{"id":145,"date":"2008-02-12T23:26:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T04:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=145"},"modified":"2008-02-12T23:26:22","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T04:26:22","slug":"on-the-silly-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"On the silly meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like Mark O. tagged me<\/a> with the Celebrity<\/a> meme. I’ve listed it below (note, I’ve masculinized the list because writing (and reading) “s\/he” drives me up the wall).<\/p>\n

If you could spend 24 hours with a celebrity:<\/p>\n

1. Who would he be?
\n2. Where would you expect him to bring you?
\n3. Where [what] would you bring him?
\n4. What would you like to do with him?
\n5. What\u2019s the one thing you\u2019d been always wanting to ask the celebrity?
\n6. If he didn\u2019t treat you well, would he be your favorite celebrity?
\n7. What would you give to him as a gift before saying goodbye so he\u2019d remember you?
\n8. Tag 3 people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not so sure that I agree with Mark’s assessment on the word “celebrity”, though. I mean, other than the Lohan \/ Spears \/ Hilton drivel that floods the news sites, I’m not very familiar with who the common famous people<\/em> are. For instance, when Heath Ledger died, I had to look up who he was (but, I would have bet that he was an actor).<\/p>\n

Maverick that I am, I’m also deviating from Mark’s conclusion that the celebrity still be alive<\/strong> (much less, in show business).<\/p>\n

So, here goes:<\/p>\n

1. The “celebrity” I pick is (are) Lewis & Clark<\/a>. Why both of them? Well, think about it, no one evers speaks of the “Lewis Expedition” or the “Clark Expedition” – they refer to the trip the Corps of Discovery made as the Lewis & Clark Expedition<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2. I would expect them to bring me adventurous accounts (of their trip), heretofore unknown to historians.<\/p>\n

3. Given that they would have to travel through time to speak with me (or, vice versa), I would bring them news, both good and bad, of how the United States has progressed in the last 200 years.<\/p>\n

4. I would like to visit the place, from their adventure, that they considered the most exciting.<\/p>\n

5. I would want to ask them how (and if) they thought their expedition would impact the growth of the new country.<\/p>\n

6. I’d probably have a little less respect for them because, based on the accounts of their journey, they appeared to be forthright and honorable men.<\/p>\n

7. One of the many books<\/a> which chronicled their journey, as a memento of the gift they gave the U.S.<\/p>\n

8. Bonnie<\/a> at Intellectuelle, Ilona<\/a> at TrueGrit, Tom<\/a> at LotharBot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It looks like Mark O. tagged me with the Celebrity meme. I’ve listed it below (note, I’ve masculinized the list because writing (and reading) “s\/he” drives me up the wall). If you could spend 24 hours with a celebrity: 1. Who would he be? 2. Where would you expect him to bring you? 3. Where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-rusty"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t