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Random Facts About Me

By Darren On November 24, 2009 Under personal

As this is my personal blog, I felt it would be appropriate for me to post a list of things about me.  So here goes, twenty three things that you, most likely, did not know about Darren Singleton:

  1. I once swallowed a marble
  2. I have owned three cars, all of which have been Vauxhall Corsa’s.
  3. I own a private registration starting with DAZ
  4. I am awful at parallel parking
  5. My middle name is James
  6. I have a younger sister @jo_singleton
  7. I spend way too much money on domain names
  8. My favourite snack is Seabrook Prawn Cocktail crisps
  9. My ringtone is currently MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
  10. For years, I have had problems sleeping
  11. I have lived in the same house for over twenty years
  12. I hate tomatoes
  13. I cannot stand the taste of eggs or milk
  14. I love the taste of Ginger Beer
  15. I have two fish tanks, but currently no fish!
  16. My GMail inbox currently contains 1787 unread emails.
  17. I have a 100% positive eBay rating with a feedback score of 119
  18. I love watching Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
  19. I read books whilst in the bath
  20. I work for a local web video production company
  21. I would love to learn to cook and eat much more healthy
  22. I have a BSc (Hons) Computing
  23. I really struggled thinking of twenty three facts!

And, just in case you were wondering, I chose twenty three because that is how old I am currently.  If you write a post like this one please let me know in the comments, I would love to find out more about my readers.  Is there anything you would like to know about me, please feel free to ask me!

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Leighann Garber

November 24, 2009

Hey, I love this idea! I’m gonna do that on my site. Cool!

It’s funny, because we actually have a lot in common. Let’s see, #4, 16 (approx),18, 19 (never loan me a book, it will come back warped and water-stained) , and 21. Well, I know a lot about 21, I just want to be able to do it more often and better.

Are you really addicted to registering domain names like my husband? :) He just wrote about his addiction on his blog. Funny one, but sadly true. He’s been DSA free for over 10 days no. lol. But I’m having to keep him from falling off the wagon. http://garlix.com/website-success/domain-registration-addiction/

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Darren Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 12:12 AM

It seems I’m not as addicted as your husband! My current count is ‘just’ 61, one of which I registered earlier today! I really enjoyed reading your husbands post, thanks for sharing.

Be sure to let me know when you add your list of facts and I will link to it from here.

Darren

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Leighann Garber Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 2:08 AM

Ok, I’ve added mine here. 28 for my 28 years. That was fun!

Oh my, 61. That’s still right up there. :) The irritating thing is he
has such great ideas! If we were millionaires, we could just hire
someone to maintain them, but with automation, they don’t really
succeed.

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Darren Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 12:31 PM

I’m letting a few of the domains expire, I’ve realised I’m never going to develop them all.
I don’t like automating tasks, I get the feeling that I have lost total control of them.

I appreciate you sending the link back to me Leighann.

Dan Harrison

November 25, 2009

That’s a really interesting post Darren! How did you fix your sleep problems? I’ve had sleep issues for a long time, but I found a few tricks to help me.

e.g. Not eating after 8pm, downloading thoughts on to a notepad (stops the mind racing), and generally trying hard to relax.

Dan

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Darren Singleton Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 10:17 AM

Thanks Dan.

I haven’t yet overcome my sleeping problems and regularly lie in bed until 3 or 4 am wondering when I will eventually get some sleep!

The not eating after 8pm is interesting, I have an awful habit of snacking in an evening!

Darren

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Dan Harrison

November 25, 2009

Oh dear, I’ve had that. Here are a few more tips then:

1) avoid caffeine and other stimulants
2) Certain foods can help you sleep at night – do some research (cos I’ve forgotten)
3) Have a hot bath about an hour before bed. This raises your body temperature, and then causes it to drop lower than what it was. It’s the body cooling down that helps trigger sleep.
4) Ensure your bedroom is cool due to #3 above
5) Unwind an hour before bed, doing something completely relaxing. For me, it’s watching a fiction TV programme.

Dan

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Darren Singleton Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Thanks again Dan,

With reference to your points above:

1) Drinking copious amounts of energy drinks and Cola won’t help and I know that, however I continue to drink them for some reason – maybe today I should put my foot down and stop!?

2) I’ve taken a look at some foods listed on other websites and will make an effort to eat those types of foods for my evening meal/snacks to try and help my relaxation.

3) The bathing before bed sounds like a sensible idea and I think combining that with point 5 by reading something could work quite well.

4) My bedroom is always quite cool but I tend to wrap up warm in bed, maybe best if I tried to keep a little cooler myself during the night.

I’ll see if any of these work and will let you know.
Thanks again,
Darren

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Jason

November 25, 2009

You once swallowed a marble? Ouch!
I also hate parallel parking!

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Darren Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 12:32 PM

When I was around six or seven I did swallow a marble (unintentional, I believe I was hiding it from a teacher!).

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Tom Baker

December 9, 2009

I just did a get to know me listing on my site. I like searching for similar posts after my ideas are posted. Nice list and yes, it is difficult to come up with a nice long list.

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