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1. Dyslexia seems somewhat prevalent these days. It seems like every time you turn around a celebrated person admits to having some degree of it. While I won't even get close to saying I'm sorry about NOT having it I feel a bit on the outside looking in when it comes to the subject itself. I mean, look at these other three people on this answer list. All dyslexic. As usual I'm the only one who doesn't have that mostly manageable disorder, and maybe a few other things as well, in common with them. Who am I?
2. Ah, to be alive! The lure of the open road, bugs in your face and occasionally the very coolest in helmet art (if you wear a helmet, that is, and you know that you really should). As you motorcycle about the USA, I am, in this singular case, the state mentioned out of these four that you WOULD probably like to travel through since I had racked up the least number of motorcycle traffic fatalities in 2004 among them. So, Easy Riders, out of this group where would you and your bike be the most likely to get through alive? Note: the data here reflects total number of events and not percentages of population; therefore the more densely populated states would land higher on the list.
3. ESPN (the foremost sports network in the USA) gathered their editorial staff in 2001 and asked them to pick 'The Best Nicknames in Baseball History'. They agreed on 10 names and aired them. They were quickly flooded with letters from viewers who had many other ideas that their "official" list forgot to mention so, in fairness and sportsmanship, the editors compiled a list of both their picks and the favorites of the letter writers and ran a vote. There were a total of (gasp!) 14,647 voters by the end of it! Me? I did pretty well, but not good enough to make the top five whereas these other ball players did. Who was I, the low man on the ladder voted in at #6?
4. "Every time I look down on this timeless town whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears---more and more do I realize:
I love Paris in the springtime! I love Paris in the fall! I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles..."
Obviously Mr. Nat King Cole was fond of Paris in those song lyrics to "I Love Paris". I love that city, too - the sights, the art, the smells, the people, the food, the history! I thrive on all of it. These other fellows might like it a bit more than I do, though, since they lived there and studied at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne) at some point and for various durations. I'm a Harvard man myself (by way of Juilliard). Who am I?
5. 'The Grand Ole Opry' in Nashville, Tennessee is, without question, the spiritual headquarters of country/western music in America. To play the "Opry" means that, if you're a crooner or guitar picker or both, you're either well on your way to stardom or have reached it already. The staff at the place periodically polls their audience about any number of things; they try to find out their preferences and, I'm sure, to help decide where their target audience lands so as to maximize their profits and to placate their demographics (since folks travel from far and wide to visit this landmark concert hall). One of their 2006 polls asked the question "When en route to 'The Grand Ole Opry', at which other tourist sites did you or would you visit in Tennessee?". Well, this is where I come in, sad, but true. Out of six choices I was selected the least of all of them. Which of these places am I?
6. I'm a real hot item lately in the local electronics stores, which pleases my circuits quite nicely, rest assured. I was really eager to be put on the shelf with the other portable DVD players, just certain that I'd be taken home immediately. Hmmm. It didn't quite happen that way and I blame that 2005 issue of 'Consumer Reports'. Out of all the portable DVD players they tested I came in last (so no one is buying us too speedily). My other three arch rivals here came in at the top of the list, the killjoys. Their model numbers mean mostly little but having, for the most part, very established and popular brand names left some of us new kids on the block out in the cold. Which sad little gadget am I?
7. 'O' Magazine, started by Oprah Winfrey, covers many issues but usually those appealing to its loyal female audience. In 2004 it assembled, in its editorial opinion, a list of the Top "Chick Flicks" of All Time. The titles covered the map, from comedies to soap operas to romances to an epic adventure or two. I'm an actress who was in two movies that made the top ten on that listing but, alas, didn't show up in a film that landed in the top three. Who am I? Note: the films they chose were selected on theme alone; historic popularity or awards or past critical summations had no large influence.
8. Being a taxi cab driver, while having its risks, is an honorable living ~ imagine being in Paris, London or New York City without such conveniences as we hacks? From 1978 until 1983 I got to be in a TV series that honored taxi drivers everywhere, and it was called, without muss or fuss, "Taxi". While labeled a 'situation comedy', our show dealt with many serious issues. Best of all, the heretofore "lowly" driver got his life explored. He got fleshed out and was given a respectful brush of three-dimension on the urban canvas of things. For example, on "Taxi", all of the staff did much more than just pick up fares and earn tips. Some of them had another vocation in addition to cabbing. Of these mentioned, I didn't have a 'second job' in the series, though. I was quite content having just one vocation among these other workaholics. Who was I?
9. There are no conclusive ways to count the times that are the most important in a man's life. Special moments come daily with each moment, hopefully, a different kind and a different impact of the one before it. If key events seem to stand out on the map they might be the day of his birth, the day he joins with the partner that will share his life (and with whom he will build a family) and, finally, that day when his life on this Earth ends. The esteemed 26th President of the USA, that wildly interesting 'Rough Rider' [who carried a big stick and so forth] had more than an average amount of spectacular life moments but he, like all men, had the three major ones spoken of. This time I am a month of the year and, unfortunately, not one in which Theodore Roosevelt was born, married or passed away. Which month am I? Hint: in my defense I AM the month he was sworn into office the first time. Also, if it helps, if star signs Sagittarius or Aquarius land in the month you select you haven't picked me, so pick another!
10. Show me the money! Show me those big ratings! Show me those screaming crowds! Show me Janet Jackson showing her....*oh, never mind that one*. I sing better than most, I'm popular, too. For some reason, although I HAVE sung at the festivities, they never asked me to do the halftime show at The Super Bowl in the 1990s. All these other pop stars got to, but not me. Left out again. Who am I?
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