Functionally ReTodded

I am not sure I’ve done this one before, so here goes…

Four things about me you may or may not know MEEM

Four jobs I have had in my life:

I’d like it noted that I’ve had somewhere in the neighborhood of 27-28 jobs, so there are a lot to choose from.  I am going to list the ones that amuse me or might amuse you.

1)    Swenson’s Ice cream - Illegal and underage below minimum wage employee on weekends for a neighbor.  I frequently helped myself to pockets full of gumballs (used for the bubble gum ice cream) and those wafer / cookie things they stuck in the Sundays.  YUMMY!

2)    Fuddruckers – During my tenure there, I worked while high on a bottle of robitussen (it was all the rage in the mid 80’s), worked drunk on a Friday after splitting a bottle of Jack Daniels with my friend Hoss, sneaking screwdrivers in the walk-in cooler and ultimately having Hoss fire me while I was taking a shit.

3)    Bargaintown (Opelika, AL) – The only thing worse than working at Bargaintown would have been death, and I’m not sure death would have been much worse.  Just imagine folks putting 25 dollar radios on layaway.  For six months.  I saw people literally make layaway payments with change.  Ugh.

4)    SSL Americas – Makers of Durex condoms and other stuff, I had the pleasure of working with some great people for seven years and then working for the biggest fucking unethical and slimey douchebag on the planet.  Hey duckweed, since you are 55 and have recently gotten tattoos of a hammerhead shark and a lobster, what’s next?  Sea cucumber?  Mollusk? 

Four movies I could watch over and over

1)    Shawshank Redemption

2)    Office Space

3)    Wedding Crashers

4)    Field of Dreams

Four places I have lived:

1)    Anoka, Minnesota

2)    Auburn, Alabama

3)    Mission Viejo, California

4)    Suwanee, Georgia

Four TV shows that I watch:

1)    Survivor

2)    Football of any kind, including European

3)    Racing of any kind

4)    My Name Is Earl

Four places I have been:

1)    Cancun, Mexico

2)    Boston, MA

3)    Sandals, Royal Bahamian

4)    Chicago, Il

Four unique activities in unique places that you’ve participated in:

1)    Opening day at Wrigley Field in 1996.

2)    The first interleague baseball game at Fenway Park between the Braves and the Red Sox

3)    Game seven of the 1992 NLCS

4)    The first Auburn-Alabama game played at Auburn in December of 1989.

Four of my favorite foods:

1)    A ribeye cooked on a Big Green Eggs

2)    My wife’s butter chicken

3)    My dad’s leg of lamb.

4)    Chik-Fil-A (The number one large)

Four places I would rather be right now

1)    home

2)    sailing (just kidding.  Stupid bumper stickers).

3)    Boston, MA

4)    Hilton Head, SC

Four people I think will respond to this:

1)    My wife

2)    My Dad

3)    My mom

4)    My other mom

Things I am looking forward to this year:

1)    The redneck heptathalon (Bimini Ring, Horseshoes, Texas Horseshoes, Ladder Golf and the mailbox game).

2)    Lauren graduating from kindergarten and starting first grade.

3)    Having an anvil dropped on my head by Sophia

4)    Patrick’s first words.

Now, hit reply, delete my answers, fill in your own, and send it to a bunch of people.