Four-ty Things

That diabolical Snarling Marmot tagged me with the "Four Things Meme," circumnavigating the blogosphere like a runaway virus.

Curmudgeonly, here goes.

1. Four Jobs I’ve Had

• Faculty member at universities in Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, and Missouri
• Assistant Producer for NBC News presidential debate coverage
• Car wash attendant in Washington, Iowa
• Character in a gorilla suit for a children's TV show in Des Moines, Iowa

2. Four movies I could watch over and over

• Young Frankenstein
• Monty Python's In Search of the Holy Grail
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• You Can't Take it With You
  

3. Four places I’ve lived

• Washington, Iowa
• Haslett, Michigan
• Evansville, Indiana
• Lee's Summit, Missouri

4. Four TV shows I love

• Lost
• Stargate, SG1
• Law and Order
• Street Talk

5. Four places I’ve vacationed

• North Adams, Massachusetts
• Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Driving from Iowa to Missouri to Kansas to Colorado to Utah to Nevada to California to Nevada to Arizona to New Mexico to Oklahoma to Missouri to Iowa
• Driving Historic Route 66 through Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

6. Four of my favorite dishes

• Greek Potatos
• Lasagna
• Chicken BLT Salad from Wendy's
• Anything my wife makes

7. Four sites I visit daily

• AMERICAblog
• CNN.com
• Chatter
• The Beagle's Life

8. Four places I’d rather be right now.

• New Mexico
• Deadwood, South Dakota
• Anywhere with my wife and beagle
• In an underground bunker at an undisclosed location

9. Four books I love

• Anything by Tony Hillerman
• Blind Descent by Nevad Barr
• Cobra by Timothy Zahn
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

10. Four video games I could play over and over

• Pong
• Ms. Pac Man
• Frogger
• Flea

I'm supposed to tag four bloggers. Many of those I know have already been tagged. So. . .

• Dave Richards at Ozarksyingyang
• Ozarks Angel
• Vincent David Jericho at Jericho's Journal
• Anthony Moretti at AJM's Blog

you've been tagged.