Who is Dale Rippke
(It's not about
vanity.....really)
Who I Am?
I recently had the opportunity
to fill out 99 questions about who I am.
- 1. Full name: Dale E. Rippke
- 2. Height: 6 foot 1 inch
- 3. DOB: 9 March, 1956
- 4. Birthplace: Sioux City, IA
- 5. Where do you live now?: Fort Dodge, IA
- 6. Family Members: Sharon (wife), Rhiannon (daughter),
Morgan (son), Alex (grandson)
- 7. Parent(s): Alvin and Marion Rippke
- 8. Sibling(s): David, Neal, Diane, and Byron
- 9. What do you look like: I'm told I look like the
"Comic Store Guy" from the Simpsons
- 10. Favorite TV shows: Babylon 5
- 11. Favorite Actor/Actress: Sean Connery/Helen Slater
- 12. Favorite movie(s): Dances With Wolves
- 13. One word to describe yourself: Laidback
- 14. School: Woodbury Central/Spencer School of Business
- 15. Future School: Life 101
- 16. Future job: Are you hiring?
- 17. Boyfriend/Girlfriend: My last girlfriend was Sharon,
whom I married
- 18. Best Buds: Rich Griffith
- 19. Favorite candy: Gummi Jolly Ranchers
- 20. Hobbies: Lately its mostly been the computer
- 21. Things you collect: books, record albums, compact
discs, Star Trek stuff
- 22. Do you have a personal phone line: No, but my
computer has one
- 23. How many e-mail addresses do you have?: one
- 24. Favorite thing on/in you: my intellect
- 25. Favorite body part of the opposite sex: I like the
curve of the neck from the ear to the shoulder
- 26. Do you get your news from newspapers or TV?: radio
- 27. Any tattoos and where of what?: Never felt the need
- 28. Piercing and where: left ear, passe
- 29. What do you sleep in: my bed
- 30. What do you think of chain letters?: The letter's OK,
the person who sent it needs to get a life
- 31. Best Advice: Don't sweat the small stuff--Its all
small stuff
- 32. Best Cliche: No Matter Where You Go, There You Are!
- 33. Words and phrases you over-use: Really? Whatever. I
hear you.
- 34. Non-sport activity you enjoy: building a computer
web-site
- 35. Dream car: 1956 Corvette
- 36. What type of music do you listen to?: mostly pop and
rock
- 37. Scariest thing you've ever done: Seance in a
snowstorm
- 38. Favorite thing to do in winter: well its not shovel
my sidewalk
- 39. What's your bedtime: when I get tired
- 40. Where do you shop?: Best Buy and Borders Books
- 41. Coke or Pepsi: Mountain Dew
- 42. Favorite thing to wear?: I like my leather duster
- 43. Favorite subject in school?: drama
- 44. Favorite color: lilac and teal
- 45. Favorite song(s): The Highwayman
- 46. Favorite people to talk to online: Rhiannon
- 47. Favorite animal(s): Cats
- 48. Where do you work?: at a comic store
- 49. Favorite article of clothing: T-shirts
- 50. Favorite TV commercial: Energizer Bunny
- 51. Do you smoke?: No, I don't smoke..cigarettes
- 52. Favorite Vacation Spot: Black Hills of South Dakota
- 53. Political Affiliation: Libertarion
- 54. Favorite Family Member: Alex
- 55. Do you want to have kids?: I've had three, its
someone else's turn
- 56. What's the neatest thing about your room?: my bed
- 57. Favorite CD you own: Sophie B. Hawkin's Whaler
- 58. Favorite Restaurant: Taco Tico
- 59. Are you a good friend?: Why? Are you trying to
borrow money?
- 60. Favorite Food(s): Pizza
- 61. What is your favorite salad dressing?: Blue Cheese
- 62. Favorite Fast Food: Nachos
- 63. What sports do you like?: Football, Hockey, and
extreme Kiting
- 64. When you die, do you want to be buried or burned into
ashes?: cremated
- 65. Do you believe in aliens?: Yes, but do they believe
in us?
- 66. If you had the chance to professionally do something,
what would you do?: Archaeologist
- 67. Things you obsess over?: my webpage and Babylon 5
- 68. Favorite Day of the Week: Friday
- 69. A teacher you hate: Phillip Walk
- 70. Favorite Disney Movie: Fantasia
- 71. What is your favorite season?: Autumn
- 72. What toppings do you like on your pizza?: Sausage,
onion, and japelanos
- 73. Do you like your school food: I didn't when I was
there
- 74. If you could live anywhere, where would you live?:
Black Hills of South Dakota
- 75. Favorite thing to do on weekends: poke my cat with a
fork
- 76. Favorite thing to get clean: uhhhh, I'm not going
there
- 77. Favorite Magazine: PC Gamer, Discovery, and Earth
- 78. Favorite Beverage: Classic V-8
- 79. Favorite Number(s): 9, 6, and any combinations
thereof
- 80. Favorite Ice Cream flavor(s): Hagen Daas Key Lime and
Creme
- 81. What kind of girls are you attracted to?: the type
with a sense of humour
- 82. Who is your favorite author?: Robert E. Howard
- 83. Who was your first kiss?: Lucinda Becker
- 84. What's your most embarrassing moment?: Creating
Napalm with bugspray (don't ask)
- 85. If you could change one thing about yourself what
would it be?: get rid of procrastination
- 86. If you could change one thing about your past, what
would it be?: Babysitting Dylan
- 87. Do you eat breakfast first than brush your teeth or
brush before you eat?: brush first
- 88. Favorite cereal(s): apple jacks
- 89. Favorite time of day: pre-dawn
- 90. Can a guy and girl be just "best friends: Girls
think so, straight guys don't
- 91. Do you ask the girl out or do wait for them to come
to you?: I ask them out
- 92. Do you mind paying for a date?: usually do
- 93. Best book you've ever read: The Seat of the Soul
- 94. What's the most important in someone's personality?:
not to take themselves so seriously
- 95. Do you have a pager or cell phone?: Nope, won't get
tied down that way
- 96. Who's more important, family or friends?: I wouldn't
trade either for gold. Well, maybe gold.
- 97. Do you get stressed out easily?: Depends on whom I'm
around
- 98. What was the best gift you ever received?: My
daughter giving birth to Alex for my birthday
- 99. Name a person(s) that really gets on your nerves?: I
don't bother to learn their names
My Current
Obsessions
- Babylon 5
- Absolutely the best show ever produced for
television. This show ROCKS!
- Star Trek (All Incarnations)
- I used to love this show alot more before
Paramount decided to make it a cash cow.
- X-Files
- At it's best, this show can mess with your
mind better than anything else out there.
- Babylon 5 Wars
- A board game of starship combat in the B5
universe that begs to be a computer game.
- Star Fleet Battles
- A board game of starship combat in the
Star Trek universe that begs to be a computer game.
- Conan the Barbarian
- On a cold, wintery night in 1974 I got
hooked on Robert E. Howard's hero and have never been the
same since. This puts the hero in Heroic Fantasy.
- Kane
- The late Karl Edward Wagner's anti-hero is
in my opinion the best Heroic Fantasy character written
to date. I really wish someone would put them all back
into print.
- Archaeology
- A serious belief of mine is that ancient
advanced civilizations have existed well before the dawn
of recorded history. I read anything I can find on the
subject.





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