100 Facts About Me

 I came up with this listed based on Chad Williams from 30isthenew20.com 

100 facts about him. 

I also want to plug Buster Benson https://busterbenson.com/me/ and his website https://750words.com/ for helping me with my thoughts and writing.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization  A guide to my 501c codes 

1. I believe in writing down goals and reaching them 
2. I have given over a gallon of blood (Almost 2)
3. I took a digital sabbatical for a whole week 
4.  I graduated from community college with an AAS in business 
5.  I work to bridge the digital divide by making technology accessible and affordable to people, helping them understand and just trying to enrich their lives. This has been a long-term passion project for me.
6. I taught computer classes for seniors & those impacted by the Great Recession and other factors that they just needed some computer classes and education. I really enjoyed doing this work but it was well over 10 years ago now.
7. Read the entire New Living Translation Bible in 90 days 
8. Read the entire Jefferson Bible
9. Member of Toastmasters for a time 501c3
10. I am a Master Mason a Freemason in Iowa 501c10
11. I was a member of the Jaycees 501c4
12. I am a member of the Landlords of Iowa 501c6
13. I completed a Little Free Library projects for 2 towns that did not have them 
14. I was a member of the Elks Lodge 501c8 
15. I owner occupy a duplex that I rent half out of
16. I was a union member at work for the Communications Workers of America 501c5   
17. I have been in the newspaper and local TV
18. I have never been to jail.
19. I don't smoke, drink  or  do drugs
20. I bought a prepaid cremation Link  
21.  I own my own burial plot 501c13
22. I set up my first website in September 2009. It's a personal site and I'm part of the g suite legacy. :-) Free email for life $10 a year for hosting Link 
23. I have no pets.
24. I don't like using most forms of social media. Outside of Youtube and Reddit 
25. I am a member of the Friends of the Library in a few towns.
26. I lived downtown in a larger Midwest city where I could walk to work.
27. I've had an off-and-on relationship with driving. At the current time I don't own a car but I still have non-owner Auto insurance. Link
28. American Legion "Hawkeye" Boys State I was in
29. In high school, I was in National Council on Youth Leadership
30. I worked on getting on the library board of trustee but that option got blocked for me
31. I really value the Bill of Rights and the power that gives to the individual 
32.  I am a member of the Mindbridge Foundation I go to their cons each year 501c7 
33.  I inherited my grandfather's stamp collection, basically a big box of stamps. I join the largest stamp club in Iowa.
34. I am in to bird watching and a member of a few groups 
35. I worked at a subscriber owned telecom cooperative 501c 12
36. I am a member of NewPi Food Cooperative
37.  I am a member of a few credit union cooperatives Federal and State 501c 1 or 14
38. I  am a member of an oil/ag coop as well as New Deal Cafe Co-op 
39. I have always had a thing for joining cooperatives and 501C
40. I had a working landline OBI202 I switched over to redpocket $32 a year plan 
41. I have a collection of phones & am a member of Telephone Collectors International 501c3
42. I started a tech support business back in high school and still run it today Covid almost killed it :(
43.  https://www.wealthplex.net/ is one of many websites I have setup
44. I have written over 375 days in a row on 750words.com
45.  I was in a Defined Benefit Pension from work
46.  I like Jack Bogle and Bogleheads.org
47. I have my own bowling ball and shoes
48. I setup my 1st LLC w/EIN and PO Box in 2022 to make it big in biz :) 
49. I was in a sword fencing club at one point
50.  My newest video game console is a PS3  
51.  My newest video game handheld is a Gameboy Advance SP which I still own
52. *I only use Motorola Android smartphone till 2022 when I bought my Pixel 6
53. I have one and only one tattoo. Was a part of my 101 goals Link 
54.  I have been to a Hawkeye Football game once in 2006
55. I have been to a Chicago Cubs game a few times
56. I have gone to a number of minor league baseball games 
57. I have been to the Library of Congress and got the Card to show for it,
58. I am an ordained minister via ULC
59. I have been to Medieval Times
60. I am a cheap/late adapter to technology
61. I watch Iowa NPR & PBS and enjoy their different shows  
62. I don't have cable and get TV for Free via Over the Air antenna
63. I have a Roku
64. have worked in telecommunications and technology since I was a teenager Live by the phone die by the phone... Also the name of a book I am working on :) 
65. I like printed books over digital ones that no one owns. 
66. I have a larger private nonfiction library than some small town public ones. I'm a bookworm.
67. I Like Dell Laptops and desktops over other computer brands
68. I am an only child
69. my parents are still married for over 40 years! 
70.  I don't like keeping up with the Jones I bring em down to my level :) 
71. I live in a lower-middle-class rental neighborhood but its very affordable and nice 
72. I had no debt till I bought my duplex.
73. I did not have my own computer till I was in high school then I got a used Dell w/ Windows XP I still have that PC and its never been hooked up to the internet since I have owned it just use it for writing and art etc... an offline sanctuary! 
74. I have never lived in a state other than Iowa
75. I have never traveled outside the USA But I want to get my passport soon
76. I got my driver's license at 19
77. I have been on Medicaid before 
78. I have wanted to own a duplex since I was in high school bought it at age 27.
79.  I prefer to do business with cooperatives, nonprofits and then local for-profit companies.
80. I use both Linux and Windows on my PC's but I own 1 old mac mini 
81. I am a level 8 Google Local Guide out of 10 levels highest person in Iowa
82. I have the complete John T Reed Real Estate book collection 
83.  I'm quite the movie buff and have an appreciation for cinema, in particular Martin Scorsese films and Stanley Kubrick it would go movies mini series and then the lowest of all traditional content television series for my perception of traditional media.
84. I have a complete print set of Encyclopedia Britannica 15th edition cost me $20  I gave the collection to my cousin link
85. I have Warhol soup cans print art on my kitchen wall
86.  the rest of the art that I have on my walls is from friends and family
87. I have called the 917-ASK-NYPL hotline  917-275-6975
88.  I use student discounts They are the AARP for young people
89.  I was a member of a TimeBanking group at one time.
90. I am an Autodidact
91. All my lights in both units are LED
92. With my current job I get corporate food stamps as part of my compensation link
    
93. *I don't set clocks I use atomic radio controlled ones over the years radio control don't work :(
94. I won't own a couch I own a futon cheaper more functional
95. I have more phone numbers than most people
96. I really enjoy Wikipedia public domain and other free content
97.  I have only owned sedans type of vehicle 
98. I can get really into topics I am interested in
99. I like non commercial spaces 
100. I care about the rights of the worker and the little person
101. Happy Chef restaurants interest me to the point that I have an excel doc about them