Newscoma

Sadcox has tagged me for a meme and said some nice things. Thanks dude. As you know, I dig memes and this one is where I’m supposed to think or something…

All-righty then. Let’s go …

** Post about the meme and link back to the person that tagged you.

** Go back to your archives and link to your five favorite posts.

Link One: must be about family
Link Two: must be about friends
Link Three: must be about yourself
Link Four: must be about something you love
Link Five: can be anything you choose

** Tag five other people (at least two must be new acquaintances so that you can get to know them better).

Okay, the first one is about my family. Let me think … I sort of like this one. Because who doesn’t want to get loved ones on video and put it on the Internet doing a dance with a Bud Light can sitting on the table at Thanksgiving.

Numero Two is about friends. Okay, let’s try this one then. The Stew Benefit was such a wonderful thing and I saw the best of people.

Link #3 – A post about me being kind of freaked out about silence. I know. I’m a ween.

Something that I love is four. Umm, okay.  ZOMBIES in Plan 9 From Outer Space.

And Number 5 is probably my Paula Deen post. I kind of just like it. I was in a good mood that day.

I’m supposed to tag some folks so we all can get to know them better.

I’m tagging Russ McBee because I love it when he writes about himself, Ginger, just because. Molly at Not in Front of the Children (a new one and I love it), Sharon Cobb  because I want to and Holly Wynne, because she’s good at these things and is awesome.

Okay, I’ve been tagged twice and I’m stepping up to the plate to meet the challenge from our cyber friends (not to be confused with Cyber Monday) Lee at Digital Nicotine and the fine folks (Bad Bad Ivy) at Shakhammer.

As I’m in a cold medicine coma (ha, ha, ha, I’m a laugh riot) and delirious beyond any possible good taste or decorum, let’s play:

1) Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
2) Share 7 facts about yourself.
3) Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
4) Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

I can do this, man. I’m the little train that could tonight.

1.  I’m a social person, but when I want time by myself, I will cut you. I’m very weird about my alone time and I enjoy being alone. It took me until I was about 25-year-old to realize there was a difference between lonely and alone. It was one of the best lessons I have ever learned.
2. I used to watch network news compulsively. I don’t anymore mainly because I get tired of celebrity non-news (although some of it amuses me), I got tired of plastic anchors on the tube and I realized in the last eight years that mainstream news doesn’t always police itself but instead is beholden, at times not always, to corporate interests sometimes more than the right to know. I got disgusted. I still watch, but I try to verify things for myself if I’m interested.
3. I hate being late. I try to be places a little bit early. It really bugs me. I guess it’s because my life has been filled with work that has deadlines, which was especially beat into my skull when I was in radio news. Those 30 minute news broadcasts will make you nuts and I do, thank you very much, know how to time myself up to the clock. You guys in radio know what that means.
4. I try not to judge people, but I do because I’m human. When people are different from me, I try very diligently not to make a judgment call and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt because I don’t know there back story. I think it’s why I get along with conservatives pretty well. I do believe we can agree to disagree. I will, however judge folks, who smell funny. Yeah, I said I was human.
5. I really want a vacation that lasts a week or two where I actually go somewhere. It’s been years since that’s happened. Not just two days here or five days there. I want a vacation which is an adventure. Money has been tighter in recent years and I haven’t gotten to do that as in awhile.
6. One of my grandfathers was a plumber. The other grandfather was a rural delivery guy for the post office and owned a farm. (We used to play in small buildings on what we called the “pig lot.”) They were important to me, and I miss them.
7. I like linking to and reading new blogs. I like to see people moving outside their comfort zone because I think doing that is a good thing. A couple of folks gave me a chance, so I try to pay it forward. I’m not always as much on top of it as I should be, but I try. Everyone deserves a chance, even if it’s from a C-lister like me.

So, there you go. Meme brain dump for your Monday night enjoyment.

I’m tagging Chris, Scout, Finn, LeBlanc, Killa, Squirrel Queen, and Badger.

Now, my friends, I must go sneeze due to my crappy cold.