stoopid presidential factoid for the day

Here's a little interesting factoid about the Presidents that I find interesting.

The record for the most consecutive US presidents who have each been elected once and only once is three. That record has been achieved twice:

1. Cleveland (1884), Harrison (1888), Cleveland (1892)
2. Harding (1920), Coolidge (1924), Hoover (1928)

That means that the sequence of initials for these for CHC and HCH -- inversions of each other.

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I think about sometimes.

two truths and a lie

At work, one of the higher-ups was having a skip-level lunch. As an icebreaker, she told us, we would play "Two truths and a lie." We would each, in turn, say three things about ourselves. One would be true and two would be lies. The others would then guess which was the true statement.

My statements were:

• On my first date with my wife, we ate dinner at the Cornforth House in Saco, Maine. This was relevant because this higher-up is from Maine.
• My grandfather played minor league baseball in the Pirates organization. He was known as the "Rude Shortstop."
• One year I was invited to the Governor's Christmas tree-lighting ceremony is Montgomery, Alabama.

fun fax about me

A few random factoids about me:

I have voted in every Presidential election since I became eligible to vote. But there is no one whom I have voted for for President more than once.

I had a favorite teacher in junior high school -- what they now call middle school. Looking back, I don't think he was a good teacher.

I have had season tickets for the following professional sports franchises:

• New York Yankees (Saturdays only)
• New York Mets (Saturdays only)
• New York Saints
• New York Dragons
• New York CityHawks
• New Jersey Red Dogs

The first song I ever wrote was titled "Fiddler Off the Roof." It sucked.

When I had a driver's license from Michigan, my picture on it showed me with a beard on one side of my face and clean shaven on the other.

In high school, my favorite band was Ducks Deluxe. I wore a denim jacket with a large duck painted on the back.

My grandfather's cousin was married to the man who invented the video game, Pong.

Four governors proclaimed holidays in honor of my having driven in their states. Three of those proclamations are framed in my office over my desk.

When I was in elementary school I had a copy of Dr. Seuss' My Book About Me. I had to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I put down "an office worker." I have since realized that childhood dream.

I remember sitting at the dinner table as a child and arguing with my father about whether the rational numbers are countable.