{"id":54,"date":"2006-02-11T00:44:49","date_gmt":"2006-02-11T05:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dilettantes.code4lib.org\/2006\/02\/11\/tagged-in\/"},"modified":"2006-02-11T00:44:49","modified_gmt":"2006-02-11T05:44:49","slug":"tagged-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/2006\/02\/tagged-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Tagged in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been one for chain letters.  I don&#8217;t generally like to impose myself on others (I don&#8217;t even like to call people on the phone on account of this&#8230; let&#8217;s call it a &#8216;phobia&#8217;), so the thought of dragging others into the chain to find more people to drag into the chain seems like an imposition far greater than I deserve to expect of others.<\/p>\n<p>Still, sometimes the moment must rule.  Sometimes the tagger is <a href=\"http:\/\/orweblog.oclc.org\/archives\/000943.html\">someone that I respect so much<\/a>, that I cannot be the churl to break the momentum of the chain.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallandbinkley.com\/quaedam\/?p=55\">Peter already answered the call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, despite my fears of broadcasting what a knuckledragging neanderthal I actually am, here are my &#8220;4 things&#8221; (although I&#8217;m not sure what rules there are on this):<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 jobs I&#8217;ve had:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newspaper bundler<\/li>\n<li>Frozen yogurt slinger<\/li>\n<li>Pizza Guy<\/li>\n<li>Parcel Delivery Service Truck Loader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 instruments I&#8217;ve played<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Viola<\/li>\n<li>Clarinet<\/li>\n<li>Oboe<\/li>\n<li>Bass guitar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 books I regret not having read (but still might)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of Mice and Men<\/li>\n<li>King Lear<\/li>\n<li>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/li>\n<li>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 random numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<\/li>\n<li>6,024<\/li>\n<li>-93<\/li>\n<li>873.975<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 places I&#8217;ve lived<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Levittown\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Rust+hill+rd.+levittown,+pa&#038;ll=40.155819,-74.878821&#038;spn=0.016269,0.0421\">Levittown, PA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Knoxville\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=2312+laurel+ave.+knoxville,+tn&#038;ll=35.955915,-83.942027&#038;spn=0.01723,0.0421\">Fort Sanders: Knoxville, TN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brooklyn\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=423+court+st.+brooklyn+ny\">Carroll Gardens:  Brooklyn, NY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Atlanta\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=723+mollie+st.+atlanta,+ga\">Cabbagetown:  Atlanta, GA <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 movies I catch watch over and over<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raising Arizona<\/li>\n<li>This is Spinal Tap!<\/li>\n<li>Ran<\/li>\n<li>The Conversation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 plays I have acted in<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Elephant Man<\/li>\n<li>Translations<\/li>\n<li>Just So Stories<\/li>\n<li>A Christmas Carol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 favorite songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I want you&#8221; &#8211; Elvis Costello<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ruby&#8217;s Arms&#8221; &#8211; Tom Waits<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)&#8221; &#8211; the Arcade Fire<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Upward Over the Mountain&#8221; &#8211; Iron &#038; Wine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 favorite covers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Sunday Morning Sidewalk&#8221; &#8211; Kris Kristofferson &#8211; Crooked Fingers<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; &#8211; Leonard Cohen &#8211; Jeff Buckley<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Satisfaction&#8221; &#8211; Rolling Stones &#8211; Cat Power<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Unwelcome Guest&#8221; &#8211; Woody Guthrie &#8211; Billy Bragg &#038; Wilco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 vehicles I have owned (in order)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8217;85 Dodge Colt (red)<\/li>\n<li>&#8217;73 VW Camper (red)<\/li>\n<li>&#8217;91 Nissan 4&#215;4 Pickup (red)<\/li>\n<li>&#8217;80 Mercedes TD Wagon (avocado)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4 taggees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I said, I&#8217;m no chain letterer.\u00c2\u00a0 I felt an obligation to respond due to the source.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some pings, mainly because everything new I learn about them fascinates me, so if they take the ball and run with it &#8212; the blogosphere is more enriched by it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inkdroid.org\/\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inkdroid.org\/\">Inkdroid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/librarycog.uwindsor.ca:8087\/artblog\/librarycog\/\">LibraryCog<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/onebiglibrary.net\/\">One Big Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinclarke.info\/weblog\/\">Kevin Clarke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There.\u00c2\u00a0 I feel free from obligation.<\/p>\n<p><strong \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been one for chain letters. 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