8:30 pm on rainy February and I am in the last weeks of my forty-second year. What better time to participate in a me-me.
A. Four Jobs I have Had:
1. Logging Road Logpile Repiler in NS backwoods
2. Bouncer in London, Ontario
3. English Teacher in Poland
4. Wholesale Cut Flower Auction Grunt in HollandB. Four Movies I could watch over and over:
1. Paddle to the Sea, 1960's NFB film
2. World Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Spinal Tap
4. Any documentary on the FA Cup before colourC. Four Places I have Lived
1. Pembroke, Ontario
2. Kolobrzeg, Poland
3. Aalsmeer, Holland
4. Bible Hill, Nova ScotiaD. Four TV Shows I Like To Watch
1. Studio 2
2. Captain Scarlet
3. Sox on UPN 38
4. Two Fat LadiesE. Four Places I Have Been on Vacation:
1. Paris, France
2. Portland, Maine
3. Lancaster Co., PA
4. Disneyland by station wagon when I was threeF. Four Websites I Go To Daily:
1. Dot Dot Dot
2. NCPR
3. BBC News
4. The Google-plex of servicesG. My Four Favourite Foods:
1. Good stinky cheese - especially if I make it
2. Real ale - especially if I make it
3. Stuff I grow in the garden
4. The flesh of immature sheep in mint sauce
[5. Cheat: All Lebanese cuisine]H. Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
1. The Blue Tusk with a gang of pals
2. My Grannie's house in Scotland when I am seven
3. Scoring a goal on my pal Bruce in any sport
4. Red's on a hot night
Comments
Rob Paterson - February 5, 2006 8:44 AM
Morning Hugh
Funny you should mention NCPR. I spent the week in Canton with Ellen Rocco and the entire NCPR team. I work with NPR on a project to re-imagine public radio in the US. NCPR is for me and many the ideal station.
I have sent them a copy of the HughTrain and we are discussing many of your ideas as a guide to how they strengthen their connection to their communities.
What a small world we live in
Best wishes Rob
Rob Paterson - February 5, 2006 8:47 AM
Alan you must think I am mad!!! I have not had enough coffee and for soem resaon I thought that this was Hugh Mccleod's site - all those Mcloead and my hangover!
It seemed so odd that Hugh would be a NCPR fan
Oh well dementia is creeping up
Thank you again for all your help - they could not stop talkking about you after you left. You were a sensation
Cheers Rob
Alan - February 5, 2006 9:10 AM
It is definitely time for a nap, Rob.
John Gushue - February 5, 2006 5:18 PM
Wow - I'm flattered. Dot Dot Dot always welcomes the Gx40 audience, you know!
portland - February 6, 2006 12:47 PM
reds opens on st patricks day. they feature their green mint with green clover jimmies.
Alan - February 6, 2006 12:51 PM
This year with all the mild weather, February now appears to be 75% of the way through the stretch from leaves falling to grass sprouting. Five weeks to Reds. Fewer to Rudy's I think.