As we have already seen this post from Jennie, I thought I would do the same. 50 facts about me you may not know already:

1. I grew up with 3 sisters and no brothers.
   
2. I am very competitive and so when I was a child and my older sister was learning to read in school, I made my mom teach me how so that my sister didn't know how to do something that I didn't.
3. In school, my favorite subject was math because there is always a right answer. My least favorite was probably english, even though I was always a good reader and writer.
4. I went to the Montana state spelling bee in 8th grade and spelled the word "idiomatically" wrong.
   
5. I played hockey, basketball, and soccer as a kid but never fell in love with any of them.
6. I began piano lessons at age 6 and continued until I was 19 years old.
7. I love superhero movies.
8. I enjoy playing racquetball and took several intermediate courses in college to improve my game.
9. My top choices for a major in college were accounting or electrical engineering. I think I made the right decision.
10. I enjoy swimming and my favorite stroke is the breaststroke.
11. I can't stand sheperd's pie.
12. I collected keychains as a kid and now have hundreds of them stored away.
13. The first car I bought was a 1989 Honda Accord.
14. I am very goofy with the people I am most comfortable with.
15. I compulsively check Fox News every day.
16. I am not good at keeping in touch with people but would always respond if someone else contacted me first.
17. I like to play online flash games during a dull moment.
18. I am a member of the Internet Scrabble Club and like to play quick games with people all over the world and my mother in Montana.
19. I tend to let clutter accumulate, but can't let it sit for too long before it drives me crazy.
20. I have never been hunting.
21. If I were independently wealthy, I would go back to school and take all the classes that I always wanted to take but never did because they didn't fit in my schedule. Top of the list would be Italian, Auto mechanics, woodworking, welding, and Chinese.
22. I never thought I would ever be in a choir until a friend convinced me to audition my sophomore year of high school and I've been singing ever since.
23. I sang in the Montana all-state choirs and the all-northwest choir while in high school.
    
24. I got my first "B" grade when I was a junior in college.
25. I love soda but try not to drink it very often.
26. If I thought Jennie would ever go for it, I wouldn't mind living in Montana again.
27. I could eat hamburgers and french fries every day but I don't because that would not be healthy.
    
28. I love holding babies and like playing with little kids because I still feel like a little kid myself sometimes.
    
29. I love crime shows both fiction and non-fiction - Law and Order, FBI Files, Forensic Files
30. I also love Mythbusters on the Discovery channel.
31. I love all things technological and sometimes wonder if I should have been a computer programmer.
32. I am somewhat absent-minded at times and have a tendency to run into things every once in a while.
33. The only bone I have ever broken was my thumb at the age of 3.
34. I take pride in having perfect eyesight and dread the day when I will need glasses.
35. I am allergic to cats and like dogs better anyway.
    
36. I am excitable and sometimes a bit impulsive in my decisions -- some turn out to be good and others not as good.
37. In my memory, I have never won a door prize at any event.
38. I did not ride a rollercoaster or visit any theme park until I was 23 years old.
39. My highest score ever in bowling is 205.
40. I never wore flip flops until Jennie bought me a pair when we were dating because I always thought the thong between the toes hurt and I didn't know how to walk and keep them on.
41. I like the smell of coffee but have never drank it.
42. I occasionally enjoy chick flicks and it surprises Jennie. However, the only movie I have ever even remotely liked where everybody talks in a British accent is the new Pride and Prejudice.
43. My first video game system was a used Game Boy that my friend Philip gave to me.
    
44. My mother got hooked on Tetris and has the old Game Boy to this day.
45. I don't think humans have as much to do with global warming as the environmentalists and doomsayers would want us to believe. I cannot stand Al Gore.
46. I don't want to ever commute for more than 20 minutes one way.
47. I like teaching and mentoring on subjects I am proficient at.
48. I like to sleep with a fan blowing on me year round.
49. I donated plasma twice a week in college to make some extra cash.
50. I am excited to be a dad in April.