Born:  7 July 1970 (yes, that's 7/7/70 :-) at 15:02 EDT

Conceived:  November 1969

My parents were married in:  August 1969 (fast movers eh?)

My stats in metric:  height - 1.83m, weight - 80Kg

Time:  prefer military format (note birth time above)

Why?:  cause everything when it comes to computers works in military time, and it's easier to add and subtract time that way.

Dates: prefer European format (note birth date above)

Why?:  I dunno... it just looks cool.  Started using it in college and it stuck.

Phone numbers: dots instead of dashes and parentheses 

Something interesting about my real name: All three of my names contain a double letter somewhere.

If playing 'Wheel of Fortune' with my name: Don't buy an "E" or "U"

Soda or pop?:  I used to call it pop, but after living in the midwest, it's soda.

Coke or Pepsi?:  Coke who?

Number of times I've been to Disney World:  3 (1984, 1987, 1990)

My favorite Disney animated feature:  The Rescuers Down Under

One of the coolest movies ever: Tron

Still very cool after all these years:  Schoolhouse Rock (conjunction junction, what's your function?)

Boxers or briefs?:  Briefs almost all of the time.  I love to sleep in boxers (Tigger boxers of course).

Favorite sleepwear:  Tigger boxers in the summer, flannel pants in the winter, or nekkid with the BF ;)

Underoos:  Are you old enough to remember those?  I had Aquaman.

Wallet: brown with tan trim, velcro, got it in 7th grade, still using it today.

What's still in my wallet: a Canadian $2 and $5 from 1986, and several fortunes from fortune cookies.

Favorite places to shop:  The Disney Store, Wal-Mart (gotta LOVE those bargains!), Old Navy, Ikea, Petsmart

Favorite online places to shop:  eBay, Amazon.com

My dream vacation would be:  To travel the U.S. for the entire summer and visit amusement parks.

When I was a kid I wanted to be: a hockey player

Innie or outtie?: Innie

Made out of rubber or springs?: Much more rubber than springs (sing the song... maybe you'll get it :-)

Piercings:  two in the left ear, one in the right.  And I passed out both times I had them done.

My front teeth are chipped because:  I had a bicycle accident when I was 7 (the rock in the road won).

Wisdom teeth left: 1(bottow row, my right)

First cavities:  None until I was 23

Preferred metal:  silver

Jeans size: 34x34

Favorite cologne: Polo Sport or CK One

Glasses or contacts?:  Glasses almost always.  Have contacts that haven't seen the light of day in years.

Handedness:  I'm right-handed, though I can do a lot of things with my left, most notably I can use a mouse in either hand without skipping a beat.

Physical feature I wish I could change at will:  eye color -- I would love to have bright blue eyes!

Physical feature I hate the most about myself:  Skinny arms and that growing waistline

Gray Hair Discovery Date: 20 March 1999

Birthmarks:  three -- one under my left eye, one on my left hip, and the third... well....

"Official" Coming Out Date: 1 December 1993

My first fling:  Summer 1994, camp, his name was Kevin (a fellow counselor).

Number of women I've 'slept' with: zero

Number of pillows on the bed: 3

If I were a dog, I would be a: chocolate or black Labrador retriever -- they're loyal, friendly, and fun.

Number of times I have gone skinny-dipping:  four

Number of times I went streaking:  one

Preferred mode of transportation around Center City:  bicycle

Shoe size: 11

Favorite shoe brand: GBX

Number of trombones in the big parade: 76

Coffee?:  Love the smell, getting better with the taste, lots of cream and sugar please.

Number of magazines I subscribe to: 3

Favorite flowers: mini carnations, white with red trim/highlights; snapdragons; tiger lilies

Herbs I like to grow:  rosemary, chives, oregano

Favorite TV shows:  (in no particular order) Will and Grace, The Simpsons, Absolutely Fabulous, South Park, Scrubs, Star Trek: TNG, Spongebob Squarepants, Iron Chef, Good Eats, Mythbusters, Iron Chef America, Heroes, Family Guy.

Actor who should play the part of me in the movie about my life: Ben Affleck

Banking PIN: XXXXX <-- scratch here to reveal

I drive: a maroon 2001 Chevy Tracker, 4-door, 4 wheel drive

Car #3:  a gray 1991 Chevy Cavalier RS 4-door
The 100,000 mile mark: 31 January 1999, I-495N outside of Wilmington, DE
Received the Title Deed from the bank: 25 March 1999
R.I.P.: 30 April 2004, 144671.7 miles

Second car:  a tan 1986 Chevy Cavalier RS 4-door
The 100,000 mile mark: Summer 1993, SR-61N, outside of Fulton, OH
R.I.P.: August 1995; 125,000 miles

First car: a tan 1981 Chevy Citation - dubbed the "Skippymobile" by my friends.

Vehicle I wish I had: Chevy Tracker ZR-2, yellow, 4-door

Most irritating thing about driving in Philly:  stop lights are optional.

Secret computer passion: I'm a font whore.  Have close to 600 on my home computer.

Preferred fonts: Tahoma and Comic Sans.  (If you've got 'em ... you'll see 'em)

My computer is: Dell Optiplex GX150, 1 Ghz Pentium III, 512 Mb RAM, 30 GB HD and 80 GB HD.

