Category: Memes

Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

NPR published a list of the top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy books.  It was based on 60,000 votes from NPR users. How many have you read? 1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien 2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams 3. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank

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Sad Satellite or Dreary Dish

Giggles (Look!  You caused another post!) wrote a blog post titled Drooping Rabbit Ears in which she listed which of the Prime-Time Emmy Award nominations she had seen.  I tried to reply, but somehow between my desk and her server, we lost the comment.  I’ll get it right on my own blog! Here’s what I’ve

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A Book Quiz

From both Miss Giggles (or would that be Mrs. Giggles now?) and The Book Guardian: What are at least 2 of your favorite genres?  I’ve been enjoying historical fiction lately.  I also like action and some fantasy. What is your least favorite genre?  Romance, though I’ve never read a romance novel, so I can’t be

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25 Things About Me

I got tired of being tagged with this ubiquitous meme, so I decided to do it using 25 randomly generated facts “about me.”  So here they are: I believe only mentally deficient people want anti-gravity boots taught in schools. I went to a camp where we tried to eat bags of Doritos all summer. I

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The Big Read

On Pezao’s blog, he had a list of books in The Big Read.  Apparently, it wasn’t quite accurate, so I went to the actual site and edited this entry. So with the new and improved updated list of 200 books, I bolded the books I’ve read and underlined those books I love. I’m not going

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Alphabet Meme

I saw this on both Miss Giggles’ blog and Amanda’s Blog, so I thought I’d give it a whirl here. A is for age: I’m 38 and will be for another 23 days.  I can’t believe I’m almost 40.  I’m MIDDLE AGED people!  I haven’t even had a midlife crisis and bought a hummer or

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A Year In the Life…

I saw this on Heidi’s blog and Lisa’s blog: 20 years ago: 20 years ago, I was finishing up my Freshman year at Ricks College. I was studying music… sort of. I took a music theory class and was in the Symphonic Band, the Symphony Orchestra, and the College Choir. I even worked for the

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Best Picture Meme

If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. My friend, Miss Giggles, (I’ll bet your CURRENT students don’t call you that) blogged about how many of the films she had seen that had won the “Best Picture” Oscar. I was curious as to how many I have seen. So here is the list with my comments:

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