The Versatile Blogger Award

Last week, someone I always enjoy reading, the highly accomplished writer/blogger J.D. over at RADIATOR HEAVEN, received worthy acclaim when he was bestowed with The Versatile Blogger award. This is an ideal prize for someone so multi-talented like him. You can add the word generous, too, because he shared his award with moi. To say the least, I am very honored to be in the same company with J.D. and the others he shared this with. Thank you, my friend. Following his example, I'll try "passing on this award to other blogs that I enjoy reading and that inspire me."

The Rules for the Award:

• Thank the person who gave you this award (see above)
• Share 7 things about yourself (see below)
• Pass the award along to 15 who you have recently discovered and who you think fantastic for whatever reason (in no particular order - see way below)
• Contact the blogs you picked and let them know about the award.

So... here are those 7 things:

1. I met my future wife at work by the copy machine (decades ago when the devices were large, rare, and expensive).
   
2. I can't stand the taste of coconut. Never have... never will. It doesn't matter even if you try to hide it in a candy bar like Almond Joy or Mounds, it ain't going down.
   
3. Through the years, I've tried to visit many of the location sites from my favorite L.A. Movies (you can ask my wife).
   
4. I adore brunettes.
   
5. Though I can't eat them like I once could, one of my favorite See's Candy is a Tipperary Bon Bon (I acquired a taste for them from my mother)
   
6. I once was flexible enough I could place and hold my forehead onto my straighten legs (sadly, those days are long gone)
   
7. I do not suffer from Triskaidekaphobia -- in fact, I'm the polar opposite of that ;-).

And... I like to share this award with:

Scientist Gone Wordy

Stuff Running 'Round My Head

Pop Culture Nerd

Edward Copeland on Film

Meanderings and Muses

Snooker in Berlin

From Cop to Mom and the Words in Between

Cinema Geek

Jen's Book Thoughts

The Drowning Machine

Elogios

Musings of an All Purpose Monkey

Nobody Move!

Shell Sherree

You Would Say That, Wouldn't You?

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Kan I Be Kreativ?

With many thanks to fellow blogger from across the pond, Steve over at The Last Picture Show, I've been awarded a Kreativ Blogger Award. I'm very honored to be included in my friend's nominated group of web journalers (all of whom I consider very imaginative and worthy bloggers). But before I thank The Academy, my parents, etc., I have some housekeeping duties and need to lay out the rules for the award:

1. Thank the person who gave this to you.
   
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person who nominated you.
4. Name seven things about yourself that no one would really know.
5. Nominate seven "Kreativ Bloggers."
6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them.

Okay, the first three have been accomplished. That means I have to name some aspects about myself that I've yet to mention. Hmm...

1. When I was born, I didn't cry (and the doctor didn't bother to spank me). Since she thought she'd had another stillborn delivery, I scared the hell out of my mother right off the bat!
2. The Monday morning my wife went into labor with our first, I had an almost empty gas tank when it came time to drive her to the hospital (and she still never let's me forget that).
3. Being a Leo (astrological sign), I find it a strange coincidence that actor Bert Lahr (the actor who played the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz) and I share the same birth date.
4. I absolutely love the smell of ground coffee, but I've never enjoyed drinking it (I'm a long-time tea drinker).
5. I'm right-handed, but when I give applauds, I clap like a southpaw (left hitting into the right hand instead of the other way around).
6. In the 11th grade, I suffered a fractured jaw (the result of my '63 Ford Falcon suddenly meeting a 1935 Pontiac after a gymnastic meet).
7. In the past 20 years of playing, I've met my share of people who've achieved a hole-in-one (some with more than one, and many of them just starting the game of golf)--and I still don't have one!

These are the Kreativ Bloggers I wish to nominate because I really enjoy reading their content and am happy to make them a daily habit:

pattinase - Patti's blog description say's it all, "Looks at writing, books, movies, politics, life, music".

Lesa's Book Critiques - She-Who-Reads-Unbelievable-Amounts is always worth a read (Lesa is in fact, a librarian).

Technicolor Dreams - Christian Devine's wonderful and colorful look at culture, film, music, politics, and skidoo.

Novel Whore's Blog - I recently discovered this delightful blogger, and way happy I did.

Elogios - he may be a distant relative, but I would have selected Poncho anyway because he's someone I like to read.

Jen's Book Thoughts - this blogger continues to inspire for the joy she takes in the author and book thoughts she writes down.

The Drowning Machine - how could I not include Corey since he's a fan of crime fiction, old movies, football and good whiskey.

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