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Here's the Seven Random things you may not know about me. It's a meme. Since no one tagged me with it, I'm not tagging anyone.

1. At the meeting of the moms for my wedding, my mother-in-law commented, "Congten! That's an unusual last name! Any relation to Archie?" My mom replied, "Archie was my grandfather." My mother-in-law got disturbingly enthusiastic. "My mom was his second wife! I lived with them through high school." At which point, mom recognized her. They dove into their archives and pulled out pictures of both of them at the same family reunions which stopped before I was born. No blood relation between us, but if there was, we'd be second cousins once removed. This was creepy enough to my sweetie to where he slept on the couch that night. (last name slightly changed for privacy reasons)

2. My daddy is a rocket scientist and looks just like Leonard Nimoy. We call him Spock, but it annoys him.

3. I've snuck onto the set of Deep Space 9 and pretended to have a drink in the bar, during probably one of the wildest dates I've ever been on in my life.

4. I went to France for lunch. (Living in London at that time, took train and ferry to Calais, found a restaurant, and made our way back- took all day).

5. I play Vanguard: Saga of Heroes far, far too much. I used to play EverQuest the same way.

6. Ask me anything about historical plumbing, and I can probably babble for hours and provide pictures. I can do the same thing with making booze... and cheese. See the Research Blog.

7. I've dressed in medival armor and beat people up for fun. (SCA)  ¶ 2:13 PM