These things always have rules.  Here they are.

1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

And here’s my list.

1. I’ve owned 14 cars in my short life.  This will be chronicled in a later post for your reading pleasure.  And it’s a pretty good list – mostly late 70s vintage Toyotas purchased in my youth for far less than 300 United States Dollars (not adjusted for inflation.)  Some great stories here – trust me.

2. I like monkeys.  OK, you probably know this about me.  But it’s true.

3. I have a brother that plays drums in a band.  My brother taught himself to play the drums in a few months by sitting in his attic for 6 hours a day every day.  You can hear his stuff with his band, Thousands of One.  They are based out of Ithaca, NY.  (Note: if you’re in Boston they tend to play there at Matt Murphy’s or at the Middle East.  Their live stuff is pretty good.  Drop by some time.)

4.  I’ve was charged with a real honest-to-god Misdemeanor when I was 16 or 17.  The craziest charge ever: “Allowing Clinging to the Motor Vehicle.”  Turns out it’s a pretty serious crime in many states.  Did some community service and the charges were dropped.  (Did my friends, who climbed onto my moving car without my permission and didn’t get off when I asked have to stand before a judge like an idiot and do community service?  No.  I still need to send them bills for that time, now that I’m thinking about it.  With interest.)

5. I don’t drink.  Not for religious reasons or anything, just because it’s bad for me and I have a highly addictive personality.  As I tell people “I like having a job and being married and stuff.  Seems like a good trade-off.”  Also, favorite drink is the shirley temple.  With extra cherries.  That’s a bonus fact for those of you who have paid attention thus far.

6. I have a pilot’s license.  Yep, the US federal government thinks that I’m competent to operate aircraft.  Or at least very small ones.  With one engine.  I also have an instrument rating, which means I can operate an aircraft as if it were a video game that can actually kill you.  Haven’t flown in a couple of years because it’s pretty expensive to do so and I have other priorities.  But it’s still something that’s nice to have and was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life.

7. I enjoy things that other people think are crap.  Bad movies, sitcoms, pop music, taco bell, your mom’s cooking.  These things have a place along with the so-called good stuff.  Much like Mike Myers I live without a filter.  There’s room for both the brilliant and the basics.

And that’s about it.

And my victims:

1. Jonathan Blandford – he never posts enough anyway.  In fact, I can’t even find his weblog.

2. Asa Dotzler – who has one of the most interesting histories of anyone I know.

3. Joe Drew – he looks like the kind of guy who is up for this kind of thing.  Also, \o/.

4. Jesse Keating – he has tattoos.

5. Nat Friedman – the source of all kinds of crazy stories.

6. Greg DeKoenigsberg – who probably won’t, but might post seven angry things about him you didn’t know.

7. Ivan Kirigin – whom I don’t know personally but he has that awesome icon on twitter so I pick him.