1) I was born here …
2) … but grew up 4,614 miles (7,26 km/4,010 nautical miles) to the west of my birthplace …
3) … and A, I, and O are were important letters
4) I wasn’t consider a troublemaker, but this strange night happened during my senior year.
5) Upon graduating high school, I traveled to the opposite corner of the state for college
6) … where one of my favorite things was this, which delivered a surprise moment
7) Since college graduation, my home has been this metropolitan area
8) I married my college sweetheart on this date
9) … spent most of my professional years doing this
10) One of my proudest moments was delivering a strong message at my mother’s funeral
12) … and we enjoy travelling like this way
13) This is our favorite local pastime
14) … but I also did this for about 12 years before stepping away this year
15) All in all, a good life, a happy life, with its share of ups and downs … yet my heart is still with my heritage (one and two in the same region)
16) Blogging here for the past 6+ years (since August 2008), and I’ve grown to appreciate goodness of so many good people across the globe.
A Frank Angle 
This is so spooky I don’t believe it. Browsing your past posts, at about nine o’clock, I decided to read your autobiography. Just as I finished perusing some of the more salient points and decided to see what you were posting for tomorrow, the notification came a few minutes ago:
your autobiography! Too freaky to believe….not the autobiography, but the coincidence. I enjoyed reading about you, Frank…a good life, it seems. Ciao, and happy tuesday!
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Cynthia,
Oh that is too freaky! … but one worth a smile. Most of these are pre-Cynthia posts, so I will let your curiosity guide you. Cheers to a good life!
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Now that’s one handsome fellow!
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Carrie,
Smiling away! … and I believe I still have those shoes! Being in Ohio and a reader her for a while, I guide you to chapters 2 and 5.
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I completely forgot that you mentioned being born in Italy before on a post until seeing this.
You have a good life and it’s good to see how so by what you’ve written over the years on here. I’m hoping to get back to Cincy one day soon.
I can say the same about meeting many good people across the globe because of blogging over the years although my posting was non-existent for sometime.
There’s definitely a lot of good that has come from blogging for sure.
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Hey Hey David … one of the Pioneers!
Many thanks for the kind words. Going back to the early days, that’s when I wrote chapter 2. I will tell you that chapters 4 & 6 have a sports connection, so I hope you get a chance to see them.
Let me know if work begins you back to Cincy, and hopefully UC will be in the Big 12 at that time.
You had a wonderful global community, and I recall connecting with some of them … Maxi was a treasure .. .and probably still is.
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This was certainly an ambitious post through the aFa archives, Frank. Well done!
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Lame,
Once I got the idea in my head, this was easy to put together … so I my hope is to offer readers choices … and I see you took them. 🙂 Perfect!
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Good people like you! Happy New Year!
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Cindy,
Thanks for the kind words. FYI: Chapter 12 is the cruise when we visited many of the locations you visited not long ago … so I will guide you to chapter 6 for a photographic moment.
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‘You like tomato and I like tomahto’, you say biography, I say emulsion. Which makes me think of this totally unrelated duet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oEmPP5dTM but don’t get any ideas.
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Calvin,
Love the song, but I’ve got to ask … How did this post spark this song in your head?
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Karma vs Dominoes vs Predetermination vs Lets Just Dance vs Timeline vs Index
I ask myself that very question all the time Ke-mo sah-bee, ‘how did I get from there to here?’. As of yet Tonto has no creditable explanation which the Lone Ranger might except. But since you played the card, forcing me to ante up I’ll stay in the game.
My card…….. Possibly, my connecting your post to ‘Lets Call The Whole Thing Off’ is that I was at the same time pondering a comment on my last post from Nelle and her reference to Karma; in essence, spill over . Autobiographies, blog à la Frank in this case, tend to pose the same questions as does the bases or reasoning behind Karma. Why? (see first sentence of this reply as I think it my in someway apply to your blog biography). Though I concede a autobiography / biography can be simply a timeline or an index. My response to Nelle was, “Is not Karma and Dominoes one in the same?”. Now for ‘where in the hell did LETS CALL THE WHOLE OFF’ come from. Isn’t the song, if you strip it down to it’s rolling chassis a realization of the Domino affect (not to be mistaken with the Domino theory). That in knowing full well the outcome, the two can chose to call the whole thing off or naively let the cards fall and let their differences play it out -a.k.a destiny and fate and how life has a funny way of playing out.
The short answer would be, ‘am just weird’.
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oooops meant accept not except, sorry Teach
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Although it’s easy to blow-off this entire response, thus settle for you are weird. I love the response and the karma of dominoes, after all, how else can one realize the connection between pronouncing tomato and the Lone Range with Tonto.
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Nicely done, Frank.
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Jim,
Thanks … and I think you would enjoy chapter 9.
