I am taking a minute to catch my breath from my first round in the Pinon Canyon expansion opposition.  I have a bone to pick with some representatives, which you will hear about as this all unravels.

But for now, Beeba tagged me with a weird meme.  "Name 10 weird things about yourself."  Now I had thought that when I did the "100 things"  you guys would have had enough, but, okay.

I asked my wife and my teenage daughters to help me with this.  (I knew better than to ask Janet or Carter.)  Margaret came up with 6 but the girls only came up with 4!  "You're just a pretty normal guy, dad."  "Yeah, you know, you're a, well...you're a dad guy."  The implication, which you cannot hear, is that all dads are weird and I know some of their friend's dads and they are just as normal as me.  I don't know whether to be proud or disappointed.  Anyway, this was kind of hard, especially since things I think are weird may not be weird or may not be weird everywhere or to everyone.  With that caveat out of the way, here goes:

Margaret's List:

1) My eyebrows, or should I say my uni-brow, sticks straight out of my face.
2) I can wiggle my ears.
3) I'm left-handed (which to me does not count, but she insisted it was weird).
4) My toes point out when I walk.
5) I like to shop.
6) I wrap presents well.

Abi and Tabitha's list:

1) I sing in the Shower
2) I yell, "Clear the coast!" when I am getting out of the shower and sneaking into my room.
3) I like German Potato Salad.
4) I have a weird sense of humor.

So now, my own own list would be:

1) I spread butter on saltine crackers and eat them a sleeve at a time.
2) I can spell, "onomatopoeia" without looking it up.
3) I am a perfectionist.
4) I like to use a "mug and brush" when I shave.
5) I read Shakespeare for pleasure.
6) I still have (and still wear) a tie I bought in 1977.
7) I can milk a cow (not weird everywhere).
8) I have an Indian blood brother (not weird everywhere).
9) When nobody is riding with me in the car I sing at the top of my lungs.
10)  I have a strange aversion to insects, they bug me.

So there you have it, kids.  I won't necessarily tag anybody, but I sure would appreciate it if YOU would do it.

Remember, the good book says, "My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I just couldn't concentrate."