I have been tagged for another meme. Dear Mr Man has graciously passed along the torch of “25 Things About Me”, and I present that to you now.

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are others, but I tend to view myself most like Arnold. Except for the whole Governor of California thing.

2. Where was your first kiss? The first one I care to remember was right in my kitchen, about seven years ago.

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property? Seriously? No. But there were some minor incidents of which I am not proud.

4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? I don’t think so. Probably should have, in at least one case, though.

5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? Yes.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about your preferred sex? No matter how many times I read this question, I don’t like it. The first thing I noticed about the love of my life was her smile.

7. What really turns you off? Meanness, cruelty, betrayal.

8. What do you order at Starbucks? Decaf Grande Mocha.

9. What is your biggest mistake? I’ll have to pass on that one.

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? No need to do that. I get plenty of accidental injuries to last me a lifetime.

11. Say something totally random about yourself. I’d really like to lose about 80 pounds.

12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I was told I looked like John Ritter by some, and Beau Bridges by others.

13. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? Absolutely! Having kids gave me a great excuse for doing that. SpongeBob has been a favorite of mine since it first came out; my kids thought it was sort of strange that I watched it with them, but they came to like it. Phineas and Ferb is one of the more recent shows that I like. It has complexity and depth to it that most other modern kids shows don’t.

14. Did you have braces? No. There were plenty of other reasons to pick on me as a kid; I didn’t need that to add to the mix.

15. Are you comfortable with your height? Yes. I can see over cubicle walls and the tops of most people’s heads.

16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you? Drove all the way across town to deliver dinner on my doorstep, complete with a secret message constructed of letter-shaped cookies.

17. When do you know it’s love? Step one: Wait at least five years after being a teenager. Step two: picture yourself and your intended in your nineties, and you’re changing his/her Depends. If you can do that with a smile, it’s love.

18. Do you speak any other languages? Ich spreche ein wenig vom Deutsch, aber nicht besser als ein kind.

19. Have you ever been to tanning salon? Shamefully, yes. Someone convinced me that I needed to be tan in order to be acceptable.

20. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Yes, a couple of times.

21. What’s something that really annoys you? Being utterly dismissed. Like, basically being treated like a gnat. Once I pulled up to a stop sign at the end of a street to make a left turn. As I was looking for traffic, this other guy pulled up along side me on my right, didn’t even acknowledge me, and then turned left in front of me just as I was going to go.

22. What’s something you really like? Hawaiian music

23. Can you dance? No, unless everyone else is doing the “Little Kicks” step.

24. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? Yes. First time I had atrial fibrillation, my wife gave me the choice: either she wakes up the kids and we all drive there, or she’s calling 911. It was an interesting experience, to say the least. I felt like a complete dork.

25. Tag five people to answer these 25 questions on their blog. If I don’t, what will happen? Seriously… I think everyone I know has been tagged on this already.