* Who John Jacob Jingle Heimershmitt is.

* Where almost every fast food restaurant is on the East Coast!

* How much four and five year olds can squirm.

* "The Purple Dinasour’s" favorite songs.

* Beginning to tell stories to myself, then disagree about how the story was told, get into a nasty tiff over it, lose, and refuse to speak to myself for the next day.

* Finding humor in other people’s annoying behavior.

* Believing chocolate and soda’s are a food group.

* Sometimes you can’t say thank you enough.

* Learning to write my own introduction and not depending on others to say the right things about me.

* How to make that special "funny face" when the microphone shocks the dickens out of my lips.

* How to behave when your puppet gets run over by a car just before you are to perform.

* Remembering to go to the bathroom before your one hour program starts.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

* You learn what motel chains have the best deals.

* No matter how wrinkled your clothes get, a storytelling apron will cover them.

* Remembering to bring a change of clothes so you can change after the hot dog your eating blows up on you.

* When you’re hungry, even lousy food tastes good.

* Telling stories to teenagers can be like nailing jello to a tree. It’s different, can be done, but needs to done right.

* Don’t try to diet when you’re on the road.

* As a general rule don’t tell ghost stories that use phrases that open the portals to Hell or cause your audience to cry.

* Your storytelling program is like a roller coaster. When it’s good you don’t want it to stop, but when it’s not you want to get off and throw up.

* Listening to other storytellers can make your day much sweeter.

* When you perform, watch your time! Also watch the person’s before you. Storyteller time hogs need to get out of the business!

* That some people act like they’re doing you a favor paying you what you asked for.

* Not expecting everyone that hires you to act like or be a professional.