I'VE BEEN TAGGED!
Thanks to Robert Rouse at http://www.leftofcentrist.com/ I, Stan Matuska, have been tagged to write ten random things about myself.
1. I was born at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana on November 13th, 1959; but back then the hospital was on Fairfield Avenue. The interesting thing about that is that it was on a Friday....the 13th!!!!
2. I had four sets of parents growing. My birth parents, step parents and two sets of foster parents. Why you ask? See #1 above. No, I really can't tell you why. I was too young to understand, but I think it had to do with parents out of control.
3. I was a single parent to my one year old son when I was just 21.
4. I used to get crazy with John Good from http://leftinaboite.blogspot.com/ when I was much younger. We would do crazy stuff like dress up as anything stupid and then go to Azars by Southtown Mall for coffee. We had many a party at his "love shack", but I usually got the owl while he got the catch of the day. He took me and my son in during my difficult times, and my son potty trained in his living room. Looking back, it was a lot like the show Two and a half Men!
5. Most of my blood siblings live in Southern California, with the exception of one brother who lives in Fort Wayne. He is a couple of years older than me and is more into auto mechanics than politics. I have 4 brothers and 1 sister in my birth family plus myself. We are still all very close, with the exception of my oldest brother who served in Viet Nam, came home, opened an Army/Navy store on Wells street, moved his business to California and was beaten to death in the desert several years ago. How does one survive Viet Nam but not the states???
7. I have been married three times, but divorced only twice! My wife and I have been married for 9 years in December. I have two step sons ages 21 and 25, and I have a son 27, and a daughter 22. As of today we are DINKS (double income no kids), but who knows what next week will bring!
8. I became a Grandpa a few weeks ago for the first time!!! My step-son and his wife gave us this beautiful gift!!! His name is Noah Daniel Hahn; and I am proud to tell people that I am a Grandpa - even though today at the nursing home I volunteer at, a 96 year old woman called me a GLM! I thought she was talking gibberish, but she said it meant Good Looking Man! I still got it! Ok - so she's 96 and I'm a Grandpa, but it still made me feel good =)
9. I love to give to charities, but I like to do it on my terms. I know that sounds weird, but I hate the cold contact phone calls, and the begging in the mail from charities that I never even heard of. It's like helping our kids. I love to help them, but I want do it because I want to, not because they want my help. BTW, kids, if you are reading this - you wouldn't believe how much a simple "thank you" from time to time can mean.
10. I had four years of Spanish in school. I would get C's and D's in English, but straight A's in Spanish. I took it the first year because a cute girl ahead of me signed up for it in 9th grade, then stayed with it because my High School Spanish teacher was a hot tamali! My Spanish name was Francisco. Que pasa? Donde esta el quarto de bano?
11. I know I was only supposed to do 10, but if you didn't catch it, I purposely omited #6, so technically I owe you this one!
1. I was born at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana on November 13th, 1959; but back then the hospital was on Fairfield Avenue. The interesting thing about that is that it was on a Friday....the 13th!!!!
2. I had four sets of parents growing. My birth parents, step parents and two sets of foster parents. Why you ask? See #1 above. No, I really can't tell you why. I was too young to understand, but I think it had to do with parents out of control.
3. I was a single parent to my one year old son when I was just 21.
4. I used to get crazy with John Good from http://leftinaboite.blogspot.com/ when I was much younger. We would do crazy stuff like dress up as anything stupid and then go to Azars by Southtown Mall for coffee. We had many a party at his "love shack", but I usually got the owl while he got the catch of the day. He took me and my son in during my difficult times, and my son potty trained in his living room. Looking back, it was a lot like the show Two and a half Men!
5. Most of my blood siblings live in Southern California, with the exception of one brother who lives in Fort Wayne. He is a couple of years older than me and is more into auto mechanics than politics. I have 4 brothers and 1 sister in my birth family plus myself. We are still all very close, with the exception of my oldest brother who served in Viet Nam, came home, opened an Army/Navy store on Wells street, moved his business to California and was beaten to death in the desert several years ago. How does one survive Viet Nam but not the states???
7. I have been married three times, but divorced only twice! My wife and I have been married for 9 years in December. I have two step sons ages 21 and 25, and I have a son 27, and a daughter 22. As of today we are DINKS (double income no kids), but who knows what next week will bring!
8. I became a Grandpa a few weeks ago for the first time!!! My step-son and his wife gave us this beautiful gift!!! His name is Noah Daniel Hahn; and I am proud to tell people that I am a Grandpa - even though today at the nursing home I volunteer at, a 96 year old woman called me a GLM! I thought she was talking gibberish, but she said it meant Good Looking Man! I still got it! Ok - so she's 96 and I'm a Grandpa, but it still made me feel good =)
9. I love to give to charities, but I like to do it on my terms. I know that sounds weird, but I hate the cold contact phone calls, and the begging in the mail from charities that I never even heard of. It's like helping our kids. I love to help them, but I want do it because I want to, not because they want my help. BTW, kids, if you are reading this - you wouldn't believe how much a simple "thank you" from time to time can mean.
10. I had four years of Spanish in school. I would get C's and D's in English, but straight A's in Spanish. I took it the first year because a cute girl ahead of me signed up for it in 9th grade, then stayed with it because my High School Spanish teacher was a hot tamali! My Spanish name was Francisco. Que pasa? Donde esta el quarto de bano?
11. I know I was only supposed to do 10, but if you didn't catch it, I purposely omited #6, so technically I owe you this one!
posted by Stan Matuska at 10:30 PM
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