Almost everyone hates a meme, yet they persist.  Some day we’ll view these memes as li’l more than chain letters, and will summarily ignore them (or respond half-heartedly).  But until that day comes, I can’t help but respect the amount of personal investment that so many bloggers put into their memeographies.

So, to my taggers, Kate Trgovac and Dave Fleet, this one’s for you; my response to the “8 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Me” meme started by Social Media Group’s Maggie Fox.  (And my apologies in advance to those I will subseqently tag.)

1.  Happily married for 15+ years to a gorgeous California blonde.  I often wish I could send a photo of my bride back in time – to myself, circa 1985.  I think it would make a certain 16–year-old very happy.

2.  We started out married life preggers and with (*ahem*) government assitance.  Everyone justifiably assumed we’d veered way off-course at a young age.  They were right.  On the plus side, having a kid at age 22 was a terrifying way to clarify our priorities. 

3.  In my spare time I often pore over the Geographic Expeditions catalog.  It’s a gorgeous, glossy book of international adventure itineraries.  I aspire to ride horseback through the plains of Mongolia, en route to the Golden Eagle Festival.  Weird, I know.

4.  Best investment ever: buying our daughter the “Chicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul” book, which details the hard knocks of several kids her age.  Ever since, we never walk out the front door without hearing, “I love you, Mom & Dad.”  She insists that it be the last phrase we hear from her, whenever we’re going to be apart. 

5.  Born on an American Army base in Germany, raised in a distinctively middle class Connecticut suburb. 

6.  I’ve had the same two best friends since I was a little kid.  Talk about paths diverging: one is an officer in the Navy, the other is a personal trainer.  I still talk to each of them at least once a month.

7.  I was a male cheerleader in High School – in the program’s first year, so I took a lot of ribbing.  For the record, I wasn’t a pom-pom type; I was the guy lifting up the pretty girls.  It was a very good gig.

8.  Among our prospective clients it’s probably a too-little-known fact that on the eve of our 5^th anniversary, our agency now employs 100 of the coolest, smartest, ablest PR pros I’ve ever met.  I am delighted – but not surprised – that we’ve been able to work with companies like Shimano, Oakley, Akamai, Novell, RSA Conference, Yelp, RealNetworks and Travelocity.  (And those are just the cool names I’m currently allowed to mention.)  To rise from “boutique” status to a spot where we often compete against The Big Boys of PR has been stunning and gratifying.  Dare I say “Obama-esque”?

ENOUGH about me.  It was weird and exhausting and even a little icky, writing this utterly self-absorbed post.  Can we hear from Scott Monty, Doug Haslam, Brian Solis, Geoff Livingston, Susan Getgood (got ya back, Susan!), Kami Huyse, Chris Brogan and Shel Holtz?

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