{"id":391,"date":"2009-07-22T20:24:51","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T01:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2009-07-22T20:31:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T01:31:41","slug":"10-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/2009\/07\/22\/10-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 (random) Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 10 things you may or may not know about me.\u00a0 This is list #7 of 10 lists <a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/\">Beth<\/a> and I are completing.\u00a0 I have tried to include facts from all stages of my life.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I was born in Joseph, Oregon.\u00a0 This city has recently become noteworthy because it is the setting of the New York Times bestseller <a href=\"http:\/\/theshackbook.com\/\">The Shack<\/a>.\u00a0 I have also lived in Idaho (4 summers), Wisconsin, and Somerset KY.<\/li>\n<li>I took 2 years of square dance lessons (I even dropped out of boy scouts to do so).\u00a0 I know Basic and Mainstream moves, as well as a few Plus calls.\u00a0 What many people do not know is that Square Dancing is competitive.\u00a0 We would have banners that could be won and defended based on the number of &#8220;squares&#8221; you could take to another club&#8217;s events.\u00a0 There is even a video of me dancing with my lunch lady &#8212; as I am sure you can understand, that is in the vault.<\/li>\n<li>I was a Senior in High School before I got more television stations other than PBS.\u00a0 I only had cable the 4.5 years I was in college.<\/li>\n<li>Beth and I attend two of WKU&#8217;s greatest sports achievements of the last decade.\u00a0 Their basketball upset of UK at Rupp Arena, and their Div I-AA football national championship.\u00a0 I even have a piece of the field goal posts from that game.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_393\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Div1-AA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-393\" title=\"Div1-AA\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Div1-AA.jpg\" alt=\"Div1-AA\" width=\"365\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Div1-AA.jpg 365w, http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Div1-AA-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am directly above Big Red on the far post facing the camera.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>I took the ACT three times in High School and my score dropped each time.<\/li>\n<li>When I was in fourth grade I won a scholarship to go to handbell camp.\u00a0 (Yes&#8230; I really said handbell camp).\u00a0 The problem was that I had such bad rythm the only thing they could do was put me on the biggest bell (the one that was only rung 1-2 times per song) and then they would point to me when it was my big moment.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_394\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/handbells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-394\" title=\"handbells\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/handbells.jpg\" alt=\"Random Picture - the author is not pictured (but did look just as nerdy 17 years ago)\" width=\"327\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/handbells.jpg 327w, http:\/\/kickert.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/handbells-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Random Picture - the author is not pictured (but did look just as nerdy 17 years ago)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>I have never seen the movie Titanic.<\/li>\n<li>My longest relationship before Beth was 3 weeks (Beth and I dated 5.5 years before we got married).\u00a0 I almost broke up with her the first month because I thought she was too good for me and I figured she was about to dump me.<\/li>\n<li>I once drove 28 straight hours on my way home from Idaho.\u00a0 I came in early and wanted to surprise Beth, so I shaved with a straight edge while driving through South Dakota.<\/li>\n<li>I have no problem cleaning the toilets, or changing diapers, but I refuse to put away the Tupperware.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 10 things you may or may not know about me.\u00a0 This is list #7 of 10 lists Beth and I are completing.\u00a0 I have tried to include facts from all stages of my life. 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