5. I sort of like the smell of skunk

4. The second time I went to the local zoo here in South Bend (Potawatomi zoo), my daughter and I got peed on (i.e., “sprayed”) by one of the female lions – and yes, it was from point blank range. . .

3. I was the state free-throw champion of Tennessee when I was 13 – my basketball career went downhill from there. . .

2. I love to play online chess – especially when people start to trash talk. . . yes, . . . people actually do trash talk in online chess.

1. Even though my PhD. is in Cognitive Psychology, my undergraduate degree is in Quantitative Bio-physics with a minor in Computer Science. . . it’s a long story. . .