7 Random Things That You May Not Know About Me
I have been tagged by Daylle Deanna Schwartz at Lessons from a Recovering Dormat to participate in the meme asking to share 7 random things that you may not know about me and then tag other blogs. I’ll give it my best shot.
1. I am an Army brat and as a result we moved around – a lot! In fact, I attended ten different schools before I graduated from high school. Personally, I enjoyed it and feel that that moving and adapting to new environments made me a more versatile person.
2. My current field of employment is industrial maintenance (I’ve got an incredible entrepreneurship thing going on the side as well), even though I have bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Animal and Dairy Science. I enjoy work that stimulates my mind, my creativity, my problem-solving skills, my people-skills and my hand skills.
3. I live in rural Alabama. My wife and I own a 53 acre horse farm with thirteen horses, three dogs and one miniature donkey named Pedro. I don’t take the time to ride much anymore (this blogging thing plus traveling all over the country to demo and promote the Rotater consume all of my spare time).
4. We built a custom, timber frame home about 3–4 years ago and I contracted part of it myself. I operated the crane that set all the timbers. My father-in-law and I handled all of the electrical, telephone, television and computer wiring for the house. And I built custom cabinets for the kitchen from beautiful walnut hardwood.
5. I recently went to Las Vegas to demo and promote the Rotater at the PGA fall Expo. We stayed in the Mandalay Bay Hotel and I did not gamble any. It’s not that I didn’t want to. But after being on your feet all day, answering questions and giving demos, I was just ready for some rest.
6. About six years ago, my wife and I went to Maui for a week-long vacation. That was when I decided that I would own a home or condo there someday. With the response we are receiving from the Rotater, it may be quicker than I thought.
7. On Father’s day of this year, my wife took a pregnancy test and we found out that we were expecting our third child. We just found out that we are having a baby boy to go along with our two beautiful daughters.
Okay, there are seven things about me that you probably did not know. I am going to extend this meme to three bloggers that I am sure will have interesting things to add. I am tagging:
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The basement is clean and organized again, so now for the next installment of sites and blogs that I have found of interest to me. For some reason I believe that if you like my stuff, you might like some of the same stuff that I like.
1. Learn a foreign language for free on the internet.
Manga Beta has launched with eleven courses, including:
- Spanish
- Russian
- French
- Italian
- Mandarin Chinese
- German
- Japanese
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Greek
- English for Spanish speakers
- English for Polish speakers
Each course offers over 100 lessons. Don’t put off your desire to learn a new language any longer. The price is right and think about how you may be able to translate that skill into extra income.
2. Do you enjoy telling all your friends about your latest great purchase?
ThisNext is a social networking meets the home shopping network web site. Basically, when you discover some product on the web, you are then able to recommend it (write a review) and share it with the world. I am definitely interested in trying this site. It makes good sense to see what other people are saying about a product before you buy it.
3. Blogs about blogging
Do you have a blog? Are you thinking about starting to blog? I’m sure that you have a million questions. I know that I did and still do from time to time. What do I do? DailyBloggingTips has as great article ( Top 25 Blogs about Blogging ). I use it as a blogging quick reference guide.
If I have a question, I go to all the blogs listed and look through their articles. Sooner or later, the answer will come.
4. Patriotism
Eric Sanders wrote a powerful article on his feelings about the American flag – The American Flag, My American Flag. All Americans should take a moment to remember that freedom is not free, it has been purchased in blood.
5. You don’t need Microsoft
How do you like having the rug pulled out from under you? Have you ever sat down just as someone yanks the chair away? That really pisses me off. Kinda like when a software company puts a trial version of their software on your new computer and it is usable for only 60 days. This happened to me with Microsoft Office.
But you know what? There are alternatives – and get this – they are free. MakeUseOf.com has a list of 6 free Office Suites That Are Not Microsoft.
I personally like Open Office, but I am unfamiliar with the others that they chronicle.
Hey, I’m tired of paying a Microsoft tax every time that I boot up my computer. I have been researching some alternative operating systems. Currently, I like Ubuntu and hope to have it installed on an extra hard drive so that I can make an easy transition. Any thoughts from you guys out in web land?
Okay, that wraps up this edition. How about a little feedback. Do you guys like this segment? Or is it a waste of my time and talent? Let me know what you think.
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