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NaBloPoMo

What’s the new public trend
That’s a sex turnoff to all the folks?
(NaBloPoMo!)
You’re damn right

What is the thing
That would risk one’s rep with the brother man?
(NaBloPoMo!)
Can ya dig it?

What’s the trend that won’t cop out
When there are deadlines all about?
(NaBloPoMo!)
Right on

You see this meme NaBloPoMo is a bad mother–
(Shut your mouth)
But I’m talkin’ about NaBloPoMo
(Then we can dig it)

It’s a complicated trend
And no one understands it, man or woman
(NaBloPoMo!)

A little 3 a.m. silliness about National Blog Posting Month.

Do I NEED NaBloPoMo? Well, not exactly. As of tomorrow, November 2, I’ll have blogged daily 4.5 years. I often say I’ll take a day off, but I don’t. It’s like my father’s cigarette habit; he never quit, just stopped smoking for a day, then another day until it was over 25 years. So actually, NaBloPoMo is more of a THREAT to blogging than just keeping my head down and just doing it.

I can’t help but to wonder if it’s all in response to National Novel Writing Month, which, perhaps not coincidentally, ALSO starts today.

Anyway, that’s 1 of 30.
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Oh, I’ll be here today, but probably mot until 1 p.m., in case anyone cares.

ROG

ABC MEME

But first, happy SEVENTH blogiversary to both Tegan at Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog and Johnny Bacardi. That’s like forever on the Internet.

Sunday Stealing, yet again.

A- Advocate for: mass transit; buses and light rail.

B- Best Feature: my brain. I think. (OR, my brain, I think.)

C- Could do without: the screaming that passes for political discourse.

D- Dreams and desires: for the child to thrive at whatever is her heart’s content.

E- Essential items: certain reference books, or in lieu of that, certain bookmarked reference web pages.

F- Favorite past time: blogging.

G- Good at: confusing my opponents, and occasionally myself, with racquetball shots.

H- Have never tried: jumping out of an airplane.

I- If I had a million dollars: I’d contribute more to some arts organizations and food pantries.

J- Junkie for: music of many types.

K- Kindred spirit: Uthaclena.

L- Little known fact: when I was in college on the Student Government Association Financial Council, the books were audited and the accounts were off by thousands of dollars. The books for my area, education, which included the newspaper and the radio station, were off by 79 cents.

M- Memorable moment: getting a standing ovation for playing a kazoo solo at a Red Cross training camp.

N- Never again will I: take penicillin (allergic reaction).

O- Occasional indulgence: a day off from work, just for myself.

P- Profession: librarian, dammit!

Q- Quote: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it…. People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.” ~Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

R- Reason to smile: The daughter’s dancing.

S- Sorry about: slow to asking for forgiveness from one person, which would have had a huge effect on my relationship with a third party.

T- Things you are worrying about right now: Well, worried would overstating it, but I’d like to be around when the kid graduates college.

U- Uninterested in: 99.973% of celebrity gossip.

V- Very scared of: a loss of freedom in the country.

W- Worst habits: an unlibrarianlike level of disorder.

X- X marks my ideal vacation spot: Hawaii. Because I wanted to go, was invited to go, but couldn’t.

Y- Yummiest dessert: carrot cake.

Z- Zodiac sign: Pisces.

ROG

Magical Mystery Tour MEME

Another Sunday Stealing.

1. Is there anybody you just wish would fall off the planet?

Right now it’s Glenn Beck. Somehow more irritating to me even than Rush Limbaugh.

2. How do you flush the toilet in public?

Very well, thank you. Well, some of them flush automatically, others with a handle which I push with my hand. What, am I supposed to use, my feet?

3. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car?

Yes, but not outside the car; people would talk.

4. Do you have a crush on someone?

Sure. Probably you.

5. Name one thing you worry about running out of.

Time.

6. What famous person do you (or other people) think you resemble?

No idea. There was an Albany high school math and science teacher I evidently look like.

7. What is your favourite pizza topping?

Mushroom & onions. Together.

8. Do you crack your knuckles?

I can, but rarely do.

9. What song do you hate the most?

The Men In My Little Girl’s Life by Mike Douglas.

10. Did just mentioning that song make it get stuck in your head?

It’s so vapid that, no, not really.

11. What are your super powers?

Ability to discern information that may not be evident to others.

12. Peppermint or spearmint?

Peppermint.

13. Where are your car keys?

Lost. I swear they’re in the bedroom, but cannot find them.

14. Last song you listened to?

Where Did Our Love Go by the Supremes on a Motown compilation album.

