The latest fad/time waster on Facebook is “25 Random Things About Me,” a list of – wait for it – 25 random facts about themselves that people share with the world. It’s funny, pathetic, vain, pompous and delightfully voyeuristic all at the same time. So naturally I want in on it. So here I am, doing my best “look at me, look at me, look at me” dance. I now present “25 Random Things About Me.”
25. In my next life I want to come back as a jazz pianist.
24. Cheesecake is the greatest food – ever!
23. My favorite color is British Racing Green.
22. I’ve never read “Huckleberry Finn.”
21. My comedy heroes are the Marx Brothers, Bob and Ray, Monty Python, Tom Lehrer and Dave Barry.
20. My brother died last summer and I really miss him.
19. When/if I grow up, I want to learn to tap dance.
18. I used to run into burning buildings on purpose.
17. Cat person, not a dog person.
16. My greatest fear is being alone.
15. I once stood next to a former Duchess. That’s the closest I’ve gotten to royalty but not the closest I’ll get. I would love to use “your highness” in an actual conversation, and not just with my wife or cat, though one of them truly deserves the honor.
14. Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart changed my life.
13. Good glove, no hit.
12. I was a pirate in a previous life. I know this for a fact.
11. Snakes scare the bejesus out of me.
10. I don’t have a middle name. My family was too poor to afford them.
9. When I win the lottery, I’m going to buy a 1968 Jaguar XKE V-12 convertible.
8. My best friend, Steve, and I look like we could be twin brothers. Mom liked him best.
7. I’m not as dumb as I look.
6. My favorite Scrabble words are aa, gnu and yurt.
5. I have a killer recipe for white chocolate brownies with pecans.
4. One of the things I want to do before I die is be in a huge pie fight.
3. The most scared I’ve ever been was once parked on the side of I-64 in southern Indiana while a tornado hit about a quarter-mile ahead of me.
2. Coffee is now my drug of choice.
1. I am the luckiest man alive. I have a wonderful wife, four fantastic children and a great family. I have a job I like and a roof over my head. But my natural state of being minimizes these triumphs and I spend way too much time thinking about all the bad stuff. I need an attitude adjustment.
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February 7, 2009 at 9:15 am
22. I’ve never read “Huckleberry Finn.”
Phil! WTF? I can’t speak to you until you rectify this. (Fortunately for you, it’s a short book and we hardly speak anyway).