Meme Monday: An Alphabetic Meme

I found this one on a couple of blogs while just surfing blogspot blogs and decided to give it a go.

A is for your age: 47

B is for your burger of choice: Jester Burger from Jack's Roadhouse, a local beer joint that has a kitchen. Its got cheese, jalapeños, bacon and ranch dressing. yum.

C is for the car that you drive: Used to be a Chevy P.O.S. but I just got a Nissan Sentra.

D is for dog's name: Last dog I had was when I was syill living with my parents. Over the years we had Bourbon, a border collie, Tiny, a beagle, George, not sure what he was, and Bandit, a terrier.

E is for an essential item you use each day: A Zebra F-301 pen. Its gotta be fine point pen for me, and they make the best. Never leave the house without it.

F is for your favorite television show: Monk.

G is for favorite game: Scrabble or backgammon. I'm playing a lot of those two on my game websites.

H is for hometown: Born in Durham, NC, but was raised in Pottsboro, TX. I call San Marcos, TX home now.

I is for instruments played: Does air guitar count?

J is for favorite juice: Pineapple/orange mix.

K is for what you'd like to kick: Obnoxious self-smug Dallas Cowboy fans.

L is for last restaurant you dined at: IHOP, a Thursday morning tradition.

M is for your favorite muppet: Animal.

N is for number of piercings you have: None. I don't even like to get shots. Hate needles.

O is for overnight hospital stays: None. I guess I'm lucky.

P is for people you were with today: Just the crowd here at the library, so far.

Q is for what you do in quiet times: Think up new offbeat stuff.

R is for regrets: Regrets, I've had a few, but then, too few to mention.

S is for status: Single.

T is for time you woke up today: 6am.

U is for what you consider unique: Me. There surely can't be more than one of me. God help the world if there is.

V is for favorite vegetable: Onions! There had better be some on my burger or I'm sending it back.

W is for your worst habit: I have a temper, and shoot off at the moutyh fairly easily.

X is for x-rays you have had: More than I can count, which is why I said earlier that I'm lucky having never had overnight hospital stays.

Y is for yummy food you ate today: Fried chicken from Chicken Express. they have the best.

Z is for zodiac sign: Sagittarius, but astrology is a crock of %#$@, so it's not really important.

Well, there you go. Anybody else wants to follosuit with this meme, let me know so I can read yours.

Meme Monday: Facebook Faves

Yes, I'm on Facebook. Go figure. As if I don't waste enough time. Here are a few of the "5 favorite" listings I have done recently on my Facebook account.

5 Favorite Cars:

(These are all T.V. cars)
1. 1969 Dodge Charger (the General Lee from "Dukes of Hazzard")
2. 1974 Ford Gran Torino ("Starsky and Hutch")
3. 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (KITT from "Knight Rider")
4. Ferraria 308 GTS (not sure of the year model; "Magnum, P.I.")
5. 1970 Plymouth Barracuda ("Nash Bridges")

5 Favorite Movies:

1. El Dorado (1966) My pick for John Wayne's best movie.
2. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
4. Escape from New York (1981)
5. Blazing Saddles (1974)

5 Favorite Sports Teams:

1. Whoever plays the Dallas Cowboys (NFL)
2. Houston Texans (NFL)
3. San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
4. Houston Astros (MLB)
5. St. Louis Blues (NHL)

And the follow-up to that one

5 Sports Teams whose fans I wouldn't waste spilling my $6 beer on:

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. Dallas Mavericks
3. Dallas Stars
4. Texas Rangers (who are based in Dallas)(notice a pattern here?)
5. University of Oklahoma Sooners

5 Favorite Guitarists:

1. Lonesome Dave Peverrett (late frontman for Foghat)
2. Gary Richrath (formerly of R.E.O. Speedwagon)
3. Yngwie Malmsteen
4. Ritchie Blackmore
5. Joe Satriani

5 Favorite Songs ever:

1. 157 Riverside Ave. (the live version) - R.E.O. Speedwagon
2. Slow Ride - Foghat
3. Gettin' in the Mood - Brian Setzer Orchestra
4. Convoy - C. W. McCall
5. Sweet Home Chicago (from The Blues Brothers movie soundtrack)

5 T.V. Shows I grew up on:

1. M*A*S*H*
2. Taxi
3. NBC Mystery Movie (which had "Columbo", "McCloud", "McMillan and Wife")
4. Sanford and Son
5. Hawaii Five-O

And the last one:

5 dead people you would have liked to have dinner with:

Obviously with my strong humorous streak they would have to be:
1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Groucho Marx
4. John Belushi
5. Milton Berle (Uncle Miltie)

There you go. No tagging here, fill your own if you want... or not..

Meme Monday : An origanal meme (I hope)

I'm better at filling out someone else's meme than I am at creation. But for some reason, I thought giving it a go was something I might be able to pull off. This one basically takes all sorts of venues and has you step into the spotlight, in place of the person who is already there, or as the hero in your own right. Enjoy.

