5 Things

1. I own a copy of the Warren Report. This is the official report on the Kennedy Assassination. I have read literally dozens of books on the topic and this is only a section of a large conspiracy theory library I own.

2. I didn't "really" start to read until I was seven. I was still very slow at sounding things out, very resistant and reluctant to read. Now I read four to five usually non-fiction books a month and have amassed a library that could service a small town. I got my undergrad degree in US History and am currently getting my Masters in Library Science.

3. I grew up in a conservative (and by conservative I mean in between orthodox and reform) Jewish family, who founded the local temple. I went to services every friday night, many saturdays, and sunday school every week. I studied hebrew for 7 years, culminating and an all hebrew bar mitzvah. I now celebrate a secular christmas and easter with my non-jewish wife and jewish son.

4. Red is my favorite color, which is partially explanitory of my beautiful red-headed wife, with whom I spend my christmasses with. My wife and I have been together for over sixteen years, eight of them married. For the first seven years our biggest annual knock-down fight was over christmas and my various efforts to resist assimilation and wreak sabotage.

5. I have a remarkably high tolerance for caffine. My typical workday consists of a quadrupal shot of expresso in the morning, a pot of coffee through the day, two cans of coke and an 18 ounce Rockstar energy drink. I started drinking coffee when I was three, sitting in my dad's lap. I didn't understand caffine jitters until I felt a slight tremor into my fifth pot of coffee one night in college.

Dumping Grounds

Ask and ye shall recieve. I have been doing nothing with this spot since I staked it out oh so long ago. I meant to write personal stuff here, ruminations, reflections, thoughts and other such things. But as you can see I either don't have the time, or perhaps the energy to think that hard, so this spot has laid fallow.

So my beloved internet friend muse tagged me with a "five things about me" post, and the also dearly beloved Lisa asked for "five more things", which I make no garentee, but I will repost the original and then use this space as a dumping grounds, with no promises of extended use or regular posts.

This will only be of interest to my internet friends, and they should feel free to ask me any questions they wish, and we'll see what kind of answers I may give.