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Seven Things

Was tagged by @naturallygeeky.

1. In 1994 I won an O. Henry Award for a short story titled "Games." I'm still trying to figure out how that happened. Or if that really happened to me. Or what I'm supposed to to about it now.
2. I have a novel. You have not read it. I wrote it. But now I don't know where I put it.
3. When Mount St. Helens erupted, I lived inside the red zone. Not because we were in any real danger, but because the made the red zone particularly large on the day that Mt. St Helens erupted (May 18, 1980), not really sure how far away the effects of the blast would be felt.
4. A friend of mine sent my first book (You Are a Dog) to Oprah's dog groomer. Oprah's dog groomer reportedly hated my book so much that she was actually offended by it. This is a source of great personal pride to me, and is the story I tell whenever someone says "you should send your book to Oprah." (If you are considering telling me to send my book to Oprah, I'm sorry to say that we thought of this tactic for selling books. It is not a new or original idea. But thanks anyway. Also, if we cannot pass muster with Oprah's dog groomer, how can we hope to crash the gates of the great and mighty Harpo?)
5. One of my most valued possessions is a box of my grandfather's marbles. You'd think I would take better care of them, but they are just sitting in a Vans shoebox, and I periodically look at them, examine them, put my fingers into them and pull out a glass beauty I think I've never seen before. I love them. I do.
6. I was once nearly shot in the head with a .357. See .357. I was not actually shot in the head, so no saying "no wonder" or "that explains a lot." Honestly. It isn't funny.
7. This may in fact be the first "meme" I've participated in. I don't remember ever having done it before. Now, though, having said that, I remember typing this sentence before, word for work, likely character for character, as if I've suddenly been trapped in a recursive meme subroutine. (Somebody please clue me in to the escape sequence so I don't have to shut down the internet, please.)

The Rulz

• Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post. (I follwed this rule at the top of the post.)
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post. (I followed this rule.)
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs/twitters. (You will be happy to know I am not following this rule.)
• Let them know they’ve been tagged. (Or this one.)

I hate rules. Which is probably why I never do these meme things. If you feeling doing your own seven things, by all means, consider yourselves tagged. Otherwise? Consider these seven things a public service. Nothing more, nothing less.

God bless you all. And God bless the United States of America.

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