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Monday, January 28, 2008

Who is this guy?
I saw this meme over at The Far Wright, by way of Steve at Careful Thought. The premise is simple and fun in a weird kind of way. You insert your name into the following sentence on a Google search (be sure to include the quotation marks): "[your name] is a". Collect the sentences that come up in the search and put them in the meme, then do use the same sentence in a Google image search ) and list the results. Then do the same in Google Image Search and post the result.

This generated a lot of interesting hits for me since I share a name (if not the spelling) with a well-known talk show host, a popular (at one time, anyway) folk singer and a second-tier superhero. I'll post the image (found here) later as I'm having trouble uploading it right now, but below are the sentences that I found.

I have no reason to doubt the veracity of any of them, or their application to my life:

John Stewart is a comedian, he just happens to have a flair for politics.

John Stewart is a legend in the music industry.

John Stewart is a builder. He became an architect because he wanted to build things.

John Stewart is a comparatively unsung performer whose number of albums and quality of music challenges the redoubtable Gordon Lightfoot.

John Stewart is a national treasure.

John Stewart is a muleskinner for hire and "Rogue Freighter".

John Stewart is a great singer and songwriter and one of Nanci's heroes.

John Stewart is a great advocate FOR democracy, not against it.

John Stewart is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC Universe, and a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps.

John Stewart is a veteran of the comedy community, of course I'm going with him.

Some say that John Stewart is a CIA experiment that went wrong and that John Stewart only eats cheese.

john stewart is a tiny god.

John Stewart is a great character, but he's by no means my favorite.

John Stewart is a heavyweight.

John Stewart is a very smart man.

In fact, John Stewart is a fresh face.

John Stewart is a great example of character growth.

John Stewart, is a biophysical scientist, psycho-spiritual teacher and a defining voice in the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality.

John Stewart is a member of an elite club.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Long Live the Meme!
Ok, so I tagged Princess FlickerFeather with this meme, and she e-mailed her response to me forever ago, and I'm just posting it now. I'm sorry! I know that you were all waiting very anxiously; but it's okay now, here it is in her very own words! Enjoy!

7 Things people don't know about me:
1) I couldn't sing you a Beatles song to save my life.

2) Still a teenager and already a great-aunt

3) I'm a ninja - Seriously, I can disappear for an hour or so and not have people notice I'm gone.

4) My brother talks more than me.

5) Always wished I could be a tomboy.

6) I've only been to 4 concerts in my life.

7) Wanted to be married at 18... yeah, not going to happen. ^_^