{"id":49,"date":"2005-12-21T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=49"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:40:10","slug":"looks-like-im-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Looks Like I’m “It!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason over at Already & Not Yet<\/a> and Scott at Free Thoughts<\/a> have “tagged” me in what looks like the opening move of some sort of chain blog, phishing<\/a> scam. Next thing you know they’ll be offering to send me 100 million dollars like Princess Fayad Bolkiah<\/a> if I’ll just send them my bank account and social security numbers. Yeah right. Listen boys, I wasn’t born in Alabama, ok?<\/p>\n

Oh well, against my better judgement, here goes nothing.<\/p>\n

List the 7 words\/phrases you say most often:<\/p>\n

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  1. “Which is better, one…or…twooooo?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. “Go Duke!”<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. “Has anybody seen the laptop?”<\/li>\n
  4. “Has anybody seen the remote?”<\/li>\n
  5. “Have you finished your homework?”<\/li>\n
  6. “Oh my back, my back, my back!”<\/li>\n
  7. “Back in ’82…”<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    List 7 movies you could watch over and over:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Chariots of Fire<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. It’s a Wonderful Life<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Forrest Gump<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Master and Commander<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. A Man for All Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Napoleon Dynamite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      List 7 books or series you love:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Ecclesiastes<\/a>–The Preacher<\/li>\n
      2. Mere Christianity<\/a>–C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
      3. The Chronicles of Narnia<\/a>–C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
      4. Orthodoxy<\/a>–G.K. Chesterton<\/li>\n
      5. Portofino<\/a> (The Calvin Becker Trilogy)<\/a>–Frank Schaeffer<\/li>\n
      6. The Preservationist<\/a>–David Maine<\/li>\n
      7. The Mitford Series<\/a>–Jan Karon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        List 7 things you can’t\/won’t do:<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Dance<\/li>\n
        2. Cook<\/li>\n
        3. Break in line<\/li>\n
        4. Blow a bubble<\/li>\n
        5. Abuse Malachi 3:10<\/a> and Luke 6:38<\/a> to teach tithing<\/li>\n
        6. Ever, under any circumstances, root for the UNC Tarheels<\/li>\n
        7. Shop at 5:00AM on “Black Friday”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          List 7 things you want to do before you die:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Learn to dance<\/li>\n
          2. Become a breakfast chef<\/li>\n
          3. See my sons grow up to honorable manhood<\/li>\n
          4. Visit Italy and England with my wife<\/li>\n
          5. Attend a Duke basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium<\/a><\/li>\n
          6. Become a dean at a college or university<\/li>\n
          7. Make my living as a writer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            List 7 things that attract you to your spouse:<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. The way she tears up while watching a sentimental movie or commercial<\/li>\n
            2. When she really laughs at something I said or wrote<\/li>\n
            3. Her college co-ed figure<\/li>\n
            4. Her passion for reading and her open mind<\/li>\n
            5. The way she looks anybody in the eyes and politely tells them what she thinks<\/li>\n
            6. Her loyalty to and love for her sons<\/li>\n
            7. Watching her read a book and snuggle with Gracie (our dog) on the couch<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Friends to tag:<\/p>\n

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              1. Ed!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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