7 Things You May not Want to Know About Me!

Thanks to my buddy Gordan, I have now been "tagged," which according to the rules of tagging, means I am now supposed to reveal 7 things about myself that most people do not know. This could get interesting! Hopefully it won't cost me too many readers! Ha!

1. I am a trained killer!

Yep, that's right... About 12 years ago I spent some time in U.S. Army Infantry training. I can effectively engage an enemy combatant with an M-16A2, M-203, M-249, M-60, hand grenades, bayonets, and with my bare hands; or if you mess with me much I'll use an AT4 anti-tank missile!




2. I'm armed 90% of the time.

Go ahead. Make my day! Unless I'm on the job, at church, or somewhere else where carrying a weapon is prohibited by Law; I "pack heat" quite often. Why? Because (at least for now), it's my my Constitutional Right and because cops can't be everywhere at once! Sometimes a responsible, armed, civilian can make the difference in a situation where the police are absent. If there were more armed civilians, perhaps some of these well publicized massacres could have been prevented with a couple nicely placed shots center-mass on the deranged perpetrator(s).


3. I'm scared of lightning and spiders!

Now, as a Calvinist, I know for a fact that not one of God's glorious lightning bolts will never harm me unless He foreordained it to zap me before the foundation of the World.

Even knowing that, the stuff still scares me to death! Sometimes I think the Lord allows lightning to strike when I'm outside just to see me run like a cheetah toward the nearest building. As far as spiders are concerned: The only good spider is a dead spider!


4. My dream job is to be an Army Chaplain...

However, I lack a Seminary Degree and my short stint in the Infantry already established the fact that my knees are not "mil-spec." Because of this, I'm fairly sure this dream will never materialize.

(On 2ND thought: Chaplains are non-combatants, so perhaps I'd make a better Chaplain's Assistant because they get to shoot weapons and protect the Chaplain! Again, my knees are messing me up for that too...)


5. I've never used drugs!

No kidding! I know my readers probably my think I hit the crack pipe just before I write a Rant, but honestly I don't! By God's grace, I have never used drugs and I've never even been tempted to try. Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign really worked on me! I was in 3rd grade when I first heard of "Just Say NO" and I decided then and there that I would always say NO!


6. I played the Bassoon in Middle School...

No, those things to the right are not a pair of giant crack pipes. They're bassoons! And yes, I was a band geek in middle school! I played the bassoon for 2 years, but now I can't even read music!

7. I'm married to my High School sweetheart!

I met Diana in 10Th grade and not long after that I knew I wanted to spend my life with her. She's 29 and I'm 30, and we have been together for half of our lives already!

I hereby "Tag" Josh "Baby Face" Hitchcock and Fred "The Knife" Pifer!

Photo Credits: Wikipedia, The U.S. Army, and Me!