Kristine Wolf Isnardi gave me the number 8, for 8 things you may not know about me. Here ya go, missy! 1)The first pet I ever loved with all my heart was a border collie named Snoopy, who came to live with us when I was 11. He was shot to death four years later by a #$&@ neighbor, who was mad that a dog born to herd dared to chase cattle on a farm. At Snoopy’s funeral, in our back yard, my dad dug the grave and my little brother and I played music on a red transistor radio. The song that played as we laid Snoopy to rest: “Back Off Boogaloo,” by Ringo Starr. 2) Stylist god John Frieda cut my hair in 1991, when his Frizz-Ease was brand-new. He told me I have good hair. Since he had cut Paul McCartney’s lovely locks, I was over the moon. I still have the pix from that experience. 3) I want to go on the Letterman show and do my Stupid Human Trick: I am fairly accurate at guessing what coins are rolling around in a clothes dryer. 4) I took piano lessons. I won the award for most improved student at one recital, but I think Mrs. Porter Carroll only gave me that honor because she knew that as soon as I pounded out the “Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet,” I was probably going to throw in the towel and admit that while enthusiastic, I sucked at piano after more than two years of lessons. I still have the prize: a brooch with a Kentucky cardinal on it. 5) I dream a lot and in vivid color, experience déjà vu often, believe in reincarnation and visualized many of the good things that have happened in my life over the past 15 years – long before they transpired. 6) I have interviewed more than 1,000 celebrities, written around 5,500 newspaper articles, interviewed thousands of everyday people – and I’ve done 95 percent of my reporting without a tape recorder or video. 7) I have more than one tiara, more than 300 Pez dispensers, all my vintage “Peanuts” paperbacks, dozens of books about the Kennedy family, a binder full of papers from first grade, hundreds of political pins and almost every card and note that Doug and I have given each other over the past 30 years. And if I need to find these things, I know which plastic bin they’re in in the storage room. 8) If you’re a Simpsons fan, you’ll get this one: I once drew a face on my behind with a black marker, dropped my pants in front of Doug, shook my butt and said, “I’m Doug Kennerly, blah, blah, blah.” He laughed so hard he almost hurt himself.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:37:34 +0000
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