There’s a fad going around Facebook… (shocking, isn’t it?) of tagging friends and asking them to post 25 random things about themselves in the notes area of their account.

Donna Fox tagged me.

Thought I’d post them here on my blog:

I like random. I like stream of consciousness. So here goes:

1. I don’t like crowds. Unless the whole point is to be a crowd. Like the “Mall Crawl” in Boulder from eons ago… 30,000 people in just a few blocks. I liked that. Otherwise, count me out. I live in the middle of nowhere for a reason.

2. I have an excellent sense of direction. Go for a walk with me, and I can always point directly back to where we came from. Only been lost once… and it was a doosey!

3. My thumbs are double-jointed. The top joint swings fully both directions. All four of my kids inherited the trait.

4. My favorite food is Sushi. Don’t know why… just seems like there’s something in there that I totally need. Sad I can’t eat it too often because Dr. Mercola thinks there’s too much Mercury in most fish.

5. I shoulda been Tony Stark. All my life I’ve daydreamed by designing weapons and propulsion systems. Sometimes I design some really amazingly cool stuff. But I could never live with myself if I went that direction.

6. I don’t know why I love raising chickens so much all of a sudden… It’s just so stinking cool. You put in water and feed, and out pops eggs. It’s like magic.

7. The first person I followed in IM was Corey Rudl, but the first product I bought was from Frank Kern over a year later. (ain’t I CHEAP?) Instant Internet Empires taught me that anyone can do this stuff.

8. Sometimes I’m cheap, and others I’m quite the opposite. I once bought an $800 bottle of wine… and served it to my customers.

9. Did I mention that I got an invitation to go to the Inauguration of President Obama? Still pretty proud of that. I got one for President Reagan as well… my Social Studies teacher gave it to me back in 1980.

10. I owned a coffee shop back in 1996. I can tell good coffee from crap. Seriously.

11. I had a job as a donut baker in 1987. 22 years later I still can’t eat donuts.

12. I had a job as a pizza chef in 1986. It’s been one of my favorite foods ever since. I still “flip pies” on special occasions.

13. I have the gift of Prophecy, but not of Interpretation. I see visions of the future and get the meaning wrong just about every time. But the visions are always exactly right.

14. I’m the son of two Doctorates. Taking the last 3 credits to finish my B.A. would have been a really nice thing to do for them. It was a 100-level speech class. Now I’m a professional speaker. Go figure.

15. I took piano lessons for 4 years as a kid. I can still play pretty well.

16. I’m an ordained minister, and have performed 4 weddings.

17. I once read 23 books in a month.

18. Disc Golf and Ultimate Disc are two of my favorite sports to participate in.

19. My wife gave birth to a baby that wasn’t mine… or hers.

20. My son is named after the nickname of a friend. Is he still his namesake?

21. The longest job I ever held was also the last job I ever had: a newspaper production manager. I loved that job!

22. One of my passions is Bricolage. And I’m not talking about the software…

23. I scored in the top 1% of the country in Math; but I went into advertising in college.

24. I really hate phone calls – making or getting them. I sometimes don’t listen to messages for months. Thank goodness I have a wife! And for some reason, Skype doesn’t count.

25. I really like accents. I can generally tell what country you’re from, or what state you grew up in.

Whew. 25 was a lot for some reason…

Nathan Anderson

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1. 25 Random Things About Nathan Anderson | peluangbaru.net says:

   [...] There’s a fad going around Facebook… (shocking, isn’t it?) of tagging friends and asking them to post 25 random things about themselves in the notes area of their account. Donna Fox tagged me. Thought I’d post them here on my blog: I like random. I like stream of consciousness. So here goes: 1. I don’t like crowds. Unless the … selengkapnya baca 25 Random Things About Nathan Anderson [...]

   January 31^st, 2009 at 7:05 am

2. Sherrie Rose (The Love Linguist) says:

   It was through twitter to another site, another person and then to this page that I found you Nathan. Your mention of Corey Rudl and Frank Kern prompted me to follow you on Twitter.

   Your tweet: I got my wife a three pound package of thick-cut Black Label bacon for Valentine’s Day. Guaranteed: 10 times more love than candy or jewelry

   RT: that may be so, but it is guaranteed to affect her heart in other (not so positive) ways too

   I am a Love Linguist, not a nutritionist. I love the geeky guys but so many have less desirable health habits. So give you wife some love of a health life.

   See you on twitter,
   Sherrie Rose
   The Love Linguist

   February 19^th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

3. Nathan says:

   Hey Sherrie!

   Thanks for the follow and the comment.

   The back-story you may not know is that my wife doesn’t like candy or jewelry. But she absolutely LOVES bacon! (I know, that sounds really horrible and strange). Bacon is probably less unhealthy than candy, when you do a little genuine research, so I’m happy to oblige.

   Let me also mention that my wife is a stone-cold fox, thin and healthy, and the life of any get together in the Internet Marketing world. So there’s absolutely nothing hidden, tongue-in-cheek, or derogatory in my comment.

   It’s seriously just funny that she disdains candy and jewelry, and loves bacon.

   We are in love beyond measure, and will never part. 13 years, 4 children, and even a surrogate child for another couple, I think are testament to that fact.

   February 20^th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

4. ryan says:

   I like the 25 things about me craze. I always can find a few things about everybody that I can identify with. Like your first 2. It’s just fun.

   February 24^th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

5. Taylore Vance says:

   I like chickens, too. I just ordered 25 naked neck baby chickens from a hatchery in Iowa. I live in Chehalis, WA. I plan on keeping a dozen for eggs for my self and the http://Reikiranch.com students who love the Reiki eggs.

   Eat a Reiki egg and become enlightened or at least an energy worker!

   I’m going to follow you on Twitter, too.
   Taylore
   Reiki Master

   April 29^th, 2009 at 11:03 am

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