Tagged for a book meme
Category: Books & Writing... Memes...
Posted Friday, April 29, 2005 at 05:26 PM [GMT-6]

Well, like Cowtown Pattie says, turn about is fair play, so she's thrown a meme back at me. But, this one's pretty interesting, because it deals with books. So, what the hey...here's my stuff (but we're even now, sugar):

  1. You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be? The phone book. I'd be a human PDA!

  2. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Miz Hepzibah in Pogo. That was before I knew that we weren't supposed to consort with the French.

  3. The last book you bought was...? Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott. Watch for a review in these here pages.

  4. The last book you read was...? Kings of Infinite Space, by James Hynes. Yep...there'll be a post on that one, too.

  5. What are you currently reading? The Zen of CSS Design, by Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag, although you don't actually read it as much as you thumb back and forth, back and forth, wondering "how did they do that?" And, "Would any of my clients ever pay me to try it?" (I'm pretty sure the answer will always be "no.")

  6. Five books you would take to a desert island...

    1. The Bible (Ryrie Study Bible, NAS version) -- for the survival of my spirit;
    2. How Things Work, by Louis Bloomfield -- for the survival of my body;
    3. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson -- for the survival of my humor;
    4. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter -- for the survival of my mind; and
    5. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, edited by Orson Scott Card -- for the survival of my imagination.

  7. Who are you passing this stick on to and why? I'm gonna tap the shoulder of a local guy whom I'm sure will amaze and delight us with his selections, and that is Jeff over at ArchaeoTexture. Then I'm going way out on a limb and sending this to a new blogger I just met up in Pennsylvania, Jim at the intriguingly named serotoninrain. This might be a good way for you guys to get to know him, if he's game for the chance.

Update: Jim's offering is up over at serotoninrain.

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I'm game.

But I'm also new to the game. Ummm...what do I do?

Jim

Posted by: jvjjr at April 30, 2005 07:58 AM

Oh, sorry...I sometimes forget that all of this isn't necessarily intuitive.

A blog meme is essentially a chain letter (if you're a cynic) or a way to let readers know a bit more about you (if you're not a cynic). They are all pretty similar in that you copy the post where you first saw the meme, and add your spin to it...personalizing it, so to speak.

So for this one, all you really need to do is list the seven questions and your answers. If you want to link back to my post to show how it came to you, that's cool. And if you want to tap a couple of more people to extend the meme, you can do that, but it's not essential. Never mind the fact that the last person to refuse to extend a meme later became demon-possessed and voted Green in the next national election. ;-)

It's all for fun; if it's not fun for you, don't worry about it. We've got enough stresses in our lives without worrying about whether we're "blogging correctly" or not!

Posted by: Eric at April 30, 2005 08:18 AM

thanks. I thought that was probably the way to go about it.

See my post (much) later today for the answers to my first meme (is there a good reason why I'm excited about this?). Gotta go to work now.

Jim

Posted by: jvjjr at April 30, 2005 08:39 AM
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