Well folks I’ve done it again. Every once in a while The Weakonomist loses his posts and has nothing prepped for the next day. This is the price I pay for not keeping ahead on my posts. Anyway, there is this thing floating around Facebook and the blogosphere where you write 25 things about yourself. I’ve read a few on other blogs and found I liked them more once I knew more about the authors. So today I’m going to try that with you. Here are 25 things about The Weakonomist.

  1. I’ve had the same savings account for almost 20 years (I’m in my 20s).
  2. If my hair gets longer than a half-inch, I feel grungy.
  3. My head is so big fitted hats only fit after the elastic liner is removed.
  4. I graduated cum laude from college.
  5. I tend to forget things.
  6. I grew up in the same town as The Sheconomist, but we didn’t meet until college.
  7. It is my belief that stubbornness is the greatest hindrance to progress.
  8. In my family (including cousins and the like) getting a bachelor’s degree is the minimum expected.
  9. Star Wars is more than just a favorite movie series to me, it defined my childhood and remains the only fiction I can read over and over again.
  10. Since middle school I get at least one in-grown toenail every year.
  11. I rarely get sick.
  12. I lost 75 pounds in high school and hold a swimming record there.
  13. Garlic and I are best friends in the kitchen.
  14. Being right is very important to me, to the extent that I annoy loved ones.
  15. I get separation anxiety when I’m not with my iPhone.
  16. My passion for money was born out of struggling with math as a toddler. My dad put dollar signs in front of the numbers and everything clicked.
  17. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I love cereal, oatmeal, french toast, bacon, eggs, pancakes etc…
  18. Poetry that doesn’t rhyme is the most ridiculous literary tool ever created.
  19. I call myself “The Weakonomist” because I am not an economist. Economists are academics sitting in Harvard offices creating the policies that got us in this mess.
  20. I have been skydiving, it is fantastic.
  21. I hate shaving.
  22. Until the boxer came along, I was not a dog person. I still only love the boxer, I don’t like your dog.
  23. Coffee is the most fantastic beverage on the planet. I drink it in all forms: cheap, expensive, quality, crappy, brewed, instant. I drink it black.
  24. I tend to forget things.
  25. I spend entirely too much time on the computer, and so do you.
  26. I don’t follow rules well.
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