A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal: The ABC's of ME

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The Theme for my 2025 A to Z challenge is The ABC's of Me. 

I had many different ideas for the challenge theme this year and I chose this one because at the beginning of the year I placed an alphabetical list of things that described me on my home page.

As of March 7th 2025 this list reads as follows:

Amateur Parodist, 

Blogger, 

Christian, 

Daring do-gooder, 

Evangelical sans Trump Kool-Aid, 

Father of 3 adult children, 

Giraffe lover, 

Husband of one amazing wife, 

Illinois resident, 

Jester, 

Kindred spirit, 

Library lover 

Middle School teacher 

Nincompoop 

Original Poet

Quintessential worker 

RITA (Republican in theory, anyways.) 

Sixty something 

Teller of jokes 

U of I Parent - ILL

Voracious reader, 

Willy Wonka Wannabe, 

Xenophile 

Yankovic enthusiast 

Zoo attender

Each day of the challenge I will write a post about the alphabetical aspect of me that matches that day's letter.  It is very possible that I may change some of the topics before the challenge.  If I do that, they will also be changed on my blog's sidebar.  As I am not a fan of revisionist history, I will not change them on this post.  

This is now usually the time in a Theme Reveal where the blogger lists his previous A to Z Challenge theme's.  So let's get to it shall we. The first time I participated in the A to Z Challenge was 2012 it was here at this blog back when it was still called Home School Dad. and it was the only year I had no theme. In 2015 I returned to the Challenge and actually participated in the challenge on2 of my blogs.  The complete list is below. 

 

                                                   

Year    Blog    (Theme)                                    Sample Post                              

2012  HSD      (No Theme)                            B is for Boring

2015  HSD      (Nouns )                                 A is for Allen

2015   CUSP   (White Sox Home Runs)       F is for Frank

2016  YBD      (Comic Book Characters)     B is for Beast 

2016   DOL    (Y is for You Tube)                Theme Reveal

2016   CUSP  ( Cubs Home Runs )               R is for Ronny

2019   RAN    ( Sherman Brothers Songs )   Z is for Zuckerman 

2020   RAN    (State Capitals)                       W is for Washington 

2021   HSD    (Alive in 1921)                       W is for Waltons

2022   LOD    ( Multiple) *                          Quit Quentin Quest

2023   LOD     (A Month at the Movies)       Ordinary People

2024    LOD     (Holidays)                             J is for Just Married

                                                                                          

* The themes for 2022 were Wordles, Limericks and Home Runs

Key to BLOGS: 

HSD Home School Dad *

CUSP Crazy Uncle Dave's Sports Page

YBD Your Basic Dave

DOL Dave Out Loud 

RAN Random Acts of  Dave 

LOD Leap of Dave*

* Leap of Dave is the same blog as Home School Dad.  

I am very excited about participating this year.  Since I am kind of the theme I'm looking forward to putting myself out there.  

Here is a quote from the movie that inspired the title of my theme.

To go see the theme reveal post as the A-Z challenge website click here.  To  subnit your theme reveal post click here. To see the Theme Reveal Spreadsheet click here.

 In the first few years of this blog, I would  end each post with a blurb about what I was writing about next time.

It would go a little like this:

Next Time: Lasagna and Home Schooling are they compatible?

And I know I just wrote something about not being a revisionist historian, but if for some reason my next post was not about Lasagna and home schooling, I would just go back to the previous post and change it to what I had just written about.

I have gotten away from that  practice over the years but I feel the challenge lends itself to that and will be bringing it back for this years challenge. But I'll switch it up a little this year.  

Coming April First: Amateur Parodist at your Service. 

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