Name Meme

1 . WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names)
Margaret Cleopheus
2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad)
William William
3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)
My’anne
4.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Red Cat
5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)
Keel [...]

Places I’ve Been (US Version)

visited 42 states (84%)
Create your own visited map of The United States or determine the next president

I’ve Been Tagged for a 5×5 Meme

The Mighty Minx tagged me for this and now my brain is nicely distracted from the mushrooms formerly growing in the carpet.  This is a Good Thing.
5 things found in your bag:
1) One red eelskin checkbook cover, with checkbook and a ballpoint pen so I can write down all of those debit card things that [...]

To All The Kids Who Survived the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids [...]

Okay, I’m Game

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don’t speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want — good or bad. When you’re finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) [...]

What Have You Read?

There’s a meme going around of the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. My list is behind the cut — click on “more” to get to it and see how I did. Honestly, it’s full of the classics and I just didn’t/don’t read that stuff. I like [...]