Saturday, December 03, 2005
He 'Craps' Out
Ok, It's a somehwat obscure and borderline profane gambling reference to the fact that "sevens" seem to be running all over the blogosphere -- so I thought I'd bite. I first saw it at Allthings2all but it's been everywhere lately. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, The SEVEN SEVENS
1. Seven things to do before I die
- Visit the pyramids in Egypt (and the Valley of the Kings for that matter)
- Read "The History of the English Speaking Peoples" (Churchill)
- Write and have published a superhero comic book miniseries
- Learn to fly
- Build a custom car from scratch - something between a hot rod and a street rod -- good-looking, drivable, and fast
- Visit Florence/Milan/Venice
- Get my wife a diamond tennis bracelet, bezel set, to match her necklace and earrings.
2. Seven things I cannot do
- Speak another language fluently. (well actually not much beyond a few phrases)
- Play a musical instrument (why dear God do I love music so much but am so miserable at making it?)
- Type well (as any regular reader of this blog knows!)
- Roll my tongue (I lack the genetic make-up)
- Listen to Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech without crying
- Watch a Colts game from beginning to end this season - lest I jinx them
- Dance and resemble anything that appears vaguely human
3. Seven things that attract me to my spouse.
- Her faith, and the risks she has taken for it
- Her integrity
- Her beauty
- Her creativity
- Her supportiveness
- Her ability to overcome her fears
- The fact that she is a lot smarter than she thinks she is.
4. Seven things I say most often
- Oops
- Oh hell...
- I hate it when that happens
- I love you honey
- Okay...
- I don't write the regulations, it's just my job to keep you out of trouble
- What casues that?
5. Seven books (or series) I love (I'm limiting myself to fiction)
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- X-Men - The Dark Phoenix Saga
- The Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt books
- DC Comics - Crisis on Infinite Earths
- The Tom Clancy Jack Ryan books
- The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books (I never actually read them, but they kept my little sister out of my hair for hours when we were kids)
6. Seven movies I watch over and over again (or would watch over and over if I had the time)
- Caddyshack
- Animal House
- Spider-man
- Spider-man 2
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- any Monty Python film
- Virtually all the Bond films
7. Seven people I want to join in, too
- David - Jollyblogger
- Matt - Gad(d)about
- Milt - Transforming Sermons
- Mike - Waffling Anglican
- Paul - Lameworldview
- Lores - Just A Woman
- Mark Daniels - Better Living
