Patty tagged me. I swear I’ve done this before, but since the answer to at least the first question is changeable, and moreover, I am changeable, what the heck.
1. Where was I 10 years ago?
Ten years ago this very week, I traveled to Boston to appear on the TV show JEOPARDY! It did not air until November 9, so it was a royal pain in the whatever to fend off the questions about how well I did.
2. What was on my to-do list today?
The usual: take the daughter to day care. Go to the Y, riding my bike if the weather allows, riding the bus otherwise. Play racquetball, shower. Bus to work, eat shredded wheat. Work, home fpor dinner, try to squeeze in the news before bed.
The other stuff: call church so I can publicize an event (the visit of a theologian to our church next month) in another blog. Publicize the fact that a fellow board member of the Friends of the Albany Public Library Association is getting a prestigious award from the New York Library Association, something I nominated Dennis Mosley for. Try to write a blog post.
3. What would I do if I were a billionaire?
The first thing I’d do is hire a general contractor to get all the things in my house fixed all at once- the roof, the porch, the kitchen cabinets, the extra insulation. The one extravagence – some reasonably large TV with stero speakers. and a deck because my wife wants one. We’d move out until it was all done.
Money for college for Lydia.
Pay off the houses of my sisters and my wife’s brothers.
Contributions to church and various causes.
Travel to six continents.
Hire someone to organize papers and other “stuff”.
4. Five places I’ve lived
Binghamton, NY
Kingston, NY
New Paltz, NY
Charlotte, NC
Jamaica (Queens), NY
5. Bad Habits
My ability to misplace things
My tendency to be late
Emotional eating
Impatience with smokers; I understand they are people, too
My trending towards the melancholy
Oh, I’m not going to tag anyone. Wait, I will, for nefarious reasons:
Gordon, because the last time I tagged people I DIDN’T tag him and he seemed upset
Uthaclena, because it might increase his output
Jaquandor, in hope that it jump-starts him from his blogging lethargy.
Ditto for Librarian 2008
Kelly Brown, just because.
ROG