Monday, December 6, 2010

Personal fun facts

FYI, in my past I:

1) was hit by lightning
2) have had brake cleaner, rust, soldering flux, and a liquid-core peppermint in my eye (not all at the same time).
3) was electrocuted to the point of throwing a circuit breaker (I interrupted an Uninterruptible Power Supply on a badly grounded rack).
4) have owned over 50 cars in the last few years, and the shortest time between buying and selling a car was 2 hours.
5) never dated my wife until after we were married.
6) got violently ill almost every year except last - to the point of multiple hospital stays - and no one has been able to tell what caused it.
7) have the ability to stick out my uvula past my lips (the hangy thing in the back of your mouth).
8) can't speak Spanish, but it was my first language.
9) am the only member in my entire extended family who does not wear glasses, and the only one who works in front of a computer all day.
10) got caught hacking into a BBS when I was 10.

Bonus: In third grade I kept the computers in the Media Center in good repair, and in fifth grade I taught a weekly class of 2nd graders computer skills, such as LOGO. I knew I wanted to fix computers for the schools since elementary school, and now I do that for a paycheck.

Got a list of random or unusual things about yourself? Post it in the comments!