25 things you didn't know about me

So, this post has been going around on web 2.0 for a while (thanks to all of my friends in FB land), so i thought I'd share it with you. comment if you'd like...

1. My Siblings range in age from 26 to 66

2. I learned to drive on a tractor in OK at age 11

3. I carry 3 kennedy half dollars - 1 from 1971, 1 from 2005 and 1 from 2008. and the 1971 piece was carried by my dad everyday until he died.

4. If I could eat only 3 things for ever, they would be Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches and gummi bears

5. Holly, and only Holly, can tell me this joke and make me laugh - "What's Brown and Sticky?"

6. I'm deathly afraid of clowns

7.I'm the only person in the history of St. Ignatius to be confirmed and take first communion in the 5th floor chapel

8. I have most of the songs on those late-night TimeLife "Glory and Praise CD collections" (I can only imagine; our god is an awesome god) on my ipod and play them at full blast in my car

9. Once, while coaching girls basketball, i made a girl cry simply by pointing.

10. I love Hootie and the Blowfish - I mean like have all of their albums, like long after their were popular.

11.I have at least 1 friend in each of the 50 states

12. My 3 favorite days are: My birthday, Baseball Opening Day and Election Day

13. I have 2 middle names

14. I own over20 bowties

15. In 37 years, I've never gone more than 10 months without having a room mate

16. I love fruity, sweet "girly" drinks

17. My secret dream job is to have my own radio talk show like Roe Conn

18. I know the school Mascots of all 119 D1 football teams

19. I laugh hysterically when I see a dog chasing its own tail

20. I read at least 1 book per week cover to cover

21. My secret crush is Stacy London from TLC's what not to wear and I want to be Clinton Kelly

22. I can recite all of the Schoolhouse Rock rhymes (I'm just a bill...)

23. I played gold against Eldrick C. Woods and Lost my ass

24. I love Hats

25. I would love to live in a hotel for a year

A new day is here!

So today is the inaugration of Barack H. Obama. Today we see the change we so richly seek and the destiny of a lifetime fulfilled. For me, it means so much more than just the election of a Black man to the highest office in the land. Today brings the knowledgethat I can look at my 2 children, full of hope and truth and light, and tell them that there is nothing that they cannot achieve.

As the grandson of a man lynched for simply wearing the uniform of his country, a country that he risked his life for countless times - today is special. As the son of a man that, in order to continue to work for a country he loved so much, had to go to court just to achieve that priveledge, today is amazing. As a young man who has been given every opportunity to showcase his potential and sometimes failed miserably, this is a new dawn.

I stand before my friends, family and my God to tell you that today starts a new Chapter in My Life. Marc 2.0 if you will. Many things will stay the same, but over the coming year you will see many new changes. Some of you might cringe at what you see, but know that its all for the best. Some of you might decide that you don't want to "opt-in" to the new Marc...and that's OK too. We've had a good ride and all of you have helped me get this far on my journey.

Enjoy the spectacle of what we, collectively, are about to witness today. We won't see anything like this for a long time.

Marc...