Meme: 5 Random Things About Me

I've been tagged by the Roman Sacristan. Here goes:

• I was an avid chess player in high school and much of college. I won my grade level for three years running when I lived in San Diego. My specialty is "lightning chess" (under 2 minute time limit).
• I'm related to Dick Van Dyke.
• I was allergic to shrimp when I was a kid.
• One of my most ambitious summers of reading (I think when I was 12) included the complete Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Hardy Boys, The Time Quartet, The Dark is Rising series, and, oddly enough, as many of the Janes Fighting Ships I could convince my local library to order from the main branch.
• I have to admit that I'm rather addicted to Arrested Development.

Feel free to join in this meme, just link back to me so that I can stop by and read yours.

In other news, I've finally moved over to the new version of blogger. So now I have tags. Yay.