I'm IT.

This post is in response to Krippy’s Tagging over on her blog. I don’t think this is exactly what she had in mind, however.

The rules?

1.Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

My response

This all seems very familiar. Is it "deja vu all over again?" OH! I know what this is. It’s the blogosphere’s version of a chain letter, which I manage to successfully avoid when they come through the snail mail or my e-mail in-box. (I promptly chuck them in the trash or hit DELETE.) Sadly, it’s harder to ignore being “tagged” on the blogosphere, since it’s easier to see who tagged you AND they can check back to see if you have tagged someone else. What’s worse, you have a couple of dilemmas.

A) How to respond, since in effect you already have posted ten random facts about yourself earlier on the blog?

B) Do you have to come up with seven more facts? Oh, here’s one: I’m not that interesting!

C) Here’s another – I don’t know that many people who would participate. The seven who might “play” are related to me and started this whole tagging mess OR are the some of same seven people already tagged. Is this a Boolean paradox?

D) How to respond and not annoy the person who tagged you?

E) What are the consequences for not following the rules? Will the Great and Omnipotent Tagger put you in “time out?”

F) Are there enough readers of this blog who will care if you don’t list more strange things about yourself? (*ahem, shameless request for comments, ahem*)

G) What will you talk about if they DO care?

So here’s who I’m tagging:

Grumpy
Bashful
Happy
Dopey
Sleepy
Sneezy
Doc

I’m sure they’ll have fun things to say.

Revenge will be mine!

MU HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

(If you don't know what this is about -- don't ask! It's safer that way.)

Random Overheard Comments of the Day

Scene: On board a Metro-North train, just having picked up a load of rush hour commuters

Characters: Two conductors, amusing themselves whilst communicating over the intercoms

Conductor 1: You’re a good man, Charlie Brown.

Conductor 2: I’d rather be Elvis. “Thank you, Thank you very much.”

Conductor 1: I guess I did walk into that one.

Result? General amusement of passengers.

New Poll - Fake Name Nominations

Thanks to all those whose snarky and helpful suggestions have created a list of possible fake names for Auntie Nettie to use outside the blogosphere and/or when she's finally finished that m.s. and needs a publisher.

We're going to take about a month to poll and then finalize the results of the fake name nominations process.* In honor of March Madness, this will be a tiered process; 3 weeks of narrowing down the 15 nominations that I have deemed usable, and 1 week of a "name-off."

This week's names are up on the poll and have been randomly selected by a poor office mate who has no idea why I had her pulling names out of a hat.

GO AND VOTE!



(*Why do I need a fake name again? See the links above, and here.)

Where should the Shushing Librarian Visit next?

The OVERWHELMING response to this poll (results below), with 60 percent of the votes, has the Shushing Librarian on an economy class trip to the Testmonkey's Lair. Conveniently, it is located in the general vicinity of Amber's Abode, so she can visit there too. The SL may even get to meet my newest niece before I do (bummer for me, good for her).

Auntie Nettie feels that she must set some guidelines down for testmonkey and his gang of flying monkey IT boys:

DO NOT abuse the SL or put her in compromising positions.

DO NOT break the SL.

DO NOT lose the SL.

DO create interesting adventures for her -- like a trip to the farm perhaps.

DO have her interact in the lair with its inhabitants.

DO post pictures.

DO return her in 2-3 weeks.

Follow these rules -- and don't make Auntie Nettie angry. (Prior threats as posted on other sites still apply.)

POLL RESULTS

Thanks to the person(s) who voted 5 times.

Library 0 (0%)
Testmonkey's Lair 3 (60%)
Amber's Abode 2 (40%)
Flax Hill Gardener's Plot 0 (0%)
Krippy's Maine 1 (20%)

Name Nominations Please

As a reminder, I'm taking nominations for a new fake name (see here).

We need more suggestions please.

Five names will be selected for next week's poll.

You have until Noonish Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, March 26 to weigh in.

What the Peeps did on Easter

On Easter Morning, the Peeps got up early to look for the arrival of the Easter Bunny.Then they got dressed in their finery to join the Easter Parade.

Here they are are on their Easter Bonnet./span>Then, it being Easter, they went to church.After services, they went home to watch the documentary about Peeps on CBS' Sunday Morning.

Good morning Mr. Osgood.

Did you know that many people use Peeps to make art work?
Did you know that some companies have Peep mini-diorama contests?

Here are some of the installations.

The Pink Room

Andy Warhol's lost PeepArt more PeepArt

The winner -- The Lost Tomb of thePharaoh Peep The program always ends with a sun-burst.

Here's one sunny side up -- with a holy Peep.

After the fascinating program, the Peeps decided to hang out, get some sun, and listen to some tunes.

They also planned a trip for later this summer.

(caramoor.org)Then they boarded a train, where they had to deal with lovebirds in front of them making annoying PDAs.At the zoo, they saw very familiar creatures.

Finally, after an exhausting holiday, many of the Peeps went to sleep, and dreamed of lovely beaches in Greece.But some Peeps had horrid nightmares ....

The End.