1. I'm English
2. I live in the Tundra that is called Minneapolis
3. I should have been French or Italian
4. I am incapable of gaining weight
5. I once peed into the Pacific from a pier in San Diego
6. The first time I went to London I watched Star Wars
7. I hate London
8. I love Italy
9. At a trade show, I was shrink wrapped to a chair after one too many tequilas
10. I once quoted Oscar Wilde in a letter to a girl who never spoke to me again
11. I wish I'd written 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'
12. I drink too much
13. I smoke too much
14. I have little self-discipline (see 12 and 13)
15. I have lived in 11 houses since leaving home at the age of 18
16. I cannot cook
17. Peter Sellers is my hero
18. No he's not - Eric Cantona is
19. In my mid-teens I wanted to be a vet until I discovered that I was way too thick
20. I still have scars from chicken pox
21. I have no tattoos although I nearly got one in 1999 when Manchester United won the Treble
22. I once went to the FA Cup final as a guest of Microsoft
23. I hate cats
24. I once was on a plane to Milan that Nena Cherry was on
25. I really should get my SUV in for a service
26. I love Bombay Saphire gin (see 12)
27. Nothing would make me happier than a flat panel display for my Linux box
28. I used to think Manchester was the center of the universe
29. It most definitely is not
30. My favorite city is San Francisco
31. My second favorite city is the Hague
32. I have visited over 20 countries
33. I love Bourgogne (see 12)
34. I once missed winning the UK lottery by 4 days and 1 number
35. I'm sure I was born to be rich
36. I am trying (unsuccessfully) to move my UK pension funds to the US
37. I decked a guy at my graduation party
38. I love Stella Artois (see 12)
39. I only discovered Joni Mitchell at the age of 33
40. I despise tomatoes, sage and stuffing
41. I am allergic to Turkish Delight
42. I once mistook Savlon for toothpaste and screamed a lot
43. I had aspirations of being a world class batsman
44. I had aspirations of being a world class striker
45. I hate the cold
46. I hate static electricity
47. I am pretty good at cryptic crosswords
48. Motorola are a bunch of fuckwits
49. I have a distant cousin who lives in Washington state
50. I was officially divorced on February 12th 2001
51. I was married to Natalie on April 26th 2001
52. I once slept on a park bench outside a nunnery in Middlesbrough
53. In general I don't remember dreams
54. I was 25 before I saw the Pacific Ocean
55. Before I started smoking, I could run a mile in about 5 mins 30 secs
56. I cannot run a mile now (see 13)
57. I hate Eminem more than any other person on the planet
58. I have no beer in the fridge at this moment (see 12 and 14)
59. I have just moved into a swanky cube at work - it doesn't impress me
60. My first wedding ring was platinum and my current one is white gold
61. When I arrived in the US, I had a single suitcase with all my worldly possessions in it
62. When Natalie and I moved into our first house, we had an inflatable mattress and a deck of cards
63. We now have too much stuff
64. I'm an atheist
65. I love the phrase "The Thatcherdom of Discontent"
66. I hate the word 'strategic'
67. I once had my nose broken in a fight and had to stick frozen carrots up my nostrils to stop the bleeding
68. I wish I had written 'Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency'
69. I wish I'd had something published that wasn't technical
70. I wish I'd come up with the line 'All Cats are Grey'
71. I'm an internet junkie
72. I really miss listening to Peter Allen and Jane Garvey on 5 Live
73. If I were a millionaire, I'd spend my time equally in the US, UK, France and Italy
74. Sometimes I sing
75. I never buy cheap shoes
76. I love Boddingtons (see 12)
77. We are not alone - anything else would defy probability
78. I can prove that our number system is fundamentally flawed
79. 78 is a lame proof and most 16 year olds could spot the incorrect assumption
80. I think, on average, that I have 2 or 3 non-epiphanies per day where I suddenly understand the meaning of a phrase
81. I listen to NPR on the way to and from work but have never donated
82. 'Allo 'Allo was a masterpiece of comedy
83. I'm a procastinator
84. I'm an obsessive
85. I can be articulate but am not for the majority of the time
86. I have at least 4 nick-names
87. I have broken my nose more times than I can remember
88. I have broken both my knee-caps
89. I love good brandy (see 12)
90. I could sing very well until my voice broke
91. I once got drunk in Florida and nearly ended up fighting a cowboy
92. I once got drunk in Llandudno and did end up fighting a scouser
93. I seem to have had more than my fair share of fights
94. I hate fighting
95. I have always wanted a dog - note the singular
96. I know where the smoking rooms are in most airports
97. I've just had to give the Bean a time-out
98. She doesn't like it
99. I've never been to Australia
100. I've reached 100 and am exhausted