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A friend of mine, Jake, recently started blogging and stumbled across blog-tagging so he tags me. I managed to dodge all of the tagging that went around with my fellow security bloggers (Mike F, Mike R, Alan, Mitchell). I am going to cheat a little. Since practically every blogger I know has been tagged I’ll pass on tagging anyone else.

1. I like to restore old cars. Anything pre-1970 General Motors with a big block gets precedence. Shortly after high school I bought a rusted out 1970 Buick GSX with a 4 speed. I never finished the car. It had to be sold when I sold my house and went back to college. I really miss that car. My next project is a little different. It is a 1972 Datsun 240z with low mileage.

2. I wanted to be a Navy SEAL. My hopes of that were put to rest when I attended a mini BUD/S camp. It was a 3 day course and I made it 2 days and quit. I didn’t have what it takes and I knew it at that point. The men who make it through the real course have an incredible mental toughness. It’s nothing short of amazing what a team of these motivated individuals can accomplish. I did eventually join the Navy as an Intelligence Specialist.

3. My satellite radio is set to Hair Nation pretty much 24×7. Having lived through the likes of Whitesnake, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Extreme and Skid Row I still like a lot of the music. There sure was a lot of crappy bands but there was some real talent as well. My favorite band of that era is still making good music. Tesla has a new album out and is on tour. I have tickets to see them at the Hampton Beach Casino on the 30th. Where are my parachute pants and Vuarnet’s???

4. I used to shoot tactical 3 gun matches. Since shooting can be an expensive sport I was in the “Production” class. This means that my guns were not modified, i.e. affordable. In the early nineties my friend Dave (who is now a cop)  and I spent a good portion of our paychecks at the range. Here is a good video of someone shooting a 3 gun match. The last few seconds of the video are where the men are separated from the boys, so to speak. Engaging multiple targets with a handgun while in motion can be a humbling exercise for even experienced shooters. It ain’t as easy as it looks on TV boys and girls.

5. My parents gave me my first computer ( a Tandy Color Computer) in 1982. It used a cassette recorder for storage and hooked to the TV like an Atari. I played with it for a year or so and didn’t pick up another computer until 1990. That is one of the things I regret, skipping almost 8 years of computer related technology. I probably would have been getting myself in trouble anyway.

–Chris