All the cool kids are doing it (notably one of my favorite bloggers, Alex Barnett so if he's doing it, why not):

1. During my tenure at boarding school up north, I was an alpine ski racer (downhill and super-g being my preferred events) and did reasonably well.  Unfortunately my career was cut short for reasons I won't go into here.  It was one of the few sports I had any "natural" talent at.
2. I do not have a college degree, though I did attend a few semesters of college (I was a chemistry major).  After that fiasco I was formally trained in classic VB/ASP, and am otherwise self-trained (on the job or otherwise) in my .Net endeavors.  I know a ton of programmers who went this route.
3. I was a Macintosh user for the first decade of my computer using years, and did not even power up a Windows machine outside of school until I was 21.
4. I have 5 piercings, but no tatoos (with no plans to get any...ever).
5. I had hair down to my shoulders until I was 20.

Extra credit:

• I was classically trained in upright bass for 2 years when I was a teenager.  I no longer play, but am an avid percussionist.
• I am deathly afraid of needles.

So I guess I have to tag 5 people: So, ScottW (actually, all of the Telligenti for curiosity's sake), Bob, Phil, Keyvan, and Galloway...you're it.

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