100 things about me

  Lissa (who is married to Jay) has a list of 100 things about herself. I commented that I didn't think I could come up with 100 things about myself. Lissa encouraged me to try. "Go slow," she said.
  Ok, let's start with what we already know:

1) I like music
2) I'm married with children
3) I usually stay up too late

hmmm...

4) I am Canadian
5) When I say 'children' I mean Matthew
6) There is no sixth thing
7) I drive a coupe while my wife drives a sedan
8) They are both Honda Civics
9) Mine is black
10) My cell phone number ends in 2000
11) I keep my CDs alphabetised
12) I haven't skied since I took up curling 25 years ago
13) My son wants to learn to ski
14) That last one wasn't about me
15) Yes it was
16) I have a poster of a Picasso drawing titled 'Sleeping Woman' hanging on my wall
17) It reminds me of drawings made by John Lennon
18) I have a small pen and ink portrait of John Lennon in my family room
19) I am pretty opinionated
20) I am trying to learn to be more skeptical and less opinionated
21) My hands and feet tend to get really cold a lot
22) My wife hates that
23) My favourite comic book superhero was always Ironman
24) Followed closely by Captain America
25) I keep a 30 gallon tropical aquarium
26) The live plants in it are of equal importance to the fish
27) There's one fish in there that I almost never see
28) Now I always tell people, "don't buy a clown pleco"
29) I don't walk as much as I should
30) I look stupid in sweat pants
31) My tennis elbow is almost better
32) I have a small collection of inexpensive antique cameras
33) My cat hates my dog
34) My dog loves my cat
35) It is not an ideal situation
36) I mostly read science fiction and fantasy
37) But I'm really picky
38) I've always thought Sherlock Holmes was pretty cool
39) I think Sean Connery was the best Bond
40) I think Roger Moore was the worst
41) I think Adrian Paul would be a horrible choice for the next Bond
42) I just switched to Firefox by Mozilla
43) I love it
44) Ihave read the Bible cover to cover
45) I kinda skimmed the begets
46) My favourite writer is Guy Gavriel Kay
47) My favourite Kay book is Tigana
48) I didn't finish University
49) I'm the skip of my curling team
50) Which means I get to yell, "Hurry Hard!" really loud if I want
51) I've never lost my voice from yelling, "Hurry Hard!"
52) I like to golf, but it's too expensive
53) My wife is a wine person, but I am a beer person
54) As of August 29, 2005, I have reviewed 110 different beers at TheManRoom.com
55) That puts me in eighth place
56) I'm only 326 beer reviews behind the leader
57) My favourite so far: Fuller's London Porter
58) I feel guilty that's not a Canadian beer
59) I have seriously considered driving to Buffalo just to buy beer
60) I certainly can't think of any other reason to drive to Buffalo
61) Many people do not 'get' my sense of humour
62) I have always disliked the word 'Huzzah'
63) I like Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings
64) But then again, I liked Highlander, so what does that say
65) I have small feet
66) I took piano lessons as a child
67) For years afterwards I could play The Entertainer from memory
68) I've since forgotten how
69) Though I'm Canadian, I have never played organised hockey
70) I was always invited to the street hockey games because I had a goalie stick and a net
71) My favourite food is beef
72) OK, specifically, a nice, thick, rare steak
73) Really rare
74) Pasta runs a close second
75) I tend to prefer function over form
76) I will spend as much on lighting as any other aspect of a room's decor
77) I think my TV is too small
78) I think my subwoofer is too small
79) **this sentence deleted due to reference to The Incredible Hulk's genetalia**
80) That's a bit of an inside joke
81) I used to hate Reggae
82) I went to Jamaica on my honeymoon
83) Now I love Reggae
84) I'm a mediocre golfer
85) I have broken 100 once...on a short course
86) I didn't play at all last year, due to my tennis elbow
87) I have high hopes for this year
88) I suck at poker
89) That doesn't stop me from playing
90) I can't believe there's only ten to go
91) Dog ownership has its rewards
92) Picking the remains of doggy biscuits out of thebottom of the washing machine isn't one of them
93) I enjoy watching a good movie on my home theater system
94) I'm afraid
95) One of my favourite songs is 'John Barleycorn Must Die' by Traffic
96) Also: Last Resort, Deperado, Wasting Time...flip a coin
97) Fatherhood has its rewards
98) Picking the remains of doggy biscuits out of the bottom of the washing machine is one of them
99) I stole the next one from Simon
100) There. Are. Four. Lights.

List to be updated as time and insight allow. (updated June 13th, 10:02pm)