post a factoid about yourself

[datasuspect]

i am still a cb radio enthusiast.

[TZ]

1. I used to DJ a weekly line dance event

with a friend of mine.

[madinmaryland]

2. You did??

:wow:

[TZ]

5. Yep.

i've also taught line dance and swing/jitterbug for Montgomery County....

[Forkboy]

23. I loved DJing when I did it.

But eventually I grew out of the music sane people wanted to hear. :)

[Chan790]

3. There is an emo song about my break-up with an ex-girlfriend.

Not telling what song (or band) for her privacy...the song is much more about her than me.

It wasn't a famous or popular song, but the CD sold well and the band is somewhat mainstream although a little dark.

[KansDem]

4. I once jammed with Stan Kenton...

Really!

[av8rdave]

22. No kidding! Saw him live in the 70s...

He was trading sets with Maynard Ferguson. I still have an envelope with both of their autographs on it.

[KansDem]

26. I attended his Stan Kenton Jazz Festivals when I was in high school

Summers of 1969 and 1970 at the University of Redlands, California.

The first summer I took "Basic Improvisation." There were a couple dozen of us in there (an auditorium) and it was taught "team-teaching" style by a couple of his band members. At one point, they called about six of us up front to jam for the class. I was one of the students selected. There was a rhythm section and about the time we were selected and walking up front, Kenton came in the sat down at the piano.

I think it was all spontaneous, but each of us took a couple of rides comped by the rhythm section with Kenton at the piano!

Quite a thrill for a 16-year-old saxophonist! :D

on edit: I got Cannonball Adderley's autograph when I went up to see him and his quintet at Shelley's Manne-Hole in Hollywood the summer before. I still have it, too.

I'll bet your autographs of Kenton and Ferguson bring back memories!

[av8rdave]

27. Those autographs sure do...

Though I'm envious you got to play with him! I only got to see Kenton perform the one time, though I saw Ferguson several times over the years - always did a great show.

[NMDemDist2]

6. I do cross stitch

it relaxes me

:shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. i was a gogo dancer. i wore fun clothes and danced at clubs.

no stripping, lap dancing or anythign. it was fun.

[guitar man]

10. damn

I miss out on all the good stuff :P

[guitar man]

8. I'm rarely on 4 wheels

unless I have to transport the kiddo or carry something too big to carry on the motorcycle, I'm riding everywhere ;)

[leftyclimber]

9. I play Cape Breton fiddle. nt

[timtom]

82. You just got my attention.

Joseph Cormier. Tried to learn everything he did.

Am now concentrating on Irish harp.

[leftyclimber]

87. Sweet. I used to jam with Sandy MacIntyre in Toronto.

Missed playing with Ashley MacIsaac by *this much* because I went home early one night. Now that I'm in WV I mostly noodle around by myself because most people play bluegrass and I just don't have the speed for it.

Irish harp's a toughy. Are you teaching yourself or taking lessons?

[timtom]

89. Self-taught

with the help of Sylvia Woods' books (and others). I'm at the point that I can jam somewhat without music. Now, if I could sing or talk at the same time as I play the harp, I'd be sportin'.

I know what you mean about bluegrass. I've never been able to get a grip on the hokum shuffle.

I'm sure you've heard Alasdair Fraser. He's my absolute favorite Scottish fiddler. And Martin Hayes for Irish.

[leftyclimber]

92. My hat is off to you. That's a proud accomplishment.

Not much of a Scottish fan (too classically-oriented), but Alasdair Fraser is exceptionally talented. I don't know Martin Hayes.

I twiddled a bit with bluegrass mandolin for a while, but I don't have one right now, so I'm pretty rusty.

[stuntcat]

11. i've moved 13 times

pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack, pack, unpack :bounce:

[sammythecat]

13. Good Lord!

If I knew that was in my future I think I'd jump off a bridge.

I guess I should think of it as an exciting adventure, and it is that in a way. The same way as hurricanes and floods. I HATE moving and it always seems to last forever.

[stuntcat]

20. it was fun

I AM so glad to be in the same place for 7 years now though! And the cats are happier, cats HATE moving.

[Forkboy]

24. Got that WAAAAY beat. Try 32 times in my first 37 years.

I just skipped the unpacking part totally after awhile. :)

[stuntcat]

41. lol you do..

you do beat! :evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

44. hehe.

I already covered that in Catwoman's bail thread. :D

[sammythecat]

46. That is wild..

Did you finally find the one-armed man?

Maybe you should have just moved once to some South American country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US and saved all the running. Whew!

[Forkboy]

49. LMAO

I do know a one legged man. :)

[ashling]

66. 20 here - in the last 28 years

3 were just interim moves. 5 of them were across country every time except one we moved ourselves, each time saying never again

[DarkTirade]

12. I'm thinking about upping my level of geekdom and going from making prop lightsabers...

to making a set of mandalorian armor.