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I love it, Frank. Thanks for the journey with you! And you were one cute baby!
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Cathy,
Amazingly, I think I still have those shoes in a drawer! Hmmm … I wonder if a future post is in the making. Meanwhile, as a traveler, you may enjoy chapter 1.
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What a beautiful boy! Happy New Year!
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Seashells,
Amazing what one can find on the Internet. 😉
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I think I’ve read all of these posts, Frank. You are a gem in the firmament of this sphere!
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Elyse,
As a long-timer here, you probably have … but if any, I would say any of the first 3 chapters.
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cute boy
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Winny,
Well thank you. … and because you enjoy travel, see Chapters 12 & 15.
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sure
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Fascinating how much you say about yourself but in reality we still know very little about who the real Frank is.
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Catherine,
Agree … one still knows so little. … You may enjoy Chapter 8, … and then any of the early ones.
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I enjoyed reading each and every little tidbit trying to figure out the real Frank, but alas I will have to keeping my eyes alert for those little hints you throw in here and there.
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Oh yes … I’m the hints type.
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I’m a little tired tonight, Frank, so it took me a couple of minutes to see the live links. I read the post twice trying to figure out if there were clues. LOL! This post was very original. When I look back, I saw my “face” on most of the posts, and definitely remember reading the posts. This was truly clever and I enjoyed the review. My favorite is the album cover. I think that might have been one of the first “conversations” we shared after I posted about my appearance in Life Magazine (in college) with Jane Fonda. It is fun to look back!
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Debra,
Glad you enjoyed the album cover post. Amazingly, I can still see the moment … maybe around the south 35 yard line. As a long-time visitor here, but I think the first two chapters were before your arrival here….. and oh my … please send me the link of your post about you, Jane, & Life magazine!
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This was a great post…
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Bulldog,
It was fun to do … and chapter 6 involves a photographic moment.
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That was interesting and interactive…. A great post indeed!
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Pauline,
Most of these were written pre-Pauline, so I’m not sure where to guide you … Hmmm … how about the next to the last one (Ch 15)
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I didn’t mention – for brevity’s sake, as I had spent such a long time perusing your autobiography – that Italy is my most favourite place in the entire world [after my home country of course] I have stayed for extended periods of time in the Alps of Austria and made the trip across them to the northern parts of Italy, the little villages and towns often. I love everything about the area. I have also travelled through the rest of Italy – less in the South, more in the central regions and left bits of my heart everywhere. I love the people, the passion, the art and culture, the passion – the scenery the architecture, the passion, the language…….. I have always been just a little envious of people who come from this background of extended family and passion about life!
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Oh wow … that’s awesome … and many thanks for sharing a bit of you that I didn’t know. Did you make it to the area in Chapter 1? (You’ll love the videos) … and there are the two posts in Ch. 15.
FYI: In 2013 I visited my aunt and 2 first cousins that I hadn’t seen in 48 years … and two first cousins that I’ve never met. https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/on-where/ … 🙂
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What an interesting life, and what a great way to tell your stories.
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Debra,
I figure you will enjoy chapters 1 & 3, which were posted pre-Debra.
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Schöner Beitrag lieber Gruß und einen guten Dienstag Gislinde
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Gislinde,
vielen Dank. Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre Freundlichkeit. Ich weiß nicht, also ich bin mit einem Internet Translator. Sie können Englisch lesen?
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What a fabulous and rich life Frank. Isn’t it funny, I knew so many of the answers but took such joy from revisiting your written word again.
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Val,
As one who has been here for some time, you are aware of many of these … so I’ll guide you to chapters 2 and 4 for something you may enjoy … especially 4.
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You are so nice person dear Frank, it is not easy to have friends like you in this world, I know we are half friend, blogger friend… 🙂 But it would be same for me in real life too. You are a nice one. I loved your post, Congratulations! My Bes Wishes for you and for your wife… Blessing and Happiness. Thank you, love, nia
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Nia,
Thank you for your very kind words. You are at the top of the mountain of kindness, and I have no doubt that your kindness is genuine and very real in person. Thank you for being a wonderful example of the global kindness that we both believe.
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I felt like I was in a time machine Mr Frank and I now have vertigo and need a little lay down. What an interesting life you have led! To be born part Italian is to be born lucky. Everything is that much more exciting when you have Italian blood. Glad to see that you have been leading a most exciting life. You have been blogging for 6 years? That’s a long time in the blogoverse. Here’s to many more years of sharing 🙂
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Narf,
Given some of your previous comments, I wondered how you were going to handle this post. If I could suggest a couple, I would say chapters 6 & 14. Ch 10 is special, but its actually a series of posts. If you like travel, Ch 12 is also a series.
Meanwhile, sorry about the vertigo, so I’ll keep that in mind for the future.
