Head Tale

Amy was good enough to a) admit no one tagged her but she was doing it anyhow then b) tag me for the “Seven Things You May Not Know About Me” meme that's going around. 

The only reason I mention that first part is because that's similar to my own approach to web memes – if I come across something that catches my attention, I do it whether I've been tagged or not.  And I don't bother tagging people (though I'm glad Amy tagged me – always fun to be touched, if only virtually, by a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker”! ) working on the assumption that if anybody comes across a meme I post on my blog, they'll either do it themselves or they won't. 

So, with all kinds of unnecessary explanation out of the way, here's seven things you might not know about me, pretty much as they pop into my head…

1. I've been married three times…to the same woman.  (I did detail the explanation behind this but that was one of my first-ever blog posts so most people probably haven't seen it.)

2. I have an irrational fear of things blowing up in my face – everything from when I light a BBQ to boosting a car battery to opening a bag of microwave popcorn.  It's not a debilitating fear and I do manage to do all three of those things (plus other tasks of a potentially explosive nature) on a regular basis.  But each time I do, I always take a *really* deep breath. 

3.  I just read an entry in my personal journal (ie. non-blog) from about fifteen years ago when I tried to guess where I'd be in twenty years.  I was (surprisingly) pretty close for most of it except that I listed about ten different types of work I might be doing and “librarian” was nowhere on the list. 

4. If I had to work a retail-type job, I think I'd be pretty happy in Staples.  In fact, I love Staples the way most men love Home Depot. 

5. I was a massive fan of professional wrestling growing up and though I don't watch it regularly anymore, I still try to at least sort of follow the storylines and comings and goings of wrestlers via various wrestling web sites and watching when I catch one of the various programs on TV.   (And yes, “something to do with pro wrestling” was one of the items on the list I mentioned in #3.)

6. I've personally only known one person who made the NHL.  David Karpa was a tough-guy defenseman who had a 10-year run with the Quebec Nordiques, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers.  He was a couple years older than me but because we grew up on the same street, I'm proud to know that I've stopped an NHL-level player's slapshots of a frozen tennis ball with my testicles!  

7. I've also seen this meme going around as “25 Things You May Not Know About Me” but I often struggle to write longer blog posts these days with the constant interruptions of the Spaceman. (Actually, that may not be a secret to anyone who's paying attention to how many one-link blog posts, photos and videos I'm relying on lately! ) 

(8. Okay, that last one was pretty weak so a bonus one:  Shea and I first met as college roommates.  My family owned a townhouse near the University and her mom heard that we might have a room available when talking to someone from my hometown at a funeral.  To this day, a running joke is that Shea's mom doesn't know when Shea and I went from roommates and actually started dating! )