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Here are 5 tidibts about Brandon you're lucky to know;

1. I can say the alphabet in one long burp. When we were kids my brother and I taught ourselves to burp at will, after seeing our mom do it. Katie later joined our elite group and can burp louder and longer than anybody.

2. I listen to piano music when I am going to sleep. Chopin is the best. I don’t need it to go to sleep quickly, ‘cause I usually fall asleep in a couple minutes either way. In fact sometimes I might stay awake a bit trying to listen to the music longer, but it helps me sleep more soundly. I have some awesome nighttime/sleeping music if anybody wants some, although most of you reading this don't need my recommendations on good piano music.

3. I love and name my vehicles. It actually feels more like I find out their names after having them a while. I don’t see them as machines really; they have too much personality and I spend time with them and get to know them, so they are more than that. I try to maintain them well and it is easier to see the maintenance as a positive thing rather than a chore if the car isn’t just a machine. And like everything else, if you treat a car right it’ll treat you right, so I try to do that and I enjoy it. Many people seem to see this as aberrant behavior or maybe even a vice, but those people probably don’t mind driving in dirty, broken-down and ugly cars. I can’t stand it.
My bike is named Delilah; very sexy and dark. Our Honda is called Susan; she’s somewhat plain, but real reliable. Our Mazda is named Julie, after Julie Andrews’ Mary Poppins. She’s lots of fun, takes care of us and our kids, keeps us all safe and looks hot while doing it. Awesome.

4. This one may not be very unique; I hate wearing socks and shoes. Sophie and Ethan help me take them off right when I get home from work every day. I always wear flip-flops when I don’t have to wear shoes, no matter what the weather is like and for almost anything we’re going to do.
I’ve always been like this. My feet are pretty tough (and ugly) and when I was a kid I used to run around outside barefoot and I remember my brother not being able to keep up because my feet were used to being stabbed by rocks and weeds but his weren’t. Another time I was riding my bike home from my friend’s place, which I did all the time as a kid, but usually wearing shoes. This time I was in flip-flops though, and the heel of one hung off the pedal and caught on the ground and caused me to crash. I was pretty much hauling ass and fell on my knee real hard. It swelled up and got scarred pretty bad. I couldn’t walk much for a few weeks.

5. I can pound away ice cream. I know everybody loves ice cream, but there’s something in my blood that gives me a little bit extra. I believe it is hereditary because I have it, my father has it, and… my daughter has it. Good thing we’re all thin! I don’t much like dessert unless it’s ice cream or has ice cream in/on it. A gallon will go in a couple days unless I try real hard to take small portions. I’ll eat a bowl of ice cream and need more right after I’ve finished it. In my father’s words, ice cream is the perfect “pick-me-up, cool-me-down.”