A while ago, a “Top 25” game circulated on Facebook. Here are mine (plus just a few). As with life itself, this list is ever-evolving.
Neil Richardson – Firebird
Love classic soul, disco, R & B, hip-hop and EDM- Exercise because I’m inspired by my super-fit Dad
- Took flight lessons until I had to give them up due to migraine meds
- Went skydiving down the Shore and absolutely loved it
- Saw Paul McCartney in concert three times
- My Mom met the Beatles, and Dad could have gone pro as a pool player
- As soon as I started college, the WV drinking age spiked to 21. I was just 17. I also missed what would have been my first Presidential election, as I turned 18 a few days later.
- Drove Dad’s 18-wheeler
- Assisted my Mom (R.N.) in her Lamaze prepared childbirth classes
- Am thankful to be living in my dream house, with my dream husband
- Beat the tallest guy in my sixth grade class in the 50-yard dash
- Taught Sunday School and served as Council Secretary
- Started and directed a children’s a cappella choir at a local church
- Had a solo in Concert Choir in high school
- Made NJ Allstate Orchestra, as well as Central Jersey Regionals
- Achieved placement in the HS snare line after only a few months of lessons
- Made snare in the WVU Drumline; it was my “American Idol”. Simon has nothing on those guys.
- I got on TV at the Bluebonnet Bowl, and said HI MOM, and she saw it from her hospital bed
- I got on TV at the Sun Bowl and said HI DAD
- We planned and paid for our wedding and honeymoon ourselves
- Love to parasail
- Performed Who’s On First at a talent show in junior high with my brother
- Never had a cavity and my dentist said only his dental school models had better teeth
- Loved to Paint the Town with Mom as a kid; she always treated me as a little lady
- Despite the above, I was a tomboy growing up, preferring to ride bikes, climb trees and help my Dad outside
- Have always had a knack for cartooning
- Keep a daily diary, and have done so since age 11
- Was in a fashion show benefit once
- My work was featured in a “One Woman Show” in the school display case when I was in sixth grade, and I was profiled in “Spotlight On Education“
- Performed on marimba at the WVU Percussion Departmental (as the only non-major). Dave Satterfield, Director of Percussion in the WVU Division of Music, asserted that I could have BEEN a percussion major. Cue chorus from the Heavenly Host. Akin to NASA declaring your balsa wood rubber-band plane air-worthy. Thanks Dave.
- Participated in the filming of the Dow Jones employee video
- Volunteered for the Shogun 27 promotional video
- When I was 4, my parents and I stayed at the famed Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Goldfinger was nowhere to be found.
- My preferred drink is a classic dry gin martini with olives
- I’m not too proud to pick up a penny
- I can play Woody Woodpecker on the harmonica
- I got a hug from Greg Lake at an ELP concert, and Geddy Lee’s autograph after we saw RUSH
- Never met a Drake’s Coffee Cake or Devil Dog I didn’t like