The helmet will either be the hard part, or the expensive part depending on whether I decide to be lazy and buy one, or do the extra work to make one. :P

[Parche]

14. I Am On The Cover Of An Airline Magazine

:woohoo: :woohoo:

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

15. prove it!!!!

:silly:


lost

[Parche]

18. hey Gorn

I only have a few copies left, it was from a while ago
an American Airlines US magazine!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

:hi:

:hug:

found magazine cover

[lost-in-nj]

16. ....

I didn't do anything fun or interesting.....


so I am an open book.... no factoids here


:shrug:



lost

[EnviroBat]

17. I'm very good at breaking things...

[LanternWaste]

19. I can dance The Hustle *and* The Charleston...

I can dance The Hustle *and* The Charleston...

[TZ]

29. I can do that too

Do you dance the Jitterbug?

[joneschick]

21. I leaned couture sewing from a nun.

really. :hi:

[Forkboy]

25. I own all 28 Godzilla movies.

Yeah that's right, I'm a geek. What of it?!?! :P

[bigwillq]

28. I have a twin sister (nt)

[MissMillie]

73. so do I!

:thumbsup:

[KamaAina]

30. I once observed dolphins using a computer

in a lab at Sea Life Park on O'ahu. The computer was equipped with a special touch screen, which the dolphins activated by touching their rostrums ("beaks") to a particular quadrant of the screen, sort of like giant icons.

The killer app in the cetacean world? Video clips of other dolphins, especially those that the subjects knew (they get rotated from tank to tank rather frequently). Hmmm... maybe I could make my brazillions with a MySpace or Facebook clone for dolphins? :shrug:

[JTG of the PRB]

31. I had my very own radio show my freshman year of college.

One hour a week during the Fall semester, two hours a week during the Spring. The radio station was right on campus in a building by dad actually used to work in, and we only had a broadcast range of four miles - seven or eight on a good day. Still, they actually let me get on the radio, talk, and play music.

The name of the show was "JG's Jazz, Blues, and Swing Hour," and according to the station manager, it was one of the top three shows on the station.

[LiberalEsto]

32. I sold a poem to Cosmopolitan

back in 1984.

[boilerbabe]

69. coolest! do you have a copy to post for us? n/t

[LiberalEsto]

72. I can't. They own it.

When they paid me (I think it was $60) they bought the permanent copyright. I would have to get permission from them, and possibly pay them, to post it.
Thanks for asking.
:hi:

[RetroLounge]

33. I dress right...

:shrug:

RL

[cordelia]

38. I dress left. But I'm right-handed...

Is there a correlation?

Should studies be done?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. my elbows bend backwards.

well, not my right since I dislocated it....

[1gobluedem]

77. Mine too n/t

[1gobluedem]

78. I'm double jointed

I can point my feet behind me and write with my toes.

[Gormy Cuss]

35. I'm a 23 year old male underwear model.

I'm also dating Carmen Diaz.

[InternalDialogue]

36. I have ever owned only manual can openers.

The cheap, metal kind.

[boilerbabe]

71. They work better than the electic ones anyways...n/t

[5thGenDemocrat]

37. I've been to every one of the 1083 townships in Michigan's Lower Peninsula

And I was editor of my college newspaper.
John
Not at the same time.

[Guava Jelly]

39. I am afraid of widths

:dunce:

[leftyclimber]

90. I have horizonto.

:P

[Shine]

40. I am in the 20% of people who can have sneezes triggered by bright light

:D

[boilerbabe]

68. I get that, too! n/t

[InternalDialogue]

79. Hmmm. I never knew that it was just 20 percent.

I used to entertain myself as a child by looking into the sun and sneezing. Hours of fun.

[Lyric]

83. Me too! When I was little, I thought I was allergic to light

and thus, a vampire! lol

[BarenakedLady]

93. It's only 20%?

I just assumed that everyone did that.



:shrug:

[WinkyDink]

100. Same here! I can remember going outside as a kid and having to go back in almost immediately,

sneezing and unable to keep my watering eyes open.

[LuckyTheDog]

42. Name a menial job

I've probably done it at one time or another.

[LucyParsons]

43. I got third place in my 5th grade talent show for doing a Rhett/Scarlett monologue

As both - half Rhett, half Scarlett, talking to myself.

[MorningGlow]

45. All four of my grandparents came from Sicily (separately) at the turn of the century

And yet I had to take three years of Italian in high school to learn the language properly.

And all I remember these days is how to swear...which I learned from my maternal grandmother anyway.
:rofl:

[logosoco]

101. hey, that's cool...

My maternal grandfather came from there...arrived at Ellis Island on Oct 14, 1903 (and Oct 14 is my and one of my aunts bday), My mother, sister and niece just got back from a trip there (Cefalu). I am so glad my mom was able to go...she said it is beautiful there.

