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25 Random Things About Me

Figured this was good enough to do a reverse data port, as the 97805-1280 Faithful deserve some crumbs from the Facebook party I'm in:

1 - I always wanted to be a professional baseball player, and if drafted, would have refused to play for any team but the Mets (I thought I was that good).

2 - I am a registered non-partisan, because I am a fiscal conservative and social liberal -- and I fear the liberal media as much as the vast, right-wing conspiracy.

3 - I miss every city I've ever lived in -- dearly -- and I miss living by the sea.

4 - I often wonder whether I have a "home".

5 - I am a charter member of the Hypernostalgia Society www.hypernostalgiaclub.com (member number 56).

6 - I could have tried a little harder in my first marriage; but I'm pretty sure it still would have ended in divorce.

7 - I occasionally miss my (former) stepdaughter (from a previous marriage) and hope she is doing well.

8 - I often dwell on the shoulda/coulda/woulda in just about every one of my life's experiences.

9 - I have climbed a billboard seated higher than 40 feet in two U.S. cities.

10 - I feel well-compensated, but underrated at work.

11 - Every ASPCA commercial featuring Sarah McLachlan has reduced me to tears.

12 - #11 started in that scene of "Toy Story 2" when Jesse's flashback montage featured Sarah McLachlan's "When She Loved Me".

13 - I really was a brat to my paternal grandmother.

14 - I had scary dreams about my maternal great-grandmother (both of them).

15 - I am thankful that my brother has lived less than a mile away from me for most of my life.

16 - I am generally envious of, although motivated by, my friends' successes.

17 - I refuse to see The "Blair Witch Trials" and "The Exorcist".

18 - I still don't know what was so gay about "Moulin Rouge!"; it was a good movie.

19 - I still think that my first time in a hot air balloon will resemble the final scene in "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

20 - I am glad my mother is happy, even though my dad has passed away.

21 - I'm pretty sure my home life is not complete without a dog.

22 - I believe that New York sports, and New York City as a whole, would have been better off if the Mets had never, ever traded away Tom Seaver. (Case in point, the '77 blackout.)

23 - I wish I had appreciated the years my family spent traveling in the Winnebago, because now I hope my son appreciates the time we're spending in Juleus, the VW Campmobile.

24 - I believe our country is going to get through this economic downturn without the projected level of carnage.

25 - I fear going back to school.

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