From Meme to You

I am a curious sort of person.  I was tagged with a meme, but didn’t know what a meme was.  Here is the Wikipedia definition of meme:

A meme (pronounced /miːm/)^[1] is any thought or behavior that can be passed from one person to another by means of imitation. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, gestures, practices, fashions, habits, songs and dances. Memes propagate themselves and can move through the cultural sociosphere in a manner similar to the contagious behavior of a virus.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

So… there you go.

http://thedailymeme.com/

Five for Friday – Favorite TV Shows while Growing Up

Just to mix it up a bit, I thought I might list some random favorites on Fridays – kind of a Five for Friday.  Today I’m listing five of my favorite TV shows while I was growing up (in no particular order).  See if you notice a theme:

The Monkees

The Banana Splits (some people might not remember this Saturday morning live-cartoon).

The Partridge Family

Scooby Doo

H.R. Pufnstuf (plus a surreal throw-in if you like Pearl Jam)

I’ve Been Tagged (The Horror… The Horror…)

Trish over at Hey Lady!  Watcha Readin’? tagged me with this.  I’m so new at this that I don’t even know what meme means.  I mean, I have an idea, but not really…

Here’s how it goes (by Trish):

My Friend Amy (edited by Don: actually Trish’s friend Amy, but you know how blog names go) started the whole thing and said: I am going to list three categories of books. 3 MUST Read Books, 3 Keep Your Eyes on These, and 3 Look For These Soon. Keeping with the theme, I am going to tag at least 3 bloggers. They should put these same lists on their blog but SUBTRACT one book from each list and ADD one of their own. Then they should tag at least 3 more bloggers. It will be fun to see how the lists change as it goes around the blogosphere. Please come back to this post and leave a comment so someone can see how the lists are changing as they go around the blogosphere. Since this is Book Buzz…please keep your lists to titles released in 2007-2009.

Here’s Heather’s list (the asterisks are Trish’s additions – The Bold Red belong to donstuff):

3 MUST Read Books:
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Matters of Faith by Kristy Keirnan
*Testimony by Anita Shreve

3 Keep Your Eyes on These:
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (Heather’s note: I agree! I won a copy and it’s on the way now!)
*One More Year by Sana Krasikov

3 Look For These Soon:
Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Heather’s note: The 12th and final book in the Wheel of Time series, coming in 2009 – I can’t wait!)
*The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

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And here’s softdrink’s (same as above):

3 MUST Read Books:
We Disappear by Scott Heim
What’s So Great about Christianity? by Dinesh D’Souza
*The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

3 Keep Your Eyes on These:
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
*No One You Know by Michelle Richmond

3 Look For These Soon:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Assassin: A Novel by Stephen Coonts
*The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

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And here’s Rebecca’s (once again…):

3 Must Read Books:
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
*The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

3 Keep Your Eyes on These:
Promise Me (Myron Bolitar) by Harlan Coben
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
*What Happened to Anna K. by Irina Reyn

3 Look for These Soon:
The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffrey Deaver
Songs for the Mission by Stewart O’Nan
*Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Now I’ll tag three, but if I didn’t tag you, feel free to participate anyway.

I choose Leaving Evangeline, Stacy at Stacy’s Bookblog, and Koolaid Mom at In the Shadow of Mt. TBR.