Not a mime, not a me-me, not a memo. A meme. I guess it's sort of like those MySpace quizzes, but for bloggers, and if you get tagged on a meme, it means someone likes your blog. I dunno. Strikes me as being tantamount to a chain letter, but I'll play along this time.
My buddy Nathan, who writes the embarrassingly good The Drinking Bird, tagged A Running Commentary, which, now that the marathon is over, will hopefully be more commentary and less running--except for when, you know, I run.
Anyway, here's how memes work:
-You can leave them exactly as is.Then you answer your list of questions. Also part of the ceremony is listing the progression of blogs through which the meme has passed. I do that now.
-You can delete any one question.
-You can mutate either the genre, medium, or subgenre of any one question. For instance, you could change “The best time travel novel in SF/Fantasy is…” to “The best time travel novel in Westerns is…”, or “The best time travel movie in SF/Fantasy is…”, or “The best romance novel in SF/Fantasy is…”.
-You can add a completely new question of your choice to the end of the list, as long as it is still in the form “The best [subgenre] [medium] in [genre] is…”.
-You must have at least one question in your set, or you’ve gone extinct, and you must be able to answer it yourself, or you’re not viable.
My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparent is Flying Trilobite and the Hellfire Club.
My great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparent is A Blog Around the Clock.
My great-great-great-great-great-grandparent is archy.
My great-great-great-great-grandparent is Why Now?
My great-great-great-grandparent Rook's Rant.
My great-great-grandparent is Blue Girl, Red State.
My great-grandparent is Welcome to the Revolution.
My grandparent is Corner of the Sky.
My parent is The Drinking Bird
Now I answer questions. For the record, I decided to both change one question and add my own.
The best multi-volume series in SF/Fantasy is The Dark Tower, by Stephen King
The worst "spin-off" TV series in comedy is After M*A*S*H
The worst airport I've ever traveled through is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The best-looking uniform in pro sports is the Los Angeles Dodgers home uni.
There, I did it. I now tag:
Gregory Holman
In the Mailbox
The Skinny Guru
Hope you enjoyed it!
Peace!
ML
There, I did it. I now tag:
Gregory Holman
In the Mailbox
The Skinny Guru
Hope you enjoyed it!
Peace!
ML
Nailed it! I agree about the Dodgers, beautiful, classic. I also have to say I am also partial to the Mets home uni with the pinstripes and the blue cap, despite the fact that they are in fact, pond scum.
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