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12 Things You May Not Have Known About Me

1.) My hobby

I collect Comic Books. Preferably DC / Batman (early issues)

I do have a 1957 Action Comic featuring Superman. I think

this is my oldest comic in my collection. Why Batman? Because I always felt like he had to prove himself to everyone else. He couldn't fly. He didn't have any super-powers. But he was a detective...

2.) Phobia

 I have a fear of heights. May seem silly to some, but it is mine
I get air sick looking at airmail stamps.

Don't mind flying. That doesn't bother me.

Although I'm not to crazy about the announcement to

"Get on the plane"...me, I'd rather get IN the plane.

3.) Favorite Book of the Bible 

  Malachi why? Because of God's interaction making a statement against Israel then answering the question for them. Of course they don't see it the same way as God does. Plus it introduces John the Baptizer as the coming Messenger for the Messiah.

Plus Malachi keeps me focused on watching how I think and rationalize

when it comes to God. Stay humble, my friend, stay humble.

4.) Favorite Author 

Ray Bradbury. Tales of the October Country 

R is for Rocket,  S is for Space. The Martian Chronicles

Always been partial to Science Fiction especially from the 40's, 40's and 60's.

5.) Favorite food 

Hands down my wife's banana pudding. 

Better than any steak, lobster, and or meat dish of any shape

form or fashion.When it's my time to go, fill up my casket with her Banana pudding and put the biggest spoon you can find on my chest.

6.) What is one quirky thing about me. 

Well, it isn't Christmas at the Bynum

household until I have eaten a Tangerine. This goes way back to my

growing up years. Part of our Christmas was the fruit and various kinds of

nuts my dad would bring home.

Tangerines were so scarce and unusual that if we ever got any, they

were always the first eaten. So this has become kind of a tradition

in my family that "It isn't Christmas until Dad has eaten a tangerine."

7.) Favorite Bible Teacher  

George Creel. 

George was the very first man who truly opened the Bible up to

Vicki and me.

George was the pastor at Central United Methodist Church in Gadsden,

and we were under his teaching for 14 years. He truly made the

Bible come alive for us.

8.) Favorite Time of the year

 It isn't so much a season as it is an event.

Some time back, Vicki and I started giving a family vacation as our

Christmas present to the kids.

A whole week where clan Bynum gathers in Ft. Walton and just

loves on each other.

Time with the grand kids.

Great food.

Long conversations and games of Risk and Trivial Pursuit.

Much laughter and memories made.

Who could ask for more.....

Chad, Robin, Tyler and Ashley

Josh and Heather

Michael and Vicki

Clan Bynum

9.) Favorite Band

Procol Harum

Yes, I love the Beatles, and all the other groups from the 50's, 60's and 70's.

But Procol has been my go to group even up till today.

They are still playing, recording and touring around Europe and England.

"Your witness, my own hand".

10.) Christian Album's that influenced me:

How the West Was One (Phil Keaggy and 2nd Chapter of Acts)

Victim's of The Age /  One of the Dominoes  (Mark Heard)

Horrendous Disc / Alarma!  (Daniel Amos)

Another Shade Of Blue (Danny Daniels)

Never Looking Back (John Barnett)

The Lord's Supper (John Michael Talbot)

I guess I could do this list forever and a day

11.) Favorite smell or odor/  

Tie between WD/40 and Bacon Frying.

If someone could come up with a cologne that smelled like either of these...you'd be a rich person. Who wouldn't like to smell like bacon frying.

12.) What I wanted to be when I was a kid

I wanted to drive a city bus. I thought that had to have been the greatest job in the whole world. Sitting in that huge padded seat, gripping that steering wheel. The drivers of the city buses always had that little fan mounted up to their left that kept a cool breeze blowing all day. Man, that was the life---at least when I was a kid.

I was just feeling a little like having some fun this morning, hence the list.
Hope you didn't mind a little deviation from the usual fare here at the Greene Street Letters.
Thanks...
God on you....
mb