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You are here: Greg's Personal Web Site > Interests > Dumb things Dumb things about me in no particular order. 1. Travel Furthest south: Somewhere in Florida. 2. Favorite color: Sky blue. 3. My first car: A 1963 Ford Galaxy XL Convertible. 4. What I miss the most: The ocean. 5. Am I a turtle? Yes, "You bet your sweet ass I am." 6. Favorite music: Progressive Rock. 7. Favorite big US city: Chicago. 8. Favorite city (Period!) Paris, France. 9. Favorite wild animals: Whales, dolphins, and eagles. 10. Favorite pets: Dogs. Not too crazy about cats at the moment. I lost my cat in October 2007. He fell and ruptured his diaphragm.
Thomas: August 1996 - October 2007
11. Favorite drink: Water. 12. Favorite pencil: #3 HB. 13. Favorite TV programs: 1950's: Wicky Wacky Cloud Club; 1960's: Star Trek 14. Favorite paper: Sticky notes. 15. Favorite rock: Mica. 16. Favorite sound: Someone saying: "come and eat." 17. Favorite book: "The Lure of the Labrador Wild." 18. Favorite foods: Home made tortellini. Fresh succotash. The kind my mom used to make. 19. Favorite finger: Middle. 20. Favorite museum: The British Museum.
21. Favorite type of restaurant: A great seafood, French, Mexican, or Thai restaurant with friends. 22. Favorite beach: The beautiful white sand beach at Ogunquit, Maine. 23. Favorite camping place: Hermit Island on Casco Bay in Small Point, Maine. 24. Last cold: In February 2008. It wasn't a bad one but it lasted for a friggin month. 25. Favorite dish: One that has good food in it. 26. Favorite flower: Lily of the Valley. 27. Favorite veggie: Fresh hand picked and cooked ASAP, corn on the cob. 28. Favorite spices: Hotter than hell chili power. Fresh hand picked dried oregano and basil. 29. Favorite Colonel: Not Sanders! 30. Favorite planet: You're on it.
31. Favorite sport: Rowing. (I rowed 8-person skulls in high school. Junior Varsity: # 2 position. Varsity: Stroke position) 32. Last peak experience: Summer of 1970, while driving my motorcycle up Mount Mitchell in North Carolina. 33. Favorite mountain: Mount Washington in New Hampshire. 34. Favorite hiking trail: The Appalachian Trail. 35. Second favorite hiking trail(s): The ones found on Hermit island on the coast of Maine. 36. Longest undergraduate paper. Apx. 74 pages. 37. What I'm most proud of: My kids. 38. Average number of books (not work-related) read in a month: 5 39. Favorite Sci-Fi movie: "The Forbidden Planet." 40. Favorite actress: Jodie Foster.
41. Two things I wish I still owned: My motorcycle and my boat. 42. What I liked to do most when I was a kid: Water ski and play my axe (As in guitar -- what were you thinking?) 43. Favorite toy: Erector set. I still have it. 44. Favorite everyday bread: Wheat. Bread I like the most: French. The kind with a hard buttery crust. It's not found in the Midwest! 45. Favorite magazine: "Sky and Telescope." 46. Last time I attended a local party: And you expect me to update this page on a daily basis? 47. Last time I ate good Mexican food in a restaurant: Hopefully, yesterday. 48. Last time I was really scared: Summer of 1975, when I was suddenly caught up in a racially motivated riot in the North End of Springfield, MA. I was knifed then. 49. What I'm always losing: my cell phone 50. Favorite soda: Cream soda.
51. Number of root canals: 2. It will remain at 2. 52. Favorite tent: The one my brother-in-law set on fire. It burnt down in 5 seconds! Campers beware! 53. Farthest out to sea in a rowboat: 11 miles. What are you, nuts? 54. One of the dumbest things I ever did. Go out in the ocean 11 miles in a rowboat. 55. Closest I been to death. Well, I almost went over the dam in a rowboat on the Connecticut River in Holyoke, MA. 56. First time I drove a car: I was 4. I drove my dad's car through my grandfather's garage. Err... the garage door was closed too. 57. Only time I use salt. When I eat corn on the cob or fresh-picked tomatoes. 58. Political party: Never been to one. 59. Most HATED musician: Mike Oldfield.
60. Favorite Rock group: Currently, it is King Crimson and Evanescence. 61. What I live on: In my last marriage is was TV dinners. If it was not for those salty buggers I would of starved to death. In my first marriage: Well, let's put it this way: she did not know how to boil water. Now I do my own cooking once again, and I'm a damn good cook too! My specialty is coq au vin. 62. Current favorite TV program: The food, travel, and home improvement channels. 63. Number of guitars: Two. 64. Number of hammers? 18, if I don't count the rubber kind. I have seven of those. I have one with a leather head too. Favorite type of hammer: A Warrington hammer. 65. Last time I went over 100 mph in an automobile: 1994. I believe it was 140 mph. Red-lined that sucker! 66. Cholesterol level as of January 2008: 152 67. Height: 6' 1/4" Weight: 192. Ideal weight 185. I'm working on it, and perhaps I already have?. 68. Shoe size 13 69. Favorite office item. I'm in to pens. The ones that light up are way cool. 70. What I'm looking for: "I'm looking for someone to change my life; I'm looking for a miracle in my life" --Moody Blues
71. Favorite winery: Hermann Weimer Vineyard. 72. Favorite power tool. Are you kidding, a drill or a bit brace. 73. Favorite stick: A walking stick. 74 Favorite outdoor concert area: Tanglewood. 75. Favorite compound? Well it's not CO2 Is this real enough for you? -- Evanescence. Close to the edge Don't surround yourself with yourself [ ! ] -- Yes And the times they are a changing --Bob Dylan
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