Blog Tag - Top Five Things My Readers Don't Know About Me
There was a great Seinfeld episode about tagging. Although some people would argue that it stunk, I won't stoop that low by making such a punny joke. Sorry.
Down to business. Susan Strayer just blog tagged me. It is now my solemn obligation to reveal five things about myself that readers don't know and to tag two additional bloggers. Those two additional bloggers are two fellow residents of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area: Josh Kahn of Best Buy and Toby Dayton of JobDig.
- Many of my readers know that I grew up in Winnipeg and now live in suburban Minneapolis. But do you know that I moved to Minneapolis for the weather? Not many people who live here can say that and virtually no one understands it. Go to Winnipeg in January. I dare you. I double dare you.
- I grew up a huge Winnipeg Jets fan. Bobby Hull, Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg, Kim Clackson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Kent Nilsson, Dale Hawerchuk, Thomas Steen, and Dave Babych. When the Jets traded Dave Babych to the Hartford Whalers for Ray "Stone Hands" Neufeld, the Jets were dead to me. Fortunately, it was the same era when Wayne Gretzky and crew would roll into Winnipeg, win 8-1, and laugh all the way to the airport.
- The hardest job in my life was working in construction during the summer when I was 16 years old. The worst job in my life was working as a dishwasher that same fall. I lasted four days then quit to work as a stock clerk in a drug store. The best job in my life is what I've done every workday since 1991: running this business.
- I met my wife, Faith, on a blind date. My relative / her friend set us up because she thought we had the same sense of humor. My wife hasn't forgiven her since.
- When I was 13, I knew that I wanted to move out of Winnipeg to someplace less isolated and warmer. That meant moving Toronto or someplace else east, Vancouver or someplace else west, or Minneapolis or someplace else south. I also knew that I was going to be a lawyer. So did my teachers, parents, and anyone else that I was able to argue with. Fortunately, I'm fully recovered now.
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