25 Random Things You Probably Didn’t Know About David Risley

I thought I would take a moment and divert into something a little less “how to” oriented. Here are 25 random factoids about your’s truly that you probably wouldn’t know by just reading this site.

1. I was a loner in high school. Like, seriously. Most kids saw me as the smart kid. Maybe I was, but I think a lot of it was because I didn’t talk much. I find this most ironic now given that I am in one of the most social fields ever.
2. My wife and I met on Eharmony.com. It matched us together and I thought she was hot as hell. And she was Russian. And a chemical engineer (means she’s smart). I thought she was so out of my league. We’ve been married for two years. We should do a commercial.
3. I used to listen to talk radio a lot more than I do now. Used to enjoy Glenn Beck. He’s still funny, but the guy is such a downer these days that I choose to ignore him mostly.
4. I worked for Sam’s Club when I was in college. Red vest and everything.
5. I used to shoot a lot of pool and drink a lot of beer while doing it. I actually got really good at pool and even got invited to a few hobbyist tournaments for pool players.
6. I’m a big jazz guy, although I can like most forms of music. My favorite jazz pianist is Chick Corea.
7. When I was a kid, I decided I didn’t like grits. I never changed my mind.
8. I used to own and drive (for fun) a Mazda Miata. I could barely fit in the damn thing because I’m 6’2”.
9. I think my daughter is prettier than everybody else’s. Sorry to the other parents out there.
10. I’m a big lover of Florida and the beaches. Don’t get out there as much these days, but my dream is to own a house on the beach.
11. I am a certified SCUBA diver. I really need to schedule some dives. Haven’t done it much lately mainly because my wife is kinda scared of it. But, I’ll just do it myself.
12. I have owned 5 cars in my life. A Nissan Pickup, a Ford Explorer, a Honda Accord, a Mazda Miata, and now I drive an Acura TL.
13. When I was a kid, I played saxophone. I wasn’t very good, really. I sold my alto sax long ago but I still own a tenor which sits in my closet.
14. I am a registered Republican although the party can kiss my ass today. I consider myself a conservative without a party. Politics in general just sucks now. It accomplishes nothing and just makes things worse.
15. I love food. Especially Italian food. Sucks, too, because my body definitely does better on meat and veggies and most of my favorite foods don’t fall into that category.
16. I collect shot glasses whenever I go to a place I’ve never been before. I have about 35 shot glasses on top of my desk from states across the country, the Caribbean islands, Italy, and various points in Russia.
17. When I was young, my friends and I used to play mock army in the woods in front of our house. We’d run around in the dark and hunt each other. Fancy hide-and-seek. It was a lot of fun.
18. I enjoy fishing. I used to go out with a cast net and catch mullet around Fort DeSoto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. If you know what you’re doing, you can have a very productive morning!
19. I love sailing. My family has a lot of sailors in it and I’ve got the bug, too. One of my goals in life is to own a sailboat. Not very practical, but I can get it out of my system, then sell it.
20. My favorite color is blue. I think it might have something to do with the water.
21. I own 3 Macs and now use Macs exclusively. I think switching to the Mac was one of the best things I’ve done. I used Windows for many years beforehand and I think most Windows users just won’t understand the elegance of OS X until they’ve had a chance to use a Mac for a little while.
22. I’m a “big picture” kind of guy and I take pride in being able to look at a situation and fairly quickly figure it out. I’m sometimes a “shoot from the hip” kind of guy. I don’t like details too much and I like to let somebody else worry about that. Hasn’t burned me yet.
23. I don’t like pants. I hate wearing a suit and tie. Most of the time, I’m wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Sometimes I’ll wear a polo or button-down shirt. As for the feet? Sandals. I own two pairs of sandals, and the ones with black and white stripes don’t match hardly anything but I couldn’t care less.
24. I love my wife, but she and I are like yin and yang. Our backgrounds are very different and we’re two very different people. Makes for an interesting relationship.
25. Sometimes I yell and cuss at slow drivers. I can’t help it. They are so damn slow! My wife gets annoyed when I do that and I have to really try to curb it when my daughter is in the car.

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