Home network: cable modem connection, dual-speed router with firewall, and plenty of RJ-45 cable.

My first home computer:  An Atari 400, with a 410 tape drive (tape recorder)
Next computer: An Atari 800 with a 510 Disk Drive
And after that: An Atari 600XL with 64K RAM, 510 Disk Drive, and eventually a 300 baud modem (all of which I used up until my junior year in college).
And then: a 20 Mhz 286 with a 40 MB HD; at the time it was the fastest 286 they made.

Favorite sports teams: Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians

Most hated sports teams:  Any team from Chicago, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens.

Pets:  Will, an orange and white tabby cat, and Grace, a gray cat with a few white spots and a hint of orange in her coat.  Became my "children" Labor Day weekend 2000.  Estimate birth date to be 1 August 2000.  Plus a fresh water fish tank.

Dogs are: big animals that go "WOOF!" - not little things that go "yip, yip, yip!" (i.e. if my cat can beat it up, it's a rug rat).

How many times I've taken my shirt off on the dance floor:  never

I may be a computer geek but: I do not own a cell phone (or as I call it, a leash)

Ways to leave your lover: 50.

Favorite Divas:  Gloria Estefan and Cher

Favorite DJ/remixer: Peter Rauhofer of Club 69 (Any 'Future Anthem' mix KICKS ASS!)

Carnivore or herbivore?:  Definite carnivore.  Favorite prey are caribou, moose, and deer.

Preferred breakfast food:  Frosted Pop-Tarts (mmmmmm.... grape!)

Preferred snack food:  popcorn or Ben & Jerry's ice cream

Favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor:  Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch

Favorite fruit flavor: Grape, and just about anything citrus

The four basic food groups:  sugar, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol

Number of piggies who had roast beef: 1

The Philadelphia basic food groups:  Soft pretzels, cheesesteaks, and water ice.

Favorite mixed drinks:  Margaritas, daiquiris.... i.e. "the popsicle drinks"

Favorite alcohol: Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bacardi Silver or O3

Best candy apples: from Fowler's Taffy at the Cherry Festival in my hometown

It pays to read the label?:  Ocean Spray's Pink Lemonade contains "red cabbage".

Favorite DOS game:  Empire

Dig-Dug high score:  107,610

Current computer game addictions: Cubis; Mystery Case Files, Super Collapse

Other favorite computer games: You Don't Know Jack (all versions), Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Preferred Monopoly token: the hat

Preferred Clue character: Professor Plum

How many versions of Excel I've worked with: five

Number of websites I design and maintain: three

The loneliest number: 1

Most expensive Tigger item I own: my Tigger leather jacket.

Favorite authors: Frank E. Peretti (christian science fiction author), J. K. Rowling, Douglas Adams

Furthest West I've been: San Jose, CA
Furthest South: Miami, FL
Furthest East: somewhere in southwest Maine
Furthest North:  Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Distance from my home town to Philadelphia:  435 miles (to the southeast)

Distance from my home town to Valpo U.:  425 miles (to the west)

Best Spring Break ever:  Spring Break 1990 -- went on tour with my college choir for a week (our furthest point was Dallas, TX), then, returned to Valpo, and drove off to Orlando, FL with my friends for a week.  Total miles covered on land in those two weeks -- close to 5,000.

Airports I've flown through/to: PHL, PIT, DTW, ORD, MSY, STL, ATL, CLE, CLT, BOS, ERI, DCA/IAD, MKE, SJC, AGS, MDW, IND, CMH, and FLL.

Language I took in college:  Greek. Why?:  Cause I figured any schmuck could take Spanish, German, or French, and my school didn't offer Italian.

Language I wish I knew:  Italian

I missed graduating cum laude from Valparaiso University by:  0.019

Best cartoon strip of all time: Bloom County

Hottest cartoon guy: "Zane" from Luann.  That spiked hair and goatee.... woof!

Pennsylvania counties I've lived in: Erie, Crawford, Allegheny, Philadelphia.

Political party affiliation:  Democrat (DUH!)

How I celebrated Leap Day 2000: I shaved off my 2-year-old goatee.
How I celebrated Labor Day 2000: I grew it back.

First Sign of the Apocalypse: My parents getting a computer.
Second Sign of the Apocalypse:  Getting e-mail from my mother.
Third Sign of the Apocalypse: My parents get high-speed internet.
Fourth Sign of the Apocalypse: My parents put together a website.
Which Sign We're up To: The fourth one.

Favorite quote:   "Men are like parking spaces -- all the good ones are taken, and the rest are either handicapped or too far away!"

Most annoying thing to see in someone's online profile:  any adjectives claiming to be "hot", "cute", "sexy", "very good looking", etc.

My first Internet e-mail address: SAC6400@exodus.valpo.edu
My second Internet e-mail address: skippy6400@delphi.com
And next: skipc@erie.net
And then: skip_c@delphi.com
Current number of e-mail addresses I have: ah forget it.... I've lost track.

Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator:  ISTJ

Bettys: Nothing but trouble.

I used to have too many friends named: Mike or Greg (no offense guys!)

Music at my funeral: "The Funeral of Amenhotep III" from Ahknaten by Philip Glass

Smoke-free since: December 1998

What I hope you'll get out of this website:  pictures, info, and insights (with a side of humor) into a really great guy!

What I hope to get from this website:  more hits

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