- Won an essay contest as a young teen, earning him a trip to Spain? - Was a "Big Brother" while in college? - Loved all animals except snakes, but loved pigs and dogs best of all? - Read the dictionary cover to cover as a young child? - Played various instruments in his High School band, including the trombone and tuba? - Learned French at the same time his first daughter learned to speak? - Loved to speak in the accent of the land - Jamaican English especially? - Dreamed of retiring in Marseille, Martinique, or Canada? - At one point was planning to be a Catholic priest? - Called his favorite tools and gadgets his "friends"? - Loved the Three Stooges? - Watched Jeopardy religiously? - Enjoyed a good cigar? - Preferred long walks to other forms of exercise? - Accompanied his kids' classes on school trips whenever he could? - Liked to build, sand, and polish shelves? - Used to pretend to be a shark when we went to the pool? - Liked to golf?