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
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