OK, all of the cool kids are doing it, so I guess I’m in, too. 🙂 Here are the rules: 1. Find the nearest book. 2. Name the book & the author. 3. Turn to page 123. 4. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog. 5. Tag three more folks. Here goes: 1. Got it. Not going to use it, because it’s not really handy…it’s holding up my computer monitor. Cheap ergonomics, meant to get the monitor closer to eye level and reduce strain on my neck and upper back. Instead, I’ll use the book I’m reading right…

I saw this meme, if you want to call it that, here. I’m not positive of how to work with it, but we’ll see how it turns out. If you want to try, there’s a template for this exercise, which you can find here. I am from San Francisco Sourdough bread on picnics, from the smell of bacon in the morning, and saltine crackers and kool-aid as an afternoon snack. I am from 7-11 and Tower Records on Christmas day, my money burning a hole in my pocket. I am from the many houses over the years…a homestead outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, with no running water, and coal or oil…

Merry Christmas Everyone! I was tagged awhile ago by ML at Zee’s Space to do this meme…the idea is that you’re serving a bunch of foodies, maybe even food bloggers, a wonderful dinner. What do you serve? Well, I certainly don’t have the guts to have a bunch of food bloggers over to my tiny kitchen, with whatever food I could muster, but instead, I’m inviting you all, OK? So, here’s my menu: We’ll start with a small cup of lobster bisque, served with some fresh tarragon sprinkled on top, and Veuve Cliquot Champagne, because everything tastes better with Veuve Cliquot. I linked to a recipe that says it’s for…

Gina recently did a post, which she found in a couple of different places, where she listed the first sentence from the first post of the month in 2006.  I’m game, so here goes: January: I was surfing blogs and came across this one, via Bitch PhD, but the post was here.  (It appears that this was my first meme, and I wasn’t used to all of the blog ettiquette yet…I didn’t link to Bitch PhD, and my link to the first blog was just to the blog, not to the post in question.  Ah, back in the days of my early blogging…) February: Looks like HBO has a new…

I have a lot of year end type work today, and Maya’s going to school, and I’m still coughing (when do you decide it’s time to go to the doctor, I wonder?), so it’s handy to have a meme or two lying around, which, as a matter of fact, I do.  I’ve been tagged by Curiosity Killer, she who lives in Hong Kong and comes to read my posts sometimes. 🙂 This meme is alphabetical…one question for each letter. Here goes. A – Available/single? No. Been together 19 years on December 12th. 🙂 B – Best Friend? Ted. C – Cake or Pie? Pie. Apple, ala mode. Or Marionberry, ala…