While in Middle School, my Future Problem Solving Team earned a trip to the state competition. Our assigned problem to solve was poverty.
My first car was a 1965 Mustang. It was Springtime Yellow with a black rag top and the lights would flicker when I turned … MORE…
When my son was 3 months old I took him to a baseball game for an overnight trip to Houston by myself.
I took my daughter camping in the mountains of West Texas when she was 3 months old.
I often served peanuts on flights when I worked for Southwest Airlines.
My wife and I got into British Columbia, Canada with only our Texas Driver’s Licenses.
The largest audience I have ever spoken to numbered just over 5,000.
When I worked for Southwest Airlines I pushed a plane back from a gate with a tug.
My work was chosen for publication in a national design magazine before I completed my undergraduate education.
Each year I write a note to myself and stash it with the artificial Christmas tree box to read the following year.
I once converted a dining hall tray into a sled and named it “The Screaming Eagle”.
I have a Houston Astros baseball card from every year they have existed.
I have performed twice in the Texas State Marching Band Competition, winning once and second once (that year, I was a Drum Major).
One of my high school jobs was spent working in the Houston County Courthouse pulling public arrest records for a company who sold them … MORE…
I hosted a Houston Astros podcast called Starstruck for two years, garnering over 200 listeners and interviewed both major and minor league players.
For intramural league competition I formed, coached and played on a co-ed innertube water polo team called The Mighty Ducks.
I have suffered a broken right wrist three times (fell from a fence, fell from a chair, was struck by a hairbrush).
When I was two years old I almost died from bacterial spinal meningitis and miraculously showed no lasting effects.
I once single-handedly extinguished a house fire in a small town Texas parsonage.
I can do the Vulcan hand sign (but not the Vulcan nerve pinch).
I once flew to Kansas City from Dallas to get lunch at Arthur Bryant’s in and then flew back that evening.
In 2005 I attended a game 4 of a World Series (Go Astros!).
I have ridden in the front seat of the monorail at Walt Disney World.
I once used a 17 year-old reference letter at a job interview.
I have seen the Milky Way (see it for yourself in Fort Davis, Texas).
I have eaten 48 slices of pizza in one sitting.
I have appeared on national TV in the NCAA basketball tournament (as part of the Texas Tech Court Jesters basketball band).
I have auditioned for the Houston Astros to sing the National Anthem at a game.
I achieved the rank of “Denim Expert” while working at Old Navy.
Received my certification in babysitting from the Red Cross.
Was a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association and was on the tour for three years.
I was once mistaken for the lead singer of a band at a concert I was attending but was happy to pose for pictures … MORE…
I only wear red socks (except when I’m wearing shorts).
While working for Southwest Airlines, I spent a day of work icing beer for a company party.
During a road trip I drove my Honda Element the entire trip which consisted of 2762 miles over 6 days and averaging just over … MORE…
During my first year out of school as a designer, I spent a day of work driving the boss’s Range Rover to get plants … MORE…
When I was two and living in Shreveport, Louisiana, I was awarded third place in a city-wide baby pageant.
