1. I have a nursing degree but I teach marketing….my wife has a marketing degree but she works in healthcare. I guess it makes sense in some weird kind of way!
2. I believe educating the future business leaders of our world is best gig going. I love what I do and those rascals definitely keep me on my feet!
3. Keeping with the family tradition, both my father and I received our doctoral degrees from Mississippi State University. In fact, our dissertations sit several feet away from each other on the same shelf in the campus library. I have a picture of us holding each (my fathers from 1971 and mine from 2006) in front of the library the day I graduated. The picture sits in a frame on the window ledge in my office.
4. Such pictures mean a lot more to me nowadays after my parent’s house caught fire and burned down (lightening strike) on the eve of Mother’s Day 2001. No one was hurt but nothing of real value was saved. In fact, I have no childhood artifacts…only memories.
5. Another similarity to my father….I am pretty loyal to barbers. In fact, I drive 2 hours, each way, every couple of weeks to get my hair cut…and to see the family of course!
6. I always wondered if my dad got that habit from his dad. I wish I would have had the chance to know either of my grandfathers. Both died much too early in life.
7. My middle name is Russ. It is my mother’s maiden name and I sign everything…and I mean everything… Brian R. Kinard. Maybe subconsciously it is a way to honor a man I never met.
8. I have 2 “half” sisters and 1 “full” sister. Is that politically correct? For most of my life I told people I had 2 “step” sisters….which is false. We all have the same father...I think!
9. I am the last remaining male branch in my family tree. Ironically I have 6 nephews, none of which will carry on the Kinard name. I guess the pressure is on!
10. I have never broken a bone in my body…a consequence that is in part due to never being in a fight. I regret that, as I believe everyone should have one good fist fight under their belt…with or without glass bottles. I guess I still have time.
11. However, I had my upper jaw operated on in 1999. Actually, I have a couple metal plates and numerous screws holding it together now. I’ve had procedures performed by numerous dentists, an orthodontist, a periodontist, an endodontist, a prosthodontist, and a maxio-facial surgeon. Not surprisingly, I believe that is every adult dental specialty recognized by the American Dental Association.
12. I have never been arrested…although I was once cuffed and held for questioning by security at the Birmingham Dog Track for a “minor misunderstanding”.
13. I was baptized and raised as a practicing Catholic growing up. However, I was ex-communicated from Holy Ghost Elementary School in 4th grade for another “minor misunderstanding”. The lab school was way cooler anyway!
14. I am pretty worthless when it comes to any activity involving balance, such as roller skating, skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, or skiing. My wife would probably add walking and dancing to this list.
15. I find massages to be more painful than relaxing. Furthermore, I honestly fear a chiropractor would paralyze me.
16. Speaking of fears…I have only one known phobia: Clowns…also known as Coulrophobia.
17. Also, I have a small problem with motion sickness. In other words, I am unable to play first person video games like Halo, ride the Gravatron/Twirlt-A-Whirl at your local carnival, or ride over ocean swells greater than 3 ft in a boat without vomiting uncontrollably.
18. Anther uncontrollable vice. I constantly bite my fingernails when I am nervous, especially when I watch a MSU or Clemson sporting event.
19. Yes, I love me some sports. In fact, I don’t listen to much music anymore. I am pretty much a 630 AM ESPN talk radio kind of guy these days.
20. I have a cell phone…but never on me. I got in the habit of leaving it in my office so it wouldn’t go off during class. Then I just started leaving it at home. I find my days to be less bothersome, contain fewer interruptions, and more productive without a cell phone attached to my hip. Try it sometime…you just might like it Mikey.
21. I am very organized and I miss Trapper Keepers….they seriously need to make a comeback. Tight roll jeans...not so much.
22. Speaking of tight roll jeans…I would make/force my sister Carole Ann to tight roll my jeans to absolute perfection before every day of school in the 7th grade. God peer pressure was a bitch in Kentucky.
23. I think I have a strange (sometimes referred to as “sick and twisted” by my in-laws) sense of humor which most people probably don’t get. Well, the friends that I have get it and that’s all that matters to me.
24. Maybe that’s why I have few friends and far too many acquaintances. I prefer it that way.
25. My best friend also doubles as my wonderful wife. Lucky me!
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