I’ve been tagged by Bronwen in an online blogging game of tag. The idea is to fill in your responses to a standard set of questions, then pass on the tag to four other bloggers. I’ve put my responses below, but two quick points. One is that I hate the word ‘meme’, for several reasons which I’ll blog about separately.

The other point is I’ve a lifetime aversion to chain letters, since the old days when people used to send out those malicious chain snail mail letters where you had to send it on to n other people or you would get bad luck. In the end they are (sometimes) cash free pyramid (Ponzi) schemes. I have always refused to take part, even in the most harmless. So while I’ve filled in the form, instead of tagging four others at the end, I’ve used a more open form. Sorry, Bron!

• jobs you’ve had:*
  1. Lab assistant/person who climbs up chemical tankers to take sample of incoming materials at a chemical plant
  2. Salesperson in a small family DIY shop
  3. Operational research analyst
  4. Author and creativity consultant

• movies you could watch over & over:*
  1. Casablanca
  2. Galaxy Quest
  3. The Matrix
  4. Any Hepburn/Tracy movie

• places you’ve lived:*
  1. Rochdale
  2. Cambridge
  3. Langley (Slough)
  4. Village near Swindon (all 4 UK – I don’t get around much)

• TV shows you love to watch:*
  1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  2. Red Dwarf
  3. Firefly
  4. Coronation Street

• places you’ve been on holiday:*
  1. France (most of the coast, particularly North)
  2. Boscastle, UK
  3. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
  4. Wembury, UK

• websites you visit daily:*
  1. Nature Network
  2. Technorati
  3. BBC News
  4. Popular Science

• of your favorite foods:*
  1. Butternut squash ravioli
  2. Anything smothered in barbecue sauce
  3. Fillet steak
  4. Leg of lamb from the local farm

• places you’d rather be:*
  1. Any of my holiday destinations above
  2. Any British cathedral city
  3. In a restaurant
  4. I’m struggling, as I like it here!

• lucky people to tag:*
  This is where I rebel. I tag everyone and no one. Because of my total ban on chain mail I can’t tag anyone by name – but equally I request that anyone who reads this and fancies the idea does there own.