While some may prefer the miscellaneous writings of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), others, the M.W. of H.P. Lovecraft, today I offer for your perusal the rough-and-tumble, unsophisticated musings of rel.

As dumb luck would have it, Lucy from lulupetals tagged me last week to a five random things meme. The structure of this meme is somewhat different from the usual in that it offers a miscellany of choices:

1. a. reveal 5 random/ weird facts about yourself.
2. b. state 5 top places on your want to see list
3. c. relate 5 things you never pictured in your future when you were twenty-five.

The standard re-tagging of 5 bloggers is proposed, as well as the link-back to she who taggeth thou.

I've chosen to answer in a non-standard manner, Choosing something from here and a little from there to create a post that would have met the prompt for Sunday Scribblings last but because of the lateness of my post will go unsubmitted. ;)

1. A. 1. I get up at 0330 Monday thru Friday to blog and exercise. Most folks I work with think that's odd. However, I think it's odd that I'm the only one of my many co-workers who blogs. Blogs? Is that a proper verb?

1. B. 1. I want to visit the Hague, Netherlands and see among other things their windmills.
2. 2. A tip to Florence, Italy and a chance to see the David in reality.

• C. 1. I never foresaw my being a two term mayor nor a two term school board president.
• 2. It never entered my mind that I would compete in and finish a 3 day, 90 mile canoe race in the Adirondacks or anywhere else for that matter.

There you go; 5 random things about me. In keeping with the non-traditional "meme" form I tag 5 non-bloggers to anonymously do this meme here on my comments section;

1. 1. Bonnie from Pepsi
2. 2. Pam S.I.L.
3. 3. Jay,from Bureau Veritas
4. 4. Jane from Basta's
5. 5. "Chelle from the V. A.