Okay, so let me begin by just saying right out of the gate how much I detest these things. Yeah, yeah, I know. Report me to the ACLU or call me a major league Party Pooper. Deal with it, alright?....
But yesterday, I got served with a simultaneous 'Double Whammy-MeMe.' I got tagged by Cat Zwicker-Grant and Teresa Boardman. Cat, a fellow Oregonian based out of Redmond (not Redmond WA, mind you, but Redmond Oregon. You know, just down the road a spell from Powell Butte? A stone's throw north of Alfalfa? How about Bend, okay? Gorgeous country, by the way. I couldn't refuse a fellow Oregonian (I was born in Klamath Falls). And then Teresa. Who in their right mind would say 'No' to THE infamous Teresa Boardman? I've heard stories of people who said 'No' to TBoard. Next thing ya know, Vincenzo and Joey are walking ya down to the waterfront carrying a back of instant concrete!
~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~
So I'm supposed to grab the nearest book, right? Well, the bookshelves in my office here at home are cluttered with various real estate related titles, a hodge-podge of sales & marketing best-sellers, and a few Seth Godin's thrown in for good measure. But none of those are what I'm currently reading. We have to go to my bedroom nightstand for that.
I have a rather eclectic taste in books, and music, as well. And my reading habits are a bit unique, to say the least. At any given point in time, I'm probably going through a half a dozen books or more. Here's the pile of titles currently stacked up on my nightstand (in no particular order):
"The Proper Care & Feeding of Marriage" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
"Start Late, Finish Rich" by David Bach
"The Diary of David Brainerd" edited by Jonathan Edwards
"A History of the Baptists" by Robert G. Torbet
"Thine is My Heart" devotional readings from the writings of John Calvin
"Killer Weekend" by Ridley Pearson (you need to have at least one 'mindless read' in the bunch!)
~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~
Since Dr. Laura was on top, here's page 56:
"I have to be the center of the universe and none of your feelings matter because you're just here to make me feel good".....(Wow, ya just gotta love her stuff!)
Here's the actual context:
"In other words, if you're suddenly going into your "poor me, I'm not lovable and you have to prove to me I am and make me feel good and I have to be the center of the universe and none of your feelings matter because you're just here to make me feel good" behaviors, he's bound to get very tired of it and you."
This is the part where I depart from tradition, live dangerously by casting all fate to the wind, and break the 'chain letterisque' nature of MeMe's, and stubbornly refuse to tag 5 other people.
The world will just have to survive with 5 less MeMe's!
Comments(21)