Twenty-five more things about me.

26. I taught my first church class in Mutual when I was 15. I have been teaching almost continuously since then -- for more than half a century.
27. The best BBQ’d ribs I ever tasted were served up at Jim’s Ribs in Moline, Illinois. Yummy! The next best were babybacks from TGI Fridays in St. Louis, Missouri.
28. The longest month I ever spent was four days in August in Houston, TX. 99 degrees, 99% humidity! Ugh.
29. I believe that the Internet is the greatest human invention in history. Thanks Al Gore.
30. When I was a paperboy I got enough new subscriptions to win a four-day trip to Bear Lake. It was awful because I didn’t know anyone and was too shy to get acquainted.
31. My least favorite subject in school was math. One of my favorites was Physics.
32. I have climbed to the top of 11,031 ft high Deseret Peak six times.
33. In ’97 when I was lunching in Cherbourg, France with Paul Simmonds’ family I was able to speak French to our waitress ("merci beaucoup" only). She was not impressed with that or anything else about us.
34. When I was a logistics manager for the Army I took 64 trips to various places all around the country. My favorite place was not Houston.
35. In 1997 I tripped & nearly fell into the sea from a rocky cliff at Land’s End, Cornwall. 
36. My cousin, a friend and I were once shot at by some local thugs with rifles when we were playing in the trees and fields south of town. Luckily, they were poor shots!
37. Once, when I was flying toward Wendover with my Dad, we were forced to land the Piper Cub on the salt flats when the plane’s fuel pump failed.
38. One of my greatest achievements in life has been staying alive .
39. When I was young my favorite games to play with my cousins were, kick the can, run sheepy run, red rover, hide & seek and Simon says.
40. I still recall and can recite a mixed up (syllables transposed) reading about Paul Revere that I gave on a high school traveling assembly when I was 14 years old.
41. I still recall a complicated ‘memory exercise’ Jerry Lewis recited once on TV’s Tonight Show when I was 19.
42. Now I can’t remember my childrens’ birthdays.
43. I love all of Judy’s siblings and their children and want to visit them again very soon.
44. When I visited Walden Pond I was greatly disappointed to discover that that peaceful locale had been invaded by motorboats and water skiers. Thoreau would be shocked. 
45. I have never been drunk, nor have I ever drunk anything that could make me so.
46. I would be happy if I could watch the sunrise on the Teton Mountains every day. But seeing the early rays striking Deseret Peak produces pretty much the same effect.
47. I have seen the movie Joe vs. The Volcano more than 30 times. Fun stuff.
48. While a member of the Great Salt Lake Sailing Club, I drew up the design for a self-steering gear that would keep us on course without tending the tiller. It worked well!
49. I portrayed Professor Henry Higgins in our community theater group’s production of My Fair Lady. Fun fun fun!
50. One of my paintings was purchased by Zions Bank in Park City, Utah. It may be hanging there still.