Some Things about Me

This is an expansion of the Three Things Meme on Facebook.

Some names I go by:
1. Will (current name)
2. Bill (to my college and some seminary friends)
3. William (often pronounced we-um by my family and H.S. friends)
4. Tea Tom (from my childhood love of my Ma Nellie’s Southern Iced Tea)
5. William Jacob Humes (Mr. Farris – my Sophomore English teacher – would use this name when he called the roll in class.  Sometimes he would add: “That would look good on the cover of a book.”)
6. willjake – my online identity in many places
7. Pastor Will
8. Dad
9. Wilbur – from a couple of friends in Elysburg, PA

Some jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Pastor
2. Graduate Teaching Assistant – taught three semesters of American Government at EKU
3. Ice Cream Scooper at Baskins Robbins
4. Burger flipper at Hardees and Burger King
5. Maintenance Man at the Newman Center on EKU’s campus
6. Assistant repairman at my uncle’s electronic repair shop
7. Legislative Intern at the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
8. Intern – Grants Administration Division of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
9. Painter’s assistant
10. Research assistant on Biofeedback and Relaxation Therapy project

Some places I’ve lived:
1. Bloomfield, KY
2. Louisville, KY
3. Hamilton Square, NJ
4. Richmond, KY
5. Lebanon, KY
6. Chaplin, KY
7. Quarryville, PA
8. Tamaqua, PA
9. Elysburg, PA

Some favorite drinks:
1. Big Red
2. Coke (not Pepsi)
3. Orange Mint Tea (iced)
4. IBC Root Beer
5. Vernor’s Ginger Ale
6. Coffee

Some TV shows I watch:
1. Sci Fi Saturday Night Scinema (during which I write or finish my sermons)
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Being Human
5. House
6. Bones

Some places I’ve been:
1. South Korea
2. Jamaica
3. Me (get it?)

Some people I talk to regularly
1. Desiree – my daughter
2. Dorinda
3. Jim

Some of my favorite foods:
1. Steak – medium rare
2. Pizza
3. Liverwurst and Onion sandwiches
4. Tomato, Cucumber and Mozzarella Salad
5. Watermelon and Cantaloupe
6. Black-eyed Peas

Some things I love to do
1. Read
2. Listen to my podcasts on way to visit my daughter
3. Spend time with Deisree
4. Go to the movies
5. Waste time on the internet

Some things I’m looking forward to:
1. Seeing a couple of movies: District 9 and 500 Days of Summer
2. Mondays – my usual day off
3. Retirement – like that will ever happen
4. My visits with Desiree

Some of My Favorite Places
1. Kirkridge Retreat Center
2. Rickett’s Glenn State Park
3. Gethsemane Monastery
4. My Recliner : )

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