2. I married my first wife when I was twenty-five.
L 3. I am an ordained minister of the United Christian Faith Ministries. I was also licensed through a now closed Baptist church in Springfield, MO.
4. I dated a practicing wiccan once. Needless to say, that didn't last very long.
5. I don't enjoy sports. Neither did my father.
6. I used to be a young, bleeding-heart liberal. Now I'm a middle-aged, wiser conservative.
7. I skipped my uncle's wedding to go to my first wife's family reunion the year after I met her.
8. I can skate in a straight line . . . until I hit something.
9. I've never done any illegal drugs, even marijuana.
10. I had a very short, wild phase when I was twenty years old. I quit drinking when I became a Christian at twenty-one.
11. Though I haven't had a drink of alcohol in several years, I still sometimes crave a "bloody mary."
12. My favorite food is fried chicken.
13. My favorite part of the chicken is the liver.
14. My daughter also likes fried chicken liver.
15. I was probably the last person in my high school class to lose my virginity. Let's just say that I was WELL out of high school.
16. Unfortunately, I wasn't married.
17. I probably need therapy.
18. I've been held at gunpoint by an intoxicated friend for three hours. This was a big reason as to why I stopped drinking.
19. I used to be a cat person. Now, I like dogs.
20. I've never broken a bone.
21. I'm double-jointed.
22. I haven't read fiction in too long. Most of my library these days consists of the works of Reformed theologians.
23. I've only taken a semester of tae kwon do at a community college. I've been told that my descriptions of combat seem too real for my experience.
24. I don't own a gun, but respect our second ammendment.
25. I've been with a person less than an hour before he committed suicide.
26. I'm 100% heterosexual.
27. Due to personal issues, I believe that the ending of the movie Secret Window was better than the ending to the short story. Kudos if you know why.
28. My dad could take a car apart and put it back together. I can barely check my own oil.
29. My most creative time is when I should be sleeping.
30. I suffer from migraines.
31. If I weren't a Christian, I would be an atheist. No other religion makes sense to me.
32. I've always wanted to start my own coffee house.
33. My math skills are terrible.
34. My favorite subject in high school was Biology.
35. Biology was also my first major in college, until I butchered my first dissection lab assignment. I have a genetic nervous condition.
36. I used to idolize my high school English teacher, until my first English professor in college told me that everything that I had been taught was wrong.
37. I was angered that a local news station gave that high school teacher a "teacher of the year" award. I almost sent a letter of rebuttal.
38. I can't swim.
39. I hate to shave. I could have a full beard in a week.
40. My dad took me deer hunting once when I was seven. I yelled to stop him from shooting a buck. He never took me again.
41. I am most definitely NOT a vegetarian.
42. I wish that I could draw.
43. I changed my major from Biology to Education to English. I'm now working toward a degree in Theology.
44. I would never have had the patience to teach.
45. I played 4th edition D&D twice and I loathed it.
46. I still play D&D 3.5.
47. One of the few things that I picked up from my ex-wife was a love of old musicals. My favorite is Holiday Inn, with Bing Crosby.
48. My daughter is the most advanced reader in her class. This isn't an opinion. Apparently, the teacher told her mother this.
49. I used to be a staunch Arminian.
50. Now, I'm a "Five-Point" Calvinist. Kudos if you know the difference.
