I’ve been tagged by Eduwonkette to write seven random things about myself:
1. I was co-editor-in-chief of The Wednesday Report, an every-other-weekly, from second through fifth grade.
2. In my first paid writing job, I wrote riddles short enough to appear (both question and answer) on a gum ball. My grandfather, who was in the candy business, paid me a penny a riddle. I also served as a consultant for his line of monster cards (Dracula, WolfMan, etc.) which were sold with gum.
3. I used to do three crossword puzzles a day, but I’ve cut down to one.
4. I like to read historical fiction and not-too-gory mysteries.
5. I sang mezzo soprano in a baby boomers’ acappella group for many years.
6. I don’t own an iPod.
7. For two years in a row, I performed in a toga as part of a fundraiser for City Lights Theater in San Jose. The third year, I wore a nightgown in a Tennessee Williams parody.
I will now tag seven other bloggers:
1. John Rosenberg of Discriminations
2. Rory of Parentalcation (see Rory’s 7)
3. Daryl Cobranchi of Home Education & Other Stuff (see Cobranchi’s 7)
4. Ken DeRosa of D-Ed Reckoning
5. TMAO of Teaching in the 408 (see a creative response)
6. Linda Seebach of The Eclectic Linda
7. California Teacher Guy (see his response with six bonus answers)
Joanne – these are fantastic! Thanks:)
I was crazy about those monster cards; I had two shoeboxes FULL of them! I was not allowed to watch such things at home, so my cousin and I started staying with our grandmother on Saturday nights to watch the old B/W 50’s monster flicks. We were thrilled to discover the cards, although we never chewed the gum. At summer camp, we used to play “monster trivia” with them. I don’t think I’ve met anyone since who had ever heard of them.
How cool to learn that your grandfather was the mastermind behind them, and that you helped!
I thank Joanne for thinking of me, but I regard tags as a form of chain letter, and I do not participate. (Exponential growth is too scary.)
Done.
Done
Mamacita, my grandfather was deeply frustrated by the fact that Topps had a monopoly on baseball cards and he kept looking for alternatives. (His first try was League of Nations cards — collect the whole League! — which failed much like the League of Nations.) Eventually, my uncle figured out how to break the Topps monopoly, which is why there is now competition in baseball cards.
I’m working on it!
I don’t own an iPod, either, but I own a Zune.
And must recommend, since they combine historical fiction AND not-to-gory mystery – two authors, about six books between them. Jacqueline Winspear and David Liss.
I just started doing crosswords a year ago. I understand the addiction.