According to the Urban Dictionary at http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poke+badgers+with+spoons:
| A truly original sin... this quote is taken from an Eddie Izzard stand-up routine which talks about the Catholic idea of Original Sin. He talks about a guy going into confession and saying "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned... I poked a badger with a spoon." In response the priest says that's a truly original sin. |
Poking badgers with spoons seems an appropriate way to paraphrase my life. I have never been necessarily gentile, but I do think I'm a pretty honest, caring, and attentive guy. But, personality wise, I definitely like to "run with scissors :)" So... for my inaugural post, thought I would introduce readers to a bit more of who I am. Rather than the boring bio stuff, here is some reference to the most unfortunate day for the world that I plopped into being :)
On March 16, 1974, the world welcomed me with open arms, and then looked for the return line at the hospital :)
- By Age 2, I went to pick up a copperhead snake and my uncle shot it out from in front of me.... pure luck that he was coming back in from hunting at that time
- By Age 3, I nearly gouged out my eyeball (on the day before my younger sister being born, poor mother had to deal with blood streaming down my face while she was big and pregnant). Mr. Smooth wrecked his tricycle, after having pulled the squeeze ball off my metal horn.
- At Age 10, I wrecked my bicycle heading too fast down a hill in Kansas, and put a scar down my knee that has not healed to this day. I hobbled over to a friend's house miles away where the mother almost passed out when she saw me.
- At Age 15, I cracked my wrist and broke my nose skateboarding
- At Age 16, I cracked both wrists and broke my nose again... skateboarding, plus I got a fishhook in the eye from a girl that casted over her head... we ended up dating for months.
- At Age 17 I joined the Army... my final act of teenage rebellion being: my father was a pilot in the Air Force, so I joined the Army to jump out of planes instead.
- At Age 20 I was held up in Atlanta, and should have been killed by the fact that I attacked the guys that tried (operative word being, "tried") to hold me up
- At Age 24 I broke my angle trying to impress a girl... she married me.
- By Age 25 I had my first kid
- At Age 32 I got turned around in the woods and ended up falling / sliding off a 20' cliff
- At Age 33, I nearly drowned in a kayaking accident... and it was my fault.
And now, at 34, I am still what I consider to be one of the luckiest people in the world. I have a tremendous wife (that is just gorgeous, and she blogs at
http://heck-poodlehead.blogspot.com, 3 amazing kids, one of whom is trying to destroy our lives (you'll see), two dogs, a house, a great job, and things are really looking up. At least that is what Mr. Optimism Says!
Some more on me, courtesy of my birthday and
http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp16 March 1974
Your date of conception was on or about 23 June 1973 which was a Saturday.
You were born on a Saturday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 4.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Be direct, usually one can accomplish more that way.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442122.5.
The golden number for 1974 is 18.
The epact number for 1974 is 6.
The year 1974 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/23/1974 and ending 2/10/1975.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Tiger.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 22 AdarI 5734.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 23 AdarI 5734.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.0.11.18 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 0 tun 11 uinal 18 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Saturday, 21 Safar 1394 (1394-2-21).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 27 February 1974.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1974.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1974.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 17 September 1974.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 7 April 1974.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 26 February 1974.
As of 6/19/2008 12:46:02 PM EDT
You are 34 years old.
You are 411 months old.
You are 1,788 weeks old.
You are 12,514 days old.
You are 300,348 hours old.
You are 18,020,926 minutes old.
You are 1,081,255,562 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
| Kevin Tod Smith (1963) | Erik Estrada (1949) | Bernardo Bertolucci (1940) |
| Jerry Lewis (1926) | Pat Nixon (1912) | Henny Youngman (1906) |
| James Madison (1751) |
Top songs of 1974
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.89784735812133 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 270 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 35 candles.
Those 35 candles produce 35 BTUs,
or 8,820 calories of heat (that's only 8.8200 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.00 US ounces of water with that many candles. 
In 1974 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1974 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1974 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1974 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1974 the population of Australia was approximately 13,831,978.
In 1974 there were approximately 245,177 births in Australia.
In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 110,673 marriages and 17,688 divorces.
In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 115,833 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Lime Tree, the Doubt Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.
There are 189 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 202 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its last quarter. 16 March 1974
Your date of conception was on or about 23 June 1973 which was a Saturday.
You were born on a Saturday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 4.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Be direct, usually one can accomplish more that way.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442122.5.
The golden number for 1974 is 18.
The epact number for 1974 is 6.
The year 1974 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/23/1974 and ending 2/10/1975.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Tiger.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 22 AdarI 5734.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 23 AdarI 5734.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.0.11.18 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 0 tun 11 uinal 18 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Saturday, 21 Safar 1394 (1394-2-21).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1974.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 27 February 1974.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1974.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1974.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 17 September 1974.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 7 April 1974.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 26 February 1974.
As of 6/19/2008 12:46:02 PM EDT
You are 34 years old.
You are 411 months old.
You are 1,788 weeks old.
You are 12,514 days old.
You are 300,348 hours old.
You are 18,020,926 minutes old.
You are 1,081,255,562 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
| Kevin Tod Smith (1963) | Erik Estrada (1949) | Bernardo Bertolucci (1940) |
| Jerry Lewis (1926) | Pat Nixon (1912) | Henny Youngman (1906) |
| James Madison (1751) |
Top songs of 1974
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.89784735812133 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 270 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 35 candles.
Those 35 candles produce 35 BTUs,
or 8,820 calories of heat (that's only 8.8200 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.00 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1974 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1974 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1974 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1974 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1974 the population of Australia was approximately 13,831,978.
In 1974 there were approximately 245,177 births in Australia.
In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 110,673 marriages and 17,688 divorces.
In 1974 in Australia there were approximately 115,833 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Lime Tree, the Doubt Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.
There are 189 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 202 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its last quarter.
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