OK, I don't like the word 'meme', but that's what they're called. Here are three.
(1) (via The Little Professor)
Name three of your:
1. Pet Peeves: People who smoke while walking on the sidewalk; drivers who get angry at pedestrians for things that are their fault; people using shopping carts in the grocery store for five items.
2. Favorite Sounds: Rain, thunder, wind in the leaves of trees
3. Favorite Flavors of Candy: Chocolate, Mint, Butterscotch (and in Jelly Bellies, Popcorn!)
4. Biggest Fears: I'm not sure; but I do have rare occasional nightmares about my teeth rotting. Other than that, I can't think of any.
5. Biggest Challenges: Doing paperwork; staying focused; networking
6. Favorite Department Stores: None, None, and None.
7. Most Used Words: The, an, of. More seriously: actually, really, indeed.
8. Favorite Pizza Toppings: Pepperoni, Canadian bacon, mushrooms
9. Favorite Cartoon Characters: Snoopy, the Wizard of Id, and Garfield (I'm a classicist!)
10. Movies Recently Watched: The Last Action Hero, Friday Night Lights, The Fellowship of the Ring
11. Favorite fruits: Avocado, apple, plum
12. Favorite Vegetables: Corn, carrots, onions
(2) (Also from The Little Professor)
1. Favorite Word: Syzygy
2. Least Favorite Word: Blog (at least, that's all I can think of)
3. Turns Me On: Snarkiness
4. Turns Me Off: Snobbishness
5. Sound I love: Rain
6. Sound I hate: electric humming
7. Favorite Curse Word: Bloody (You aren't getting much more out of me!)
8. Alternate Profession: Can't think of any
9. Definitely Not Alternate Profession: Can't think of any - hey, I don't spend much time thinking about other professions!
10. What You Would Like God To Say To You: Anything nice.
(3) (From Thinklings, via Catholic Ragemonkey)
Hardback or Paperback Paperback
Highlight or Underline Underline
Lewis or Tolkien Lewis
E.B. White or A.A. Milne E.B. White
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings T.S. Eliot
Stephen King or Dean Koontz Stephen King
Barnes & Noble or Borders Barnes and Noble
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton Waldenbooks
Fantasy or Science Fiction Fantasy, if it's good
Horror or Suspense Horror
Bookmark or Dogear Bookmark
Large Print or Fine Print Fine Print
Hemingway or Faulkner Faulkner
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck Fitzgerald
Homer or Plato Plato (this was a tough one)
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser Geoffrey Chaucer
Pen or Pencil Pen
Looseleaf or Notepad Looseleaf
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title By Author
Shelve: By Genre/Subject or All Books Together All Books Together
Dustjacket: Leave it On or Take it Off Leave it On
Novella or Epic Epic
John Grisham or Scott Turow Scott Turow
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket J.K. Rowling
John Irving or John Updike John Irving
Salman Rushdie or Don Delillo Don Who?
Fiction or Non-fiction Non-fiction
Historical Biography or Historical Romance Historical Romance
Reading Pace: A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter Finish the Chapter
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay Short Story
Blah Blah Blah or Yada Yada Yada Blah Blah Blah
"It was a dark and stormy night…" or "Once upon a time…" "It Was a dark and stormy night..."
Books: Buy or Borrow Borrow
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth Book Reviews
