Have You Ever Meme

Ellen posted this one earlier today and it looked like fun.

Have you ever:

• Gone on a blind date.
  Yes
• Skipped school
  Yes
• Watched someone die
  Yes
• Been to Canada
  Yes BC twice
  
• Been to Mexico
  No, I’m probably the only Texan who hasn’t/
• Been to Florida
  Live there
• Been on a plane
  My favorite way to travel
• Been lost
  Yes
• Been on the opposite side of the country
  Yes
• Been to the capital of your country
  Yes
• Swam in the ocean or waded
  Altantic, Pacific and the Gulf but that probably doesn’t count.
• Cried yourself to sleep
  Yes
• Played cops and robber
  Yes
• Recently colored with crayons
  Yes
• Sang Karaoke Not in this lifetime
  No comment
• Paid for a meal with coins only?
  Why yes I have. I once had a customer pay for his meal & tip with quarters it was about $30.
• Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t?
  Yes
• Made prank phone calls
  No
• Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.
  Yes.
• Caught a snowflake on your tongue.
  Maybe but since I am from Texas and live in Florida I probably haven’t done this.
  
• Danced in the rain Walked
  Yes
• Written a letter to Santa Claus
  Sort of. My dad used to do Letters from Santa on the Radio. When I was around 10-12 I used to stick my own letter in the stack. Never got mine read on the air though.
  
• Been kissed under the mistletoe
  Yes
• Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
  Yes, believe it or not I have actually been up that early ok maybe it was staying up that late.
  
• Blown bubbles
  Yes
• Gone ice-skating
  Yes,
  
• Been skinny dipping outdoors
  No
• Been out of North America
  No
  
• Been in detention
  Yes.
  
• Regretted something you blogged
  not really; comments maybe
  

I won’t tag anyone but if you do it let me know so that I can come and read!

Things to Ponder …

• voluble: characterized by a ready flow of speech.
• Apparently towns in Texas occasionally move around. I noticed this one when I was watching Good Morning America coverage about the removal of women and children from the polygamist sect near Eldorado, Texas. Can’t remember who was giving the news but what caught my attention was when he said this was happening at a ranch near Houston. I could clearly tell from the scenery it was in west Texas (geographic region not the city) and not the coastal plain where Houston is located. The next clue was the footage showing the van from First Baptist Eldorado. Well, the last time I was in Eldorado it was near San Angelo which is in west Texas hours away from Houston. We are often amused by how many times we catch little mistakes like that.
• People who exercise regularly enjoy improved sleep quality. They fall asleep more quickly, sleep more deeply, awaken less often, and sleep longer.
• At the store whenever we get a bulk shipment we of Bibles we always get several copies of the Duct Tape Bible. It is a normal Bible with a cover made from duct tape.
• Dave Barry On Golf: “Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.”
• If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
• “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” — Will Rogers
• Interest in college philosophy programs is growing.
• Found this interesting article in the NY Times about the similarities between composer Maurice Ravel and an artist inspired by his music. Dr. Anne Adams was a scientist and teacher who became an artist after a traumatic experience. In 1994 Adams became fascinated by Ravel piece Bolero and translated the score into a musical form. Both, Ravel and Adams suffered a rare brain disease, frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FTD is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s. Ravel begin showing signs of the disease at the same time he composed Bolero. Adams begins exhibiting signs of FTD near the time she became fasincated by Ravel’s work. Both were 53 at the onset of the disease.