Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Blog Meme Virus



  • Act your age? No, I like waterslides and mosh pits too much.

  • Chore you hate? Carpet cleaning.

  • Dad’s name? Ted

  • Essential makeup item? Sunscreen - I even wear it in the winter.

  • Favorite actor? Wil Wheaton, from Star Trek TNG (His blog rocks!)

  • Gold or silver? Silver.

  • Hometown? Farmington, home of Dew Days and the Dakota County Fair.

  • Instruments you play? Cow bell.

  • Job title? Software Engineer!

  • Kids? 3 furry ones, 1 scaly one.

  • Living arrangements? Row house, soon to be filled with IKEA furniture.

  • Mom’s name? Cathy

  • Want? New spoiler.

  • Need? New kitchen knives - I have the dullest in the world!

  • Overnight hospital stays? Tonsillitis.

  • Phobias? Cell phones and semi trucks driven by tired truckers.

  • Quote you like? "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost

  • Religious affiliation? Lutheran, ELCA.

  • Time you wake up? 6:30 am

  • Unique talents? Spray painting cars and meeting rock stars.

  • Worst habit? When I pass a herd of cows out in the pasture, I moo at them.

  • X-rays you’ve had? Head.

  • Zodiac Sign? Virgo.



"What is a meme?"

Glenn Grant: Meme (pron. meem): A contagious information pattern that replicates by parasitically infecting human minds and altering their behavior, causing them to propagate the pattern. (Term coined by Dawkins, by analogy with "gene".) Individual slogans, catch-phrases, melodies, icons, inventions, and fashions are typical memes. An idea or information pattern is not a meme until it causes someone to replicate it, to repeat it to someone else. All transmitted knowledge is memetic.

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