Meme
March 3, 2009
- I've been having fun with this meme outside of Red Room, so thought I'd bring it here too. Feel free to answer here and/or take it to your own Facebook or email world. 10 Things About MeThis is like the 25 Things note going around, but easier.- Copy this whole thing into a new email or Facebook note.- Replace my answers with yours.- Tag or forward it to 20 people for them to answer the ...
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February 6, 2009
- Today's WaPost has this to say about that "25 Random Things" meme sweeping through Facebook:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020502252.htmlI've been able to resist so far, mostly out of orneriness---let Facebook figure out what to sell us on its own!
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January 24, 2009
- (A.K.A. the World's Saddest Meme.) The ever-awesome Gina Hyams not only tagged me for this "random things" meme, but suggested this variation specifically for me.It's been over three weeks since my husband died. I watched him die. I kissed him goodbye. I buried him. And I still don't believe it.I really did not know that there was this much love in the world. It's like bouncing on a ...
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December 15, 2008
- She went to the Oratorio - Handel's setting of Alexander's Feast, at Covent Garden and says that on taking her seat in the balcony-box she was almost instantaneously observed by the Prince, who held the printed bill before his face and drew his hand across his forehead, still fixing his eyes on her.from George, Prince and Regent by Philip W. Sergeant (Published by Hutchinson - no date on my copy. ...
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December 14, 2008
- "She would have done it out of the ingrained curiosity which had perhaps been her dominating characteristic - something so strong not even the brain tumor had been able to kill it."Stephen King. Insomnia. - Hodder and Stoughtonvia Evie Shockley It goes like this:Grab the book nearest you. Right now.Turn to page 45.Find the fifth sentence.Post that sentence (with attribution) along ...
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December 14, 2008
- Nearest Book Meme"Leaf sprays are slender and delicate." Stuart, John D., and John O. Sawyer, Trees and SHrubs of California. California Natural History Guides, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2001.(Gowen Cypress, Cupressus goveniana) Grab the book nearest you. Right now.Turn to page 45.Find the fifth sentence.Post that sentence (with attribution) ...
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December 14, 2008
- Oh, yes! Another meme! And you -- yes, you -- are tagged. : )I can't claim any creative responsibility for this meme (or any meme to date, for that matter). It whipped through Facebook a few weeks ago, and folks had a lot of fun with it, so I felt it my responsibility (or guilty pleasure!) to bring that fun to you, here in the Red Room. : ) Enjoy!Nearest Book MemeGrab the book nearest ...
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November 25, 2008
- As someone who got a fairly low score on the meme Ericka started -- yet enjoyed playing along! -- and as a writer, I thought it might be interesting to see how hard it would be to tweak the language of the meme enough to get me a perfect score on the list. : ) The following is the result of my efforts. Everything is in bold, because I've actually done it all! You can compare it to the ...
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November 25, 2008
- When you have a background in teaching, it sounds like nails on an oldschool chalkboard to confess a score of 47%. The test does confirm my fear that I am the least adventurous person I know... at least in the physical sense. I do, however, put myself out there in emotional ways that could make most sky divers feel like chickens. 1. Started your own blog2. Slept under the stars3. Played in a ...
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November 25, 2008
- Bold the things you've done: -- this Meme is from Erika Lutz - I found it through Kate Marshall's blog entry. ** There are a couple of things on here I was unlikely to do - I have been there at the birth of my children, but never "had a baby," for instance ... 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor ...
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