Playing Blog Tag
It was so nice of Jeremy to include me in the game. The hard part for me will be coming up with 5 people I know who have blogs and who haven't already been tagged! Here's my list:
- I consider myself an above-average woodworker. I used to do a lot more before I had kids, but I do still find some time to build things. Here are just a few of my projects:
drop leaf table and cabinet
trestle table (has seen lots of use!)
bookshelf for the kids' school (#7 of 8!)
- My brother won a silver medal diving from the 10M platform at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, and got 4th on 3M at the 1996 Atlanta games. I was also a diver from the time I was 7 until I was about 13, when he started getting better than me :-). I retired from diving for several years, but got back into it in High School so I wouldn't have to take 'regular' PE.
- I started high school in New Jersey, where I grew up. Since I had retired from diving, I took up wrestling my freshman year. I was quite small - I wrestled in the 95 lbs and under category my whole freshman year. I had a winning season. Then we moved to Texas, where boys play football, they don't wrestle.
- I used to race SCCA Autocross when I was in college. I had a 1985 Dodge Omni that I had painted black and put low profile tires on, along with the ground effects kit that Dodge used on what they called the "GLH". It was a Carroll Shelby project, back when he worked at Chrysler. It was a fun car, and I raced it for a couple of seasons on and off until I threw a connecting rod in the engine one day (not while racing - just pulling into a gas station). I had to borrow money from my parents to get a rebuilt engine put in it, and decided to give up the racing. One day I intend to get back into it - several guys at my current job are quite active in the Austin Spokes Sports Car Club.
- When I was at the Air Force Academy, in between my freshman and sophmore years, we had to take two 'classes' during the summer. One (SERE, or Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) was required. The other part you could choose between freefall parachuting and gliders. I chose gliders and got to solo a glider (or sailplane, as they are sometimes known) during the class. Another thing that I would love to have the time and money to do again!
OK, there are my five things. Now I'm supposed to 'tag' 5 more. I know 3, so here they are, in no particular order...