Someone didn’t get the memo. Or, the “meme-o,” as it were. I prefer not to do “memes.” I talk about me-me-me all the time anyway. But, Crank Mama passed one to me, and she’s a sweetheart, so just for her I’ll crank this one out (I just wanted to use a pun). That doesn’t mean I’m fair game. You can go here to see Crank Mama’s Crazy Eights.

Well, lemme see. In no particular order, that would be Mr. Tucker, Share A Square, bacon (the crispier the better), liver (I hate it, but “hate” is a passion, isn’t it?), The Closer, prejudice (another thing I can’t stand), coffee (strong enough to put hair on your chest), and Habitat for Humanity. Oh, and I passionately hate the new way that Blogger makes those of us on Word Press comment, but that’s another post (and it makes nine, anyway).

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
Oh my, let me think. Umm. Well, I have a whole wish list on this blog, but I don’t make it easy to find. If I have to pick eight, it’s: pay off the Visa bill (it’ll never happen); have a meal cooked for me by Emeril (so I can hear him say “Bam!”); learn how to say more in Spanish than “No tengo muchas palabras del español en mi cabeza.”; visit New York City (I just want to see it…when there isn’t a strike so I can experience a Broadway play!); live in San Francisco (OMG, don’t let there be an earthquake! I like to “feel the earth move” but not in that way! And, don’t you know the locals will love this Texas accent?); kiss the blarney stone (’cause I’d really like to be good with the blarney!); stand in a field filled with Monarch butterflies, just to feel the magic; and ride an elephant (or ellylump, as my children used to call it).

8 Things I Often Say:
Geesh! This is harder to crank out than I thought! Here they are: “Please put the toilet seat down!”; “Close the door, were you born in a barn?”; “Can’t anybody turn the lights out?”; “OMG, I AM my mother!”; “President Bush is NOT a Native Son of Texas, don’t blame him on US!”; “I NEED a large mocha!”; “No tengo muchas palabras del español en mi cabeza.”; and “Where are my dadgum glasses?” Oh, dang, that’s all so embarrassing!

8 Books I’ve Recently Read (Or Am Still Reading):

I don’t get much time to read anymore! Here’s what’s on the table beside my bed (I’ve read most of them and enjoyed them all):Cash by Johnny Cash; Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like A Skank by Celia Rivenbark; Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; Bonita Faye by Margaret Moseley; The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell; Stop Negotiating With Your Teen by Janet Sasson Edgette. Boring, eh? Well, I didn’t tell you about the trash novels I read, because I’m trying to sound intelligent! Did it work?

8 Songs I Could Listen To Over And Over:
This could change at any second, because I love music. I’ve set up links so you can go and listen (and watch) on YouTube.
Hurt by Johnny Cash; Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits (I’ve had a secret crush on Mark Knopfler for thirty years, but don’t tell anybody); The Dark Night Of The Soul by Loreena McKennitt; Ave Maria by Pavarotti ; Dangerous Mood by Keb Mo; Crazy by Patsy Cline; Angel from Montgomery by Bonnie Raitt; Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. It’s actually my “theme song” right now, so I’ll put it here:

8 Things That Attract Me To My Best Friends:
That would be: witty repartee; a wicked sense of humor; compassion; artsy-fartsiness (it’s not a word, but I like it, anyway); a varied vocabulary; eclectic interests; the ability to listen (’cause the good Lord knows I love to talk!); honesty; tactfulness.

8 People I Think Should Do Crazy Eights:
Well, I’m not going to force anyone to do this! You can if you want to, and I’ll link you here. But, since it’s time for some blog housekeeping, let me do a little link love.
My links on my blogroll are more than six months old (most of them), and as you know, Technorati lets them drop off of your link list when they get old. Ageism! I hate it. So I’m just going to list them here. I don’t know how to use the “read more” feature, so just skip it if you want. Sorry. If you think you belong on there, and you aren’t, just give me a shout. I’ve been crazy lately. Again, sorry.

