1-I actually spent a night in a county jail at age 18 though I never committed any crime or was ever accused or convicted of a crime.
2-I once ran for city council and placed 7 out of 8, which eliminated me from the General Election. A similar incident occurred in Junior High School, when I placed 5th out of 5 in the election for Class President and didn’t advance to the primary election. Despite that, I love politics.
3-I once accidentally dropped a tape recorder out of a train door while the train was moving 20 miles an hour, and almost jumped out of the train door into a rice paddy to retrieve it.
4-I used to love to toss baseballs up into the dark air at night, guessing when and where I would see them come down out of the dark. I lost one of my front teeth because of that. Guess what I don’t do for fun anymore.
5-I once was a baseball star in little league baseball. I pitched the game that won the city championship, which was the exact fulfillment almost play by play of a dream I had experienced more than a year earlier.
6-I listened on a radio in a tent, during the 9th National Boy Scout Jamboree, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. I have never looked at the moon the same again.
7-I watched the Space Shuttle Challenger explode live on network TV in 1987. Despite that trauma, had they asked for volunteers to ride into orbit the next day on the shuttle I would have done it.
8-I always wanted to fly jet fighters and dreamed about being an astronaut, quitting that dream only after I found out that I had to have uncorrected vision in order to apply.
9-I was a Mathematics Sterling Scholar in High School. I didn’t last more than a year in college as a math major and use no advanced math in my current job.
10-In college, I was on campus on the day four students were shot and killed at Kent State University and witnessed the burning down of several campus buildings at the University of Utah as the result of that event. On that day, I was proud to be an American.
11-I have seen each one of my 5 children born into this world. It was the most incredible experience I have ever had. I consider each and every one of them to be more intelligent and accomplished than I am.
12-I value my testimony of Jesus Christ more than anything else in the world.
13-I lived one of my most important dreams when I visited Kennedy Space Center in 1999.
14-I am married to the World’s Greatest cook.
15-I always wanted to be a space explorer, yet ended up working as a commercial loan officer in a bank. Go figure.
16-It has always been my dream to be an explorer. I love to travel and see new places and experience new things.
17-I speak Mandarin Chinese but you wouldn’t know it now.
18-My grandmother was Miss Utah.
19-My dad was a High School Basketball Star.
20-I have sat in the “Big House” on many occasions and watched the University of Michigan play football.
21-I roomed with a currently serving Congressman during our first year of college.
22-I consider Taiwan to be my second home and the Ho Family of China as my “other” family.
23-My wife is my best friend.
24-I love to write. I have currently written over 30 volumes of diaries.
25-My grandfather lived to be a 103. I will be lucky to live until I am 70.
26-My father in law was one of the most Christian people I ever have known.
27-I love to take cruises. As Princess Cruise Lines say, I love to escape completely.
28-Since I grew up in the 60’s, my favorite Rock group has been the Beatles, followed by the Moody Blues. However, I also love Country Music, Classical, and much more new stuff.
29-One of my ambitions is to visit all the continents of the world, plus the Arctic North Pole.
30-I graduated from the best schools in the Universe, Davis High School, The University of Utah, and the University of Michigan.