set of steps.
7. I shave my head.
8. It does not take long, if you get my drift.
9. I am married to my very best friend.
10. I have twice totaled cars.  One was a rental.
11. I have lived in three states: Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Florida.
12. We have three rabbits.  Their names are Wally, Anya, and Bear.
13. I am allergic to peanut butter.
14. Our wedding anniversary is on Christmas Eve.
15. I have blue eyes.
16. I wear contact lenses.  I have horrible vision.  I am -9.50 in my left eye, -8.00 in my right.
17. I like the beach, but only in the morning and at night.
18. I have yet to break a bone.  I bet when I finally do, it’s gonna hurt like a sonofabitch.
19. The Blues Brothers has been my favorite movie for the last 26 years.
20. I am usually a very good liar.
21. Once in a while I will get the urge to go to a casino and play the slots.
22. When I do, I get bored in less than an hour and can’t believe I had the urge in the first place.
23. I wear size 15 shoes.
24. Sadly, there is no correlation between that and anything else.
25. I have one bio-brother and three cyber-sisters.
26. I am the best driver you know.
27. I don’t write cursive anymore.  I only print.
28. I can’t swim.
29. I can’t fly either, but no one expects me to be able to do that.
30. I was born on the same day and month as Osama bin Laden.
31. I have a pretty good head for music trivia.
32. My hero growing up was Carl Yastrzemski.
33. I have a pretty good sense of direction.
34. My favorite comic strip is Dilbert.
35. It used to be Calvin and Hobbes.
36. I have spent exactly one night in jail.
37. It did not include any male-on-male action.
38. I have zero talent for learning languages.
39. I think Green Lantern was very underrated.
40. You might not know it from this blog, but I can be very brooding and moody.
41. I am unable to fix things around the house.  I am not handy.
42. The only work I can do on a car is to fill the gas tank.
43. I am not religious.  But I am spiritual.
44. The first album I ever owned was Billy Joel’s The Stranger.
45. I am a registered Independent.
46. My voting record in presidential elections: Reagan, Reagan, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton, Nader, Gore.
47. If McCain runs in 2008 I’ll vote for him.
48. I could easily kill people for a living.
49. I still might.
50. I will embarrass you in public with no provovation.
51. I like to take naps.
52. I am morning person.
53. I am so much a morning person that if you are not, you would want to hurt me.
54. I hate Disney.  Happiest place on earth, my ass.
55. My favorite TV show of all time is Seinfeld.
56. I sleep on my stomach most of the time.
57. I will see about 40-50 movies a year in the theater.
58. I will only rent about 4-6 DVDs a year.
59. I like to talk in funny voices and accents for no reason at all.
60. I like to sing Karaoke.
61. I like to speak in front of groups of people. 
62. I am a Pisces.  I tell people that’s why I am sensitive.
63. In actuality, I have no idea what being a Pisces means.
64. I was born in the Year of the Tiger.
65. My attention span is not all it could be.
66. Dasani is my favorite bottled water.
67. My first computer had a 300 baud modem.  I am that old.
68. I have an addictive personality.
69. I have a soft spot in my heart for animals.
70. We don’t have any children.
71. My stock answer when asked is that I am too selfish and self-absorbed to have children.
72. I take showers, not baths.
73. I am a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan.
74. I can clap with one hand.
75. I do crossword puzzles in ink.
76. I never finish them.
77. The list of my favorite singer-songwriters starts with Warren Zevon, John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell, and Robert Earl Keen.
78. I have never been on a cruise, and have to desire to go on one.
79. I got on a roller coaster once by mistake.
80. I have been bitten by an ostrich.
81. I have yet to be hit in the balls.  Not bad to make it to 44 and be able to say that.
82. I have always wanted to be in a barroom brawl.
83. I love to read.
84. My favorite authors are James Lee Burke, John Sandord, Dennis LeHane, James Ellroy, and Lee Child.
85. I always read the comics first in the morning paper. Sometimes that’s all I’ll read.
86. I think I look best in black.
87. Mrs. Fab thinks I look best in blue.
88. I wear briefs.
89. I wear shorts 90% of the year when not working.
90. I have been camping once.  It sucked.  Never again.
91. I am one of those people whose pee smells funny after eating asparagus.
92. I was twice hit by cars as a kid.  I suffered no ill effects.
93. I was twice hit by cars as a kid.  I suffered no ill effects.
94. I used to collect autographs, but I hardly ever do anymore. I have run out of room to display them.
95. For someone who is 6′1′ I have relatively short legs (30″ inseam)
96. I have bowled a lot over the years and I get no better.
97. Ditto for shooting pool.
98. When I used to drink, I could outdrink anyone.
99. I have five scars.  Four on my hands and one on my head.
100. When provoked I have an acid tongue and can make people cry fairly easily.
101. This was harder than I thought it was going to be.