10 weird things about me

A new meme about "10 weird things about me" has started on ScienceBlogs, so I'll bite....

1) I love shrimp more than any other food.

2) I love to hate goat cheese more than any other food.

3) I liked Car Voltron more than Lion Voltron.

4) I had difficulties with gendered pronouns until 2nd grade, and still occasionally make errors. This is possibly the result of the fact that I did not speak much English before the age of 5, and the language that I did speak lacks gendered pronouns (word of advice, do not refer to 6 year old girls as "he," they don't appreciate it).

5) I've read various English translations of the Book of Genesis around 30 times.

6) I worked on a mule ranch for a bit in my teenage years.

7) I've read very little "serious" fiction.

8) I stopped drinking milk when I was 5 because my father stopped drinking milk. He began drinking milk again later in life, but I never did, and continue to avoid it.

9) Female servers in restaurants are often impressed by my spice tolerance (e.g., I can eat two fresh habaneros and enjoy them!).

10) I think "flamboyently stoic" could accurately describe my manner.

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Regarding goat cheese . . .

Just as cow cheese comes in many varieties, so does goat cheese. Have you tried Norwegian goat cheese (gjetost)? Really nice stuff.

You like Car Voltron better? That is weird. You're the first person I know of that is willing to admit that in public.

By CaptainMike (not verified) on 06 Mar 2007 #permalink

I'm a car voltron fan, too. For one thing, it was the only one to have a real plot to it, only some of the key episodes to resolving that plot were cut from distribution because by the time they trimmed out the violence in the original, not enough of the episode survived to fill in the required 23 minutes.

(Battle of the Planets handled this problem by adding the 7-Zark-7 stuff drawn by Filmation to the original Gatchaman work).

By Joe Shelby (not verified) on 06 Mar 2007 #permalink

Do you sometimes eat spicy food intending to impress the waitresses? I'm not a girl, but two whole habaneros is impressive, even a bit disturbing.

i'm not single, so i don't do it to impress waitresses, but they do get impressed nonetheless. sometimes it is embarrassing because they insist on being impressed when my lady is right there!