A certain letter that’s shaped sort of like a hook

Some time back, Andrea of Lip Smacking Wit wrote a post on this meme: Leave a comment and I’ll give you a letter. Post ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter.  Then give a letter to anyone who leaves a comment for you… and the cycle will continue. Pretty irresistible, is it not? …

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

My result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz… You Are a Katherine!   Katherines are energetic, lively, and optimistic. They want to contribute to the world.   How to Get Along with Me Give me companionship, affection, and freedom. Engage with me in stimulating conversation …

Friday 5 that’s really 3: PCPGH3

Dawn Papuga kicked off a Friday 5 topic that’s close to my heart. Here are the questions and my answers. (What’s Friday 5? See here.) 1. What brought you to Social Media and what keeps you hanging around? I find things and think of things, and I want to tell my friends. Back in the …

You’ve got to love the actual sweat more than the lights and the glamour

aOMBTwYOal4 Scott asked us all whom we would like to narrate the story of our lives, and why. I thought through a couple of different options. There’s Orson Welles, who had just about the best ever narration style possible. There’s Stockard Channing, who would bring a lot of flair to the story and could also …

Let me tell you a story

Photo from City Theatre’s production of Flight, March 2008. Pictured center: Joshua Elijah Reese and DeWanda Wise. Photo credit: John Schisler. In Flight, Charlayne Woodard’s play (recently produced, brilliantly, at City Theatre), the characters are all slaves living on a plantation near Savannah, Georgia in 1858. They are forbidden to learn to read or write, …

Coming soon to a DVD player near me

It seems to be a trend to post a list of movies one hasn’t seen but plans to watch. My Netflix queue is currently around 450 items long. Some of these are compilations of TV shows and recordings of concerts, but even without them it’s too long a list to burden you with here. But …

In six words

under waterline, originally uploaded by Marcus Vegas. A friend sent around an email: There is a new book out called 6 Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. Some samples are: Steve Colbert – Well, I thought it was funny. Elizabeth Gilbert – Me see world! Me write stories! A.J. Jacobs – Born bald. Grew …

“Enemy Change His Mind” by Dog Whistle

Cover art meme: "Enemy Change His Mind" by Dog Whistle, originally uploaded by cynthiacloskey. I love album cover art. Not-too-secretly, I desire to design things for fun and profit, and I adore the art that surrounds music. So obviously I love this meme: The CD Cover Meme group has only three rules: (1) The first …

What drives me to you is what drives me insane

Weeks (months?) ago, Caroline of Pinky’s Paperhaus tagged me for a list-meme thing, and it’s well past time I responded. Here are the rules: We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about …