My friend, Kevin, has tagged me for a blog meme…

My friend, Kevin, has tagged me for a blog meme. This one is “8 random things about myself”.

1. Until the last year or so of high school I went by my middle name, Shane. Once my good friends found out my first name was Ward, they took it and ran with it. Once I was in college it was just too much effort to ask all of my teachers to call me by my middle name, so I officially became Ward.

2. During the summer of 1991 I joined the army with plans to fly helicopters. Near the end of basic training I got sick, pucked up blood, and was discharged with a perforated peptic ulcer. In hind sight, it’s probably best that it didn’t work out. I don’t think I would have liked being in the army much.

3. I love tomatoes on my grilled cheese & ketchup in my mac & cheese.

4. When I was a kid I wanted to be either a veterinarian or a marine biologist. But who didn’t?

5. I can’t say the word lozenge. No matter how hard I try it just won’t come out right. My wife finds great entertainment in this fact.

6. I was a vegetarian for about 8 years. A couple years ago I started eating meat again. A couple months ago I stopped eating meat again. I guess I’m currently a vegetarian.

7. I really really really hope that the rumors about Google making a smartphone are true.

8. I really don’t like raspberries. But my wife, who LOVES raspberries, always insists on offering me a bit of any raspberry dish she eats. Oh I love that woman.