{"id":6511,"date":"2011-08-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2011-08-26T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T08:28:13","slug":"random-facts-about-me-and-you-for-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=6511","title":{"rendered":"Random Facts About Me (and YOU?) for August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ll make you a deal. If I can come up with 10 more random facts about me, you have to post 10 random facts about yourself. Sound good? Great.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hate pickles. On occasion I forget to tell the person behind the counter at Chick-Fil-A that I hate pickles, and my chicken sandwich gets contaminated. Then I am sad.<\/li>\n<li>I judge businesses largely by their websites and their responsiveness to email. If a business is going to spend the time and money to build a website, it should be well-designed, professional-looking, and capable of telling me almost anything I want to know as a customer. If I email the business, I want a response within 1 business day that answers the specific questions I ask. These are big demands, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very impressed when a business meets them. I emailed two bike shops this week, and both failed. One never responded at all. The other responded quickly but obviously didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t read my email closely. I wrote back but haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t heard from it since.<\/li>\n<li>I hate to sweat unless I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m working out. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largely because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m paranoid about body odor for some reason. Please, Lord, let me never be THAT GUY.<\/li>\n<li>I once urinated in public. Next to a cop car. While on a ride-along with a cop. He was looking for bad guys, and I was about to explode, so I went for it.<\/li>\n<li>Despite my view that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s taking way too much credit for our state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comparative economic health, and largely because many people believe those claims, I predict that Rick Perry will win the White House next fall. <\/li>\n<li>After feeling convicted during a church retreat, I came home and destroyed my Nine Inch Nails CDs. A decade later I changed my mind and bought back my favorite NIN song (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) on iTunes. <\/li>\n<li>When I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m stressed or depressed, I tend to comfort myself with food, especially sweets. Fortunately, I was blessed with my mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s metabolism and a life that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t terribly stressful most of the time. <\/li>\n<li>Something about the idea of rank appeals to me, especially in a military context. Maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the chance for a career progression and always having something to work toward. I enjoy studying the <a href=http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/about\/insignias\/officers.aspx target=\u00e2\u20ac\u009d_blank\u00e2\u20ac\u009d>military ranking system<\/a> and comparing it across the different branches, such as the equivalency of a Navy Captain to an Air Force Colonel.  Yet I also find a rigid ranking system a bit risky. Being ranked higher than someone else doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t automatically make that person right, yet it gives him\/her the ability to issue orders.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really, really glad I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a politician. So is my wife. And my mom. <\/li>\n<li>I wish I could have a Groundhog Day in which I could experiment with all sorts of different interpersonal scenarios and wild adventures, sorta like a Choose Your Own Adventure book. I would definitely do some stupid things like going streaking at a Ranger game or trying to eat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtexan.com\/free72.html\" target=\"_blank\">the 72oz steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo<\/a>, but I would also try having the same conversation in different ways to see what works best, how fast I could drive on the freeway without wrecking, and how it would feel to tell off a coworker who gets on my nerves. I would probably drink more milkshakes, too.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ll make you a deal. If I can come up with 10 more random facts about me, you have to post 10 random facts about yourself. Sound good? Great. I hate pickles. 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