Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I've been deep in a pile of undergraduate Bible papers (half of which managed never to cite even a single Bible verse or passage -- argh!), so I only just now caught up with the fact that I'd been tagged by missmurchison for the "6 Random Facts" thingie:

Write a journal entry with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends list and tag them - no tag backs. These rules should be included in your entry.

So, here goes:

1) My first pet was a cat named "Puss-Puss" (because we were uncertain of the gender of this kitten we found in the alley behind our house in Queens), and he grew up to be a tiny tomcat who chased huge dogs for fun and never, ever backed down from a fight with any other animal on his turf.

2) I was bald for my first year of life.

3) I do math and logic puzzles for relaxation in "the powder room".

4) I am terrified by public speaking, parties, and almost any situation where I will be around other people -- at least until I figure out what role I'm supposed to be playing.

5) I am a terrible cheapskate when it comes to procuring Christmas and birthday gifts for others.

6) I still miss my grandfather, who died just after Thanksgiving in 1984.

If any of the following friends have already been tagged by someone else, feel free to ignore this tagging: keswindhover, mandylancast, appomattoxco, gobi_rex, spiralleds, and valarltd.