Which One? THAT One!

When was this put up, like fifteen minutes after the debate? Move over, "I Am Aware of All Internet Traditions", there's a new meme in town.

what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

It's a new internet meme, that's what! Behold and be present at the birth pangs.

John Cole explains.

The Googles iz already buzzin.

And faster than you can say "Sweet Jesus I Hate Chris Matthews", a new meme is born: I Am Aware of All Internet Traditions.

UPDATE: Ah, what the hell:

UPDATE 2: Lauren has unearthed an internet tradition:

In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”

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Otlet’s vision hinged on the idea of a networked machine that joined documents using symbolic links. While that notion may seem obvious today, in 1934 it marked a conceptual breakthrough. “The hyperlink is one of the most underappreciated inventions of the last century,” Mr. Kelly said. “It will go down with radio in the pantheon of great inventions.”

The Eight Things Meme

Good Lord, I'm late with this...but last Tuesday, when ModFab tagged me with the Eight Things Meme, I was driving from Chapel Hill to Bethesda for CFUNITED and trying to get my emotional state together enough to reasonably impersonate a confident self-assured person after -- oh, well, let's just not even go there, shall we?

Anyway, better late than never, I say.

THE RULES
1. All right, here are the rules.
2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
4. People who are tagged write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
5. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

So here we go, in no particular order.

8. I live in a constant state of free-floating anxiety about losing my job. In fact, I am taking one of my 39 accumulated vacation days today and another one tomorrow, and the anxiety is driving me, well, crazy.

7. I just bought this. Actually, this workout system is pretty good and less annoying than many. This is now the fourth set I've bought, and it's the first one that didn't come with some big plastic doohickey that takes up tons of room. I've never seen Visible Results In Ten Workouts or had the success that some others have had, but when the step work doesn't aggravate my sciatica, I do feel better and am fitter. And right now yoga alone is keeping my limber but isn't helping the weight come off.

6. If I listen to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the car, yes, I will conduct an imaginary orchestra.

5. My membership in the Geeks' League may be revoked because of this, but I do not read science fiction.

4. I can't decide if The Red Hat Society is a very cool, affirmative group or the most dumbass thing I've ever seen.

3. I have a heterogirlcrush on Kate Winslet.

2. Of the many attributes I'd like to have next time I incarnate, the one I want most is square shoulders so I don't have to keep pulling up bra straps.

1. The one place in the world I'd really like to see is Greece.

Tagging up:

Kate
Tata
Bob
Spiiderweb
Tami
DBK
Carrie
Lynn