25 random things about me and 26 to 50 random things about me:

If you don't know me that well read this list as if it were titled 1-25.
Chances are if you already know me then you also already know 25 random things about me so read this list as (26) to (50) and see if there is anything new to discover!

(26) Number 1) I'll start with me. Good things happen on Tuesdays. You used to be able to go to the movies on '$2.50 Tuesdays', or a baseball game on Twoonie Tuesdays. I was born on a Tuesday. So when you see Tuesday on a calendar think of me. When you get the Monday morning blues think of tomorrow, think of Tuesday, think of me.

(27) My 2 parents are a great source of inspiration. Whenever I face any serious troubles in my life I think about when they were in their young 20's in 1972. Within this year they got married, got forced out of their home and out of Uganda, started a new life in Canada and also gave birth to my older brother. That's a whole lot to handle in a year, and probably a whole lot more than I'll ever have to face.

(28) "Call it 3") When I was playing softball as a kid I can clearly remember making an unassisted triple play. Bases were loaded, I was playing third base, the batter popped up the ball I caught it for the first out. The runners had taken off on contact so I touched third to get the lead runner out and tagged the kid running towards me from second. Three outs. It was beautiful. I was probably about 10 years old and it still stands out as one of my sporting highlights!

(29) Cat) Clarence is the name of our Norwegian Forest Cat. I think that's his breed, although I doubt he has ever been to Norwegia.

(30) 5) Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddists, Atheists all follow the same basic principles of how to live life. Be good to your fellow man, repsect your environment, be charitable etc etc. Assuming there is a Heaven/Hell in the afterlife, I find it hard to believe that God would be so arrogant to refuse a 'good' person into Heaven just because they didn't praise Him.

(31) 6) My favourite TV show of all time is The Wonder Years. I'll admit that I've shed a few tears over Kevin and Winnie's relationship. Sadly this classic show is relgated to reruns and bootlegs. The producers did not get the proper musical rights to be able to release the 6 seasons on DVD in it's original entirety.

(32) 7) 7) 7) The slot machine in Monaco rewarded us big time when these numbers came up!

(33) 8) As far as international travel goes, 2006 was my best year. I landed on 5 different continents, saw Beckham score a goal in a World Cup match, saw Roger Federer play tennis and sat in right field watching a baseball game in Tokyo! I also visited the Great Pyramids of Egypt with a couple of crazy Kiwis!

(34) 9) I went skydiving once. I nervous about the whole experience the operation was run out of a guys backyard and what appeared to be a rickety Cessna. It wasn't a tandem jump and the process of disembarkation was as follows: Reach out and hold on to the wing strut; let your feet dangle below you; and then let go at your leisure. Hanging on for dear life like that, letting go and trusting your parachute was going to open was a bit scary. However the experience of floating to the ground and seeing the earth from a different perspective was truly awesome.

(35) 10) Pearl Jam's TEN came out during one of my life's turning points. Also around this time OASIS, NIRVANA, techno and rave all struck a chord with me. Most of my CD/MP3 collection can pretty much be traced back to this era. The exception to this is my admiration for The Carpenters. I blame my parents for this, and for playing the famous whistler, Roger Whittaker, in the car when my precious ears were in the early stages of development.

(36) 11) In 1985 George Bell, of the AL East Champions Toronto Blue Jays, wore the number 11. His teammates included Ernie Whitt, Wille Upshaw, Jesse Barfeild, Damaso Garcia, Rance Mulliniks, Tony Fernandez, Lloyd Moseby, Garth Iorg, Buck Martinez, and the young Kelly Gruber. Need I say more on this topic?

(37) 12) I've been with Vanessa for the past 12 years, married for about 6 of them. I sometimes I amaze myself that I've been able to hold her attention for this long! I'd say more about her, but I'll save the compliments and give them to her in person. ox ox

(38) 13) I lived for a short time at House 13 in North Bay while at Nipissing University. I met some great people while 'studying' up North and although I don't see them as much as I'd like to, I'd like to think that they are some of the best friends I have.

(39) 14) Democracy and a Free Market are opposites. One is a method to run governments, the other is a method to run an economy. One is for the good of the masses, the other is for the good of an individual. Using the terms as if they are the same thing causes problems.

(40) 15) I love taking photos. I've had a couple published online. One was without my permission, and dated incorrectly but I still got credit for it. The other was for a World Record Attempt used with my permission.

(41) 16) Mohammed Ali has been quoted as saying something like "Someone who has the same opinions when they are 50 as when they were 20 has wasted 30 years of life." This is my 2nd favourite thing a person has ever said. The first was when Vanessa said "I do".

(42) 17) 2007/2008 was enjoyable partly because of the amount of time I was able to spend with my sister. For those of you who know her, you know what I mean. She rocks.

(43) 18) 2007/2008 was also enjoyable partly because of the amount of time I was able to spend with my brother. He is an endless stream of positivity and Kahzmir is one lucky son-of-a-gun!

(44) 19) I invented The Impact Stat, a baseball statistic which measures the full impact of a batter on the team, rather than the individual.

(45) 20) I've written a book and have a rejection letter from a publisher. It turns out that someone else wrote a book quite similar to it.

(46) 21) I rode a mountian bike from Toronto to Niagara Falls, and a foldup bike from London to Brighton.

(47) 22) In 10 years if things continue as is, the Annual Kanji Playoff Pool will have been running for 22 consecutive years!

(48) 23) I recently had a dream featuring Noel Gallagher of OASIS. We were talking about different promotional opportunities the band had rejected. We were also talking about awards and accolades the band had acheived over the years. He was holding a £2 coin and said "y'know if they really wanted to honour us they should just put us on one of these". (referring to their album titled 'Standing on the Shoulder of Giants' which comes from Newton and engraved on the side of a £2 coin). I got the feeling he wouldn't want the band on a postage stamp.

(49) 24) Although I am a fan of Post Secret and Pretty Much Amazing, the simple radio still continues to entertain me above and beyond the TV and Internet.

(50) 25) Just like Jesus Christ's date of birth, it is widely accepted that I was born on the 25th. It was a Tuesday. There are many other things about me that you may or may not want to know but if you have read this far I hope you learned something random!

Your comments as always are most welcome.

Aneez