Six Weird Things About Me

I got tagged three times, so I figure I'll just go ahead and post this.  Unfortunately, I've already written about my really juicy stuff various places on gather, so some of this is sort of second string weirdness if that makes any sense.  In any case, here we go:

1)I live in a house that was built in 1864 and has been owned by the same family for the six generations since it was built.  Some of the furniture came out by covered wagon and dates back to the 1840s

2) My grandfather on my dad's side was technically a cattle rustler (long story and more sordid than dramatic)

3) I once froze one of my fingers to the side of a freezer. I washed my hands, went to get something out of the freezer, and brushed the side.  Instant freeze.  I was alone in my apartment and I had a brief vision of standing there for a day or two until someone found me.  Fortunately I was able to get the finger loose, though it cost me some skin.

4) I was once an education analyst/computer person at the Illinois Bureau of the Budget.  Our unofficial motto was a Latin phrase meaning "we squeeze blood from turnips".  I think I still have the T-shirt.

5) I once had a stange pit bull jump through the driver's side window of my car into my lap.  I posted the whole story on that here:

 http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976934049

6) For the last 3+ years I've been involved in a nasty lawsuit on behalf of an elderly aunt. The suit  got a lot of publicity locally, and even to some extent nationally.  It hasn't been fun, but it has been an education on courts and local politics.

I already put a semi-fictionalized (time telescoped but otherwise true) account of that here:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976935262

That's pretty much it for weirdness.  I've lived a rather quiet life so far.

Thanks

Dale