Lunch

If you live in or are coming to Nashville for any reason, I'd love to have lunch with you. It doesn't matter who you are or whether you know me. Just drop me a line and we can get together. dave -@- davedaniels.com

One Hundred Things About Me

  1. I was born.
  2. As far as I know, I'm still alive. (See also.)
  3. I have brown hair.
  4. I have brown eyes.
  5. I'm 6' 1".
  6. I never expected to reach 30, but I passed that milestone a few years ago. I now never expect to reach 125.
  7. I'm a righty.
  8. I have one brother. He and his family live in Tampa.
  9. I have a neice and nephew.
  10. I am pen pals with my niece.
  11. My parents also live in Tampa.
  12. Tampa is a great place to be from.
  13. I'm an ISTJ.
  14. I am a synesthete. I see colors when I hear music. This is one of the rarer versions of synesthesia, and it's even rarer for men. I first realized it was something special when I was about 15 and I told a friend a song sounded like the colors of cherries and he looked at me like I was crazy.
  15. I'm practical.
  16. I'm a dump truck, not a motorcycle.
  17. I think best when I'm alone.
  18. If I'm on time, I'm late.
  19. I must have routine.
  20. I love to read.
  21. My favorite author is John Gardner. The Grendel guy, not the James Bond guy.
  22. I also really like Terry Pratchett, Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Shelby Foote, John Fowles, W. Somerset Maugham, Stanislaw Lem, P.G. Wodehouse, Algernon Blackwood and Thomas Hardy.
  23. I try to read Going the Distance by Dr. George Sheehan every year.
  24. When I was a kid my favorite book was The Swiss Family Robinson.
  25. I play the guitar... better than you expect but not as good as you think.
  26. When I was in high school, I played bass in a band called Guys Who Play Metal.
  27. My favorite musician is Randy Rhoads.
  28. My favorite band is Quiet Riot. Ask my mom if you don't believe me.
  29. I lift weights four times a week.
  30. I work with a personal trainer every week.
  31. I'm a trail runner.
  32. I love to hike.
  33. I love to kayak.
  34. I played soccer through high school.
  35. I don't dislike team sports, but I don't follow them all that closely.
  36. I'm not especially athletic.
  37. My grandmother grew up on the same farm as Secretariat. Her father was the manager.
  38. Pizza is my favorite food.
  39. Beer is my drink of choice, but I try not to drink it too much.
  40. Apple pie is one of my favorite desserts.
  41. I also really like plain yellow cake with no icing.
  42. I hate yard work.
  43. So naturally I bought a house with an acre lot.
  44. I live in a ranch-style house built in the '50s.
  45. It is not my dream house.
  46. Go Gators!
  47. I don't go to church.
  48. I am not religious.
  49. I am not the life of the party.
  50. But I do have a sense of humor. There's at least one joke in here, somewhere.
  51. Mitch Hedberg is my favorite comedian.
  52. I also really like the Goon Show.
  53. I don't watch TV.
  54. I don't wear a watch. I want both arms to weigh the same.
  55. My favorite movies are The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Seven Samurai.
  56. I am a history geek.
  57. My favorite color is red.
  58. My favorite color is green.
  59. Sometimes I have trouble making up my mind.
  60. But I feel very uncomfortable until I do.
  61. My middle name is Francis.
  62. I love to take vacations alone.
  63. My favorite trip (so far) was to New Mexico.
  64. I have two cats.
  65. One of them is Percy. He's my buddy. I think he has a little crush on me.
  66. He's named after another of my favorite authors, Walker Percy
  67. He sometimes tries to get in the shower with me.
  68. The other is Sophie. She was named by a friend because, well, she's Sophie.
  69. I'm a touch-typist.
  70. When I was a teenager, I had a mullet. Hey, it was the '80s!
  71. The worst job I've had was as a dishwasher in a nursing home.
  72. I read the fine print.
  73. When I was in college, I was the editor of The Mangrove Review, the English department's literary magazine.
  74. There is nothing better than cold watermelon on a hot day.
  75. Every morning for breakfast I have a chocolate-oatmeal-banana protein shake.
  76. William Shakespeare once helped me win a pair of B. B. King tickets. The contest was for the most original comment, and my entry was O for a blues of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
  77. My favorite months are June and July.
  78. My favorite holiday is the 4th of July.
  79. I got an A in calculus.
  80. I'm an Aquarius.
  81. I'm special, just like the other 6,636,639,476 people on Earth.
  82. I'm not very competitve.
  83. I have never been married.
  84. I have no children.
  85. I have a fear of heights.
  86. I am not at all claustrophobic.
  87. I have no allergies.
  88. My first memories are of Connecticut, where we lived for three years when I was a child.
  89. We moved back to the South because I came home from school one day talking like my teacher. My dad wasn't going to raise a Yankee.
  90. I am not a natural leader, but if there's no leader in the group I usually take over.
  91. I make my bed every morning.
  92. I don't like roller coasters.
  93. I've been to a casino only once. I bought some chips and walked around but couldn't figure out how to use them, so I turned them in and left.
  94. I've earned enough credits since I graduated for a second degree.
  95. I have a terrible memory, which is one reason I can't lie and get away with it.
  96. The only nickname I've ever had was Levi, which my 8th grade science teacher called me for a while because I always wore a denim jacket.
  97. I don't like coffee.
  98. I detest cigarettes.
  99. You will never see me on the dance floor in a nightclub.
  100. Life has never been better. (See also.)