Alice in InfoLand

I’ve been tagged by Cathy Nelson for this perennial meme. Since I listed five things when Doug Johnson tagged me two years ago, I’ll just add these items to the list:

1. I am incorrigibly curious. My parents were educators, and the daily dinner question was “so what did you DISCOVER today?” (note: not learned; discovered. BIG difference.) That curiosity has occasionally gotten me in trouble … On the way to the hospital to have my first child, I stopped to read an historical marker near the hospital entrance. My husband got to the admitting desk only to discover that I was still a half-block behind him. The next time I was pregnant, he insisted that I read every signpost along all the possible routes to the hospital each time we went for a check-up, just to make sure that there would be no “delays” this time.

2. Although I am probably the most tech-savvy of my immediate friends and family, the truth is that I have NO idea how computers actually work. There could be little green men in pointy hats frantically shuffling index cards inside each of those machines to make the magic happen. I know how to USE the magic as needed, but don’t understand (or even need to know) how those technologies work. I’m just grateful for the opportunities and adventures that cyber-connections provide!

and a bonus:
3. I am a certified klutz.  But most of you knew that about me already.

Now I tag Sara, Carl, Lazygal, Chris, Diane, Sophie, and Brian.