Usually, I loath tags... but to be honest, yesterday was a particularly brutal day at work and I was bushed, creatively bankrupt, and generally not capable of good and entertaining blog fodder...

So, when MsDemmie broke the news, as opposed to the grumpy Tag Me Not! person, she's found a willing victim...

So without further adieu, allow me to post away with this tag...

Eight Random Things About Me (Matthew)

Da Rules I Gotta Post... One: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. Two: People who are tagged need to write their own blog entry about their eight things and post these rules. Three: at the end of your entry, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names/pseudonyms/blogs. Four: Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

#8: I have experienced ghostly phenomena...

I hesitate to say, "I seen a ghost!" or "I was haunted!" simply because I don't know what a ghost is... and that's why I've really studied them a lot. That said, I'm sure you'd all LOVE to know my experiences... but it's too much to retype... so if you're interested, click here (opens a new browser) and have a read...

I can honestly say I've experienced more since then at a few different locations... but that was the one that pushed me into overdrive on the study.

#7: I can't fold laundry.

This sounds like a cop-out... it isn't.

I don't mind DOING laundry, I can even iron and hang laundry... but ask me to fold stuff and I'm all thumbs.

It's almost like a Freudian-type thing... but people have TRIED to teach me... and I just suck.

#6: I want a job in radio.

I proclaim high and low, after doing many television programs, news interviews, and documentary interviews that I loath media... and I do!

The key is, I would like my OWN radio program... some place where I can treat the subjects I love with respect and interest rather than stupidity.

#5: I almost always wear safety shoes.

Yup. My favourite footwear has a steel toe and steel shank... I would remind the gentle readers that now-a-days, these things come in much nicer and lighter variations... my current ones resemble a black-leather pair of running shoes... and yeah, they are comfy too!

#4: Don't tell Sue this, but if we had the space, we'd have several more pets.

Two birds, two dogs, three cats, two hamsters, and a dwarf rabbit... and yeah, if I could, I'd GLADLY add a dog and another cat... maybe even two more birds...

Don't tell Sue though... she thinks SHE'S the reason we have so many pets and if she knew... I might come home from work to new pets...

#3: I am a reformed Coke addict.

Yeah, I used to drink two litres per day... minimum... but I kicked the habit when I was in my late twenties... and rarely have even a can a week now.

I heard kicking a serious Coke addiction was hard... but it wasn't too bad.

I mean, if I can do it, how bad could it be for Lindsay Lohan to give it up?

#2: Yes, there are bus pictures up on the wall in our bedroom...

...BUT THEY ARE NOT OVER THE BED!

I'm not that bad...

#1: There are a total of twelve die-cast metal double-decker buses on my desk, one large plastic one, and I have a "bus-phone"...

Very cool...

...and it works!

...and who to tag... hmmm... Well, I'm gonna pick some new blood than my normal choices... Bill Blunt should try this... as should Angela at AGK who's a regular visitor via the blog logs... same with Kelly from Kellyoglogy... I'm going to hassle a new commenter in The Crafty green Poet... I'm gonna tag my big sister at RealTalk... Robin at Robin's Blog Blather is on deck... as is Lynn at Motivated Motion... but I need to round myself out with an old friend... so Blandly Urbane at DeMediaCratic Nation, YOU BEEN TAGGED, sir!

If you see this first, it's kinda late so I'll be by to comment and alert you to your newly "tagged" status this evening.

The standard last note on the old blog... PLEASE SUPPORT THE DREAM!

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Please, if you have a few minutes, take some time to find out more about this bus and the kooky dream by clicking here.

This bus is VERY special to myself and the whole family, and any help any person can lend us would be most gratefully accepted.

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