Some things you should know about me.

1. I prefer black licorice over red.
2. I prefer red licorice to beets.
3. Beets make me gag.
4. The strangest thing I ever ate was turtle.
5. When I was a boy, I watched a guy slaughter a hog and I still remember thinking it was cool.
6. I wanted a motorcycle as a kid, but was afraid to ask for one.
7. I was the class clown.
8. I never had warm gloves as a kid.
9. The first time I ever fired a real gun was in second grade. There were no adults around.
10. I prefer all cotton shirts with button-down collars.
11. I buzzed my hair off in high school just to be different.
12. I did not get straight A's my freshman year in college.
13. I burned my hand as a kid whilst playing around with branding irons.
14. I learned how to swear from my brother Mike.
15. My favorite book as a kid was Tarzan of the Apes.
16. I will never buy an auto with cloth seats again.
17. I always worried about who our children would marry.
18. I do not worry about who my children married.
19. One year, I read the Book of Mormon sixteen times just to see how many times I could.
20. I have fear that I will not be first for something.
21. My wife is the best grandmother in the world.
22. I don't think I have ever gone to a movie alone.
21. I have never been stung by a bee.
22. I never had a new bicycle until Brooke bought one for me.
23. When I first get into the ocean, I always think how many people have died in the water.
24. I never sleep on my stomach.
25. If I drank a glass of milk, then wanted water, it would not bother me to not rinse the glass.
26. I can count on one hand the times I have used a public toilet. I think they are filthy.
27. One of those times was in the Ladies room at the SLC airport.
28. It was a mistake, not a planned event.
29. I once mistook horseradish for sour cream at a business luncheon and ate a whole baked potato with horseradish so that no one knew of it.
30. I still have a pocket watch that my grandpa gave me when I was about nine years old.
31. I have more hair than both my brothers put together.
32. That is not saying much.
33. I thought I had a nice singing voice until we got a Karaoke system.
34. Unfortunately, I like to be the center of attention and it embarrasses my wife.
35. Las Vegas does nothing for me.
36. I was a good missionary.
37. I once won a ride in an airplane for something I did in scouting.
38. I hated scouting other than that.
39. If I had to choose the one person in the world to pray for me, it would be my wife Brooke.
40. I once threw a rock at a ground squirrel and it vomited up cantaloupe seeds when I hit it.
41. I prefer stream fishing over lake fishing.
42. I am a gizmo guy. I like all kinds of gizmos.
43. I am interested in a whole lot of things, but I do not have much knowledge of anything.
44. From the first day I started in the insurance business, I have never thought about changing.
45. My favorite kind of pen is and always be a fountain pen with a broad nib.
46. I never learned to program a VCR.
47. When I got my first BBQ, Brooke had to put it together because I hate reading instructions.
48. I prefer to buy things assembled.
49. If I had a pigeon in my yard, I would not hesitate to shoot it.
50. On Saturdays, I prefer not to wear socks.
51. I find it difficult to believe that a person sweats a cup of water through their feet each day.
52. My mom was the one that instilled within me a desire to seek the gospel truths.
53. I once sat next to Richard G. Scott in the temple and gave him the armrest between seats.
54. I cannot listen to any kind of music for too long a time.
55. CB radios intrigued me, but I never could think up a good "handle" for myself.
56. If I got a dreaded disease, I would probably want to know about it when I had just a very short time to live.
57. I think I would never have the guts to go skydiving.
58. I am glad that I never served in the military.
59. I was in the hospital once and it was so boring, I read the same book three times. (State Fair)
60. When the movie SHANE comes on, I always try to watch it because it was my dad's favorite movie.
61. Sometimes I think about my little sister and wonder what she was thinking when she pulled out in front of a big truck and lost her life.
62. More than once, I have asked the Lord to take my life in trade for something that I wanted badly for one of my family members.
63. I would rather be half an hour early than one minute late.
64. There is nobody I know who has a memory for the mundane that is better than mine is.
65. When I die, if I have the respect of my kids, that is good enough for me.
66. I made the hundreth point in a basketball game when I was in high school.
67. Out of respect for my wife, I reserve eating sardines for when I am camping.
68. If you need a guy to go with you camping just to cook on a dutch oven, I am your man.
69. I could never figure out how they got those little ships in a bottle.
70. I can stare at a fire, at rain, or at a grandchild and you'd think I was in a trance.
71. If I were in a movie and they told me "wait right here", I would not wait right there.
72. I could probably eat sandwiches three meals a day.
73. My favorite breakfast is soft-boiled eggs over toast.
74. I once won a trophy for public speaking.
75. If a strange person borrowed by comb or nail clippers, I would not ask for them back.
76. If my wife passed away, I would not remarry...I am a one-woman man.
77. I was always afraid I would get hit in the head with a hard ball.
78. Having an animal in my house is unsettling to me.
79. Before 2007 is over, I would like to prepare and serve a "seafood or crab boil".
80. If I were an archer, I would prefer the longbow to the compound bow.
81. Since I met my wife Brooke, I have eschewed Jerry Lewis movies out of respect for her.
82. I may annoy my daughter, but I have always tried to breathe out of my nose.
83. I hope nobody ever gives me opera tickets.
84. I hate the sensation of getting my teeth polished.
85. I would have a hard time washing someone else's feet.
86. I consider video games a monumental waste of time.
87. Every now and then, you need a real good chili dog.
88. Chocolate milk made with non-fat milk is chocolate water in my view.
89. I have always taken pride in doing things the hard way.
90. I love cutting wood with a chain-saw, but I usually end up bleeding in some way.
91. My top drawer has a number of useless things in it, but I would not want to toss them away.
92. When I am in very, very crowded group of people, I try to fold my arms to avoid touching othes on the rear end.
92. I have about a hundred jokes that my family has heard a million times.
93. I took the cap off our little steam-cleaning machine too early and got a faceful of hot water that made me wonder how stupid I really am.
94. I would have been a lousy woodworker.
95. If I had the guts, I would wear my hair even shorter than I do now.
96. People say you shouldn't stare. I do anyway.
97. If I needed to use the bathroom and was locked out of the house....I would not hesitate to go outdoors.
98. In the past, when I tried to communicate with a deaf person, I found myself speaking Spanish to him..as if that would somehow help!
99. I will not make any promises about coming up with a hundred thing list again.
100. My favorite express is now and has been for a long time...SHEESH!