How Random

Mark Troy tagged me to list six random facts about myself and then tag six other bloggers. I'm pretty sure I've done this meme before, but I can't find it in the archives, so here we go again:

1. I chose to attend Hofstra University and major in English in the sixth grade because my super-hot sixth-grade English teacher was an alum.

2. I received a varsity letter in high school for two years managing the boys' volleyball team. I stepped down when the coach who invited me did, too early to get a sweater on which to iron the letter.

3. In senior year at Hofstra, I once dashed across the campus bridge over Hempstead Turnpike with a tape recorder in my coat pocket playing John Williams's Superman theme.

4. On Halloween, dashed across the same bridge wearing a Freddy Kreuger mask and claw.

5. I am 23 years younger than Karen Allen.

6. One of my favorite meals is spaghetti and meatballs with croutons. Try it.


No tagging. You are free to go.

"I'm not Picard."

...said Starfleet Commander Benjamin Sisko after decking the omnipotent entity Q.

Avery Brooks of Spenser: For Hire and Deep Space Nine fame turns 60 today. He recently returned to his alma mater, Oberlin College, to play Willy Loman in a multicultural production of Death of a Salesman.

Instant Inspiration

Fed up with metaphors? Enjoy my Asinine poem, "F**k the Figurative". Thanks again to Richie Narvaez.