A Little Piece of Me;Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing;Alasandra; All Tips and Tricks; Any Apples; archshrk;Arkie Mama;Around The Island; Artist By Nature; Bermudabluez; bisuteria y un poco de cine; Blog Blond; Blog-Blond Media Center; Boho Rhap; Buck Naked Politics; burnt offerings; Candid Karina; Cheaper Than A Happy Meal; CiNdEe’S GaRdEn; Comedy Plus; Dancing Dolphin Journal; D³ Displaced. Dysfunctional. Discombobulated.;
Durward Discussion; Entertaining Angels; Fat Bloke Thin; Food and Fort Worth, Texas . . . With Restaurant Reviews.; Fourier Analyst; Geeky Streak; Ghent Fever; Going The Wong Way; I Wish…; Idaho Quilter; Inside Mo’s Mind; It’s A Blog Eat Blog World; It’s My Life; J’s Thoughts and Musings; Just Another Blogger; Just Bloggin’ Along; Karen Shanley: Author Mom with Dogs; Knitting Passion; Lazy Daisy Log;Least Significant Bits; Life As I See It; Life in Westcliffe; Life is just around the corner; Life is RANTastic; Mama Milton; Maui Skies; MeeAugraphie; Melancholy Musings; Moonlight Becomes Me; Mountain Mama; My Dogs Keep Me Sane; My Juxtaposition; My Life in the Classroom; On the Lake Front; Our Seven Qtpies; Party of Five; Pass The Chocolate; Pendientes, pulseras…; Philly Transplant; PhotoJulia; Pistols, Passions, and Potions; Puss Reboots; Puss Reboots Live Journal; Queen of A Disney Castle; REal Bee Log; Riley Central; Rose DesRochers; Running On Empty; Seedlings in Stone; Simply Nutmeg; Single Parents Unite Skittles Place; Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker SusieJ; Tales From a Former Michigander; Tawakoni Tales; Taylor’s Entertainment News; Tea Time Ramblings; Tennessee Text Wrestling; The Art of Living and Dying; The Freelance Cynic; The Life of a School Bus Driver; The Newfoundland Kitchen; The Purplemoose Gazette; The Ravin’ Picture Maven; The Rising Blogger; The Savvy Boomer; The Vixen’s Den; Thorne’s World; Through My Eyes; Title Deleted for Security Reasons; Tumbled Words; Vintage Tees; Vixen’s Den; Voice on Miscellaneous Matters; wading through my stream of consciousness; Wailea Daily Photo; Way Khool Sites; West of Mars; Who’s You Mama; Wordless Wednesday Bogroll; Writer’s Cramps; wrongblog.com; Wylie’s Words; Yellow Roses Garden;
You Can’t Reason With Crazy

SAS Blogroll
A Cowboy’s Wife; A Misplaced Life; Always A Work In Progress; Anne Wallinford, Wordsmith; Any Apples; Arctic Whispers; Arrrgh!!!; bisuteria y un poco de cine clasico; bitchypoo; blog.myspace.com/173861256; By Hook Or By Needles; Cafe Crochet; Carrie’s Crafty Cottage; Comedy Plus; Confessions of an A.D.D. Hooker; Cosava Knits; Coyote Woman’s Lair; Danielle’s Soapbox; Displacement Activity; Dog’s Eye View; Duward Discussion; Entertaining Angels; Escape for A Sec;Etsy :: Miss Jefferson’s Attic; Etsy Crochet And Crafts; Fat Bloke Thin; Fourier Analyst; Frickety Frick!; Gracehopper; Granny Along; Hamelife; Harvest of Daily Life; Hildegards Lair; Imaginif;
Inside Mo’s Mind; Jenaia’s Dreamscape; J’s Thoughts And Musings; Knitting for Change : Ideas for Charity Knitting; Knitting Passion; KnitFree ; Leaping Before I Look; Life As I See It; Life In Westcliffe; Life Is Just Around The Corner; Life is RANTastic!; Life’s Journey; lil knit of this & that; Mama Milton; Marilyn’s Non-Violent Planet; Meeaugraphie; meg’s garden; Milk Money Or Not, Here I Come; Miscellaneous Matters; Miserablebliss; Mitchowl’s Musings; Mixed With Sugar; MMMM, Yarny; Modern Musings; Modern Musings; mommy of three; MotherFury.Com - Hell hath no fury like Mother.; My Brown House; My Living Room; Neatly Tangled � It’s been a huge day here. Huge!; One Girl’s Crochet (and Life) Weblog; Patti’s Crafts N’at; Pendientes, pulseras�; Picture Cluster; Proverbs_31’s Xanga Site; Proverbs31WomanWannaBe; Polliwog’s Pond; Purplemoose Gazette; Red Berry Crochet; Riley Central; Ripley’s Last Ramble; Robin’s Crocheted Projects; Running on Empty; Scrapbooking; Shards of Consciousness : Exploring Pathways to Freedom; Sirens Chronicles; Someday Quilter; Something To Say About Life In The Nederlands; Specialty Gift Baskets and Gifts - Blessings in Baskets; Subarctic Mama; SusieJ; TeaTime Ramblings; Teebopop; The Adventures of KTO; The Crochet Along; The Dramaturge At Home; The Estrogen Files; The Knitting Pit; The Pond; This Eclectic Life � Share A Square Blogroll and Contributers; Thorne’s World; Thoughts & Philosophies � Business thoughts, business philosophies; Tinas Treasured Thoughts; Trials And Tribulations; Tricotine; Tumbled Words; Up The Hill Gang; Vixens Den; Weimiegirl; Yellow Rose’s Garden; You Can’t Reason With Crazy;Your Mirror Or Mine

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