OK... so here goes my first Friday Five, as linked from MamaM

1. What are you most afraid of?
2. Do you use a flat iron or curling iron?
3. Hands-free or phone to the ear?
4. Do you have a matching bedroom set?
5. Do you believe in the paranormal?

1. What are you most afraid of?
I'm by no means a fearful person. For the most part, I think of fear as a stepping stone to faith (a topic for a future blog... watch for it). Fear certainly exists, but for the most part I take delight in finding opportunities to march through fear to the satisfaction I feel on the other side. To quote the title of a book I bought once.... "Feel the fear and do it anyway". So the only real fear I have is something that I'm NOT able to march through... that something would happen to my amazing wife or great children that could have otherwise been avoided. I mean, it doesn't make sense to worry about the unknown, if a meteor crashes into our house or a stampede of wild boars trample my children's playground... but the dangers that my family may KNOWINGLY walk into and be given the opportunity (I believe by God) to do something about but choose not to, THOSE are what I'm fearful of.

2. Do you use a flat iron or curling iron?
Sorry ladies, I'm a guy. The only type of iron I use is for my dress shirts...

3. Hands-free or phone to the ear?
Both.... to the ear if at home or office, hands-free (usually) in the car or running errands.

4. Do you have a matching bedroom set?
Umm... sort of. Although it's possible I could be mistaken since it's been a while since I've seen my side of the bedroom because of all the clothes I still have to put away in my tiny armoire. (sorry LWOM..... "lovely wife of mine")

5. Do you believe in the paranormal?
Yes, although as both a person who has considerably researched this and also having been a professional magician for 25 years, I have a somewhat unique take on this. I know for a fact that the majority of "psychics" are nothing of the sort, having performed "psychic" routines myself. The current show "The Mentalist" is actually very accurate in dealing with how many psychics actually use a method of cold reading to demonstrate "paranormal abilities". However, the REAL psychics and other paranormal phenomenon (as rare as they may be) can be extremely dangerous and are not something for the casual lay person to mess around with. I'm open to discussing more but only when requested... no soap box tirades for me.

And that's about it.... if there's anyone there reading this, welcome to this little information circle of my life.