What's in a name?

In hopes that this story will never have to be told EVER again, I will enlighten everyone to the name Squatty. This will also explain the line stating "Wisdom that is slightly short and can't jump high either for that matter."

It all started my freshman year of college. I was playing kickball with people from Volunteers for Christ. At one particular--and enduring--point of the game, I was playing first base. A guy by the name of Stuart Daniels was kicking. He kicked the ball to the third baseman. Now, forgetting the fact that I would have had to jump 5 feet in the air to catch the ball, the third baseman launched the ball at me, and I didn't catch it. When Stuart got to first base, he said, "Nice job jumping for that ball." Being the nice guy I am and not wanting to put blame on another player, I said, "Anh, what can I do? I'm kinda short and can't really jump. I'm, you know, kinda squatty."

Squatty ('skwä-tE) adj. 1: low to the ground 2: dumpy

Being 5'10" and 210 lbs., I believe the word was, and still is, accurate. The word soon became my nickname but only in use by Stuart. Only Stuart called me Squatty until, like all good epidemics, the nickname spread rampantly.

So in short (no pun intended), I'm below average height, and I can only jump a few inches.