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Welcome to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT). (‘the bloghop that Lizzi built‘)
1) Lead off Item is the Friday Night walk, which thanks to the return of Daylight Savings Time, Una and I can afford to take a ride to the bank before our walk around the golf course.
2) Daylight Savings Time (that’s the tie-in to this week’s subtitle and music video)
3) The Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) which includes the case for items of hypogratitudeness which (are) defined, in part, as “those aspects, occurrences, fundamental elements of every day life, that cause a reasonable person to pause and appreciate that what might be a negative, instead produces an insight into reality, thereby further enriching one’s life and such” Case in point, the following that was the subject line of an email from my cell phone provider:
“$50 Reward Cards: what are friends for?”
No! seriously, this is the actual teaser line on an email from Sprint. It did cause me to reflect briefly on the sad subtext (what someone in marketing must have convinced their boss would be an effective sales strategy). On a positive note, this brief episode made me recall an excellent Post from Friend of the Doctrine Christine, over at ‘the Coop’
4) This week’s activity included the Six Sentence Story, over at zoe’s, but not, despite my own refusal to read the instructions carefully, over at the Carrot‘
5) the Wakefield Doctrine …just because it’s fun and enjoyable to be in a position to know more about the people I encounter than they know about themselves.
6) Chapter 22 of Blogdominion is due to be published this weekend. For those of you not reading along, it’s the start of the climax of the story. You don’t want to miss it! (I’d normally spend some italics-time talking about what the characters are up to in the coming chapter, but I won’t this week, because, well, because this is serious stuff now! For starters Sister Bernadine’s life is in danger… and Orel, well, he knows more than he’s sharing with his young friend, Stephen and Anya, well! don’t get me started on Miz Clarieaux! But, Maribeth… you know, she really deserves more happiness, too bad she’s the person standing in her own way, but… you know, sometimes people just surprise us. Anyway, guess you’re just gonna have to read and discover for yourselfs what happens next!)
7) Phyllis for reading the Chapters (of Blogdominion) before I publish them. This is valuable and important to me, as she is a roger and her reaction to the story provides me with a check on how well I’m communicating with the majority. (Yeah, the general population is 2/3s roger and half a third clark and a half a third scott.) Yes, you’re correct, most of your commercially successful writers will be rogers. Of course, as a student of the Doctrine, you could identify any given author’s worldview simply by reading a sample of their work. rogers are very good tellers-of-tales (as opposed to story tellers, that honor goes to our scottian friends.) ‘Know the Wakefield Doctrine and know a whole bunch about total strangers‘, is the old saying.
8) shout out to the Graviteers (at the Gravity Challenge) if you have a desire to alter your weight, you owe it to yourself to come and check us out, serially! It’s an approach to losing, (or gaining, if that’s your goal). weight that, admittedly is not for everyone, but for those of us who do participate, I’m confident that none of us feel that we’ve done anything but benefit from participation! Ask anyone! christine, val, lisa, kristi, joy or sarah…. they’ll tell you why it’s one of the cooler activities that involve minimal clothing, food and photography!
9) I know I’m forgetting something, but I’m grateful that it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as it might have at an earlier point in my life.
10) SR 1.3 and now the music. (you really should see RHPS at least once!)
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**my god! this age thing! I put a simple asterix tying the subtitle reference to this very excellent song/video and let it go at that (along with RHPS in item 10) , and published this last night. I was talking to a person who enjoyed the video and is of an age to have seen it when first released (withholding identities to protect the innocent, but I can say, her name rhymes with denise)… anyway math was done and I came to the realization that probably half of the Readers were not even born when the movie (Rocky Horror Picture Show was released***). Two words: aiiyeee!
***released to the single movie theatre still has shows every Friday at midnight (lol… RHPS joke****)
**** go ask your parents!
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Sometimes I’ll post a TToT then a day or two later suddenly remember something that I wanted to include. (Or, in the case of this week, remember shortly before hitting “publish,” thus necessitating an entry 7-1/2.)
lol… I’m totally ‘Saturday Evening Mass’ this week!
I remember a time when you wouldn’t post a TToT on a Friday night! What’s up with that!? I gotta catch up on the Blogdominion this weekend especially since my favorite character is getting more face time!
well, funny, but that is kinda the reason… felt more in the mood to write the TToT which then will free tomorrow morning to get the pre-draft draft into Saturday Draft stage before Sunday…
I’m glad the not remembering bugs you less. I think there’s a time when I would have beaten myself up for things like not having a post ready to go, or for fucking up the linkie. Now I just figure it’s a mess and sometimes messes happen, and just because it happened to be *my* mess, doesn’t mean it needs to be the end of the world.
eggs ackly!
(not always true all the time, but, (and 90% of the point of my saying it is found in reading your comment…) I know more that other clarks are shifting their attitudes. slowly fer sure, but change is it’s own reward.
Number 9 – “I resemble that remark” said some comedian sometime, somewhere in the past.
Can’t believe it’s time to change the clocks already. Another sign of spring’s imminent arrival.
Glad you got such a lovely walk in with her and that you have someone, right there, to read before you hit publish. That can make all the difference.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I’m off to attempt my TToT post, but with a nagging headache I may have to put it off, putting me near the end of the link up, again.
:-)
Yeah, early for us down here… though more seasonable this weekend, the main thing is that I’m typing this at 6:01 pm and it’s still light out.
And I can’t wait until it is light later at night.
me too
I am plenty old enough to recall the RHPS. Plenty. Also, plenty old enough to have burst out laughing right out loud at #9! These things don’t bother us the way they once did!
it’s good that there are some things good about the aging process! lol
Oh I’m so behind on Blogdominion…and all other reading. Hoping this week slows down and I can do some serious reading.
The Graviteering has, if nothing else, kept me from gaining, I guess? Certainly not dropping! :D But knowing others are doing it too is helpful.
Daylight Saving Time must be very happy for you – more daylight, warmer weather, no more winter!
almost complete, plans are to compile and maybe find some beta readers (hint, hint)…. to be con’td
yeah, but the benefits of belonging to a rather impressive group outweighs any disappointment I might experience in my own results
I second Daylight Savings Time! I often wish it was that way all year long. I love having more light in the evening.
RHPS! That brings back memories – squirt guns, rice, news papers and toast at a midnight showing. I wonder if people still do that. Or am I dating myself with that?
(I think the main stream culture finally took notice and the result was a stage play (and maybe a movie) about people doing what people were doing, only the you had to pay to watch… the irony is not wasted
The only problem with the first few weeks of daylight savings time is it is FREAKING DARK in the morning and that makes me late for work every. single. day. But I abide by your #9 and just don’t let it bother me like it used to. Bothers my boss, but not me :)
yeah, I agree with the dark thing, but I’ve never been one to sleep in and it’s so worthwhile later in the day!