1.
It's officially summer (in the
northern hemisphere anyway). Which summer month is best and why?
I believe that June is the
best. That is the month I was born in.
2.
Can you swim? How did you learn?
June 27th is National Sunglasses Day. How many pair do you own?
I swim very well. In fact, I have been swimming since as
long as I can remember. I learned how to
swim one day when I fell into the water.
My family was at one of those pools without a life guard way back
when. I fell into the water on the deep
end of the pool. I just started swimming. Then, out of the blue, a hand pulled me out
of the water. It was my father.
As far as it being national sunglasses day, I own one pair and it is broken. I try to be a good vampire and stay in the
house when the sun is up. After dark,
bleh bleh bleh, is another story.
3. What characteristic do you judge most harshly in yourself? How about in
others?
I think I judge my ability to stay on task the most
harshly. In others, I judge punctuality
the most. I hate to tell someone to be
ready at a particular time only to have to wait for them.
4. Robert Frost wrote the now well known poem entitled The Road Not Taken. What's a road (literal or figurative) you've always wanted
to travel, and where do you hope it takes you?
This is a good one.
Literally, I often take roads just to see where they go. Figuratively, I think all of us wonder, What
if? What if I had done so-and-so. What if I had not been stupid back in high
school and my child-bride Suzanne and I got together then? What if we had moved to Spartanburg together? What if I had gone to paramedic school? What if I had done what I wanted to do and gone
to tech school to learn audio engineering instead of trying to please my father
and go to a university? All these what
ifs add up.
5. Popsicles-yay or nay? If you
answered yay, what's your favorite flavor?
Not usually because they hurt my
teeth. However, I like a good orange
creamsicle or a grape popsicle. It has
been years.
6. Brexit-on a scale of 1-10 how knowledgeable are you on
what's involved here? (1=very knowledgeable and 10=what's Brexit) Is this news
you'll follow or is it something you think won't impact your life in any way
shape or form?
I had to ask my daughter what this is. I have no idea why it would affect me or the
world I live in. On a scale of 1-10, I
would have to claim minus five (-5) on how much I know.
7. Share a favorite song on your summer play list.
Right now I would have to say Bubblegum Ballgame by J.R.
Tundra because that is what I am working with embedding in the videos I am
recording. Other than that, the song I’m
Alright from the movie Caddy Shack keeps going through my mind and has since
the strokes. I keep telling myself and
others I am alright.
8. Insert your own random thought
here.
I don’t really keep up with the news. As far as the upcoming election is concerned,
I don’t like any of the front-runners. I
cannot believe Trump is serious about running.
As far as this thing with Britain goes, I have no idea how that will
affect the United States, but just like chaos theory where one butterfly can
change the world, this could be significant.
If anyone has any idea how I can get more followers
for this blog, I am all ears. I have
been accused of that before.
Have a great week and thanks for all the great
comments and feedback I have gotten from this meme.
I have it on good record that, had we gotten together back then, high school wouldn't have been nearly as frustrating for me. I would have had a HB like everybody else. :) Love you.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been much better for both of us.
DeleteI try not to dwell on what ifs too much. I try to be punctual but know I'm not the best but my daughter is worse. We often tell her an earlier time just to be sure she arrives by the actual time ;) Taking part in memes and visiting other blogs is a good way of increasing your traffic.
ReplyDeleteI, too, try not to think too much about what ifs but sometimes these alternate reality shows like "It's A Wonderful Life" make one think, "What if I had never been born?"
DeleteFor our one daughter, I tell her well in advance and remind her along the way but it never works. Thanks for stopping by.
I think the best way to get followers is to comment on lots of blogs. I think we all have what ifs, but I try not to dwell there. This election season is depressing, confusing, and unpredictable for sure! Hope you have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to vote for Bugs Bunny. For a while, I was running my little stick figure, Redneck, for president. The thought was to run a campaign and not spend any money at all. It was cute, but no real response. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteI enjoyed your Hodgepodge today! You have to visit other blogs and leave comments to get folks interested in checking out your blog...at least that has been my experience. I also visit people who leave comments on blogs I'm connected to. We usually have something in common. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you and everyone else who has offered advice on building readership. It seems that memes like this one and the other few we participate in do the most for building traffic. On Wednesdays and Fridays we see the most traffic of any other day in the week.
DeleteThe new meme that Suzanne started last week, Throwback Thursday, will probably help because we have lots of old pictures to talk about, I just have to get then all scanned in. Thank you for commenting.
J. R. Tundra is one of the musicians who offers their music royalty free for YouTube videos. I try to change the music often in the videos we make so that it does not get too monotonous. Still, my child-bride Suzanne and I will hear the same song maybe dozens of times when making a single video because I try to get all the bugs out before I post it. Then, I watch the analytics. If something isn't watched, I try something else. So far, our all-animated videos teaching business topics get the most hits. Thanks for commenting.
ReplyDelete