When Roger Lawrence tagged me for
the Versatile Blogger Award, I thought I’d done that before. So I looked back
and sure enough, I was nominated by Rosanne Dingli – in 2011. Here’s Roger’s
post, in which he tells 7 fun facts about himself:
The man once cussed out Cary Grant—I
can’t outdo that. Since it’s been four years since my time around, I thought I’d
put my original answers here for those who’ve come along since, and see if
there’ve been any changes along the way. I’m not going to tag anyone—because I
already have:
1. Last year I got my 30 year pin as a
volunteer firefighter (I joined on my 18th birthday), and this year made 20
years as an emergency dispatcher. (Ahem … I hit 35 fire years this July 14th.)
2. I have Seasonal Affected Disorder:
Winter quite literally drives me crazy. (But stupidity also drives me crazy, and that happens all year ‘round.)
3. My fiancée is half my age – and
twice my maturity. (Married! But she’s still more mature.)
4. I can’t stand America’s two great
drinks: coffee and beer. (Earl Grey—hot.)
5. It took me over three decades from
the moment I first ventured into fiction writing as a child to getting my first
novel published. (Now I kill
myself trying to get a new book published at least twice a year.)
6. My humor column, Slightly Off the
Mark, was named after a line in a newspaper story about a bowling league.
(And it’s not related to the comic strip “Off
the Mark” by Mark Parisi, which is very funny.)
7. I was known throughout my school
years for being painfully shy. (At least, by those who knew I was there.
For those of you who watch “The Middle”, I was a mix of Sue Heck, the invisible
geek, and her brother Brick, the bookworm.)
