More Stuff About Me (brought to you by Freida Bee edition)

I've been tagged by Freida Bee to tell you ten more things about me, so here goes:

1) Even though I'm am atheist now, two of my favorite sitcoms

Father Ted

and The Vicar of Dibley, are about religious people.

2) If it was overcast all the time and the temperature never got over 60 degrees it wouldn't bother me much. As long as enough sun got through to make the crops grow I'd be happy. I think too much constant sunshine beating down day after day after day after day is oppressive.

3) I think this CD from Stiff Little Fingers is criminally under appreciated. It's some of the finest rock and roll ever made.

4) The first time I ever got a buzz off alcohol was when I was 12. We were at Aunt Rageoholic and Uncle Adultery's unfinished chalet on Lake Michigan near Pentwater and us kids stole a few bottles of Boone's Farm wine from the skinny dipping hippies who were frolicking naked in the surf. We grabbed the wine and ran up into the little hills nearby and drank it quickly. I kind of liked the sensation but not enough to keep doing it all the time, hell I was no Drew Barrymore after all.

5) Speaking of first times, my first time doing "it" was a disaster. Thank goodness I kept at it.

6) I've gotten to see two of my favorite Major League Baseball players play when I was younger. In 1973 I went to a Detroit Tigers game and I got to see Willie Horton play left field.

In high school we went to Atlanta for our senior trip and we went to a Braves game. It was there I got to see Bill "The Spaceman" Lee pitch.

7) I have a little crush on environmental activist Majora Carter.
8) My favorite official Winter Olympiad poster comes from the 1952 Oslo games.

9) I spent a lot of time in pool halls playing pool and pinball when I was in high school because there was nothing much else to do in the small town where we lived. I hated living in Jonesville, VA with a passion.

10) I secretly like being recognized. When I lived in Knoxville I loved it when people would come to me and say, "Hey, I saw you in that improv show at Patrick Sullivan's." I would smile and thank them and I'd say, "I hope we didn't suck that night." Most people were nice and say, 'Nah, you guys were great that night. Especially you." It also gives me a kick now to meet people who read my blog. I've met some folks from around here in Johnson City who read me and we've become friends, which is really cool.