...here are my answers anyway. I think it is a fun topic.
[Update: Or maybe I just can't read well...Chris Haaker (can't believe he isn't an MVP yet) tagged me last year and I just didn't see it.]
- Geekswithblogs.net was created because I was kicked off of dotnetweblogs.com (A.K.A weblogs.asp.net). The back story was, a few of us were discussing the differences between VB and C# and we can just say the conversation started to get heated. Toward the end of the conversation, Cory Smith and I were the last to post and that afternoon, ScottW decided it was time for us to go. He deleted our accounts and later when I went to log in, I was told no account exists. At that point I was fuming! After work I went home, bought the domain and started building my own. 8 hours later I had the first version of GWB up and running. After a few months of trying to finish my project (I hate admin tools), I gave up, made peace with ScottW and installed .Text. 3 years and some change later, we are the largest Microsoft-oriented blog community that is not owned by Microsoft.
- When I was 18, I weighed 270lbs. Then when I was 19, I weighed 165lbs. I did a hardcore diet of protein shakes, chicken and rice for 6 months. Every day the same meal. The weight just started flying off with my daily workouts. I had to quit my diet due to a Gallbladder removal that was probably due to the weight loss. That killed my energy and I slowly started gaining back the weight. Now I am back up to around 270lbs and have started working out again, but I am doing it smart and slow this time.
- I used to ride sport bikes at crazy speeds on public streets. My top speed was 167mph on a major interstate in Kansas City with 20 of my closest friends. I tried the track a couple times, but it wasn't for me and I decided to sell the bike to help pay for my wedding. I really miss that bike and it doesn't help that my brother now co-owns a Suzuki shop.
- I used to be a DJ in Kansas City. I was 18 years old and one of my buddies in school was a DJ, so I followed him around a few nights to see how it was done. After a couple weeks of training, I started doing some different hours and then evenings for him. It was a blast and I still wish I had some time to do it again. When I finally quit doing college parties and clubs, I had over 5k invested in equipment that just has gathered dust over the years. Actually, our original podcasting was recorded with some of my old equipment.
- I have once lost a job due to running THIS community. I won't go into details, but the owner did not like what we were doing after hours with Geekswithblogs and PodcastStudio and I was let go. Told you I really love this community, enough to be unemployed at one point.
Well I won't tag anyone until I actually get tagged, but I wanted to make sure I got my "Top 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me" before the fad died off.
[Update: Now that I realize I have been tagged, here is my list: John Alexander, Dru Sellers, Tim Hibbard, Trisha Lacey (George tried and I will follow up), Steve Loethen.]