Tag, I'm it!

I was tagged about three weeks ago, so it's time that I respond.

Here's how it works: Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, and then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged, and asking them to read your blog to find out how it works!

On to the facts about me:
1) I have two dogs, both mutts, whom I absolutely love.
2) From first-hand experience, I know how cold it is 70 miles above the Arctic Circle!
3) I logged over 1300 flight hours as an Air Force aircrew member (C-5).
4) Opera is a passion (Does my blog's name give that away?).
5) I love my beer (craft brews, of course)!
6) I once went out for a beer in Santiago, Chile with a member of President George H. W. Bush's communications staff.
7) I have set foot on four of the seven continents.
8) I thoroughly enjoy cooking and wish I had more time to develop my skills.

I am tagging these blogs: Wine Knot, Tangled Web, scuba-do, Queen of Wii, Red Wine Voulet, Not Easy Being Green, Historyportal, and Birdwatcher