Five Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Me

Meme ganked from a bunch of places.

1. I won the Orange County Spelling Bee in fifth grade; my winning word was "bivouac."  For this feat I received a savings bond and a copy of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.  In sixth grade, I didn't make it past the school-wide competition, because I confused "propellent" and "propellant."  In seventh grade, I missed out on a trip to Disneyland with the honor society, of whom my then-crush was president, because I used the British "diphthong" instead of the American "dipthong."
2. The first day of my first job, I knocked over an entire pallet of computer monitors in front of my supervisor's boss.  Somehow, I didn't get fired.
3. I have a triangular scar on my right index finger from when I was running to catch a bus and tried to grab a signpost to change direction.  It was one of those metal posts with holes, like a giant erector set, and my finger got sliced by the edge.  I caught the bus, but my hand was a bloody mess the entire ride.  I also have a small scar on the knuckle of that hand from a childhood skateboarding accident.
4. A small hypertext piece I wrote back in 1996 was a bit of a one-hit-wonder in academia; it was quoted in the next edition of my professor's book and appeared on the syllabus of courses at at least three different universities.
   
5. Although I have a valid driver's license, I have not driven an automobile in almost ten years.