{"id":10784,"date":"2007-06-30T22:48:15","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T04:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/06\/30\/8-random-facts-about-me.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:58:07","slug":"8_random_facts_about_me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/30\/8_random_facts_about_me.html","title":{"rendered":"8 Random Facts about Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure I’ve done this before, but since Les (the bastard) tagged me for it<\/a>, I suppose I must comply.  Which means I have to post the rules:<\/p>\n

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  1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.<\/li>\n
  2. Players start with eight random facts\/habits about themselves.<\/li>\n
  3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.<\/li>\n
  4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.<\/li>\n
  5. Don\u2019t forget to leave them each a comment telling them they\u2019re tagged, and to read your blog.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Okay, fine.  I don’t promise these are unique. <\/p>\n

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    1. Habit<\/strong>:  Start the shower.  Shampoo hair.  Rinse.  Condition hair.  Soap up loofa and apply apprporiately.  Rinse.  Face goo.  Rinse.  Shave.  Rinse.  Turn off the shower.<\/li>\n
    2. Fact<\/strong>:  I don’t just dislike Scotch.  It actually makes me (except for the mildest and lightest of them) physically ill.  Which is an aspect of the Single Malt Tasting Party at my future-in-laws back a number of years ago I will not soon forget.  On th e other hand, that does give me an excuse (when everyone else is ordering a Scotch) to go for a Gin (Bombay Sapphire) Martini, very dry, with a twist (my Official Bar Drink).<\/li>\n
    3. Fact<\/strong>:  I started writing a collaborative fantasy novel with Sara Munns (or was it Munz?) back in college.  The premise was what would happen if a standard fantasy a la<\/em> LotR ended with one of the questers actually seizing the McGuffin (Boromir-style) and becoming the Dark Lord himself, with the action opening up a few centuries later.  I have no idea whatever happened to her, though I still have the first dozen chapters or so in a folder somewhere.<\/li>\n
    4. Fact<\/strong>: My first kiss (other than something familial) was a stage kiss at the Little Theater at Glendora High School.<\/li>\n
    5. Fact<\/strong>: My first car was a 1971 VW Super Beetle, colored that typical powder blue (marinablau<\/em>).  It’s California license plate was 625CHV, so I named it “Miniver Cheevy” after a favorite poem<\/a> of mine.<\/li>\n
    6. Fact<\/strong>: I was a huge wargamer in junior high and high school, and had many Avalon-Hill bookcase games (including my beloved PanzerBlitz) and a long subscription to SPI’s Strategy & Tactics <\/em>magazine (and the games that went  with it).  I still have those games in boxes down in the basement, on the off chance I ever encounter someone who is interested in playing them.<\/li>\n
    7. Fact<\/strong>: My favorite “Disney Princess” is Belle.  Mary Poppins, on the other hand, terrifies me. <\/li>\n
    8. Fact<\/strong>:  My personal totem is the Raven.  To the extent that an Anglo\/Guelo like me gets a personal totem.  That said, I also like otters and zebras.  Which is not the same as my fondness for cat-girls.  Ahem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Now, of course, comes the trick of Who the Hell to tag with this.  Eight?  Eight?!  Ye gods.<\/p>\n

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      1. Boulder Dude<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      2. De<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      3. Doyce<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      4. Kate<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      5. Ginny<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      6. Jackie<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      7. Scott<\/a> <\/li>\n
      8. Solonor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        My apologies to all of you in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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