Six ways in which I'm weird.

Dara tagged me, so I guess I'l do this.

1. I eat limes. Like, the whole thing. I used to cut them in slices, and eat them just like they were oranges. Now, I don't really do that anymore, but if there's a wedge in a drink, I'll probably eat it. Lemons too. And I don't find it uncomfortable to do so. In fact, I find it kind of invigorating.

2. One of my biggest fears is the alarm not going off. I check the alarm to make sure it's on, for the right time, and that the AM/PM thing is right about 12 times before I go to sleep on any given night.

3. Every once in a while, the old "masta rappa" commercial for Fruity Pebbles go's through my head, even though I probably haven't seen it for 15 years. I bet some of you know the one I'm talking about. One of those commercials where Barney tries to trick Fred out of his Fruity Pebbles. Barney spouts the following rap.... "I'm the masta rappa and I'm here to say, I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way."
Fred: "He love Fruity Pebbles in a major way!"
Barney: "The Bedrock yellow orange, purple, lime, and red, but to get that fruity taste, I gotta trick Fred!"
Fred: "To get that fruity taste, he's gotta…TRICK FRED!?!?!?!?"

I've looked relentlessly for this on the web, including Youtube, and I can't find it anywhere. Still, the rap is stuck in my head.

4. I've seen They Might Be Giants in concert 12 times. I know some of you probably don't think that's weird, but that's probably because you're weird too.

5. I can recite the alphabet backwards. Really fast. Don't believe me? Ask me next time you see me.

6. I don't "tag" people. Except when playing tag. Or in the "Tag" body spray sense, I suppose. Or.... let's not go there.

The Nose Knows Year in Review

Don't worry, this is not going to be some long post where I talk about everything that happened this year. Instead, I'm going to give you the first sentence I posted on my blog each month this year. Except for January, when I didn't post.

February - This is too all of you former loyal readers.... I'm getting the blog back together.

March - Funny articles in The Onion today:

April - Prayer apparently doesn't help people recover from surgery.

May - In case you haven't seen it yet, Salon has the video of Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

June - My friend Jonathan sent me a link to this Wired story about the return of Choose Your Own Adventure.

July - Last week, my girlfriend emailed me to tell me that some congressional offices are requiring logic tests to email your congressman.

August - So, ok, I was pretty pissed at Mel Gibson yesterday.

September - Just wanted to touch base so anyone reading this won't think I've abandoned my blog.

October - Sorry for my lack of blogging of late, but I have an excuse.

November - I was going to make a post about why this whole Kerry controversy is a bunch of bullshit, completely manufactured by Rove and the Republicans, yet the Democrats botched the response, but it's late and I'm tired, so I'll just link to Kos.

December - Ahhh.... the next two years are going to be fun.

And there you have it. The year in review.