(Southern Thailand by C Morley)
This has been a crazy busy month what with security fears, work, work and more work. Nothing new or unusual on the work end. And, as usual, I’m behind.
At the first of the month, Steve Tiano tagged DWB as one of his top ten excellent reads with the Excellent Blogger Award going around. Thanks Steve! Steve’s blog on book design is at the top of my excellent reads too. Well written, well researched, all good.
My top ten excellent reads are in my sidebar: Joanna Young Confident Writing, Mark McGuinness Wishful Thinking, Jeff Andrews Sugar Frosted Goodness, Stefan Bucher Daily Monster, Jeff Fisher bLog-oMotives, David Airey David Airey and Logo Design Love, Tina Roth Eisenberg swissmiss, Eric Karjaluoto ideasonideas, Debbie Millman Debbie Millman, Liz Strauss Successful Blog … there’s a ton more on my mind and in my readers and coming via email, but as I’m limited to ten (eleven?), there you go.
Wait! I can’t leave Heather Armstrong of Dooce off the list. Twelve …
Then, before the weekend, Mark McGuinness from Wishful Thinking tagged me with Eight Random Things.
My eight random things took more thinking. Random doesn’t mean something you might not already know, right? Anyway, here goes …
- If I had my way, the national dress would be PJ’s. Any national dress.
- Marrying young (so I’m told), I’m the mother of one son and a grandmother of two beautiful little girls. My talents as a mother inlaw are still undecided.
- My maiden name is Wentworth. Anglo-Saxon, it was well established before the Doomsday Book of 1086. I’m now a Morley, a relative newcomer to the British Isles.
- My great uncle is Tom Sifton of Harley fame. After relocating to the US as a teen, I had the honour of listening to his wild racing stories. At the time I didn’t know he was famous. He just was.
- Before I settled into the design industry, I worked as a Mudlogger (Hydrocarbon well logging technician). Now you need a degree in geology to pull it off. Back then, I memorized the Shell Guide (sleeping with it under my pillow for comfort). These days, I get my geology kicks by reading over hubbies shoulder.
- I can massacre three languages with varying degrees – English, French and Thai. I have a smattering of Japanese, but unless you want to hear me sing nursery songs (three years in Japan as a little one), I’m pretty useless at that language too.
- I lived through the Great Alaskan Earthquake. My aunt did not. It was my first experience with a life-changing tsunamis. The second? While packing to move here to Thailand.
- Likes and dislikes (excuse me while I edit) – I love sharp cheddar cheese, Shiraz and Chardonnay, Sambuca, dark chocolate, Durian, berries, spicy food, green smoothies, artichokes, anything smothered in mayo, Thailand, Bengals, cats of all colours, antique sports cars, watercolours, design, travel, greenery, sailing, and books on history. Dirt without plants bores me, as do books without sense. I dislike cherries in chocolate, Merlot (or any Merlot blend), Miracle Whip, raw fish, well, pretty any meat that is raw. I hate being in-between things (moves, jobs, heavy decisions). I hate the unknown. And sometimes the dark.
For eight random things, I’ll cheat and tag Joanna and Jeff and Stefan and Jeff (Fisher) and David and Tina and Eric and Debbie.
EDIT: I thought it was here somewhere … While cleaning up old posts, I came across a meme from 2007 – Five Things You Don’t Know (might not know) About Me. So there. Now you most likely know much more than you wanted to know.
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Hi Cat,
Your comment about merlot reminded me of a great line in the movie ‘Sideways’:
Jack:
“If they want to drink Merlot, we’re drinking Merlot.”
Miles:
“No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any f*cking Merlot!”
Great movie.
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“No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any f*cking Merlot!”
I haven’t seen the movie, but I’m sure to now :-D
Years back, a son of a friend took to Merlot. A pity, as he previously had the makings of a wine connoisseur (got it from his father).
Sigh, the parties we’d have …
But, once the Merlot started flowing, it was time to part ways. Until his passions were back to normal anyway.
Yes, I really, really, really dislike Merlot that much.
How did I know you liked sharp cheddar cheese? I taste it in your writing of course :-)
Thanks for sharing, and the tag – and the sidebar link. Boy, I’m glad now I got someone smart to create a good look for the site that you could feature on this page!
Joanna
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Joanna, LOL! I’ll have to read it again to taste the sharp cheddar :-)
Me too! I’m glad you gave me the chance to play around with TP. It’s an interesting program. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next.
Very good selection
WOW! I also love sharp cheddar cheese, Sambuca, dark chocolate, cats of all colours and antique sports cars. I haven`t driven any of them by myself yet. But… Your cheddar in Your post was really tasty!!!!!!! ;)
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Oh, yes, it was :-)
A pity I can no longer read Russian as your Moscow Comics blog looks interesting (time for an online translator …)
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