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Tuesday, February 19, 2002
 

100 things, yada yada....

1.  I was born in Ohio...2.  I grew up on a farm...

3.  I'm the oldest of 10 kids...4.  I hate asparagus...

5.  I can't swim...6.  I don't smoke...7.  I didn't learn to ride a bike 'til I was 8...8.  We didn't have a TV when I was growing up...9.  I love model and die-cast cars...10.  I want to own a Packard someday...11.  I've driven a Ford Model T...12.  I have a bachelors' degree...13.  But I don't have a HS diploma...14.  I never saw the ocean until 1989

15.  I have approximately 1000 LP's...16.  I have 500+ 45 RPM records...17.  3-400 CD's...18.  I have the 1st 45 I ever bought

19.  I also have hundreds of books...20.  I wrote a 150+ page letter once...21.  It was written to Allison...22.  She's my best and oldest friend

23.  I'm still friends w/my first girlfriend...24.  She's a grandma now...25.  I'm older than her, but I'm not a grandparent...26.  I have 3 kids...27.  The older 2 are 19 

28.  The youngest one is 12...29.  I taught for a year uin a juvenile detention  center...30.  I used to have OH & MI teacher certificates...31.  I like cats...32.  I don't esp like dogs

33.  Or birds, for pets...34.  I played bass guitar once onstage...35.  I have a bad memory...36.  Except for useless trivia...37.  I love to travel...38.  But I hate to commute

39.  I haven't owned a new car since 1986...40.  I remember the first color TV's...41.  I went to the same school from K-7th grade

42.  Then my mom died & we moved...43.  I went to a christian school for 2 yrs...44.  It's one reason I'm not a christian...45.  I'm an agnostic bordering on atheist...46.  I love to write...47.  I'd love to go on an archaeology dig...48.  I like maritime history...49.  And the history of technology...50.  And automotive history...51.  My grandfather was a historian...52.  He worked at Princeton U. for years

53.  My other grandfather was a librarian...54.  At the NYC Public Library/Science & Technology...55.  I'm the oldest son of an oldest son of an oldest son...56.  My family & I aren't close...57.  I have a lot of acquaintances...58.  But only a few close friends

59.  I love autobiography & biography...60.  I'm fascinated by astrology ...61.  And synchronicity...62.  My appendix burst when I was 5...63.  I can talk to almost anyone...64.  About almost anything!...65.  I'm not a huge movie fan...66.  I work at a PC help desk

67.  It's for GM dealer service depts.  68.  I don't esp like the job...69.  But it pays the bills.  70.  I've been married twice...71.  The 2nd time is much better

72.  We'll celebrate our 10th this year...73.  If I were still married to #1, it would have been 21 yrs.

74.  My favorite question is 'why?'  75.  John Lennon is one of my favorite musicians  76.  So is Thelonious Monk  77.  Miles Davis  78.  The Ramones  79.  Marshall Crenshaw  80.  Elvis Costello  81.  Elvis Presley...82.  I also love architecture  83.  Especially homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 

84.  I like to draw...85.  I go to the Meadow Brook Concours' d'Elegance every year...86.  I could spend 24/7 in museums...87.  Or bookstores...88.  Or used record stores...89.  I've never had a 1-night stand

90.  I want to visit Europe...91. And the Maritime Provinces in Canada...92.  I hate intellectual snobs...93.  Or know it alls...94.  Tho' I can be one...95.  I have no mechanical skills  96.  Or math skills  97.  I dislike confrontations  98.  Except when I'm passionate about beliefs  99.  I want to write a book  100.  on what, I'm not sure...

    

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Thanks for sharing yourself.
Posted 2/19/2002 11:27 PM by sweets - reply

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Welcome.....
Posted 2/19/2002 11:28 PM by SpecificOcean - reply

Visit VelvetGlove's Xanga Site!

Yew Rawk!  So glad to know you, my darlin'!

...   just me.

Posted 2/19/2002 11:51 PM by VelvetGlove - reply

I look into the life of Ocean-san....how interesting.
Posted 2/20/2002 12:14 AM by anonymous - reply

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Cool blog!! So you can talk to almost anyone...but can you comfortably talk to a fire-and-brimstone evangelist about having dogs and birds as pets and recall all 100 of these things?? 

