Crazy Eights

By starting to blog this year and participating in NaBloPoMo, I’ve met a lot of interesting people and have learned some new terms to add to my lexicon. Thanks to the witty Sandy at Momisodes, I’m doing my first meme. Enjoy!

8 things I’m passionate about:

• My daughters (Rosie & Lily) / Being a good father
• My wife (Anna) / Being a good husband
• Science especially chemistry – so much so that I got my B.S. and M.S. in it.
• Pittsburgh Steelers – I was born and raised (for three months) in the Steel City of the Three Rivers.
• Creating peace – I imperfectly try to hammer swords into plowshares as in Micah 4:3 and transform arrows into flowers like Siddhartha did while under the Bodhi tree.
• Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars!
• Argyle socks – I love ‘em!
• Reducing, reusing, and recycling – Remember the law of conservation of mass/matter that says matter cannot be created/destroyed, but it may be rearranged.

8 things I want to do before I die:

• Go into space.
• Visit Stonehenge (before spellcheck it was Stonehedge).
• Decide how to use my body for science after I die (stay tuned for future blog post).
• May be have another kid. And, by “have” I mean Anna carrying the baby for nine months and delivering the child. Seriously, I’m okay with the two girls, but who knows what the future holds.
• Live another 64 years. Just realized the “numbers” involved…36 + 64 = 100 or using perfect squares 6² + 8² = 10². Spooky!
• See humans land on Mars and return to safely.
• Visit this statue.
• Finish this list.

8 things I say often:

• “Ro-SIE!” – It’s the Dad voice.
• “Good job, Rosie!”
• “Not for Lily / not for babies.”
• “Hello, Bumbo!” – how I greet Lily.
• “I love you.”
• A G-rated expletive such as my current favorites of “Dagnabbit!” and “Mother Superior!”
• “Have you seen my slippers?”
• “It’s possible, pig.” – Potential response to any question asked in our house. A reference to The Princess Bride for those who don’t know.

8 books I’ve read recently:

• The Orc King by R. A. Salvatore (in process)
• The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
• Spook Country by William Gibson
• Mr. Pine’s Purple House by Leonard Kessler (Thanks Purple House Press!)
• Goodnight Moon
• Peek-a-boo I See You (Lily’s favorite Sesame Street book)
• The American Way (DC Comics)
• Discontinuity and Hope

8 songs I could listen to over and over:

• The Star Wars Main Theme by John Williams – I get chills down my spine every time I hear it and sometimes when I just think about it.
• Anything by “Weird Al” Yankovic – Yep, it’s out there now.
• A Mighty Wind soundtrack
• “Ana Ng” by They Might Be Giants – The ringtone on my cell phone for when Anna calls.
• “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix – The ringtone for when everyone else calls.
• Anything by Baron von Stinglehoffer, the Stingasaurus, or the Stinganator.
• “In Da Club” by Assassin – This was a free song download from iTunes, otherwise I would have never heard it.
• “Spybreak” by Propellerheads – Music played in the lobby scene when Neo and Trinity go to rescue Morpheus in The Matrix.

8 things that attract me to my best friends:

• Sense of humor & laughing at / with me
• Activism
• Love of monkeys
• Playing games (board, card, video, RPG, etc.)
• Support
• Keepin’ it real / honesty
• Some other seventh thing
• Begrudgingly agreeing to participate in this Crazy Eights meme

8 people I think should do Crazy Eights:

• Gedeon at gedblog
• firecrackerTart at Sequential Tart (or a good time to start your own blog)
• Anthony at One-Button Mouse
• Corey at Corey’s Blog
• Derek at batteredham
• Jen at In the life of me.
• SciFi Dad at Tales From The Dad Side
• Lisa at Russian Mafia Babe (I love that blog name)

Now, you know more about me than I do. It was a lot of fun and knocked off one post for NaBloPoMo.

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