25 random things about me

1. Most people don't realize there are two versions of me: the loud outgoing theatrical one and the nearly silent one.
2. I always wanted to be an astronaut and would still love to visit the moon…. Or, even better, another planet.
3. I tell my kids that my favorite thing is "books."
4. I used to read one book at a time, but at the moment I'm in the middle of at least ten.
5. I don't watch any TV shows. Not even the news or sports.
6. I used to be a radio DJ in Rolla and I totally miss doing that.
7. I still juggle (including clubs). I do funny shows for my kids (and their friends) at their birthday parties.
8. I think eyes are among the most beautiful things in the world.
9. I cross-stitch.
10. I figure out software by empathy. I imagine I'm the software routine and look around to see what I know, or what I need to know to do my job.
11. I have a hard time saying "no" to anything. Even when I say "no," I usually change my mind a few minutes later.
12. I love irony. And the absurd.
13. I love playing with words.
14. I've never been drunk, but if it's anything like coming out of anesthesia, I bet I'd be very entertaining.
15. I don't believe in rules. I believe in guidelines and best practices.
16. I'm an Eagle Scout.
17. I've researched speech development, obsessive-compulsive disorder, epilepsy, and sensory integration disorders at various times to help my kids. I'll make myself a semi-expert on anything for the good of my children.
18 (a). I believe that knowledge is the most important thing in solving any problem.
18 (b). I believe that cooperation is the most important thing in solving any problem.
18 (c). I believe that imagination is the most important thing in solving any problem.
18 (d). I believe that experimentation is the most important thing in solving any problem.
19. I learned to play bridge more by watching my partner's reaction to my play than by what I was actually taught.
20. I acted in 10 plays at UMR and totally miss doing that.
21. Part of the reason I decided to be Cubmaster for the Cub Scouts is so I'd have an audience again.
22. I sing harmony to songs when I'm home alone. I make up the harmonies myself and don't care how off-key it turns out.
23. I do nothing for only one reason. I have to have multiple motivations before I'll do a thing.
24. I dropped out of my PhD program when all I had left to do was my dissertation.
25 (a). The journal I have written in every day since January 1,1994 is addressed to "Future-Bob," a theoretical historian reading my journal in the future.
25 (b). I'll do nearly anything to prove a stereotype wrong.
25 (c). I'm a horrible patient when I'm sick. I want to pretend I'm well, so I try to do everything for myself.