1. If you could trade places with someone for one day, who would it be, and why?

2. Which T.V. show character, if any, do you wish you could play? (It doesn't matter if you can't act. For this question, you are assumed to have the talent.)

3. What is the one movie that you feel exemplifies your life?

4. You have the opportunity to have your life story ghostwritten. Who is your choice to fill the role?

5. Musical question. You can be the founder, and main star, of a musical group. What is the name of your band? What is your genre of music? What instrument do you play?

That's it. Now go and fill it out.

My answers:

1. If I could trade places, I'd like to be Donald Trump. Just long enough to make out a check to a guy in Texas....

2. My favorite T.V. character is, and probably always will be, Adrian Monk, from the T.V. show, "Monk". The quirky character suits my personality to a T. although I'm not near as obssesive about cleanliness....

3. "Stranger than Fiction". Sometimes I am almost certain someone must be pulling the strings in my life.

4. I would like to have Harry Turtledove write my story. He is one of my favorite authors, and one of the few who could handle the cast of characters in my life.

5. My band, a rock band, called Aardvark. I even have the idea for the title of the first album "Nose in the Mound" with all the innuendo that suggests... And I wanna have one of those unique bands with an incongruous instrument, like Jethro Tull and the flute, or Kansas and the violin. So of course, my instrument would be a theremin. Go here if you have no idea what that is.

Meme Monday: 5 Things

I love memes. You can be as creative or funny or serious as you want, all the while baring your soul to the general public. Here is a combination of several "5 things" memes I have run across.

5 Things I Was doing 10 Years Ago.

1. I was still on 1st shift. Same job, just earlier wake-up call.
2. I had no car yet, still rode a bicycle everywhere. (Oh, to be that young again.)
3. I guess I was reading a lot, since I was still 2 years away from getting online.
4. Regularly getting drunk on the weekend. (some things never change...)
5. I had a regular D & D group with which I played, all of whom have moved away.

5 Things on my To-Do List Today:

1. Well, obviously, finish this meme.
2. Get a little housework done.
3. write a letter to the folks.
4. Since I have the day off, get drunk. LOL
5. Pass out.

5 Snacks I Love:

1. Fresh strawberries.
2. Creme Savers® strawberries and creme hard candy.
3. Fresh strawberries.
4. Kellog's® Nutri-Grain™ strawberry cereal bars.
5. Did I mention fresh strawberries?

5 Things I Would Do if I were a Millionaire:

1. Move somewhere where Obama couldn't get his hands on it.
2. Become more active in the Libertarian Party.
3. Propose to Charlize Theron.
4. After she rejected me, try Alicia Silverstone.
5. Hmmm. Is Leann Rimes single, again, yet?

5 Places Where I Have Lived:

1. York, PA (until I was about 6mos. old)
2. Garland, TX. (until I was about 3 years old.)
3. Pottsboro, TX (where I grew up)
4. San Marcos, TX (since age 28)
5. Spent two summers in Washington D.C. in the late 80's.

5 Jobs I Have Had:

1. Fast food cook
2. Grocery store sacker
3. Grocery store stocker
4. Janitor
5. Machinist

5 Things You Didn't Know About Me (until now, that is):

1. Winthrop J. Quiggy is not my real name. It was the name of a character I designed for a role-playing game back in the late '80's. The character was a milquetoast alter-ego of a superhero. "Winthrop" because that was the wimpiest sounding name I knew. "J." because, in my favorite cartoon, "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" every character had the middle initial of J. (i.e. Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose). "Quiggy" because the dictionary in the room happened to be opened to the Qs. I looked down and saw the entry for "quagga" and just changed a couple of letters.

2. I'm an avid collector of business cards. No, I'm not in sales. I just had a friend that collected matchbooks, and he kept them in a drawer. One day I commented that one spark could make the whole thing go up in flames. And then I said "It would be safer to collect business cards." That caused a light to go on in my head and I thought it was a great idea. the internet has helped me expand considerably since I have online acquaintances from all over the globe sending me contributions from their respective areas.

3. I am probably the only person in America who doesn't give a s*** who wins American Idol, Survivor, The Bachelor or any of the other mostly annoying and definitely boring "reality" show competions.

4. I am not claustrophobic (I could sit in a closet for hours if I had a light to read by) nor am I afraid of crowds, but the idea of sitting between two people in a row, or in the back seat of a car is uncomfortable.

5. I have some pretty unusual tastes in food, but the weirdest one is eating peanut butter and oysters on crackers. But the good news is I'm not alone. I met an old man a few years ago who admitted to having the same aste for that combination.

Usually at this point, you are supposed to tag people to do the meme on their blogs. I only have one person I know who is reading this regularly, so listing 5 is out of the question. But if you read this and decide to do it on your blog, leave a comment telling me where I can find it.