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Pencil Tappers & Mice in the Silverware Drawer...

Monday, 27 February 2012 02:00

Going Off Course - Northfield swim coach / triathlete, Brooke Larsen, is a really, really nice person. She is also very smart and pretty and speaks pretty good Spanish, which serves her well at Mexican restaurants like Taco Bell and El Tequila. Most of the time she appears calm and unflappable, but there are a few things that really make her crazy.

Like what?

Pencil tappers, that's what! Don't even think about tapping your pencil if Brooke is within earshot. It sends her into a tizzy!

Another thing that drives Ms. Larsen nuts is mice in the house. We're totally with her on this one. Few things are more enervating than finding mouse turds in your silverware drawer, right?

Brooke is still kinda bummed about "24" being cancelled but she's hanging in there. A typical evening at her house these days consists of reading the...

historical novels of Philippa Gregory and eating chips and salsa. She has a pet fish which she almost always remembers to feed. She loves country music and is a pretty good singer herself, though she is too shy to do karaoke, unless she gets really liquored up on Bacardi Limon and cranberry juice.