How did this Happen!!!

When I get home from I usually take a minute a scan through my reader. Well OK, I just bought a tablet for work and I happened to stumble across the WordPress ap for android based tablets and thought what the heck…

When, to what my wondering eyes should appear a…

I was nominated by my friend Robin whose own blog is fun and interesting as she talks about dating and other aspects of her life. I’ve only been blogging for little over a year and never thought about getting nominated for anything when I first started, for that matter I never I could be nominated for anything. So without further ado…

Seven things you may not know about me…

1. I’m single, never been married, have enjoyed several co-habitations over the years. There was one gal who would have married me but I wasn’t in love with her, and one I would have married but she was in love with me. I’m not opposed to the idea, just hasn’t been in the cards yet…
2. I gave serious consideration to trying my hand at competing professionally in Darts (I’ll blog about that time someday :))
3. I’ve been a guitar player for 41 years, I also dabbled in the Banjo, Dulcimer, Bass, Harmonica, and Penny Whistle. I played in local area band for a number of years during which we were billed by a bar as Classic Rock N Roll from the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s it was amazing to see the number of people who showed up just to hear classic 40’s rock…
4. I broke the speedometer in my ’69 Chevy Nova by taking over 140 mph…
5. A few years after high school I was the night manager of a local 711 in my hometown I used to entertain customers by correctly calculating their purchases in my head before the cashier could ring them up. A side effect of growing up in an accounting firm.
6. I was on Bozo’s Circus as a contestant in the Grand Prize Game…
7. I once sold Judge Reinhold a pack of cigarettes and know one the main actors in “The Big Bang Theory” (But that will have to wait till I get to it in my blogs about driving a cab.)

Now the hard part. One the things that I’ve enjoyed most about this whole blogging experience has been learning from and getting to know other bloggers what an interesting and fascinating group of people. Trying to pare down the list to only 15 is going to be tricky and will not reflect a list of whose I think is better than whose only the 15 I feel are most deserving of mention, I fact think almost all the blogs in my reader are worth mentioning but the rules are 15 so here they are.

1. While searching around for people posting about writing and blogging, I found this great site Eagle-Eyed Editor definitely a worth a read.
2. Mimi is a blogger I met through Freshly Pressed. Her story about her dad was great and made me reflect on times I spent with mine.
3. Marj and her blog about maintaining a simple life and focusing on the things that are truly important and getting away from materialism. She also posts about life in the Philippines, and the importance of family and friends her writings are inspiring.
4. Joe’s blog about Maritime, Naval, Wartime history is always good way to delve into that part of history, his insights and experiences are fascinating.
5. Jak’s blog about Photography is very cool. When he’s not reposting other great photography blogs. His conversations about is own work and the history of photography and photographers is definitely worth reading as are his assessments of cameras old and new.
6. Anita’s blog on her artwork is always great to look at. She’s very talented and a fellow Mid-Westerner (by happenstance I follow the blogs of a few fellow Mid-Westerners.)
7. Scott’s Blog a day on current events is always interesting.  I find myself there frequently commenting on stuff he posts.
8. Michele’s Blog is always good for both lite hearted topics and more serious content. Her signature *Hugs* end every post and every reply.
9. Erica’s Blog goes from wacky to serious depending on her mood. She has some self-image issues that she’s working through and she’ll get through them eventually realizing something that her readers already know, she’s beautiful both inside and out.
10. Yisraela’s Blog about spiritual and natural things and be a reminder as well as a source for inspiration and spiritual exploration.
11. Jeffery’s Blog is a great mix of stories and pictures of his cycling around the countryside of Arkansas as well as his thoughts on other issues.
12. History of the Ancient World is one of my favorite blogs when I’m in the mood for history it’s well written and researched. It also features stunning photos of the things and places they talk about.
13. Popgun is great site for pop-culture old and new. I frequently find interesting tidbits on it.
14. Madi Her tag-line says it all; ” A small town girl trying to make it big with the written word.” She covers everything from her experiences with college to current events…
15. Iamforchange is always mix of poetry and self-improvement, reading it makes you think…

It took a lot of time to decide this list there are so many more I would nominate if I could!

Thank you again Robin! It was a great surprise finding my site on your list! 🙂