Memes Happen
Summer meme makes me feel fine,
blowin' through the jasmine in my mind...
Elena has tagged me with what looks to be the world's longest meme:
What I was doing 10 years ago: eating pizza?
5 years ago: probably watching that I Dream of Jeannie episode where Tony yells "Jeannie!!...Jeannie!!" multiple times
1 year ago: I'll take Blogging for $500 Alex
Yesterday: Mass, read McCullough's account and analysis of Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs (fascinating read), grilled out shish-ke-bobs (actually my stepson did the cooking), drank two beers, mediated a family quarrel, hiked four miles.
5 Snacks I enjoy:
Ding Dongs
King Dons
Life cereal
Oreo's with new chocolate center
grapes
5 songs I know all the words to:
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Billy, Don't Be a Hero
Star Spangled Banner
Take Our Bread
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
5 things I would do with $100 million dollars:
Unstrap our financially-strapped Byzantine Church
Buy a kayak for Darby Creek wanderings
Donate to my Catholic high school
Ditto Elena, back to school for theology/history and/or literature
Acquire ten acres out in the country
5 locations which I would like to visit:
Jerusalem
Germany
Rome
Medjugorje
Mexico
5 bad habits I have:
too much internet
trouble on the greens & off the tee (chip well)
too much dependence on self
laziness
answering memes
5 things I like doing
reading
writing
listening to music
beer drinking
biking
5 things I would never wear:
a lampshade
Speedos
an earring
a man bro
Bill Clinton-length running shorts
5 TV shows I like:
24
The Apprentice
The Munsters
BookTV's "In Depth"
Franciscan University Presents
5 biggest joys of the moment:
beauty of summer
the Mass
a plethora of great books to read
seeing my previously liberal stepson donating to the Cato Institute
the Sox are in town when I go to visit Boston o'er Labor day! Yea!
5 favorite toys:
Tivo
my 'puter
lawn tractor
my dvd player
cell phone
And these from Bill of Summa Minutiae (for once, living up to his blog name):
What are the last three things that made you sweat?
Reading in backyard sun on Sunday
Hike in woods Sunday
Cleaning house on Saturday
As far as tagging people, consider this an open invitation. I wouldn't want to be responsible for furthering a possible internet addiction. :-)
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