Engaged Learning

7 More Things You Don’t Need to Know About Me

Jan 6, 2009 Social Learning SIG

Michele Martin tagged me on this meme- so I shall make good.

1. My first car was a yellow, Levi edition AMC Gremlin that my dad bought for $350.  Boy was I the talk of the town.  Yah, baby!
2. There are so many things in life that I want to do that I will NEVER be able to do them all (like learn all about string theory & light, compose and arrange music, participate in an Iron Man, be a skillful woodworker…).  It makes me cry.  YET, those important things (like my family) will give me the most satisfaction.
3. Wonder Woman is my wife.  I know all you guys are all jealous – too bad.  She deftly manages me (the most challenging), our 7 kidlets, homeschooling them all, responsibilities at church, our home, a new puppy, teaching a group of home schooled teenagers, VP of the home school group, running 5 days a week,  making sure we ‘date’ once a week, and I could go on forever but I don’t want to bore you.  But, really, Linda Carter holds nothing on my wife (thankfully she doesn’t wear the same outfits).
4. Root beer makes me happy.  Thomas Kemper is on the top of the list.  Although I do have a Henry Weinhard staring at me right now, begging me to drink it.  In fact, you should try this concoction: 1/2 TK Root Beer and 1/2 Orange Juice.  Bizarre you say?  True, but when you drink it the two tastes don’t combine.  They take turns in your mouth about every two seconds.  Very funky and fun to do.  But I can only stand about one glass full, then I’m done.
5. Frisbees also make me smile.  I rarely am able to play Ultimate, but when I do I am on cloud nine.  How fun!  And Disk Golf is fun for the whole family.  Easy to play, hard to be good at and courses aplenty in the NorthWest.
6. I have always been against Apple for philosophical reasons: They are closed off – not nearly as transparent and open as I like.  I broke that with the purchase of my iPhone.  And after I-don’t-know-how-many Windows updates each week, I may be changing my tune.  I know some people (probably you as well) swear by a Mac, but I am slow in getting there.
7. Because I am way too color blind to do anything with graphic design (although that doesn’t stop my dangerous habits sometimes) I need to obsess over something else.  My love is a good font.  And even more if I can write it out using (hold on…) pen and paper – which are two other things I obsess over.

Now you know.  And I tag the next generation to do the same…

1. Mark Chrisman
2. Dave Wilkins
3. Michelle Lentz
4. Michelle Anderson