101 things about me

Rick 101

1. I am a servant of The Lord Jesus Christ
2. I am a husband
3. I am a father
4. I am an engineer.
5. Politically I can be defined as a conservative.
6. I am the youngest of 3
7. I have 3 Children
8. I was born and raised on the west side of Cleveland.
9. My parents divorced when I was 8.
10. I have 3 guitars
11. I am a Classical Guitarist
12. I can also play the drums
13. I used to teach Guitar.
14. I have been married for more than 18 years.
15. We nearly divorced after 13 years
16. I have a son who drives now
17. I have done missionary work in foreign lands.
18. I have served in the United States Navy
19 I have participated in three different drug busts involving cocaine and marijuana.(on the law enforcement side)
20. I once held 50 lbs of marijuana in my arms.
21. I used to smoke
22. I haven’t had a cigarette in almost 4 years.
23. I have crossed the equator
24. I am a Shellback, not a slimy pollywog.
25. I can drive a tractor trailer
26. I helped develop anti-lock brake systems for air brake system vehicles.
27. I have been a test driver for the latter 2
28. I have been to Uruguay
29. I have been to Argentina
30. I have been to Canada
31. I have been to Djibouti
32. I have been to Mexico
33. I have been to Spain
34. I have been to Ireland
35. I have been to Italy
36. I have been to Puerto Rico
37. I have been to Cuba
38. I have been to St. Thomas
39. I have been to St. John
40. I have been to Aruba
41. I have been to Disney World
42. I have been to Cedar Point (much better, by the way)
43. I have been to Bahrain, a lot
44. I have been to Saudi Arabia
45. I have been to the United Arab Emirates
46. I have been to Panama
47. I have been through the Panama Canal; 4 times
48. I have been through the Suez Canal, once.
49. I have seen missiles launched
50. I have participated in launching them.
51. I have fired 50 caliber machine guns
52. I have passed the Rock of Gibraltar
53. I have seen the northern coast of Africa, and the southern coast of Spain; at the same time
54. I have seen more stars than most people have
55. I have been in two sandstorms
56. I have been in 40 foot swells in the northern Atlantic
57. I have been seasick
58. I have Gilbert’s Syndrome
59. I have fired a 76mm OTO Malera
60. I climbed Mt Colden in Upstate New York
61. I hate tofu
62. I have had pneumonia
63. I had Thanksgiving Dinner with Alan Ruck
64. I saw President Nixon when he was still in office
65. A tornado passed within five miles of my house once (too close)
66. I saw Queen in Concert while Freddie Mercury was still alive
67. I had a son who died
68. I had a vasectomy over 10 years ago
69. I want go to Alaska… in the summer
70. I have never sky-dived
71. I have never bungee-jumped
72. I will never sky-dive
73. I will never bungee-jump
73. I have been white-water rafting
74. I love Baseball
75. I love Football
76. I have no interest in basketball
77. I have no interest in hockey
78. I have had a gun pointed at me, more than once
79. I have been shot at
80. I have been treated cruelly
81. I have been treated fairly
82. My best friend in High school was killed by a drunk driver.
83. People close to me committed suicide
84. I’ve had my heart broken
85. I have broken hearts
86. I have performed Classical Guitar Solos in front of 300 people
87. I have had sleepless nights before performing Classical Guitar Solos in front of 300 people
88. I witnessed all 4 of my children being born
89. I held one of them as he died.
90. I am not rich
91. I am not poor
92. I am broke
93. I am not privileged
94. I am not under-privileged
95. My father beat me badly once
96. Believe me when I say this: I had it coming
97. I love my Church
98. I make a killer batch of spaghetti.
99. The Beatles are my all time favorite band
100. Layla by Derek and the Dominos is my all time favorite song.
101. The Lord of The Rings are my all time favorite books.