Sleuth Day Answers

Here are the answers to my Sleuth Day challenge.

1. Why is there a crescent-shaped space in my goatee where hairs will not grow?
   In seventh grade, I was running through the bleachers during gym class and somehow managed to fall on my chin. I was completely uninjured with the exception of a chin gash that bled profusely but didn't hurt at all. I know I've written about this here before, but I can't seem to find the entry. I really need to implement AND/OR searches for this website.


2. How did I first get involved in computer programming?
   After playing Zork I in the first grade, I started writing my own computer games. However, since I knew nothing about programming, "writing a game" meant "typing a game transcript into an early version of WordPerfect". When I showed the sample output of the game to my parents, they set me up with BASIC and I started writing real games, some of which I still have the hintbooks I created on the dot-matrix printer for.


3. How did a movement from Sibelius' fifth symphony end up in our wedding?
   I chose the third movement of this symphony for the "sitting around waiting for things to start" music because it is the most pleasant piece of music I know.


4. Other than Muse, what is the only other mainstream rock concert I have attended?
   In 2003, I attended the Aerosmith / KISS concert, in my first and last trip to the Nissan Pavilion.