My bad!
I've been tagged for two interesting memes, but I've had my head in a dark place and didn't notice one of them till today. My apologies to Psalmist, who tagged me way back on Feb. 8 for this book meme. I may be slow, but I do get there!
Book meme:
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Oh, boy, I hope you're not holding your collective breath in anticipation, because I happen to be at my desk on my lunch hour, and the nearest book is (drum roll, please):
Lieberman, Joseph I. In Praise of Public Life, 2000
And the text, according to the rules of the meme, is:
"American politicians have become so hungry for campaign contributions largely because, as I noted earlier, so much of politics has become driven by and wedded to television, which costs a lot of money. In 1974, which was a midterm election year, a record-shattering total of$356 million was spent by the nation's political candidates (at local, state and national levels) on TV ads. That figure was unimaginable just a decade earlier."
OK, I warned you! And this is one of the more interesting books that has come across my desk lately. I might actually read this one!
The second meme comes from my friend Sharecropper, and fortunately I am not late on this one!
Blogging meme:
1. List three reasons for your blogging
2. List the rules
3. Tag three others with the thread.
1. Why I blog:
I'm a frustrated writer. I love horror fiction, and I wanted to be the female Stephen King, but it never worked out. Always had to make a living. Darned money!
It gives me another chance to try to put my faith to work, whether I manage to do that or not.
I get to meet cool, thoughtful people who care about the things I care about.
2. See above.
3. I'll give some thought to whom I want to tag. But I know how busy everyone is!
Book meme:
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Oh, boy, I hope you're not holding your collective breath in anticipation, because I happen to be at my desk on my lunch hour, and the nearest book is (drum roll, please):
Lieberman, Joseph I. In Praise of Public Life, 2000
And the text, according to the rules of the meme, is:
"American politicians have become so hungry for campaign contributions largely because, as I noted earlier, so much of politics has become driven by and wedded to television, which costs a lot of money. In 1974, which was a midterm election year, a record-shattering total of$356 million was spent by the nation's political candidates (at local, state and national levels) on TV ads. That figure was unimaginable just a decade earlier."
OK, I warned you! And this is one of the more interesting books that has come across my desk lately. I might actually read this one!
The second meme comes from my friend Sharecropper, and fortunately I am not late on this one!
Blogging meme:
1. List three reasons for your blogging
2. List the rules
3. Tag three others with the thread.
1. Why I blog:
I'm a frustrated writer. I love horror fiction, and I wanted to be the female Stephen King, but it never worked out. Always had to make a living. Darned money!
It gives me another chance to try to put my faith to work, whether I manage to do that or not.
I get to meet cool, thoughtful people who care about the things I care about.
2. See above.
3. I'll give some thought to whom I want to tag. But I know how busy everyone is!
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----Nancy Lebovitz