In the spirit of TheMightyFavog, some random things about me:

[Aristus]

My ancestry is English, Welsh, Scots, Irish and French, so I just say "Celtic" to cover all the bases.

My favorite beer is Mud Shark Porter.

I started going bald at 24. Didn't care then. Don't care now.

For as long as I can remember, I've been a sucker for a pretty face. Even at the age of 7, I was going ga-ga over the ladies, when the other guys were going: "Girls! Eew!"

I've always ben a liberal at heart. But in the 80's, I really fell for Ronald Reagan's easy, aw-shucks optimism, and didn't see the hateful predatory policies he engendered and supported. The repuke takeover in 1994 really opened my eyes to the evils of the right wing. And sElection 2000 radicalized me and made me openly embrace my liberalism for the first time in my life.

I sold my soul to rock and roll, but my heart belongs to classical.

I'm married to a born-again Christian conservative Republican, whom I adore more than anything else on Earth.

I got into Medicine for a rather counter-intuitive reason: I can't stand to see people suffering.

I remember every book I've ever read. And I've read tens of thousands.

I played football in Texas for less than a full season, before my parents yanked me from the team because my grades had suffered. That's probably a first in the history of the state of Texas.

My "little" brother is eight inches taller than me.

I can sing "The Rainbow Connection" in the voices of all the Muppets.

I'm directly related to a Georgia woman named Fanny Hargrove, who was one of Margaret Mitchell's inspirations for Scarlett O'Hara.

I have an insatiable fascination with military hardware, but consider myself a pacifist.

I oppose the death penalty with the fervor of a convert; as recently as ten years ago, I was a rabid, bloodthirsty supporter of the death penalty.

I took one piano lesson in my life, and quit instruction when I found out it interfered with my favorite TV show. I wish I could play the piano...

My hobby is community theater, because it's "dress-up-and-pretend" for grownups. B-)

Once when I was stationed in Germany, I went on a particularly bad, debilitating and self-destructive bender, after which, I swore off hard liquor forever. Forever lasted about six weeks.

The girl I asked to the prom turned me down because she was hoping my younger brother was going to ask her. He didn't. I can barely remember her name now, and my brother is my very best friend.

My favorite fruit is the Red Delicious apple.

I truly believe that we will all live in peace and brotherhood someday. And so that I don't lose my faith in humanity, I will live my life as if that day had already happened.

[Aristus]

1. Okay, it's not the "Autobiography of Malcolm X", but it's not bad, either...

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[madinmaryland]

2. I'll take Aristus for $200 Alex!

Now that I know your bio!!

[skygazer]

3. You forgot to mention that you look damn hot in a uniform

Or otherwise. ;)


:hi:

[Aristus]

4. It goes without saying.

So I didn't. :+ O8)

You're pretty hot yourself, you know... :loveya:

(See, it's that whole sucker-for-a-pretty-face thing I mentioned...)

[Aristus]

5. Shameless, attention-seeking kick.

B-)

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