Lynn tags me with a meme where I’m to reveal eight things about myself, or give eight facts about myself, or reveal eight habits, or something like that. After more than five years of blogging, coming up with new stuff that I actually want to reveal here is kind of hard.
1. Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine dates the guy who zones out every time “Desperado” comes on the radio? I’m the same way with Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1.
2. Musical instruments I feel like I should like, but which I really don’t: the harpsichord, the classical guitar, the harmonica.
3. I listen to The Daughter talk about her collection of Pokemon cards, and it hits me that this is what I sounded like to my parents when I talked nonstop about Star Wars.
4. I think there should be a national restaurant chain that does nothing but sell those regional specialties that are beloved in one place but completely unknown just fifty or a hundred miles away. I’m thinking of beef on weck, scrapple, spiedies, Maid-Rites, broasted chicken, and so on. The restaurant could be funded with Piers Morgan’s money, after the dingoes eat him.
5. I believe that rum makes the world a better place.
6. It’s been over a year since the last time I set foot in a Wal-Mart.
7. I don’t recall how it happened, but my family has now become spoiled: we can no longer consume pancake syrups like Mrs. Butterworth’s or Log Cabin. We pay the hefty price for real maple syrup, and we do so cheerfully.
8. I’m the only member of my family who enjoys the flavor of coconut. This means that I can load up on Mounds bars and not feel the slightest bit guilty for not sharing.
I’m supposed to tag people, but I’m not going to. Grab it and post away if you like, folks!
