If you called it correctly on Nov. 8 well, well for you.
But consider yourself stretching the truth just a bit.
It was too close to call in a professional sense, but no doubt hundreds, no thousands of political wanna-bes will bray they called it.
But it took a real GOP loyalist to believe, really believe it was going to happen.
Most of my close Republican friends were "hopeful," a few were "certainly sure," but no one -- not a single one -- would have bet the farm on the outcome of Nov. 8.
So "what do we know," and "what do we not know," about President-elect Donald J. Trump.
We generally know he is 70 years old.
But few can tell us his birthday or his place of birth?
The president-elect's birthday is June 14, 1946, Queens, New York City, N.Y.
We know he is a big personality.
But we don't know what he is in real life -- sans suit and tie, when kicking back in the Trump Tower or on the Scottish Golf Links or at his Florida mansion.
We know he will wear a red or white or blue baseball-style cap. And he wears the cap the way they were meant to be worn -- bill to the front. Most of the caps we have seen always say "Trump Resort" or "Make America Great Again."
We know his website sold these caps for $30 each during the campaign.
We don't know, for sure, how many caps he sold for how much money during the campaign.
Sales figures, we are told, are still being tallied. Order yours now in time for Yuletide delivery.
We know his three adult children, Donald Jr. (1977), Ivanka (1981), and Eric (1984).
Many of us did not know his younger children, Tiffany (1993) and Barron (2006). That was Barron on stage on election night looking like it was way past his bedtime when the acceptance speech was given.
We did know that we never saw him with a glass in his hand at many of the campaign functions.
We did not know the president-elect says he's never done drugs, drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes.
We did not know he is quite proud of that accomplishment.
But we did not know he has an older brother, Fred, who was an alcoholic and fought with addiction for many years, eventually dying from it.
We did know about his TV reality show in the early days of reality TV called, "The Apprentice," starting in 2004 on NBC.
We did not know he was paid $375,000 per episode of the show.
We did know he was an original owner of New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League.
We did not know he sold the franchise to J. Walter Duncan in 1983 so he would be free to complete various construction projects.
We knew President-elect Trump's parents sent him to the New York Military Academy when he was 13 because he was an energetic child. They thought the institution would teach him some discipline.
We did not know he was a student at Fordham University before eventually, the University of Pennsylvania, which he brags as his alma mater.
We did know he has had three wives, Ivana (1977-1992), Marla Maples (1993-1999) and Melania Knauss whom he married in 2005.
We did not know he and First-Lady-In-Waiting Melania Knauss, a naturalized American citizen, have but one child, Barron, born in 2006.
We did know he has been a candidate to put his name on literally everything he could to turn a buck.
We did not know he is the only presidential candidate with his own board game, "Trump the Game." The game was released in 1988 and requires players to invest in real estate properties, while simultaneously attempt to bankrupt competitors.
What do we know, or what do we not know about him politically?
Stay tuned. I predict it won't be long before we know more.
-- Maylon Rice is a former journalist who worked for several northwest Arkansas publications. He can be reached via email at [email protected]. The opinions expressed are those of the author.
Editorial on 11/23/2016