Museums...bookstores...**drool** 

Posted 2/20/2002 1:08 AM by Created - reply

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Amazing history.
Posted 2/20/2002 1:18 AM by Mystical2 Xanga True Member - reply

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WOW! I learned much about you...COOL!!!
Posted 2/20/2002 2:45 AM by kazual - reply

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if you do ever come to Europe don't forget to drop a line...I wil be happy to show you around Brussels
Posted 2/20/2002 4:31 AM by peke - reply

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Your interesting. Your even more interesting than I thought before. if thats possible. The oldest son of an oldest son of an oldest son.. I found that fasinating.. dont ask me why. WHat is Meadow Brook Concours' d'Elegance? Im guessing a museum?
Posted 2/20/2002 4:35 AM by Sada - reply

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okay, so i knew that i dug you for a reason...how cool to find another lp lovin', agnostic with atheistic tendencies...woo-hoo...viva xanga!
Posted 2/20/2002 9:30 AM by missfrizzle Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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Cool!!  I wish I could make myself do one of these lists.  It so interesting to read everyone else's.
Posted 2/20/2002 9:46 AM by MissyPorter - reply

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Now that was one of the easier lists to read!  Very cool...you're pretty interesting, but then, I already knew that! 
Posted 2/20/2002 11:00 AM by TigerLily1 - reply

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Thanks.  Your list is so much more palatable by being broken into paragraphs.  hahaha
Posted 2/20/2002 12:02 PM by notforprophet Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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Yep. Lots in common, but also lots not in common.

Did I ever mention that Ian Moore also throws in Elvis Costello songs in his shows? lol  The little reggae number he did in San Antonio, while the bass drum head was being repaired was EC

Posted 2/20/2002 12:35 PM by damonsangel - reply

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i love that you love thelonious monk AND the ramones. that is eccecletic!
Posted 2/20/2002 12:56 PM by queenie Xanga True Member - reply

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I'm too big a coward to do one of these...I'm afraid everybody will find out how truly weird I am!

It was fun reading yours though

Posted 2/20/2002 1:04 PM by Morghanna - reply

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Very cool, I hereby award the badge of loquacious autobiography to SPECIFIC OCEAN - for meritorious blogging to the 101st degree.   

Seriously, that's cool stuff you shared.  I'm impressed that anyone can actually complete these lists.  I've started a couple times, but I start feeling stupid and boring along about item number 12. 

Posted 2/20/2002 1:36 PM by quiltnmomi Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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vewy intewesting
Posted 2/20/2002 2:05 PM by DaP - reply

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my first marriage was virtually a 1-night stand!

great list! possibly i know a bit more about ye now.
Posted 2/20/2002 2:48 PM by TheHorseYouRode - reply

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this is my first visit to your site and it was very interesting reading your list...

Posted 2/20/2002 3:37 PM by Amaryllis - reply

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Just curious:  what *IS* the first 45 you ever bought?  The first one I can remember listening to was "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by the Kingston Trio.  It's my dad's! 
Posted 2/20/2002 8:18 PM by iseeyou - reply

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....maybe this is the *thing* and i will share too.....after i think of good stuff to say!
Posted 2/20/2002 8:22 PM by shyone - reply

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#47 I too would love to go on an archaelogy dig.  Try www.earthwatch.com! (gee I hope that link is still valid!)
#55 is really cool
#71. glad to hear the second time was better
#74. me too
#87. me too again.  I could also spend all my money!

too many other similarities to go through them all.  Have a great day!

Posted 2/20/2002 10:08 PM by merridian Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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Interesting stuff... but I think you cheated... you can't split a sentence and make it two things
Posted 2/21/2002 4:18 AM by light_and_fluffy Xanga True Member Xanga Premium Member - reply

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I bow to your vastly superior music knowledge and collection. You must train me in the ways of the LP....
Posted 2/21/2002 9:38 AM by tinyrage Xanga Premium Member - reply

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