I prefer to point out the obscure facts when people attack me out of their own bigoted stereotyping, but....

1. In some respects I am radically socialist (never part of the rigid rightwing religious).

2. I used to be a twin.

3. I've spent a number of hours with more than one would-be suicide, talking them off high places and off/through bad dope. I learned that ice cubes on testicles actually works in some overdoses, to buy time to get the patient to the ER.

4. In my extreme youth I once left known civilization with a total stranger for a weekend of camping that eventually included being given some very, very bad dope, a flood, target shooting (at me and my helpful rescuer) and having the shooter arrested when he arrived back in civilization still (foolishly) toting a pistol deep in his backpack.

5. I can drive very fast with great enjoyment, on the right roads, and I can nail the ravine section of Sheridan Road on Chicago's north shore in a full-length cargo van full of people and cleaning equipment.

6. I'm good at raising and nursing critters, most of whom come to me instantly-- wild or tame.

7. I'm known around my community as an excellent stepmother.

8. I was born in the morning, but not this morning.

9. I'm a real good shot with a .22 rifle, and with handguns up to .380 and six-inch barrels.

10. I'm staunch in an emergency, whether it be bloodied people or people needing to be extracted from a bad situation in a real big hurry.

~S~