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I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged by Hektiklyfe from his blog The Silent Podium (http://thesilentpodium.blogspot.com/)

The tag rules are as follows:

  1. Each player starts with eight random fact/habits about themselves.
  2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
  3. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag eight people and list their names.
  4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged and to read your blog.

And you can't tag me back!

Here are eight things that you did not know about me:

  1. I am a 49ers fan, I am from San Francisco
  2. I've worn my hair in dreadlocks for three years this month
  3. My favorite color is red
  4. I don't know how to cook
  5. I have one older sister
  6. I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  7. I enjoy playing online Scrabble
  8. When I was a child my favorite song was "Superwoman" by Karen White

Here are the people I tagged:

  1. Dano from Mental Motes (http://danomacnamarrah.blogspot.com/)
  2. Persephone from Ascending Metnal (http://ascending-metnal.blogspot.com/)
  3. Anonymous Drifter from Disjointed Thoughts (http://unknowndiarist.blogspot.com/)
  4. La Pixie from Pixie Dusted (http://chroll.blogspot.com/)
  5. Wandering Coyote from I'm Listening (http://stigma-busters.blogspot.com/)
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Comments

HektikLyfe said…
Cool thanks for playing. You really cranked this one out fast. It took me so long... XD

1. I LOVE San Francisco. My wife and I frequently make road trips up there about once a year or so.
2. I would NEVER have guessed dreads! Wow that is really a surprise.
3. So was mine as a kid. I really liked purple but Prince was purple and he was girly.
4. I don't know how to cook either! My wife takes care of that and I am soooo glad. I'm that guy in the Carl's Jr. commercials grossed out by raw ground meat.
5. I have one older brother.
6.
7. Scrabble is fun. Are we getting old?
8. I haven't heard it. I had a teacher that looked like Super Woman.
November 13, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Wandering Coyote said…
Thanks!

I am also totally addicted to online Scrabble!
November 13, 2008 at 5:48 PM
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