Seven Things About Me
I’ve been tagged by Beth to write 7 random things about me that some folks might not know.Thanks Beth. I don't normally have to think this hard during Thanksgiving week.
The Rules.
1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.
Fact the First.
I like silly verse. For example the limericks written by Edward Lear. Or The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, which is broken into Fits (instead of chapters, starting with Fit the First.
Fact the Second.
I used to do a lot of skin diving and scuba diving. When I was younger I could swim underwater for over 3 minutes while holding my breath.
Fact the Third.
In high school I studied a lot of languages over a six year period. Irish, English, French, German, Greek, and Latin. I often made a cena canis of my homework. That's Latin for dog's dinner.
Fact the Fourth.
I have six siblings, three brothers and three sisters. Besides me, only one of them has type 1 diabetes.
Fact the Fifth.
I used to work as a photographer for an Irish rock paper called The Hot Press. As a result I toured with Ian Dury and the Blockheads, XTC, and others.
Fact the Sixth.
My great grandfather was John Dillon, a well-known Irish politician from the 1800's. He spent some time in jail in England. (A practice followed by many Irish politicians of the time.)
Fact the Seventh.
I like to bake. And I especially like to bake and eat(Dum Dum Dummm scary music) fruitcake. I use a recipe that I've had for over thirty years and I lace it liberally with Brandy, or Irish Whiskey.
It has about 2,000 carbs per small slice so I need to bolus a 4-day supply of insulin just to eat some crumbs. Ok, ok, only kidding.
(Picture is borrowed from Johan Potgieter. It looks similar to the type of cake I make.)
And I tag Scott of Scott's Diabetes Journal, Amalas of Plastic Pancreas, Marston of SugarStats.com, Penny of My Son has Diabetes, Paige of Tennessee Mountain Cur, Amber of If You or a Luv'd One..., and Emma of Old Soul Link.
posted by Bernard @ 10:39 AM
15 Comments:
Thanks Bernard! I'll get something up as soon as I can.
3 Minutes?!?!!! Wow!! That's INCREDIBLE! While I was not surprised about the skin and scuba diving (based on the picture you shared), being able to hold your breath for 3 minutes astounds me!
Have you picked up baking techniques to keep your bakery items lower in carbs and still high on taste and enjoyment? I'd love to hear about any tricks (but because I cannot bake, I would generously share the tricks with my wife and then beg and plead for her to bake something for me..)
:-)
o Ubi o Ubi (are my) Sub Ubi?
Said: o ubi o ubi sub ubi?
Translate...
Aww thanks for tagging me! It'll get me back on track for blogging this month.
Did you bake the picture of the good looking pie on your page?
And of course NOW I see it wasn't hand crafted... :D
Bernard! Those were awesome facts!
And I love fruitcake, too. We don't buy it, since it becomes a problem.
Very Interesting. I would love to know Latin, or any other language for that matter.
I have yet to taste a fruitcake worth eating, so I bet yours is AWESOME. Maybe mine needed liquor...
Thanks for the tag, Bernard.
I love your list...you are such a well-rounded person! All kinds of talented :)
Oh my fellow baker. I am baking a cake as we speak that will be iced tomorrow night for Thanksgiving on Thrusday. (This is what happens when you have to work full time too! LOL)
Lots of interesting info. I think that's why I like the meme's.
So you toured with rock bands and you bake. Sounds like you have lived an exciting life.
As for my Tennessee accent, I'm glad you can understand me! LOL
Bernard. Tag. You're it.
http://honeysweet.us/2007/11/20/tag-im-it/
Maybe you like baking subconciously becasue of your great grandfathers need for a file in jail. That was bad..i know im sorry. but i gotta try.
Chris
Nice one. ;-)
Nicole
Where o where is my latin dictionary. I'll keep searching for it and I'm sure I'll find it because dum spiro spero. (Family motto on my mother's side.)
Bernard-
Excellent facts!
Hey- I've got six siblings, too.
Three brothers, three sisters.
And while I love to bake as well, I've never been all that fond of the fruit cake.
Though this photo is making me reconsider that stance...
What fun facts, Bernard, and quite impressive, particularly the XTC bit. I'm also a big fan of Latin but my skills are quite shoddy! Thanks for tagging me, mine will be up tonight!
Looks Yummy =)
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