Why am I doing this?

After posting a reply to Jack's (my son) blog, my son Ben said I needed to get my own blog. Since then Jack and he keep asking me if I've started a blog, so I guess I might as well.

My blog will focus more on life events, primarily to put into writing stories I've told my kids, even if they don't believe it really happened quite this way.

First, here is a quiz about me. The answers are 56, 36, 27, 20, 17, 10, 6, 5, & 3. Some of the answers can be used more than once.

1. How old am I?
2. How many years will have I been married as of 6/11/2007?
3. How many kids do I have?
4. How many grandchildren do I have?
5. What is the highest number of points that I scored in a college basketball game?
6. What is the highest number of rebounds that I got in a college basketball game?
7. What is the highest number of assists that I got in a college basketball game?
8. What is the highest number of points that I scored in a high school basketball game?
9. What was my scoring average as a senior in high school?
10. What was my uniform number in high school?
11. How old was I when I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior?

Here are the answers.
1. 56
2. 36
3. 3
4. 5
5. 27 and yes Ben, it really is true
6. 20 in the same game as I scored the 27 points
7. 20 in the same game; 27 points, 20 rebounds, 20 assists in the same game. We won 130 something to 40 something. We only had 6 eligible players because so many guys flunked the first semester and our oponents only had 5.
8. 17 I did it twice, against Arlington Sam Houston and I.M. Terrell
9. 10 Technically 9.5 but that statistically rounds to 10 and I like 10 better
10. 10
11. 6 And, that was the most important decision of my life. Without that decision the rest of my life is meaningless.

Basketball, family, and my faith in Jesus Christ have been the driving forces in my life and will continue to be so. Although I have loved my 35 years in media (newspaper, radio, & TV) accounting it has to follow the other 3 in importance. Hopefully, I can tell some memorable stories of my life that won't totaly bore you and offer a few opinions in my future posts.