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OMG! 25 Irrelevant Things About Me.
I wrote this when social media was young, and when everybody was still into ‘daring’ you to do certain things.
8 min readMar 3, 2024
The Rules: “If you receive this, you are supposed to do the same. Record 25 random facts, or observations, about yourself. Select 25 people and send it. Be sure and tag the person(s) who tagged you. If you are tagged, its safe to assume I’m looking to learn more about you.”
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- I was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Until my 4th year in San Diego, California, it remained my most favorite place on earth.
- My second name is in remembrance of my aunt who died in the holocaust. Unfortunately, I don’t like the name and have always felt guilty about that.
- I grew up, addicted to Superman, the Fantastic Four, Flash, and every other mag I could lay my lands on. Most of my pocket money went in this direction. This was unusual reading for a ten year old girl in South Africa at the time.
- I read my first Sci Fi book “Day of the Triffids” by John Wyndam in 1963. I was on an ocean-going voyage with my parents at the time and had run out of Enid Blyton books. I asked my father for something to read and was hooked. My next book was called “The Ten Thousand Year Plan” (it later became…