Mark Armstrong And His 7 Dark Secrets
Jean Chong, who writes a delightful blog on cycling, was kind enough to nominate me for The Versatile Blogger Award.
Apparently this is given to people who are “naturally gifted in writing,” “pleasing in blog design,” “consistently dedicated,” and who “demonstrate respect for their readers.”
This doesn’t sound like me at all, but I accepted anyway… 😅
The VBA requires that you nominate 15 other bloggers for the award, and share 7 random things about yourself.
I know many bloggers who deserve such an award, but I’m too shy (and lazy) to nominate them.
However, I don’t mind sharing 7 random things about myself– see below.
I decided to create a special illustration for this post– see if you can guess which Deep Dark Secret it refers to. Thanks again, Jean.
1. One song that never fails to send me into an absolute trance whenever I hear it is Changes by the late American folksinger Phil Ochs.
My favorite version of the song is by Ian & Sylvia, and you can listen to it here.
2. I still reread certain Sherlock Holmes stories.
3. I once rode a century, which is 100 miles on a bicycle in a single day.
Most of it was across an utterly barren stretch of desert between the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and Zion National Park in Utah, in the southwestern United States.
Can I explain how I was able to do this and live to tell about it? No. Will I ever ride another century? No.
4. I don’t like golfer Tiger Woods.
5. I once lost a pair of glasses when I accidentally wore them in swimming.
6. As a teenager, I worked at a drug store after school. My favorite part was dreaming up funny ways to decorate our two big windows.
I never understood that this was a hint that I was interested in visual design.
7. The only art class I’ve ever had was a required half-year course when I was in 8th grade. For the most part, I didn’t like it.
What do you think? Can a man who wears his glasses in swimming be trusted? Do you suppose Dr. Phil will read this post and invite me on his show? Hope you’ll leave a comment.
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