1) DH and I have had 4 chances to meet Sen. Franken, but have yet to actually meet him. He is always on the move and once I walked right past him on caucus night and didn't realize it until it was too late. It's become a running joke that we have yet to actually shake the guy's hand.
2) Both of my parents attended school at some point with Tom Arnold, but they hate you if you ask about it.
Post by cattledogkisses on May 1, 2014 16:42:56 GMT -5
Our wedding was featured in Real Maine Weddings magazine.
There is a statue of one of my ancestors in Quebec, and it's sort of a family tradition to visit and have your picture taken with it at least once in your lifetime (and yes, I've been).
Post by lasagnasshole on May 1, 2014 16:46:52 GMT -5
The first time I ever came to DC was March 2012. I moved here 6 months later.
I've never been to California.
I hated fried eggs until January 2011, when I ate a life-changing meal at Girl and the Goat. I now think over easy eggs are the best food ever and eat 2 for breakfast almost everyday.
My high school has the best football record of any school in the country.
My parents were married but didn't live together until I was 5.
My in-laws met in high school when FIL was MIL's teacher. Ughhhhh. FIL is awesome, but I kind of don't blame MIL's parents for not liking him (allegedly, I never met her parents, although MIL's mother lived with them for a time, so I guess she got over it).
I was a Federal summer youth employee one when I was 16. I spent the summer working for the JAG, which gave me an unusual advantage for having dirt on some of my classmates.
In high school we had the NE poet laureate visit our class. We submitted poems for him to read and choose the best. I was out sick the day he came class, but my poem was chosen as the best. He read it out loud, and then apparently asked the class whose poem it was, and if I could explain what "dust motes" were. When I heard the story I felt shame in my state that the NE poet laureate did not know what dust motes are.
I can tell you the exit number, town name, and most of the restaurants from essentially every interstate exit in the state of Tennessee.
I can remember most of my childhood friends' phone numbers, although I haven't dialed any of them in about 20 years.
Since there are so many hockey fans here: I was briefly involved with a professional hockey player while I was in college. It was fairly scandalous for a couple of reasons.
My dad went to the same high school (overlapping one year I think) as Dr. Seuss
H's grandfather is a featured person in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and not in a good way. He and H's grandmother were both OB/GYN's. His grandmother was instrumental in the development of the BCP.
Last time I flew, I was getting off a plane in LA for a layover and Carlos Santana said "bless you" when I sneezed.
My high school has the best football record of any school in the country.
My parents were married but didn't live together until I was 5.
My in-laws met in high school when FIL was MIL's teacher. Ughhhhh. FIL is awesome, but I kind of don't blame MIL's parents for not liking him (allegedly, I never met her parents, although MIL's mother lived with them for a time, so I guess she got over it).
I guess I had never done the math, but you made me realize that my dad is closer to my grandmother's age than my mom's. (12 vs. 16 years) I probably wouldn't blame grandmother is she still wasn't over that! It helped that my dad was a good Lutheran.
When I was a junior, I wanted to study abroad in Scotland. I actually got into the program at both St. Andrews and Edinburgh, but I decided to go to Edinburgh because there was more to do in the city and they had a program I was interested in. St Andrews was EXTREMELY hard to get into that year... because Prince William was a junior there.
I did alumni fund calling in college, and I was truthworthy so I got to call Terry Brooks. He didn't pick up, though.