15. What’s your most annoying habit?

I have no annoying habits. I’m perfect.
Honestly, it’s a certain shyness where I don’t always engage with people.

16. Where did you last go on vacation?

Well, I won’t consider visiting my mother in Charlotte, NC. Staying in Saratoga.

17. What is your best physical feature?

I am told my eyes.

18. What CD is closest to you right now?

You mean physically close to me? Some Motown compilation.
Emotionally? The Beatles’ Revolver.

19. What 3 things can always be found in your refrigerator?

Milk, yogurt, ketchup.

20. What superstition do you believe/practice?

Really don’t have any. Don’t even read the horoscope, though I have in the past.

21. What colour are your bed sheets?

Blue.

22. Would you rather be a fish or a bird?

Bird, for sure. Maybe a falcon.

23. Last thing you broke?

A glass in the kitchen sink.

24. What are you having to eat tonight?

Pizza in all likelihood.

25. What colour shirt are you wearing?

Green.

26. If you could be doing anything else today, what would you rather be doing?

Catching up on reading.

27. Do security cameras make you nervous?

I’ve surrendered to the notion that there just is no privacy anymore. I’m so glad that whatever I might have done in my sordid past was not captured on film.

28. If you wrote a book about your life, what would the title be?

How Green Is My Valley

29. Last time you went to a cemetery?

Visited one in Saratoga.

30. Last concert you went to?

Bruce Springsteen.

31. Favourite musician(s)/bands you’ve seen in concert?

Talking Heads; Temptations

32. Next concert you’re planning to attend?

Have no plans. But I tend to see one a year.

33. Do you talk to yourself?

Pretty much constantly. And I find myself to be a pithy conversationalist.

34. Have you ever adopted or purchased a pet?

Had cats for years, but not for years.

35. Have you ever been present when an animal is being born?

Yes, kittens.

ROG

Doane Made Me Do It

OK, Alan David Doane didn’t MAKE me do one of those Facebook thingies; I CHOOSE to do so. Since he sent it a few days ago, my answers are as of lunchtime on Thursday, October 1.

1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth?

Flavored ice pop; more for the hydration than the flavor.

2. Where was your profile picture taken?

In my office at work, I think.

3. Can you play Guitar Hero?

Never even tried. It seems that if the child shows an interest someday, I might give it a go, but otherwise can’t foresee doing it.

4. Name someone who made you laugh today?

I was playing racquetball, and my partner made a terrible swing, awful swing, which was so unpredictable that it hit the ball sideways and we made the point.

5. How late did you stay up last night and why?

10 pm, working on a proposal for a session at a conference.

7. Ever been kissed under fireworks?

Don’t believe so. I’ve been under fireworks; didn’t like being singed or the volume.

8. Which of your friends lives closest to you?

Probably Bill and Orchid.

9. Do you believe ex’s can be friends?

I definitely do. There were at least three at my wedding to Carol and she knew it. Oh, and I thought you spelled the word “exes”,

10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?

Ambivalent. Haven’t had it in years.

11. When was the last time you cried really hard?

Listening to an adagio a couple weeks ago. Wrote about it.

12. Who took your profile picture?

No idea. Could have been any one of a half dozen roving amateur photographers in our office.

13. Who was the last person you took a picture of?

My daughter Lydia.

14. Was yesterday better than today?

Well, it’s a toss-up. Yesterday was more productive, today is more fun.

15. Can you live a day without TV?

Well, for myself, it happens quite a bit, judging from my DVR. But 30 minutes/day for the daughter is magic.

16. Are you upset about anything?

Not actively.

17. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it?

I do.

18. Are you a bad influence?

I used to be; ah, those were the days…

19. Night out or night in?

Well it’s choir night AND it’s garbage night, so I won’t be in the house until 10 pm.

20. What items could you not go without during the day?

I’ve gone without the computer but prefer not to.

21. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital?

My friend Mike Attwell, I believe. He’s much better now.

22. What does the last text message in your inbox say?

What’s a text message? Are we talking cellphones? I haven’t used the feature. If we’re talking e-mail, haven’t used the feature in a very long time.

23. How do you feel about your life right now? It could be worse.

24. Do you hate anyone?

Not presently. Though there are plenty who tick me off.

25. If we were to look in your Facebook inbox, what would we find?

Lots of virtual plants I haven’t gotten around to accepting.

26. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass?

Not if it was looking for caffeine.

27. Has anyone ever called you perfect before?

Yes, and they were WRONG.

