nobody asked…

So, here I am, minding my own business and not bothering anyone, when — WHAM — Kathryn over at A Mindful Life comes along and tags me for another meme. I have thought long and hard about how I might have offended Kathryn to have her turn on me like this. Answers elude me. Back in December when I responded to one from Tamar, I vowed “Never again will I participate…at least until the next pretty face asks me to…” I have stuck faithfully by that vow, but now that “pretty face” comes along. No, I am not shallow enough to fall for physical attributes alone, but Kathryn is also one of the fellow bloggers whose work I try to read daily and for whom I have the utmost respect. So, Kathryn, this is for you…

Four Jobs I’ve Had:
1. Bowling Alley Attendant (College, part-time)
2. Engineer (What I trained to be)
3. Minority Business Manager (Most rewarding and fulfilling)
4. Business Owner (I’m the hardest boss I ever had!)

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:
(I have never seen a movie that I would want to watch over and over again. That is one addiction/affliction I never understood or developed. Four all-time favorites that I have seen more than once are listed.)
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Notting Hill
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. The Lion in Winter

Four Places I’ve Lived:
1. Pittsburgh, PA (Go Steelers!)
2. Bettendorf, IA (Blazing summers, hellishly frigid winters)
3. Meridian, MS (Thank god we escaped back to Tennessee)
4. Nashville, TN (About as good as it gets!)

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:
(Don’t watch much network TV, but do/did enjoy the following)
1. NCAA Football — Anywhere, anytime
2. NFL Football — Anywhere, anytime
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. News programs and magazines

Four of My Favorite Books:
(Only four? But there are so many…)
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED – Ayn Rand
2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME – Stephen Hawking
3. FOUNDATION series - Issac Asimov
4. DUNE series - Frank Herbert (Not the movie - it sucked!)

Four Places I’ve Been On Vacation:
1. Jersey shore (multiple times)
2. San Francisco (ahhh…sour dough bread and Ghirardelli chocolate)
3. Niagara Falls/Toronto (more than once)
4. Gatlinburg, TN (favorite long weekend getaway)

Four Websites I Visit Daily:
(Not including other blogs - they’re listed on my site)
1. Nobody Asked (my own - dirty job but somebody’s gotta do it!)
2. CNNSI (Sports Illustrated)
3. Google
4. Dictionary.com

Four of My Favorite Foods:
1. Dark Chocolate
2. Milk Chocolate
3. White Chocolate
4. All or any of the above with pecans

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:

1. At AFC Chaampionship Game in Denver
2. In a bar with big screen HDTV watching the game
3. Kitchen
4. Need to go to restroom - does that count?

Four Bloggers I Am Tagging:
Since I don’t normally do this meme thing myself, I am not comfortable with tagging others to follow along. If one or more of my many thousands of readers wish to pick up the torch and run with it, they have my blessings and encouragement to do so.

Kathryn, I hope my responses were intensely adequate enough and in no way embarrassed or inconvenienced you.