As usual, I was not tagged for this meme, but have just lifted it – this time from Misty at Rainy Day in May, since it just looked like fun. *UPDATED 12/21 after I actually was tagged, by Serena. I’m applying it retroactively.* Using the first letter of your name*, answer these questions. They have to be real answers, nothing made up, and you can’t use your own name as an answer. (*That’s meant to […]
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Seven Random Facts Meme
No one has tagged me for this :-(, but Literary Feline issued an open invitation – as she frequently does – when she did the “7 Random Facts About Me” meme, and I’m picking up the ball. Hey. it’s all about the randomness around here, although as it turns out, there’s a thread connecting the facts I’m sharing here. I was born on Easter Sunday. I was born on my mother’s 34th birthday. I got […]
Which holiday are you?
Most of us are in winter-holiday mode right now, but what if you’re really a Fourth-of-July person? Here’s yet another “personality” quiz, this one via Thoughts from…Jennifer: You Are Easter You are an optimistic, hopeful, and genuinely sweet person.Sensitive and affectionate, you are easily touched.You love nature, animals, and anything cute or cuddly.For you, every day is a new chance – no matter what happened yesterday. What makes you celebrate: Almost anything. You love most […]
Wiki Wednesday 12-5-07
Time to learn something! 1. Go to Wikipedia.2. Click on “Random article” in the left-hand sidebar box.3. Post it! And today, we get a Wiki-Resume: Born in Ecuador, Cecilia Alvear, a pioneering Latina in television news and the former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, is a Field Producer with NBC Network News in Burbank, California. She was the network’s Mexico City Bureau Chief from 1982 until 1984 when she was transferred to […]
Ten on Tuesday 12/4 – 10 Favorite Things to Complain About
Funny thing – not too long ago, I was complaining about complaining. But there’s something appealing about making a list of “favorite things” to complain about – I guess we all have our pet peeves, don’t we? When someone answers a “How are you?” greeting with “Can’t complain,” I sometimes think they just haven’t thought enough about it. If you’ve ever seen those bumper stickers that say “If you’re not angry, then you’re just not […]
Booking Through Thursday 11-29: “Rolling”
Do you get on a roll when you read, so that one book leads to the next, which leads to the next, and so on and so on? I don’t so much mean something like reading a series from beginning to end, but, say, a string of books that all take place in Paris. Or that have anthropologists as the main character. Or were written in the same year. Something like that… Something that strings […]
Wiki Wednesday 11-28-07
Time to learn something! 1. Go to Wikipedia.2. Click on “Random article” in the left-hand sidebar box.3. Post it! Valvatida is an Order of starfish in the Class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 165 genera in 14 families. The Order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few mm in diameter, like those in the genus Asterina, and sea stars, which can reach up to 75 cm like species in the genus Thromidia. […]
Ten on Tuesday 11-27: Ten Best Games
I’m interpreting this prompt very generally – I don’t play many games these days at all, and I’ve never been one for computer or video games, so here are ten games I like, regardless of where or how they’re played. Trivial Pursuit – I rocked the original version 25 years ago, and I’m still pretty good at the general-knowledge version.Scrabble – This is the unofficial “official” board game of my family (all permutations).Dogopoly – This […]
The day after – a Thanksgiving meme
I’m thankful for memes when I need ideas for posts, and for the other bloggers who are glad to let you make off with them. I found this one on Thursday evening via Laurie at Team Building is For Suckers, but I’ve adapted it for post-Thanksgiving Day responses. Where did you celebrate Thanksgiving this year? At home with the family Did you travel to get there? No, that was the point of staying at home […]
iPod Random Ten 11-23-07
I’m not sure my iPod’s going to get played today (day off work, woohoo!), and I’m hoping to do some iTunes shopping this weekend and update my playlist, so these ten songs may never actually be played in this order. But anyway: “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding,” Elvis Costello, 200 Cigarettes (movie soundtrack)“When You Were Young,” The Killers, Sam’s Town“Dear God,” XTC, Skylarking“Antichrist Television Blues,” Arcade Fire, Neon Bible“You Won’t See Me,” […]
Wiki Wednesday 11-21-07
Time to learn something! 1. Go to Wikipedia.2. Click on “Random article” in the left-hand sidebar box.3. Post it! And this week, it’s another wiki geography lesson: Collingham is a village 3 km (2 miles) south east of Wetherby in West Yorkshire. It is in the Leeds metropolitan district. The clergyman, the Reverend William Mompesson was born there in 1639. The River Wharfe runs through the village towards Wetherby as does the main A58 trans-pennine […]
Ten on Tuesday 11-20: Ten Reasons It’s Great to Be a Woman (or Man)
Obviously, I can’t speak from experience about any reasons it’s great to be a man… I’m going to qualify this list, based on my book club’s recent discussion of A Thousand Splendid Suns, and make it “Ten Reasons It’s Great to Be a Woman in 21st-Century America.” We may still have a long way to go, but we’ve truly come far… We have choices and control over our lives that our foremothers probably could never […]
