aboutme

It may seem narcissistic, but I spend quite a lot of time reading other people's "100 things about me". I rather enjoy them. So...here's my list, with just one more.

1. Since I was 6, my dream job has been to be a morning news personality.
2. I flunked photography as a freshman in college. Got a 0 in fact because I: never went to class and never turned in a photo.
3. I spent the next 3 years trying to get my GPA high enough to participate in things and graduate.
4. I've sung the National Anthem at more than a dozen minor league baseball and hockey games.
5. When I was in the 8th grade I bullied a classmate and hit him in the jaw. He's now serving our country in the military and could look me up and kick my butt.
6. I often fantasize about going back and living my entire life all over again.
7. I'm addicted to Sudoku and can never pass a puzzle without filling in the blanks.
8. I once played for the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters and scored 6 points.
9. At a basketball camp in high school an assistant coach asked if I'd be interested in walking on the team at Auburn University.
10. I've been either fired or 'let go' from two tv station jobs.
11. Neither were traumatic and actually were blessings in disguise.
12. The most fun job I ever had was as a dj at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham.
13. I've never taken a hit, a toke or a snort of any illegal drug.
14. When I went off to college, I didn't know a single person on campus and had never seen the campus before orientation.
15. One reason I went away to college was because my girlfriend broke up with me and I didn't want to see her with another guy.
16. I was nearly knocked out by a Gold Gloves boxer for a feature story.
17. When I interviewed Willie Nelson, I couldn't think of any questions.
18. All I could think of was "this is so cool!"
19. I regret never playing football in high school.
20. I was voted "Class Clown" in my high school senior class along with my best friend Buck.
21. The hardest thing I've ever done was call my mom to tell her my first wife had left me.
22. I got a leg cramp swimming in a lake when I was a freshman in college and if a buddy hadn't seen me and rushed in to pull me to shore, I think I might have drowned.
23. I once sang "Folsom Prison Blues" on stage in a Las Vegas hotel.
24. I once won a talent show doing standup comedy with material I stole from real comedians.
25. I was saved and baptized when I was in the 5th grade.
26. It was years later before I really understood what that meant.
27. When other people gripe about their parents, I have no idea what that must be like.
28. My sister and I have never been close.
29. My son and daughter are best friends.
30. I met my wife when she was the commerical producer at the tv station where I worked.
31. A low-C student, yet I'm really good at Trivial Pursuit.
32. My teachers always told me I should apply myself.
33. I wish I had listened.
34. When my mom substituted for my 2nd grade teacher, she had to spank me in front of the class because I was being such a clown.
35. As a senior in high school, I felt God calling me to the ministry.
36. I changed my major from religion after hearing I would have to take Greek in seminary.
37. I've never bet on baseball, or football or basketball.
38. I did win $200 on two separate trips to a Tunica casino on the same video poker machine.
39. I have a large record collection that I still listen to on a turntable I bought for $1 at a yard sale.
40. I once emceed the Mrs. Alabama Pageant.
41. All of the girls in my high school class "liked me like their brother".
42. My favorite movies are: Casablanca, When Harry Met Sally and Serendipity.
43. I feel like a sissy since Diehard isn't on there.
44. I once had a double-eagle on a par-5.
45. It came after I hooked my drive to the fringe of another hole.
46. I played golf with Ray Romano and Kevin James.
47. I won $2 from Kevin.
48. I've been working on a screenplay for the past 15 years.
49. I hate travelling.
50. I hate waiting on anything so I always arrive where I need to be either late, or just seconds early.
51. In high school, after dating this girl, she came out of the closet as a lesbian.
52. I've wondered if I had something to do with that.
53. One of my best friends in high school was my English teacher Mr. Bill.
54. I don't cuss in public.
55. I sometimes do when I'm by myself.
56. I've been in the same fantasy baseball league for 13 years and I win it nearly every year.
57. I knew what I wanted to name my son 20 years before he was born.
58. He's named after me and my dad.
59. I don't know my way under the hood of a car.
60. I can bake a really moist cake.
61. I wonder if I have enough testosterone.
62. I haven't gone a day without a cup of coffee (or 2, or 3, or 8) since I was in the 9th grade.
63. My senior year in college was the best year of my life.
64. I'm a hugger, not a hand-shaker.
65. I'd rather talk with old friends rather than meet new ones.
66. I wish it were the other way around.
67. I graduated high school and college without writing one term paper.
68. My favorite co-anchor was when I anchored the morning news at WHNT with Karen Tarica.
69. I hate my high school senior portrait. Magnum P.I perms were all the rage in 1983.
70. I once scored 33 points in a high school basketball game.
71. The day after the game the opposing coach offered me the videotape. When I drove to the school to pick it up, I nearly lost my car after it stalled in high water on the road and started drifting to the swollen creek.
72. I once owned a vicious cocker spaniel who bit me hard enough to draw blood dozens of times.
73. I cried when I had to give him up after he bit my daughter.
74. I have a difficult time slowing down enough to relax.
75. I'm very good and multi-tasking. Sometimes working on 4 or 5 things at one time.
76. I'm not very good at working on a project when I have a long time before deadline.
77. I absolutely loved being my own boss for 1 1/2 years.
78. I like having a cigar every now and then. Especially when it's cold outside.
79. I love east Tennessee in the fall.
80. I've put together a "year in review" video of our kids every year since 1995. We watch them all every Christmas eve plus the new one.
81. On my 6th birthday I was on the Cousin Cliff cartoon show and accidentally put my elbow in another girl's birthday cake, live on television.
82. 20 years later, I was the news anchor in the same studio for the same tv station.
83. I've always regretted taking a job back in 1989 for a tv station in Florence, Alabama and wonder how my life might be different today had I turned them down.
84. I've regretted not taking a job with a Birmingham tv station in 1995 and wonder how my life might be different today had I not turned them down.
85. I played "Hawkeye" in our senior play of M*A*S*H.
86. With our southern accents it sounded like it might have been set in the Civil War rather than Korea.
87. I dread telling my kids the truth about Santa Claus.
88. I told a white lie in college to stay out of trouble and have had a guilty conscience about it ever since.
89. I continue to struggle with the difference between "its" and "it's"
90. I can be a real smartass, sometimes intentionally, but often times just because I'm trying to be funny.
91. One of my big pet peeves is when tv networks air "Christmas episodes" in July.
92. I hate that "The Wonder Years" and "WKRP in Cincinnati" aren't available on DVD because of music copyright problems.
93. I've talked my way out of more speeding tickets than I have received.
94. I worry that I'm not saving enough for my retirement.
95. I want to be more like my dad.
96. I once did a tv commercial for a car dealership in Milwaukee.
97. I'd rather watch most sporting events on an HD TV than attend it in person.
98. I sang at my former girlfriend's sister's wedding and have often wondered what they must say about me if they ever watch the video.
99. I believe the Bible to be true and that there is a literal heaven and a literal hell. I have a lot of faith in that but still hope I'm right.
100. If I never do anything else, being a father to my kids is worth being here for.
101. After making this list, I don't feel that good about myself.