Quick Bio
I was born in Minneapolis, MN in April of 1992 - Brad Warner and Lisa Turner's first born child and for 3 sweet years, the center of attention. Now, I'm oldest of 4 siblings and rightful heir of something to be negotiated later.
I lived in Minnesota for the first 18 years of my life. Specifically, in a relaxed town 30 minutes west of Minneapolis, called Excelsior. A thoroughly comfortable place to grow up, although I did my best to find discomfort.
As a descendent of Swedish immigrants, agriculture entrepreneurs, and well to do British folks, I embody elements of each. More directly responsible for me are my parents, one an educator and the other a lawyer.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, these are a few of the favorite things.... and a few of my least favorite.
Likes | Enthusiasm Scale |
|---|---|
S'mores | 8 |
Italian Food | 9 |
Beaches | 9 |
Mountains | 10 |
Islands | 9 |
Nature | 10 |
Walks | 8 |
Recess | 5 |
Data | 10 |
Logic | 9 |
Citations | 6 |
Food Trucks | 8 |
Podcasts | 7 |
Pool Parties | 7 |
Fruit | 8 |
Exploring to explore | 7 |
Metacognition | 10 |
Learning | 10 |
Reading | 8 |
Dogs | 10 |
Good Writing | 8 |
Science-fiction | 9 |
Listening to Music | 10 |
Not Wearing Shoes | 6 |
Maps | 10 |
Fly Fishing | 9 |
Skiing | 10 |
Backgammon | 5 |
Bridge | 9 |
Chess | 7 |
PB&Js | 6 |
Hot Tubs | 6 |
Board Games | 10 |
Cheesecake | 7 |
Bubble Tea | 8 |
Dislikes | Disdain Score |
|---|---|
Mosquitos | 10 |
Bugs | 7 |
Daylight Savings | 8 |
Snowboarding | 3 |
Skateboarding | 4 |
Posers | 5 |
Top 40 Hits Radio | 9 |
Cars | 3 |
Wasting Time | 8 |
Junk Food | 7 |
Dogs that yip-yap | 2 |
Events that start late | 5 |
La Nina | 3 |
Middle Management | 4 |
Humidity | 8 |
Indecision | 7 |
Waiting in line | 8 |
Work about work | 3 |
Slack | 6 |
Dress Codes | 9 |
Voluntelling | 6 |
Tofu | 4 |
Spiders | 10 |
Cats | 4 |
Meetings about Meetings | 10 |
Filling out forms | 7 |
Cheese | 8 |
Nick-isms
So I like phrases and language a lot. I especially like making those things up or adopting combinations for my own purposes. As a result, sometimes I say phrases or words folks may not have heard before. More than 1 person has told me I should have a definitions list handy. This is the start of that.
Phrase/Word | Definition | Usage Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Octopus garden | Something weird, non-sensical, and/or unexpected. Can be good or bad, usually something in between. | 4 |
Thorny bush | A really tough problem. To solve it, you're going to get scratched up and it'll be painful, but it's surmountable with a can-do attitude. | 3 |
Okey-doke corral | Nonsense, in a childish sense. Lots of for show displays, not a lot of progress. | 5 |
Hokey-poke corral | A bunch of nonsense. A lot of doing nothing or a waste of time/resources. Screwing around. | 7 |
Fighting duck sized horses | From the question: would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses? I fight duck sized horses. | 3 |
Wagon with no wheels | Could be useful, but it's not very useful in current state. A sad state of affairs, something that will take a lot of effort to get anywhere. | 5 |