Sometimes I get E-mails from folks saying, “Hey buddy, is this nothing but a plugfest here?!”. Ok, so maybe I haven’t gotten that E-mail just yet, but it could come anyday now. To keep that angry person back just one more day, I figured I’d list forty-two things you may or may not know about me. You’d be amazed how hard it is to write a list of things about yourself till you do it.

1. Mitch is just what people call me, my full name is George Mitchel Keeler. I was named after my grandfather on my dad’s side.

2. I have raised four geese from eggs to feathers and I am working on raising my first duckling that was discarded from its mother. I guess that would classify me as an animal lover?

3. As a kid I had an obsession with “Weird Al” Yankovic. I must have had at least three hamsters named Harvey.

4. I have been and probably always will be a pro wrestling fan. From cartoonist to pro wrestler, I’ve had many career choices I wanted to pick. Don’t know how I ended up being the media rock star of the Web hosting industry.

5. My first “computer” was my Atari 2600.

6. My hair has been black, dark brown, red, orange, pinkish-red and blonde.

7. I haven’t really cut my hair (other than the occasional trim) since I graduated high school back in 2001.

8. I can tell you from experience, there is no difference between being a Customer Service Director and a Customer Service Manager for a Web hosting company.

9. I have one tattoo. It is the green lantern logo, and it is on my upper right arm.

10. If you hadn’t guessed from number nine, my favorite color is green.

11. I once wrestled as the one and only freak of pro wrestling in a backyard wrestling federation (the EAW). That is where I got the “one and only voice of the Web hosting world” saying. Back in the good ol’ days though, I was known as the one and only freak of professional wrestling.

12. No matter how long I am doing this, I’ll never get tired of hearing from folks who E-mail me and say, “Thanks” or “What you wrote or said really helped me out”. That is the reason I do what I do.

13. I left working my last real Web hosting job so that I could help me sister out by watching my niece on days that she worked. Leaving the hosting industry pushed me into the writing side of things. Might not me as much money in it, but there are twice as many rewards.

14. I would consider working for a Web hosting company again if the time was right. Right now I really enjoy just sharing my expertise with others for free.

15. I was actually fired from my first Web hosting job because my employer and myself didn’t see eye to eye when it came to me needing some time off to see one of my best friends who had just come back from Iraq.

16. In my senior year of high school I was the art editor for the yearbook. My artwork graced almost every single page from front to back of that book.

17. My favorite song of all time would probably be either “Chicken Huntin” (Slaughterhouse Remix) by ICP or “Big Balls” by Muscadine.

18. For the most part, I would say I mostly listen to heavy rock or metal music. Some of my favorite bands are Korn, Sevendust, Rob Zombie, Orgy, Coal Chamber and ICP.

19. I live in the middle of nowhere. The biggest attraction in the town that I live in is the Wal-Mart.

20. Growing up my favorite show to watch was the reruns of Get Smart on Nick at Night. Coming in close at second place is reruns of Mork and Mindy (also via Nick at Night).

21. I actually like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

22. My favorite movie series would have to be the Evil Dead Trilogy. Bruce Campbell is a god!

23. If I could live comfortably from writing or podcasting (or both) I would be happy.

24. I have never had an urge to play or buy an Xbox. It just doesn’t tickle my fancy. Over the years, I’ve owned two Atari 2600s, one SNES, one PlayStation, one Playstation 2, one PlayStation Portable, one GameBoy and one GameBoy Advance SP.

25. The best video game of all time is Final Fantasy VI.

26. One of my favorite authors I just found is Neil Gaiman. He rocks!

27. I think everybody should have a theme song. What would mine be? “Big Balls” by Muscadine.

28. What is my favorite TV right now? I’d have to say Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

29. What is the biggest highlight of my short Online career? It would have to be a tie between working as a contributor at Lockergnome and seeing my first “published in print” article via Ping! Zine.

30. Do I have a MySpace account? Why yes I do. Join me there, won’t you?

31. At this point, I am really thinking I should have said I would list 31 things instead of 42.

32. After working as a contributor for Lockergnome for almost two years now, I have only have E-mail conversations with about six people who are also associated in one way or another with the brand. in one way or another.

33. I haven’t ever been much of a fan of vegetables. I do love my meat and potatoes though.

34. I am a writer and a horrible spellller.

35. Maria is hot. (Ok, so that isn’t about me, just wanted to toss that one in there just to see if anybody was paying attention still)

36. I enjoy podcasting and talking to hundreds of people every week via the Web Hosting Show, but in reality I am a very shy and pretty timid person.

37. If I had to say I had a nickname, it would probably be Freak (due to my time wrestling as Silverfreak in the EAW, see number eleven).

38. In my opinion, Superman sucks.

39. If I had a choice to be the bad guy or the good guy, I would probably pick the good guy.

40. I will probably not do anymore of the Web Hosting Show’s video tutorials, because I have ran out of things you can do with a filing cabinet. The only successful video blogs out there are done by guys who are well known or girls with big boobs. Anybody else that tries just doesn’t get much attention.

41. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t change a thing.

42. I think Douglas Adams is awesome.