Casper has passed the blog-tag on to me, so here are five little-known Paul Hammond things.
- I am an avid musician; I play the drums, bass and some keyboards. I compose too. In my youth I played the drums for hundreds of theatrical productions at local theatres. One such gig ("Chicago") involved playing in a small band on stage in full drag. I was fifteen at the time...
- Many people know I "come from" the Isle of Wight. However, I wasn't actually born there, so the rumours about inbreeding are thoroughly untrue.
I lived there from the age of 6, so some of the local traits may have rubbed off on me, but I was actually born in Warwick. - I hate doing DIY. I don't have the skills nor the patience to do a very good job. Painting is my least favourite activity. Despite this fact, I love to shop for tools in the local hardware shop, and recently bought a "Tim the Toolman Taylor" toolbelt to hold all of my tools while I procrastinate and complain. I hung new curtain tracks at the weekend and I swear the toolbelt made me do a much better job...
- Michael Connelly is my (current) favourite author - he took over from Dean Koontz. James Patterson's Alex Cross series is always excellent too, except "London Bridges" which I really disliked.
- If I hadn't discovered talents in IT, I would probably have been a session drummer. My other two serious career thoughts were as a Police Officer or to join the Navy. Is that a uniform thing? I don't think so. Both professions seemed to offer the chance to be a part of something bigger and really very important to the world. Looking back I would probably have hated the discipline of the Forces. I can still see myself as a Policeman though. 'Ello 'ello 'ello.
In classic "annoying chain letter" style, I am now going to tag Simon, Jo, Brian, Tee and David.
