Seven Things About Me…

My friend Dave Atkins posted something interesting today:  “Seven Things About Me”. The goal here is to post seven things that people may not know about you and pass it on to other bloggers… So, am following his lead here and passing along this sort of chain-letter blog… ….

So, here goes…

I’m a NY sports fan: Again, it’s worth calling out again. Sorry to my Boston friends but I ain’t switching sides. If you moved to NY, would you become a Yankees fan? Exactly…

I’m an Eagle Scout. Yep, in high school I was the one who eschewed keg parties on weekends for merit badges and camporees. Even made “Honor Camper” at Boy Scout camps during the summer. Put simply, I never met a knot I didn’t want to tie, a hike I didn’t want to go on, or a fire I didn’t want to start…

Speaking of Fire….In 1978, at the ripe old age of six, my brother and I had the brilliant idea of playing with a lighter and a teddy bear. We lit a teddy bear on fire, then threw it under our bed. We then left the room to go catch up on some Woody Woodpecker …The next thing you know, smoke is billowing out of our bedroom, the room is engulfed in flames, and fire engines are racing down the street. Damage was minimal, but our punishment wasn’t….

I’m an EMT- well I was… I spent two years in college taking the class, then riding in the back of an ambulance for a volunteer ambulance corps. Wasn’t as glorious as it was cracked up to be, but still a good experience.

I’m a closet Allman Brothers fan. You won’t find me listening to them at home, but for a 6 year stretch during/after college, I saw them live about 10 times- even met Gregg Allman backstage (was a member of their “fan club”) Greg Allman is a big dude…

I love the Sound of Music (the movie). Ok, so I said it. Seriously, it’s a fantastic epic with everything you need in a movie. Great soundtrack, decent acting, incredible cinematography, a plot that keeps you going, right? Oh, and my wife has a thing for Captain Von Trapp…

I’m a twin. 36 years ago, my mom went into the delivery room expecting one baby, and she got two….

May 7, 1972

6:30am- Doctor: “Congratulations Mrs. Goodridge, it’s a boy!”….

6:32am- Doctor, walking outside the delivery room, patting my Dad on the back….. “Congratulations Malcolm, you are a father of a bouncing baby boy!”

6:33am- Nurse, “Um, Doctor, you need to get back here in the delivery room”

6:34am- My Mom” “Um, Doctor, I don’t think I’m done yet…”

6:36am- My brother Dave arrives….

6:38am- Doctor, “Um, Malcolm, can I talk to you for a second?…..”

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So, here are seven more people I’ve tagged with instructions on next steps.

Melanie Notkin
Jim Storer
Kate Webber
Suzanne Aaronson
Eric Cohen
James Williams-Ness
Dave Atkins

• Link your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know that they’ve been tagged