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Well, it appears I have been tagged by Kevin. I am a bit torn by this. In some degree, I feel it’s like a chain letter or a really annoying forward where you get to know your friends. However, I enjoy doing it, so here we go…

Four jobs I’ve had:

1. Ranch Hand - How cliche can ya get? Yes, I can ride a horse, yes I do own the hat, but I also possess the super power to find mud holes to stick the tractor in after months of drought.
2. Fast Food Cook - Believe it or not, I still eat at Chick-fil-a quite frequently. They are the cleanest fast food kitchen I have ever seen.
3. Laborer - Also know as Foreman’s Bitch, Go-Get-That Runner and Piss Boy.
4. Web Technologist - Current gig, and let me tell you, those other 3 were motivation to get to here.

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. The Princess Bride
2. Better Off Dead…
3. Big Trouble in Little China
4. Real Genius

Four places I’ve lived:

1. Freeport, TX
2. College Station, TX
3. Austin, TX
4. uh… crap. only have 3.

Four TV shows I love:

1. Rescue Me
2. My Name Is Earl
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Family Guy

Four places I’ve vacationed:

1. Maui, HI
2. Wales & London, UK
3. Grand Tetons, Wyoming
4. Santa Barbara, CA

Four of my favorite dishes:

1. Black Forest Cake at The Wurst House (closed)
2. Crab Au Gratin at Mike Anderson’s
3. New England Clam Chowder in a Sourdough Bread Bowl at Splash Cafe
4. Potato & Gruyere Fritters at Eddie V’s

Four sites I visit daily:

1. BoingBoing
2. Ars Technica
3. Savage Chickens
4. SinFest

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Chilling in the warm waters at some Thai resort, Goa or pretty much anything in the region.
2. Europe - Pretty much anywhere, touring the Alps, checking out Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris or Prague, etc
3. Tokyo, Hong Kong or any other place that would really blow my hair back.
4. Outside - It’s like 70 degrees and sunny out.

Four bloggers I am tagging:

1. Emilie Sizemore
2. Jacob Sizemore
3. Shale
4. Leo Kau

We were talking about this at work, so I thought I would make a running list. I am sure there are plenty that I can’t think of. However, here are my favorite covers, all of which are better than the originals.

1. The Sundays - Wild Horses (originally done by: Rolling Stones)
2. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (originally done by: Soft Cell)
3. Primus - Amos Moses (originally done by: Jerry Reed)
4. Fear Factory - Cars (originally done by: Gary Numan)
5. Cake - I Will Survive (originally done by: Gloria Gaynor)
6. Foo Fighters - Little Nikki (originally done by: Prince)
7. Aerosmith - Come Together (originally done by: Beatles)
8. The Donnas - Strutter (originally done by: Kiss)
9. Lisa Bonet - Baby, I Love Your Way (originally done by: Peter Frampton)

If I have the energy later, I’ll do covers that are attrocities of mankind. Such as covers of the song Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All. People, just stop it, you are raping that poor man’s grave every time you try to cover it. Necrophelia is not only socially unacceptable, it’s illegal.

Edit: It occurred to me I might need to mention the original artists of the songs.

At lunch the conversation came up, your top 5 movies. What are your 5 fav movies?

1. Chasing Amy
2. American History X
3. Better Off Dead
4. The Boondock Saints
5. The Princess Bride

It was really tough, and these almost made the list (in no particular order):

• Real Genius
• Heartbreak Ridge
• The Usual Suspects
• Casablanca
• Tombstone
• Big Trouble in Little China
• A Time to Kill
• Good Will Hunting
• The Rock

What’s yours?