28. What song is stuck in your head?

You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates; my wife says the bit in 500 Days of Summer using that song is one of her favorite parts of any movie EVER.

29. Someone knocks on your window at 2 a.m., who do you want it to be?

You know the anxiety if someone doing it would negate whatever joy it would have. Really, it couldn’t wait until morning? But if it was one of three friends I haven’t seen in 20+ years, MAYBE they could get away with it.

30. Wanna have grand-kids before you’re 50?

Moot point. I’m over 50, was over 50 when the CHILD was born.

31. Name something you have to do tomorrow?

Go to my daughter’s school to see the Apple Run, whatever that is. EDIT: It’s a bunch of kids in the five kindergarten classes running around a track of about 200 meters,. the girls and boys riun separately. Lydia won her heat.

ROG

Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 2

Sunday Stealing: One Long Meme (Part Two)

27. Do you prefer to sleep or eat?

Depends on how tired I am. I NEED that first burst of sleep in order to function. Other than that, I’d probably pick eating.

28. Do you look like your mom or dad?

There are pictures of Carol’s and my wedding when I look extraordinarily like my father. Carol, BTW, is still getting used to how much she looks like her mother.

29. How long does it take you in the shower?

Ten minutes, max, unless I’m in there for the massage function of the shower, rather than to clean. The other factors are 1) I’m usually at the Y on the way to work, so I need to hustle and 2) at home, I have to wait out my wife, who takes a bit longer.

30. Can you do the splits?

I could never do a split, even as a kid.

31. What movie do you want to see right now?

Still haven’t seen Ponyo, but there are a bunch of them.

32. What did you do for New Year’s?

We probably went to sleep before midnight. Or Carol did and I crawled into bed at 12:01.

33. Do you think The Grudge was scary?

I have no idea what this is.

34. Do you own a camera phone?

There’s a photo function on my cellphone, but I don’t know how it works.

35. Was your mom a cheerleader?

Seriously doubt it.

36. What’s the last letter of your middle name?

N, as in Owen.

37. How many hours of sleep do you get a night?

Six, almost never in one continous shot.

38. Do you like Care Bears?

Not really, but I haven’t done an in-depth analysis as to whether I should.

39. What do you buy at the movies?

Butter, with popcorn. Or the other way around, I think.

40. Do you know how to play poker?

Define “know”. I’ve played for pennies or matchsticks; haven’t ever played for real money in decades, and that was for a dollar ante.

41. Do you wear your seat belt?

Oh, heavens yes. Seat belt almost certainly saved my life at least once, and probably thrice.

42. What do you wear to sleep?

Depends on the season. Summer is T-shirt and pajama botttoms. In cooler weather, pajamas; the top and the bottom don’t alwasys match.

43. Anything big ever happen in your hometown?

Rod Serling grew up there. There was that dreadful murderous rampage back in April of 2009. Actually, the first big thing I remember happening in Binghamton was the “salt babies” incident.

44. How many meals do you eat a day?

Generally, three.

45. Is your tongue pierced?

No, and don’t forsee me doing it.

46. Do you always read MySpace bulletins?

It’s been so long since I’ve dealt with my MySpace page. Hard enough to do Facebook and Twitter.

47. Do you like funny or serious people better?

Depends. There are people who think they are funny but who I don’t. Conversely, there are some folks who are so damn serious, they are unrelentingly boring. I’ll say funny people, but they actually have to BE funny.

48. Ever been to L.A.?

No; the closest I’ve been is the Angels stadium in Anaheim.

49. Did you eat a cookie today?

No, but the day is young.

50. Do you use cuss words in other languages?

Only mild invectives.

51. Do you steal or pay for your music downloads?

Actually neither. Amazon has free downloads sometimes as do some artists. I have contributed to the latter.

52. Do you hate chocolate?

No, but I prefer strawberry.

53. What do you and your parents fight about the most?

In the day, it had to do with curfew; I hasd a lousy sense of time when I was a kid.

54. Are you a gullible person?

A useful quote from Ronald Reagan: “Trust but verify.” And I never even voted for him.

55. Do you need a girlfriend to be happy?

No, my wife would object.

56. If you could have any job (assuming you have the skills) what what would it be?

A syndicated columnist.

57. Are you easy to get along with?

You mean you don’t think I am? Honestly, I’m very mellow about things when I don’t have a strong opinion, but I can draw a line in the sand on things important to me. All in all, I’D say yes, but you’d need to ask others, wouldn’t you?

58. What is your favorite time of day?

If I’m awake, 5 a.m. It’s my alone time.
ROG