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   * My favorite pizza toppings are mushrooms, olives, spinach, and garlic. I'll take any or all. There is an Italian restaurant in Chicago called Pompei, and they have this Sicilian style baked clam pizza that is super good.   * My favorite pizza toppings are mushrooms, olives, spinach, and garlic. I'll take any or all. There is an Italian restaurant in Chicago called Pompei, and they have this Sicilian style baked clam pizza that is super good.
   * I'm of Italian and German heritage. Both my parents are half Italian and half German. Culturally we're more Italian, though. I don't know much about the ancestry of my German relatives. My paternal great-great-grandfather, Cosimo Serio, immigrated from Cefalù, Sicily. Apparently the Serio surname is most common there. Serio means //serious// in Italian. It also means //serious// in Spanish, and the French version is //serieux//.   * I'm of Italian and German heritage. Both my parents are half Italian and half German. Culturally we're more Italian, though. I don't know much about the ancestry of my German relatives. My paternal great-great-grandfather, Cosimo Serio, immigrated from Cefalù, Sicily. Apparently the Serio surname is most common there. Serio means //serious// in Italian. It also means //serious// in Spanish, and the French version is //serieux//.
-  * I have an affinity for Latin and Greek words and their derivatives. I excelled in two years of Spanish in high school and one semester in college. I have a "peripheral goal" to learn the Italian and German languages, or at least a significant amount of them.+  * I have an affinity for Latin and Greek words and their derivatives. I excelled in two years of Spanish in high school and one semester in college.  
 +  * I have a "peripheral goal" to learn the Italian and German languages, or at least a significant amount of them.
   * I hope to travel someday. I'd like to see Canada and most of Europe, especially Italy. I'd also like to see Australia and Japan, but they are less of a priority. I think I would need a travel partner, like a significant other.   * I hope to travel someday. I'd like to see Canada and most of Europe, especially Italy. I'd also like to see Australia and Japan, but they are less of a priority. I think I would need a travel partner, like a significant other.
   * I have an extreme fear of insects, especially spiders and centipedes.   * I have an extreme fear of insects, especially spiders and centipedes.
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