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My real age: 39 (gasp!)

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, but not tighty-whiteys, I get colors.  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 :-)

Favorite shower gel: Axe Recovery

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

Stopped wearing earrings: August 2008 when I started my new job.

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

Do I cheat?: Just For Men works wonders.

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 our 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, basil

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, Deadliest Catch, Project Runway.

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

Banking PIN: XXXXX <-- scratch here to reveal

Number of versions of Microsoft Office I've worked with: Seven

Favorite MS Office application: Excel

Most annoying Office application: Word

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 GX270, 2.26 GHz Pentium IV, 4Gb RAM, 80 GB HD and 500 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 foods:  popcorn, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, corn nuts

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: Mystery Case Files, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Preferred Monopoly token: the hat

Preferred Clue character: Professor Plum

Facebook Apps: Ignore ignore ignore

Number of versions of Excel I've worked with: seven

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

Number of times I've read through the entire Harry Potter series: Two

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

Number of states I've visited or traveled through: 29

Canadian provinces I've been to: Ontario, Quebec, Alberta

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

Distance from my home town to Valparaiso University:  425 miles (to the west)

Interstate I've traveled the entire length of: I-76

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, FLL, MSP, and YYC.

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

And now: you may go to another page and continue your explorations.

Mischief managed!

 
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