memes: May 2007 Archives

Skipper, at My Life Starts at Forty-Two, anointed me with the coveted Thinking Blogger Award. I'm not sure I really deserve it. I admit I have moments in which words of thoughtful wisdom may flow freely from my fingers and grace the pages of my website. But, by my own admission, they are few and far between.

All too often it is so easy to post something short, funny, or just plain irreverent than it is to compile an essay worthy of the blogger-spotlight. With that being said, however, I do have a short series that will be a little more thoughtful in the future. I'm going to try and pull something together this weekend and be ready for it to start Monday. According to the rules I must list five other bloggers who also are Thinking Bloggers. That would be:

1. RT at Untwisted Vortex. He works really hard at his blog. What's more, he obviously thinks through his decisions about how he implements his blog.
2. Head Coach at Can't Coach That. He makes me laugh. What's more, he puts enough thought into his posts so that I don't have to think too much to enjoy them.
3. Gabrielle at Tech Chick Blog. It's more than just a cute girl blogging about technology. What I think is best about her blog is her dedication and immersion into the social scene that the Internet has become and the passion with which she pursues it.
4. Kassindra at And To Think . . .
5. Misa Gracie at My Life My Opinions My Blog

If you've been tagged for this meme the following guidelines apply:

1. List five people that you wish to award with, "The Thinking Blogger"
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.
3. You may display, The Thinking Blogger award image or the silver version if the gold one does not match your color scheme. This is not mandatory however. The Thinking Blogger Police will not raid your website should you choose not to.

Looks like there's a meme flying around.

BigSibling has tagged me in his post about, "Five reasons why he blogs." I know I'm probably going to look a bit like a anti-social, pretentious blogger-guy. After all, I've been invited to participate in a couple of memes here and here. However, due to time and changes in my life, I've decided to pass on those opportunities.

The main reason I decided to answer this one is because . . . well . . . I already answered this question back in March. So it's easy enough for me to just throw the link out there and be done with it. I mean, us fortywhat!!?? guys really appreciate things that are nice and quick and easy to do. It gives us a lot more time to ponder the meaning of life and what's on TV and why there's hair growing in places in places that never had hair before and disappearing from the places it should be.

As for the tagging part of this little exercise - if you're reading this post and feel compelled to respond . . . then by all means, contribute. It's a fun thing to do, makes you think, and you'll enjoy the links back to you. It's like having a backyard full of hot cheerleaders jumping on trampolines.

Ok, maybe not that good, but you get the idea.