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100 Things About Me  

1. My name is Stephen Michael Dyas.
2. I was born in Morristown, NJ on August 14, 1979.
3. I grew up in Succasunna, NJ and Great Meadows, NJ.
4. I graduated 9th in my class in June of 1997 from Hackettstown High School.
5. I graduated from Penn State University in May of 2001.
6. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, with a minor in Mathematics.
7. I graduated from Johns Hopkins University in May 2005.
8. I have a Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering.
9. I’m married to a wonderful woman named Melissa.
10. I have a daughter named Lauren.
11. I have a sister named Rachel.
12. I have a Keeshond named Coaly.
13. If I recall correctly, I’m a Myers-Briggs INTJ.
14. My favorite number is 14.
15. My favorite color is blue.
16. I have blue eyes, which makes me happy every time I notice or think about it.
17. I’m left-handed.
18. I’m a Duke Basketball fan.
19. I’m a New York Giants Football fan.
20. I’ve battled hypertension since I was in Middle School.
21. At my heaviest, I weighed 250lbs, and then I lost 65+ pounds.
22. I do my best to live a healthy lifestyle.
23. I’m intrigued by human physiology, espcially the gastrointestinal system.
24. I’d like to see abs on my body for the first time in my life.
25. I’m not sure there’s a greater feeling in life than pure, uncontrollable laughter.
26. I really enjoy cooking and want to continually improve my culinary skills.
27. I enjoy writing fiction and poetry even though I don’t do it as much as I used to.
28. My favorite class at Penn State was Psychology 2 (now called Psych 100).
29. I talk to my parents on the phone every Sunday evening.
30. Being a father is more enjoyable and less hard than I thought it would be.
31. I prefer walking to running.
32. I follow the Abs Diet pretty closely.
33. My favorite book is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.
34. I play racquetball, softball and volleyball - many times in leagues.
35. I enjoy playing Flip Pie and am partially responsible for its future proliferation.
36. I like playing card games, especially Cribbage, Rummy 500, Poker and Crazy Eights.
37. I’m co-proprietor of a currently defunct food website called Greaze.org.
38. I love chicken parmigiana.
39. I love pizza, espcially from Pomodoro.
40. My favorite beer is a Black and Tan made from draft Bass and Guiness.
41. I enjoy an occasional glass of scotch.
42. I’m an avid Diet Coke drinker.
43. Someday I’d like to coach a little league baseball team.
44. I enjoy traveling.
45. I like staying in hotels.
46. I keep track of how many U.S. states I’ve spent at least one night in.
47. I can’t live without my iPod.
48. I like going to concerts.
49. I can’t dance, and I wish I could.
50. I can’t sing, and I REALLY wish I could.
51. I really like wikipedia.
52. I’ve fallen in love with WordPress.
53. I get easily hooked on catchy pop songs by female artists.
54. Las Vegas is my favorite city in the world…so far.
55. I live for Sunday morning breakfast – especially bacon and eggs.
56. I’m a confirmed catholic, I don’t go to church, and I don’t feel guilty about that.
57. I’ve gone horseback riding.
58. I’ve gone parasailing.
59. I like horror movies.
60. I think commercials should advertise several related products in the same ad.
61. I like dining at Red Robin.
62. I ate Rosti in Switzerland and it was pure heaven.
63. I like lilacs.
64. I’m an entrepeneur that hasn’t created anything yet.
65. I’d like to run a restaurant some day.
66. I employ a “variety is the spice of life” philosophy to almost everything in my life.
67. I played adult kickball, and had a blast doing it.
68. I’m conflict-adverse.
69. I’m bad at negotiation, but realize its value and want to get better at it.
70. I’ve never once smoked a cigarette, however, I’ve had a few cigars in my time.
71. I prefer red wine, especially Shiraz, to white wine.
72. I’ve become extremely interested in personal finance, investing and economics.
73. I see both sides of just about every single debate, which makes it difficult for me to make decisions.
74. I seem to have a horrible short-term memory but a pretty good long-term one.
75. I like having music on just about all of the time.
76. I really like blueberries and bananas.
77. I don’t really mind museums with neat things in them, but I hate reading all the descriptions.
78. The extent of my personal injuries are 1 sprained ankle, 1 broken ankle and 5 stiches in my right arm.
79. Apparently I nearly died from pneumonia when I was an infant.
80. I wish I watched more movies and read more books.
81. The only thing I can recall making me cry in recent memory was the series finale of Boy Meets World.  I have no idea…
82. I sleep very soundly.
83. I’m pretty liberal.
84. I don’t floss.
85. I thoroughly enjoy driving.
86. At one time I could drive a manual transmission but it’s been so many years I fear that I’ve lost that skill.
87. I prefer to park and walk inside than to get drive-through food.
88. I like watching and playing almost every sport except hockey.
89. I’ve got enough skill to be competitive in almost every traditional sport.
90. I respond more to praise and recognition than material reward.
91. When I had a lot of hair, I always wore hats and now that I’m losing it, I almost never do.
92. I enjoy being surprised, and I really like surprising others.
93. I like having a beverage I’m in the process of drinking at all times, whatever it is.
94. If forced to choose one or the other forever, I’d probably take chicken over beef, fish and pork.
95. I prefer the beach and ocean to the pool.
96. I have a bad habit of walking ahead of people, espcially my wife.
97. I’m extremely competitive in just about everything, especially things I have control over.
98. I can recite all of the United States in alphabetical order.
99. I failed my on-road driver’s test on the first attempt; I was devastated.
100. I enjoy sharing things with the world via my website.