Memes: Who Starts These Things, Anyway?!?

They used to be part of the repertoire of those who sent lots of forwarded emails. Now it happens more with Myspace bulletins and blogs. So where do they come from? Who writes the jokes, the stories, the urban legends, or the lists of favorites? I wouldn't be surprised if they all originated with Nigerian princes. Anyway, I've been thinking about a thread on the old forum on the BLB website. Long since lost and likely forgotten, at the time it provided hours of entertainment. It consisted of everyone involved with the BLB project listing 20 things about themselves that people didn't know. It got creative, funny, and also educational too. So, if you feel like beating me to the punch, (I'm contemplating starting the meme) type up 20 things about yourself on your blog and include a link to this post so I see it. If nothing else, you'll get a link from me.

The BLB Family Continues to Grow

News from remote Alaska...The Mad Fischicist and Belle Etoile welcome their second child, a beautiful daughter Jolie. Mom and baby are doing great. Head over to Belle Etoile's blog for the specs and pictures.

Unlikely Places

Those of you who have been following along for a while know that a little over a year ago my hard drive melted and the things I mourned the most were pictures...well, today Riche brought over a computer that I built for him before I left Alaska in 2005 which he hadn't booted up for 54 Windows updates. Securely saved on the hard drive were a majority of the pictures I lost in the meltdown. I plugged my external drive into the updating box and grabbed said photos. I'll be uploading some to flickr, but I leave you with this gem of the BLB from fall of 05, just weeks before I left.