Somebody mentioned having a spare nomination to Ten Facts One Lie and said someone ought to grab it, not let it go to waste. I hate waste.

1. I am at least half Irish and part Gypsy.

2. At 3 I was dragged around the back yard by the sleeve of my snowsuit by a German shepherd. My care-givers stood on the back porch and laughed.

3. I cracked my skull while tobogganing, somewhere around 10ish. Some say that explains why I am as I am, others say I was probably born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

4. At 15 I ran away. No, that would be a lie, I never run. At 15 I walked away.

5. At 15 I lived in a house of queers (hey, their term, so don't give me any PC crap - I've ranted enough for one week) for a while. Mostly drag queens. I never felt safer or better looked after.

6. At 15 I was protesting the Vietnam war outside the US consulate. Later that year I was a volunteer at Coach House Press helping to produce a handbook for draft dodgers. Unlike some, I did not have a problem with those who went, only with those who sent them. As Kenny Rogers sang, "It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war, But I just had to go and do my patriotic chore." We were there for the ones who felt otherwise.

7. I ran a tea room for a short while. I first heard The Band's "Music from Big Pink" from the music shop across the hall. We had a guest guru one day. His message could be summed up by this statement he opened with: "There are two kinds of guru, those who teach you and those who get you high." He then proceeded to get us high. He did, however unintentionally teach me something. There are idiots in all walks of life.

8. My next volunteer job was helping to sort and catalogue Judith Merril's huge collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy. She later donated the whole thing to the public library as the beginning of what she intended to be a complete collection.

9. I fell in love with Judith.

10. My first experience with a computer was one which occupied a room at least 2000 square feet, maybe 4. There were usually 5 to 10 people in that room and several more in another room producing punch cards for data entry. My phone may be as powerful.

11. At 23 I was awarded a doctorate in divinity "For services rendered to the community."

Since I have barely covered a third of my life there will be another #tenfactsonelie, possibly two. I'll have one ready before Easter. I'm not saying which Easter though.

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I am not going to respond to any comments until the weekend. It is too tempting and I'll give too much away.

I do thank you for taking part.

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Catweasel

"My mother told me
When I was young
Some people try
To con you son
You got to separate
The truth from the lies
You got to taste and try
Before you buy"

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