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I don’t travel well Mr Frank. I went to the U.K. back in Christmas 2005 and when I finally got back to Aussie soil I decided that I was absolutely positively not going to do that kind of a long haul flight ever again. I love the thought of visiting far away and exotic places but the physicality of it all makes me twitch. I am pruning my comments accordingly 😉
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Because the thought of visiting far-away places is appealing, but without the actual transfer, then you’ll like the travel post. Although it is nothing like going to the UK, how long is the journey from Tasmania to the Australian mainland.
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1 hour. I endure it on occasion but rarely. I am quite content here in our tiny little triangle at the bottom of the world to be honest. We live a very simple life, we are very happy to do so and I count myself as being one of the luckiest people alive. Travelling elsewhere is always a lure but that flight…that FLIGHT! (well…those 2 flights 😉 ) I will never forget…(the stuff that nightmares are made of! 😉 )
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One has to do want one must do … so cheers to realizing what you need to do! … and a toast to a happy life!
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Almost time for me to actually eat toast so I might hold off on the booze till the sun is over the yard arm (as my dear old dad used to say 😉 ). Have a great day Mr Frank 🙂
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Enjoy the rest of your day! … heads up … the next post will be your first exposure to a combo challenge.
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Combo challenge eh? Sounds intriguing… you can be sure that I will visit with interest
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Fits your flair for creativity. Here’s a sample from the past. https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/on-satire-bits-vol-117/ … 🙂
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Happy New Year Frank, this was such a neat post – loved learning about you. Love how you made it interactive for us, you are one creative guy. I like how you’ve made it interactive for us – will be revisiting again for the parts I had to leave for another time. Really cool approach!!
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Mary,
Happy New Year and welcome back to blogging. … and you return to this large post. Thanks for touring around,
I did a fun series of post over the holidays I call Exploring. Here’s the link to the first one, https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2014/12/26/on-exploring-clear-skies/ … and you can continue from there … but I feature artists on several of them.
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And to think, it took me over 110,000 words to write my memoir! 😉 Nice job!n Clever!
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Lorna,
Happy New Year … and cheers to your new location. Hope the move went well. Settling in?
This is why I called it Blog Style … and this page is exactly 200 words. Because you are relatively new, take your pick of the chapters.
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Such a great idea!
Not settled in yet. Too much stuff and still too many boxes left to unpack. I really must learn to let go of more stuff (and I thought I already did that in New York!).
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Learning never stops when it comes to stuff!
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A good life indeed, my dear friend – thank you for sharing this, May this list build with more beautiful events to look back to.
A very happy Tuesday to a very happy man [and his family] 🙂
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Marina,
Happy Tuesday … well, what’s left of it … so Happy Wednesday.
Meanwhile, you have already visited many of these, so I invite you to Ch 2 (which was PM …. preMarina)
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Very, very cleverly done and I await (with baited breath) more of your autobiography: blog style.
I was going to answer all 16 points but then remembered that you asked us to “comment with respect.”
You were a very cute baby.
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Mudge,
LOL … you can read all the posts & comment right there … of course doing that assuming you have too much time available. Nonetheless, at least pick a couple at random!
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Great idea for a post. Hats off to you!
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Fasab,
Thank you sir … and i invite you to Ch 4 (an interesting story) … and Ch 5 (factoids stuff)
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It’s really a challenge to look at our lives and try to weed out what’s important… and of course, the question comes up, to whom. I admire your effort in this direction.
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Shimon,
For sure, importance is a matter of perspective. Well done! Being that you enjoy walks, I invite you to Ch. 11 for a walk around my town.
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A very creative and interesting blog post, Frank. I’ve enjoyed my tip toe through your archives. Happy 2015 🙂
Thanks for the company in the early mornings.
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Audra,
Good Morning, Connecticut. Brrrrr …. very cold here the next two days. Glad you enjoyed the little twist on life.
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WOW…this was fun Frank! Brilliant!
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Raye,
I knew you would enjoy this … and I see you visited another. Plus, there’s bountiful reading on this page for those times when one can’t sleep.
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My three best friends were band members…I was the choir(s) piano player. We were really wierd…smiles here…it takes a lot of forgiveness to know and love a muscian…just sayin….that deserves more smiles and a couple of loud, honkin *snorts*. Stay warm…we are COLD but today you win…..
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Hooray for your time in choir and playing the piano. Bottom line is that music is a good thing. Thanks for visiting chapter 6.
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Wow you’ve been blogging since 2008, Frank? That’s so cool. Was that this blog? I’m a late bloomer, only 3 years. 🙂
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Christy,
Yep … it’s all right here. 1600+ posts … a lot of categories. Meanwhile, the idea for this post came to mind as a way to tell a story … thus an autobiography … and people could read whatever they wanted.
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