[MorningGlow]

103. I would love to go sometime

Back in the '60s, some cousins of mine went to my grandmother's hometown (Vittoria) and found the little building that used to house her father's corner store (I think they lived above it). I'd love to see all the towns my grandparents came from (Vittoria, Caltanisetta, Sara da Falco--and I think one of my grandparents came from Palermo--not so small).

My grandparents came through Ellis Island as well. I looked up the information on the Ellis Island site a while ago--found the ships they came on and everything. It was way cool. One of my grandmother's sisters failed the health test at Ellis Island (glaucoma, I think) and went to South America, so I have relatives I've never met there as well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. I can read music,

fly an airplane, wiggle my left ear, cross one eye, and roll my tongue (not all simultaneously). I cannot cook oatmeal without burning it.

[Lil Missy]

48. I've done real life CPR several times.

[Left Is Write]

50. I was born on a Monday.

[Inchworm]

51. I can write in script better backwards than forward

That is why I write in big print letters like a second grader :D

:hi:

[no name no slogan]

52. my balls are blue

and spiky

[RushIsRot]

53. I own a first edition of Walden.

[MilesColtrane]

54. I have two degrees of separation from jazz icons John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

I bet you'd never guess from my name.

[BlueDissenter]

55. My knees are.......

double jointed.

[Lorien]

56. I suck at posting threads. n/t

[csziggy]

57. I used to own a head shop

[boilerbabe]

70. I used to work in one...n/t

[Z_I_Peevey]

88. One of my life goals is to make my house smell like one.

Still working on it.

[csziggy]

97. We sold herbs too so the shop smelled like them

[Angel]

58. I relax by cleaning and cooking

and I was raised 50's style. The man is King of the house, works outside the home and does no housework/cooking. Still believe it is true, no matter if both work full time. Yea, blast me now, I can take it lol

I also never held a job outside of the home until I was 34. I was the mom who baked cookies for after school, had a hot dinner on the table at 6 sharp, complete with cloth napkins, and I loved every minute of it.

[pokerfan]

59. I have a ten inch

telescope.

[MilesColtrane]

60. Girth is more important than length.

At least, that's what I want to believe.

[pokerfan]

63. that's true

Aperture is much more important than (focal) length. Unless you are taking photographs, length is pretty unimportant.

[Wetzelbill]

61. I wrestled a declawed bear for 100 dollars at a state fair once.

[sakabatou]

62. I make AMVs

anime music videos.

[ashling]

64. BREAKER, BREAKER One - Nine !

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

65. I've been in a TV commercial.

:7

[chknltl]

67. I have a numerology neurosis

I can not go to bed knowing my post count doesn't add up to a 3, a 6 or a 9. Thanks for asking and g'night
(edited for spellcheck)

[bertha katzenengel]

74. June Lockhart visited me in hospital when I was recovering from

open heart surgery as an infant, 1963. It must've been some photo-op thing.

[EstimatedProphet]

75. I killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

[kwassa]

76. I was the "strong man" in the kindergarten circus

I bet you can't say that.

[timtom]

80. Two factoids for the price of one:

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Republican Party. (Plagiarized from many a McCarthy hearings witness)

I am obsessed with old-time radio shows and movies (1935-1945).

Cheers, everyone.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

81. My personal factoid is that I refuse to post factoids about myself. nt

[Help_I_Live_In_Idaho]

84. Its all about me

Thats what my ex wife said.

[Pierre.Suave]

85. Lets see

I have been on both TV and Radio...

I have the home address and phone number of a former Michigan state senator/congressman who was on the U of Michigan Deans Advisory Council, and had to use it once to get his help with an obstinate faculty member. I was also on the local news with him commenting on a proposal in the state house that would limit a particular type of funding/scholarship money for students. After that press conference is when he gave me his contact info and told me that if I ever needed help at school, he was on the deans advisory committee and I should give him a call...:P

I have jumped out of a variety of airplanes and helicopters.

[skygazer]

86. I was struck by lightning when I was 15

And since then every watch I've ever worn has died after a few days. :shrug:

[City of Mills]

91. I'm Batman.

[BarenakedLady]

94. I have x-ray vision

I can see you all nekkid.

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[Fox Mulder]

95. I'm a sucker for redheads.

[Popol Vuh]

96. ...

[My Good Babushka]

98. I like to collect bones

and birds' nests, and eggshells when I find them. Or just anything neat I find on the ground.

[LeftyFingerPop]

99. I finished community college with a 4.0 GPA, and 4 year university with a 3.87...

but now, I am stoopid! :freak:

[logosoco]

102. Two of my kids have the same birthday...

three years apart (no inductions or c sections).
I was born on my aunts birthday, one of my great nephews was born on my daughters bday. One of my nieces just had a daughter on her brothers birthday.
We recycle birthdays in our family!!

[Born_A_Truman]

104. I coordinated getting the Disney American Idol commercial on the air

"I'm going to Disney World!"

[kentauros]

105. I have two favorites of mythological entities:

centaurs and djinn