I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

"So, my sense of measurement was a little off David--oh, did I say 'little?'Erm--sorry."

Got an invite from someone named "Doug" who allegedly gave a networking site named "Twitter," my e-mail address, because, allegedly, he wants to network with me.

Riiiight. First of all, the only person I've ever known named "Doug," is my great-uncle, who died in the late 80's.

If "Doug" is one of you, please just say so.

But, I think this "Twitter" notice was either a phishing scam, or a virus con. Beware of Twitter notices in your in-box.

Oh, and please don't give my e-mail address to anyone without my permission, thanks.

Tagged by another total stranger. Okay, well, it's a short one so what the hey.

1. What's the name of your favourite pub?

I generally stopped going to pubs ages ago (don't drink, no mates to hang with).

But I do sometimes--like once or twice a year--get a ginger ale or juice from the cowboy bar across from the Cooper's Cave Bridge, Jake's Roundup.

2. What celebrity do you most read about right now?

I don't generally follow celebrities. I don't go to cinemas or rent films, or watch television, and honestly haven't a clue who is who, or who's doing what! But, I'm a dedicated Whovian so I guess it would be either David Tennant or Cahterine Tate, because of my interest in the programme.

3. Have you ever slid down a stair case railing, or climb a tree?

Erm, stair rail--just once, when I was 19. Let's just say I probably won't even do that again.

I was a tomboy, of course I climbed trees--just, not very high, ha-ha. Oddly, after I got older, I lost 99% of my fear of heights, dunno' why.

4. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up, and did you ever get to do that?

I think the order of that was, cowgirl, actress or (I kid you not) dairy farmer.

Well, in a very tiny way, I did 2 out of three....I took theater classes in college a half dozen years back, and did some acting there. And, I can--albeit not very well at all, actually ride, rope and shoot and lived out west one summer, dated a real cowboy briefly, and worked with horses as my job, for a bit. Still haven't milked any cows, though.

5. If you could only drink and eat five things for the rest of your life, what would they be?

Drinks: Coke classic soda pop, cold diet sweet tea, Orange Crush soda pop, ice cold milk, cold tropical fruit, lime or black cheery flavoured seltzer water.

Food: Pizza, steak, spaghetti bolognese, Pork chops.

6. Three favourite music groups at the moment?

What? Only three?

The New Pornographers
The Proclaimers
Heartsfield

7. Three favouirte books at the moment?

Dr Who: Peacemaker
My Father's Notebook
Horse Tradin' (Amusing ancedotes by old-time cowboy, Ben K. Green)

8. If you were going to spend an evening with one person, who would that be?

I assume she means someone alive?

Erm--I think Russell T. Davies would be fun to spend and evening with, perhaps.

9. Sarte said that "Hell is other people." Who would be your hell?

George W. Bush...or maybe my neo-conservative sister, ha-ha.

10. What section of the newspaper do you traditionally read first, and what section do you read last?

The obituatires first, cos' I want to make sure I ain't dead yet.

Serious answer: An even tie between the local section and the editorial page, first (editorials if local page news is boring--which in Glens Falls, it is, 50% of the time)

Last section? Comics.

Online newspapers, I generally read the national news first, and then surf the political blogs or the arts/culture section.

I tag: Notbob, Jenray and SweetladyJane

"Oh, I'm supposed to take my trousers off first?"

Well, our heat spell finally broke, and it's a lovely, cloudless day out there. Still warm, nearly 68 F at half past eight in the morning, but not so humid, and it's only going to be 85 F today, thankfully.

Still feeling washed out and bleary by all this though. Have to go to the doctor's again today, to arrange to see some more specialists and also to see what the sum total of all those test results has added up to. Hopefully not bad news, but preparing myself, just in case.

Decided to do my laundry today, after work, as well. The laudromat's just a few doors up from the health centre, might as kill the two proverbial birds with one stone, so to speak.

Going to be a loooong day.

Extra tired because it was still too hot in my apartment for sleeping--91 F most of the night...finally got down to 88 F around 2am, after the storms passed though, around 9pm, and pushed some cooler air into the region.

I wasn't going to mention it, but then, I talk about everything else--I fell last night and hurt my bad foot again, slightly. Tripped over a kitchen chair in the dark, stupid me. Just got back from the ER--not serious, but told to stay off it, today. Just a strain and not a sprain or fracture. I'm hardly even limping. Only thing is, I just missed four day's work. So, what I'll do is work 11 to 2 today, and make up the two missed hours on Saturday. Actually, considering that it was my bad foot--the one I ripped to shreads/sprained/fractured last year, I got off lucky....my right knee aches like hell tho', for some reason. But I'll be fine...I'm an old war horse...takes more than that to keep me down.

Before the injury last night, I stayed up, re-designing one of my wordpress ("nbgwho") blogs, to make it easier to use. Figured since I was unable to sleep, might as well do something.

Hope yours is a pleasant one. Cheers, Nancy G.

President George W. Bush, who reportedly used cocaine while he was a member of the National Guard, now has been rumoured in the press, to have been allegedly snorting coke while in office.

Supposedly the president was discovered to be using cocaine while in residence in the White House.

Is anyone out there, really surprised?

This is for:
Goingsomewhere
Whovian71 (Gary)
Fivey24 (Ina)
Jenray
Renette
GilraenH
Kevinwilson
Freeasthewind (C.)
Jessanator
Sweetladyjane (J.)
Normalguy (miss you)
Wifey (wherever you are now, bless)
NotBob

And all my other friends out there, in blogland. Thank you for taking time out of your day, to visit my blog.

You my sunshine on a cloudy day.

Thank you for sticking with me, through the bad times and even a few good times. Thank you for all the laughter, caring and sharing that you've given to me. I genuinely feel blessed to have had the privilege of being able to call you my friends.

I dedicate this song to you: