I was tagged with the ‘7 random things’ meme, courtesy of my friend Simon Salt or better known as @Incslinger. Simon Salt is a good friend, but I am not a huge fan of these types of games or letters, but for Simon, I would happily play along.
As expected I thoroughly enjoyed my personal trip down memory lane, not all of which I shared, but the process was memorable. At the end of the post, time to tag seven people, you want to know more about.
Let me say, reading the various posts on “7 Random Things” has been enjoyable. I have learned many things about people, their childhood memories, professional challenges, aspirations, as well as personal challenges. Most everyone was fairly transparent and some just plain bared their soul.
Here are a few of my friends and respected bloggers. They are in no specific order, as is clear in seeing the people at the end. I summarized, briefly, a few interesting facts.
Simon Salt, Incslinger
Twitter: @incslinger
Simon once lived in Scotland and traveled to England on weekends to play in Ultimate Frisbee. Today he volunteers as a firefighter. He enjoys reading and enjoys history, yet enjoys magazines like Men’s Vogue and Fast Company among other quick reads.
Russ Sumers, Hoovers
Russ loves internet memes! Good to know for next time, I say smiling. Russ enjoyed the 1980’s style music and 80’s day on Twitter just isn’t the same without him. Did you know in 1979, Russ dropped out of college to be in a rock band? Or that the Smashing Pumpkins opened for one of his bands? �
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Cheryl Smith, Culture Smith Consulting
Twitter: @cherylsmith999
Cheryl did a meme a few months ago, so she highlighted seven things about Christmas. She loves drives down Cranehill Drive, in Lynchburg, to see the streets filled with beautiful luminaries. Did you know she loves the movie “Olive the Other reindeer”?
Rosina, Baby Friendly LA
Twitter: @babyfriendlyla
Rosina is a first time mom, published her own retro lifestyle magazine, which went national and was in every major bookstore. She honeymooned in Paris and has never drunk a single sip of Coke or Pepsi.
Mel Aclaro, Business Casual Blog
Twitter: @melaclaro
Mel is a dog lover that belongs to not one, but two very jealous cats. He is a morning person who has his best formed opinions in the morning, yet is forbidden to share them before 9 am. He is not a fan of chain letters but enjoys a good meme. Big hairy eight legged spiders, not a fan, yet will make an exception for daddy long legs.
Mack Collier, The Viral Garden
Twitter: @mackcollier
Mack is a painter and artist who strives for perfection. He is big-time introvert. He loves animals and believes you can learn about people, through their treatment of animals. He came close to drowning once, his cousin reached him and saved his life.
Shannon Paul, Shannon Paul’s Very Official Blog
Twitter: @shannonpaul
Shannon played piano and electronic keyboards competitively. She had two imaginary friends as a child, but they stopped hanging out with her around kindergarten. (cute). She can recite the quadratic formula on command.
Dana Coffey, Crazee Geek Chick
Twitter: @crazeegeekchick
Dana believes there is no greater food than chocolate. She can write code to bluegrass and jazz music, when many of us need peace and concentration. She loves a good treasure trove through thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets.
Amber Naslund , Altitude
Twitter: @ambercadabra
Amber majored in music performance and her primary instrument was the flute. Today her flute, given to her by her grandmother, is one of my prized possessions. She is an animal lover with a house full of lovable rescues.
Sonny Gill
Twitter: @sonnygill
Sonny’s real name is Sandeep. He grew up in a large family and describes his families gatherings and both awesome and hilarious. A dog lover! He once had to get more than 40 stitches in his forehead. He has a passion for basketball. A man who admits he likes shopping! read more
Tim Walker, Hoovers Business Insight Z
Twitter: @twalk
Tim doesn’t believe in writers block. He has dreams of being an expert cook. He moved to Austin Texas in 1990 and has lived there since. Another of Tim’s many ambitions is to earn his law degree. But by far, his greatest career ambition — so far unrealized — is to write compelling books and he is working on that now.
Aaron Strout, Citizen Marketer 2.1
Twitter: @astrout
Aaron has a tattoo, of a thunderbird, on his right hip. His third child sparked from a chance meeting in Jackson Hole. His wife wasn’t there. Hmm.
Scott Monty, The Social Media Marketing Blog
Twitter: @scottmonty
Scott’s favorite candy is Peanut M & M’s. He impersonates singers, like Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias, when participating in karaoke. He only drives American made! He holds a Masters in Medical Science. He was once a writer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, during the Clinton healthcare reform proposal.
Brent Schlenker, Corporate eLearning Strategies & Develpment
Twitter: @brentschlenker
I’m an Arizona native, married with three children, and lives a few homes down from his high school. He loves 80’s guitar rock and prefers Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar to Diamond Dave. His daughter was youngest girl to swim Alcatraz.
Laura P. Thomas, LTP
Twitter: @LPT
Laura starts her meme off with an “ice breaker”. She tells of drowning as a young child, discovered by her brother, he pulled her out of the pool and emergency personal revived her. She shares a few summer jobs, one working at a TV news station, while working on her journalism degree.
Cammy Bean, Learning Visions
Twitter: @cammybean
As a kid, Cammy wanted to grow up to be a writer. Her backyard looks upon a forest and little stream running through yard. She is an extremely efficient, mother of three, and occasional mouse hunter.
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Ken Burbary, Web Business by Ken Burbary
Twitter: @kenburbary
Ken is a closet geek and likes to tinker with technology. He is a digital pack rat and a early user of Compuserv and Prodigy. He has three children who love playing wrestlemania. He is a World War II history and has a book collection on the topic.
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Chris Brogan
Twitter: @chrisbrogan
Chris as written three posts in responses, over several years. Interesting to read his view of “meme’s”, change over time, as mine did through this experience. In 2006 Chris wrote “Not Normally a Meme Guy”. In 2007 he posted “8 random things”, and most recently
Questions:
What do you think about the 7 random things meme? Were you tagged? Did you enjoy reading them? Did you ignore tags? If you did a post on your 7 Random Things, please post a link? Those of you who view it as a complete waste of time, let us know you thoughts?
Tags: Aaron Strout, Amber Naslund, BabyFriendlyLA, Brent Schlenker, Cheryl Smith, Chris Brogan, Dana Coffey, Laura P. Thomas, Mack Collier, Mel Aclaro, Online Communities, Rosina, russ somers, Scott Monty, Shannon Paul, simon salt, Sonny Gill, Tim Walker, twitter
I thought it was fun and very informative. Ex. Darryl Ohrt once shot an armadillo and has the photo to prove it! http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/2008/12/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-me.html
Thanks Tawny! Great to see so many random things about fascinating folks summarized here. I love exercises like this where there’s no right answer.
For me, writing the post was an interesting exercise (and a great way around any writer’s block).
This is a very cool way of looking at a bunch of cool twitter/blogger peeps “7 things.” Thanks for including me in the list.
Best,
Aaron | @astrout
@tawnypress very cool *Best of* list from *7 things* meme. Funny items from folks like @shannonpaul @chrisbrogan @twalk http://is.gd/edP7
Tawny
What a great way to do this. Amazed at the fun facts that you put together about everyone. I also found some more people to follow from your list
Simon
Very cool! I loved seeing the randomness of all of these random people (myself included) on one page. Keep on writing…
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