Seven things about me…

There’s a fun trend spreading around some Sherlockian blogs at the moment. A couple weeks ago Dan Andriacco and Amy Thomas both posted “Seven Things About Me” on their blogs. (you can view these posts by clicking on the authors name) At the end of these posts they tagged seven other bloggers they want to do the same thing. Now Leah Guinn, Luke Kuhns and my digitally adopted father/nemesis Ray Wilcockson have followed suit. I’ve now been tagged so it’s my turn.

Note: Ray Wilcockson, correctly deducing I would find a way to work his name into this post in some deliciously nefarious way, provided “Anti-Riggs Counter Measures” in his post that went live just moments ago. Well Ray, After my list I will retaliate. But for now, here’s my seven:

I am an avid musician. I have been fascinated with stringed musical instruments since I was a child. I play quite a few instruments including violin, guitar, upright bass, mandolin & dulcimer.
I have a morbid fear of heights. While one of Sherlock Holmes defining moments was going over the edge of the Reichenbach Falls with Professor Moriarty, you would have never gotten me near the edge.
I do not enjoy sports. While I have nothing against any particular sport, none have ever captured my interest. Most guys stereo-typically have some sport addiction, I however do not watch any.
I’ve had a lifelong obsession with the British. This is a strange one indeed but from the time I was very young I have always been fascinated by all things British. I am not sure if this stems from my love of Holmes, my mother always told me I’ve been this way since I could speak. She was married briefly to an Englishman when I was about seven years old, perhaps that had a hand in it. Go UK!
Jeremy Brett was/is my imaginary friend. Not kidding friends, my childhood imaginary friend took the form of the great Jeremy Brett. I was fascinated by him at a very young age and to this very day at 33 years old when I need to think aloud or hash out new ideas I still pretend i’m conversing with him. (This is not an unpleasant delusion.)
I had a crippling speech disorder as a child. In grade-school I had a severe stutter, to the point I barely talked. I didn’t answer a phone until I was a teenager, I was petrified of social situations. No one would have ever imagined I would become a public figure/speaker. While I no longer have the issue, it still peeks its head out here and there, yet never with any severity.
I am a complete sap. I’m a sucker for a good “chick flick” as they call them. I’ve always loved a well written happy ending. Movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “Love Actually” and “Serendipity” are among some of my very favorite films. Keep this one between us. Shh…

Well there you have it, seven random things about me. Now time for…

FIVE TRUTHS RAY WILCOCKSON DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW

He is not British, he lives in Topeka Kansas with three mules and fifteen wives.
He is the sole writer for CBS’ Elementary.
He has a plethora of children which he has strategically positioned into every known Sherlockian group. He now wields power from this puppet regime.
Twitter was his brainchild, a way of capturing new wives….    (he has his methods)
He IS in fact my biological father. If you do not believe me, just ask one of my biological mothers.

Now I’m suppose to tag seven other Sherlockian bloggers to do the same. Minus the bit above, of course. So I nominate:

The Stormy Petrels
Mattias Boström
No Place Like Holmes
Heidi Thiemann
Alistair Duncan
Matt Laffey
Tracey Revels

Seven Things About Me

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