nobody asked…

Yikes! Holy Bat Balls, Commissioner, I’ve been tagged by Stu Savory for another one of those damn fool meme things. Since this one has been floating around for the past couple of weeks I have been hiding out amongst the reeds and lillies at the edge of the pond, hoping upon hope that no one would spot me. But that Stu is a sly one. Crept up behind me, he did. Now I would not get trapped into doing anohter meme, except by a pretty face or someone a helluva lot smarter than me. Take a good look at Stu’s photo over at his site and you’ll understand — Old Stu is a fairly smart cuss, doing the Mensa thing, and all, but by my tastes, purty he ain’t. So for Stu, a really decent bloke, and in the interest of not starting another international incident, here goes…

Four Jobs I’ve Had:
1. Bowling Alley Attendant (College, part-time)
2. Engineer (What I trained to be)
3. Corporate Manager — Minority Business Development (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 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 Favorite Dishes:
1. Plates
2. Dessert Plates
3. Soup Bowls
4. Coffee Cups

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
1. In a quiet pub discussing deep stuff with deep folks.
2. In a noisy pub discussing shallow stuff with shallow folks.
3. Kitchen
4. Need to go to restroom - does that count?

Four Bloggers I Am Tagging:
This is where I get off since I am not comfortable with tagging others to perpetuate this folly. 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.

NOTE: Halfway into this I was drunk with deja vu. Turns out I did a quite similar meme of fours back in January. Although some of the questions have morphed or gone extinct since then, the basics were close enough that I could copy and paste. It gave me a rush of warm fuzzies to find that my answers now were the same as then. Guess that means I am consistent in my fabrications…

Dr. Savory, I trust the foregoing does not fall too far short of your standards and the expectations you had for me, your humble servant. If I have failed thee, sir, … tough beans!