Sunday, November 08, 2009

The Formative Years

Since Cohen's birth, I have been thinking about the things and events that shaped who I am today. Here is a more or less chronological list:
My parents held me
Everyone else held me
My parents read to me
My parents made me read to them
Colored wooden blocks - we didn't have Duplo
LEGOs
GI Joe
Chess
Soccer
Home made fireworks... that almost shot my dad's foot off
Fire
The A-Team
MacGyver
Dad asking "how many different ways can you use a paperclip?" one Sunday
Nintendo
Scouting
The Hardy Boys
Fireworks
Our first computer - $2000 for a 66MHz processor. Current system is 64 times faster and cost $800
BBS
Internet
Napster
Hacking
SubSeven
Social Engineering
StarCraft
Dumpster Diving
Brazil
College
BitTorrent
Guns
Marriage
A real job
Baby

2 comments:

Michael Adams said...

Sub7 made me the man I am today. Well, that, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Unknown said...

You forgot to mention beating up little brother. =P I know that that changed my life.