About a decade ago, I worked at a summer camp with school-age kids. One of the things we did at the beginning of the summer was have the kids make a "poster" about themselves. We challenged them to list 50 Things about themselves so that others at camp could get to know them better. I don't feel witty enough for a "dating disaster" story today, so I'm just gonna list my 50 Things.... 1. My favorite color is red 2. My eyes are green 3. I'm right handed 4. I dream in color 5. My first dog's name was Moochie 6. I have a younger brother 7. I played with Barbie dolls until I was 12 8. I slept with a night-light until I left home for college 9. I've been to 18 states 10. I won $2500 playing slots in Vegas in 2001 11. I love seafood but hate fish 12. I love Dairy Queen ice cream 13. I had my tonsils out when I was 6 14. I'm afraid of birds 15. I can't swim 16. My favorite number is 28 17. I co-wrote a book called THE AMAZING MISADVENTURES OF IRVING AND RANDALL the year after I graduated from college, then got into a fight with my co-author and he swore to sue me if I ever tried to publish it 18. I have been in love with three men in my life. 19. I have always dated younger men 20. I can't stand mustard 21. I've seen Rick Springfield in concert 4 times 22. I was named after milk (Beverly Farms Milk, which I think used to be in Beverly, MA) 23. I was supposed to be named Crystal Dawn. (It was the 60s...) 24. I grew up in Pennsylvania 25. I had perfect attendance in high school 26. I used to have an imaginary friend called Charlie Chan The Made Up Man. (Yeah, I know it's a real name but my brother came up with the name and we shared Charlie.) 27. When Harry Met Sally is my favorite movie 28. I love old romantic comedies from the 50s and 60s 29. I wanted to marry Elvis when I was in 4th grade 30. I wanted to marry Rick Springfield when I was in 8th grade 31. I broke my right leg in 1992 32. My roommate and I got caught peeping in a boy's window when I was in college 33. I have seen the movie PRETTY WOMAN 56 times and know all of Julia Roberts' lines 34. I played a "wise man" in the Christmas Play in third grade 35. I have lived in the same apartment for 7 years 36. I researched, designed, wrote and coordinated the publishing of a pamphlet on "Quality School Age Child Care" in 1996 which was used by 17 counties in Ohio 37. I did a live segment on TV on "Quality School Age Summer Care" that same year 38. I'm very crafty and give home-made soaps to my friends every Christmas 39. I "house-sat" an allegedly haunted sorority 40. I can't sleep with my bedroom door closed 41. I once had my "fortune" told and the "fortune teller" told me that the letter "K" would be significant to my soul mate 42. I went out with a construction worker I met at the Knights Inn. He wasn't my soul mate. 43. I sang "Frosty the Snowman" with a co-worker at a Christmas party in 1995 44. I make a mean spinach dip 45. I don't smoke 46. I'm a diabetic 47. I collect shot glasses 48. I grew up in a town that had less than 1000 people 49. I am superstitious 50. I believe that things happen for a reason