Toby, Liz, Drew and Steve have all picked up a fun little meme that’s been going around thanks to Shel. As described by Drew:
“So here’s how this went. Toby (Marketing Diva) and Liz (Successful Blog) got tagged by Shel Isreal. They decided rather than share 10 secrets about themselves, they’d create 10 things about Shel that Shel didn’t know.”
At the end of his post about Drew, Sticky Steve asked: “Who has the goods on David Reich??”
Well, little does he know, but I do:
1. In 1964, David became an avid collector of newspapers, including every back issue of the following NY state titles: The New York Times, The Daily News, The Post, The Plattsburgh Press-Republican, The Glens Falls Post-Standard, the Ithaca Journal, Norwich Sun, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rome Sentinel, and the Schenectady Gazette.
He also has a subscription to The Des Moines Register, so he can, in his words, “Keep up with that Drew fellow.”
2. David has fourteen dogs and seven cats. Housebreaking them has never been a problem (see item #1).
3. David is a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and lives blissfully anaware of the team’s move to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. In fact, he still holds season tickets to games at Ebbets Field.
4. David went to elementary school with Rudy Giuliani. Fed up with David always stealing Rudy’s lunch money, Mrs. Giuliani placed a call to David’s mom and asked her to “have a talk with that boy of yours.”
5. While travelling in the southern United States as a youth, David gave up his seat on a bus to Rosa Parks. The rest, as they say, is history, though David remains bitter to this day that he never got the media attention he feels he deserves.
6. David commutes to his office in Manhatten to his home in Long Island by foot. His wife’s, actually, as she piggybacks him in every day.
7. David’s mother developed a chicken soup recipe that cured whooping cough. Entrusted with the only copy, he promptly lost it. David had only this to say, “I must’ve forgotten to transfer the card from my old wallet to my new one. Oh well, you can’t win them all.”
8. A lifelong New Yorker, David has lived all his life not knowing what a good bagel tastes like. (Wait, this one may be true!)
Lotsa fun. Who’s next?
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January 8th, 2008 at 9:46 am
How did you find all of this out. The only thing you got wrong was that I am allergic to bagels. Also, among newspapers I collect is The Montreal Gazette.
Oh, and although I went to school with Rudy, I can’t see myself voting for him if he makes it past the primaries.
One other minor correction: I didn’t lose the chicken soup recipe in my wallet. It was on the personal computer I built for myself when I was 13 in 1960. The hard drive crashed and lost all my data on my baseball card collection. I loved that computer, which I nicknamed applesauce. Some Geeks in California stole my idea years later.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Uhh ohh…the cat’s REALLY out of the bag now with David! He’ll never be able to run for public office with all this dirty laundry hanging out there (also, Drew holds season’s tickets to the Field of Dreams in Iowa, and waits there every Tuesday night to try to get a glimpse of Ty Cobb…)
January 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I have my spies, David. Plus, I’m a pretty proficient stalker. For example, I know that last night you had a nice piece of whitefish for dinner, with a side of homemade mash potatoes and garlic bread.
You have too much starch in your diet, David. I recommend more fiber.
January 8th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Mark, it was gefilte fish — just a small piece.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Mark,
Ahhh, another classic to add to the collection. Brilliantly played.
I am a little surprised that you didn’t mention that David was the first (and only) male Rockette. I believe the general manager of the Rockettes at the time was quoted as saying, “Well, it seems like a good idea. He even shaved his legs for opening night.”
Good fun — thanks for jumping on board!
Drew
January 8th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Drew, I only had 8 points to work with. Guess I could’ve squeezed in the 9th, but, you know what they say â?? time is money!
Thanks for dropping by.