{"id":3393,"date":"2009-02-07T09:48:05","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T09:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/02\/07\/twenty-five-things\/"},"modified":"2009-02-07T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T09:48:05","slug":"twenty-five-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/02\/07\/twenty-five-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Five Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since everybody I know on Facebook seems to have done this, it seems I&#8217;m obliged to post a list of twenty-five random facts. I wouldn&#8217;t want to have my Internet License revoked, or anything.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve always been tall&#8211; I&#8217;m not one of those tall people who was 5&#8217;7&#8243; in the tenth grade, and then shot up a foot over the next two years. I was always one of the three or four tallest kids in my class in school.<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been skiing in at least fifteen years, but every year at this time when the radio station I listen to in the car goes into the all-ski-area-ads format, I wonder about trying it again. In my infinite free time.<\/li>\n<li>I always get a little sentimental when passing a particular turn-off on Route 206 between Triangle and Whitney Point.<\/li>\n<li>I carry my stuff to noon hoops in a bag that is older than some of the people who play.<\/li>\n<li>I have a deeply irrational hatred of all things medical. I can&#8217;t even watch other people getting shots, and spending any time at all in a hospital (even visiting) makes me get all twitchy.<\/li>\n<li>As far back as I can remember, I&#8217;ve always been interested in science. The specific science has changed many times, but I&#8217;ve always been into some science or another<\/li>\n<li>I have a weakness for dreadful pop-archaeology shows on cable&#8211; shows that construct elaborate theories about the &#8220;truth&#8221; behind Biblical stories, and the like.<\/li>\n<li>I have a weakness for dreadful shows about UFO&#8217;s on cable. The more credulous the better.<\/li>\n<li>It took me forever to learn how to tie my shoes, and I&#8217;m still not very good at it.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m probably a better basketball player now than when I was young and in shape. Learning how to catch the ball was a big help.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been pulled over for speeding seven times in five different states, but never the state in which I was living at the time.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve spent the night in the Miami airport twice. I don&#8217;t particularly recommend it.<\/li>\n<li>Despite holding a Ph.D. in a mathematical science, I&#8217;ve always scored better on verbal tests than math tests.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m too self-conscious to be a good dancer.<\/li>\n<li>I like taking back roads, and will occasionally randomly turn down some street I&#8217;ve never been on just to see if it might be another way to get from one place to another.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve never had a regular non-academic job. I did spend a few weeks one summer before college helping fix up some tenement apartments, but that&#8217;s it.<\/li>\n<li>I am all too fond of Americanized Chinese food&#8211; the kind of stuf you get in food courts and buffet restaurants. I&#8217;ve been known to deliberately arrange my day around getting steam-table Chinese food.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t like eggs, and thus have never understood the attraction of &#8220;breakfast all day long&#8221; type restaurants.<\/li>\n<li>At odd moments, I will find myself earwormed with rugby songs. I have thus far managed to avoid singing them to SteelyKid, but it&#8217;s been tempting.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve always thought that the idea of driving across the country sounded cool, but I&#8217;ve never had a reason to do it, and the moment when I might reasonably have done such a thing has probably passed.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m moderately ok at basketball, soccer, rugby, and football, but hopeless at any game where you have to hit a ball with a stick.<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoy body-surfing, specifically at Jones Beach on Long Island. I don&#8217;t see much point in sitting on a blanket on the beach, but given moderate surf, I&#8217;ll ride waves for hours.<\/li>\n<li>I once insulted Jonathan Frakes at Colonial Pizza in Williamstown, MA.<\/li>\n<li>I never did manage to get George Wendt to buy me a beer.<\/li>\n<li>I once drove sixty miles (one way) to get hotdogs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since everybody I know on Facebook seems to have done this, it seems I&#8217;m obliged to post a list of twenty-five random facts. 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