*blushing* Thanks so much. (Funny, I was just writing about my footwear, briefly, for tomorrow’s post. )

Beware, TAC is delightfully addictive. Enjoy!

Regards,

Kelly

The kid and I have been talking about Canada for a couple of days—why even staid New Englanders like me look like crazy Texans among the frozen people, etc. “Uberly correct in public,” oui. That describes it.

Every time I’ve been to Second City in Toronto (comedy club, for those not familiar) I am reminded of my American-ness. I’m under the impression that one should *laugh* when one hears something amusing… apparently, this is illegal in CAN. All my years of being proper and curmudgeonly are made moot by crossing that border, and I look like a Yankee yahoo.

Still working on getting my parka loose. Monday deadline—whew!

Later,

Kelly

@Kelly – Prize money? There’s prize money? Gosh, and I thought the thrill of getting the award was prize enough. See? More Canadian humbleness.

And Gatineau is just under 2 hours from Montreal…should you want the Lion to prepare one of his amazing feasts, so you have strength for your invasion.

Urban Panther’s last blog post…Cut and run

LOL pomegranate lemonade. My daughter had strawberry limeade last night, now I feel so bourgeois American.

The rules are strict. Come up with 5, or you’re not as funny.

You get your loot when I get mine. *taps foot* Hey Panther, is the prize money in USD or CAND? Bob works with about as many loonies as he can handle.

Yee-hah! Invading Montreal on Monday! Can I bring my nuclear stockpile?

Until later,

Kelly

Now, about that “5 funny bloggers” thing — I’m worried. What if I can’t come up with 5? Do I have to give my award back? How about the money? (By the way, when do I get the money?)

As for No Blogging Week, it culminates on Monday with the big No Blogging Day Parade right through the heart of downtown Montreal. And, yes, fawning is suspended until 12:01 am Tuesday.

bob hoffman’s last blog post…See You In September

1. You’re welcome.

2. You’re easy to award and applaud. Tip: Take the A train.

3. I’m good with annoying, you are at your funniest then. Somehow I forgot to put the PG-13 warning on my review of your sense of humor, so everybody else, read the caveat for IttyBiz.

4. I managed to find 5 (6), but now you can’t choose them. And if you were around here earlier than the Panther, of course, I would have been ideal.

4 b. With one unsatisfactory husband under my belt, I can attest to the impossibility of that…
4 c. … but with McCain’s veep choice today, 5 ticked-off Hillary supporters on the Upper West Side switching sides is quite possible. Don’t think he doesn’t know it.

5. I am not Canadian. I’ve tried to escape, but my parka keeps getting stuck on the barbed wire. However, I do attract Canadians like flies to honey, for which I am grateful. They’re cold, and blogging keeps the fingers warm.

6. Seriously? Can I trust you to be asking seriously?

Okay, a meme is an older term than the ‘net, meaning loosely, a thing that is in all of our consciousness without exactly knowing why, like the White Sox stink, or limburger is a foul cosmic joke, or art directors rarely stop drinking long enough to be coherent.

On the Internet, a meme is like a chain letter (but more fun) that ideally should be passed on until it becomes so big that it gets stuck in everyone’s head. In practice, people like Nick gum up the works by refusing to play, but there is something lovely about watching them explode for a while.

Welcome to MCE! Looking forward to your response.

Regards,

Kelly

P.S. Is no-blogging week over, or does that not extend to commenting on posts where fellow bloggers fawn all over you?

1. Thanks.

2. Unlike Nick, I thrive on awards, applause, tips…

3. Now you’ve put pressure on me to be funny. Apparently “annoying” isn’t good enough anymore.

4. But seriously, where am I supposed to find 5 funny bloggers? That’s like finding 5 coherent art directors, or 5 cheerful teenagers, or five satisfactory husbands, or 5 McCain voters on the Upper West Side. Anyone with a sense of humor is not blogging, he’s making fun of bloggers.

5. Which reminds me, how come so many bloggers are Canadians? You people lonely or something?

6. What’s a meme?

bob hoffman’s last blog post…Online Chaos