Twenty-five random things about me (A Facebook meme)

Rules:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “write note” on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people, then click post.)

1. I never post original pictures or writings on Facebook, because their EULA is written by the spawn of Satan.
2. I’ve had a weblog since 1999, when it was actually possible to list and know everyone else who had one.
3. I wish I’d spent a year working in the prosecutor’s office. My partner Jason did, and has tried more jury trials in that one year that I will in my entire career.
4. Most of the time I enjoy the practice of law, but if I ever win the lottery, there will be a lot more sipping frozen drinks on the beach in my schedule.
5. I once had two girlfriends at the same time, because I couldn’t tear myself away from either one. That ended badly, but not as badly as you might think.
6. I believe that voting for the “lesser evil” is still voting for evil. Write someone in if you have to.
7. Prior to 2008, I haven’t voted for a major party’s nominee for President since 1992.
8. No candidate I’ve voted for since 1988 has won the White House. I’m a bellwether.
9. The first election I remember was Jimmy Carter, 1976. I didn’t vote for him, either.
10. I secretly hope my sons will follow in my footsteps, but better, since they’ve got the advice of good ol’ Dad to rely on.
11. I know they’ll be much happier if they follow their own paths.
12. The only material thing I’ve ever inherited is a metal comb from my grandfather Alex, a barber. I still have that comb, and my son Alex likes to use it when he pretends he’s a barber. (No scissors.)
13. I used to hate all country music. Now I just hate most of it.
14. I will run the Gasparilla Distance Classic half-marathon on March 1, 2009.
15. I will run my first marathon before I turn 40. I’ve picked the Disney Marathon in January of 2010, because it sounds like an amazing first.
16. The longest distance I have ever run through today is nine miles.
17. I can’t jump rope.
18. In college I decided to study political science instead of computer science. It was a close call.
19. When I first met my wife, neither of us suspected we’d end up getting married.
20. I tease my wife that Northwestern is a better school than Cornell, but we both know she’s smarter than me.
21. If I could pick a superpower, it would be omniscience, because I’d know how to replicate just about anything else. But the ability to control time and space like Hiro Nakamura is very, very tempting.
22. I’m the only adult in my family who’s never needed glasses. I guess my grandmother was wrong about reading in the dark.
23. I read voraciously. If every wall in my house were covered with bookshelves, they’d be full.
24. My first rock concert was the U2 Joshua Tree tour. My dad was somehow on the medical staff, so my sister and I got backstage passes. She got to meet Los Lobos; I didn’t even get backstage.
25. Most of my job, and the part I enjoy most about it, involves teaching. I’m always explaining something to someone – be it a client, a judge, a jury, another lawyer, or the pblic at large. Most people seem to think I’m good at it.
26. I never participate in this kind of thing. Well, almost never.

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