Finally, someone tagged me with this Meme of Seven thing going around. Thanks Eddie.
The Rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Present an image of martial discord from whatever period or situation you’d like.
Younghusband’s Facts
1. I have had surgery on my ears seven times. I am nearly deaf in my right ear.
2. During the 1990s I swore off computers and became a luddite. I didn’t buy my first computer until May 2002.
3. I hate bananas and tomatos.
4. After years of being an agnostic, I finally got off the fence last December and now consider myself an active atheist.
5. That said, I am a recent convert — and zealot — of the Tenth Doctor. He’s brilliant!
6. During my teens I was a provincial competitor for target handgunning.
7. I have definitely mellowed in my old age.
The Battle of Trafalgar: End of the Action by Nicholas Pocock (see the Beginning of the Action for a nice comparison)
Tagees
Basically everyone else in our blog circle has been already tagged with this. I would like to see the following though:
Otherwise, if you haven’t been tagged yet, feel free to share your Seven in the comments below, or leave a link to your own blog post. Don’t forget to show us an image of martial discord!
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COMMENTS / 3 COMMENTS
deichmans added these pithy words on 20 Jun 08 at 2:41 amBrilliant image of “martial discord”—truly one of the finest naval engagements in history (though Nile and Tsushima warrant mention too :-).
Interesting that we both share ear problems (though I didn’t mention them in my Meme). I’ve had nearly two dozen middle-ear surgeries, battling cholesteatoma in both ears between the ages of 6 and 21. Though clean for nearly 20 years, I’m nearly deaf in my left ear (this is what kept me out of active military service, despite my best efforts to sign up).
Jing added these pithy words on 21 Jun 08 at 1:55 amDavid Tennant is quite good. I first saw him when PBS aired a recent British television adaptation of Casanova.
Oddly enough, my father is also nearly deaf in his right ear.
Eddie added these pithy words on 22 Jun 08 at 4:26 amLovely image! Our Weapons Officer (Gun Boss) on my last ship used to send out e-mails with the “before” and “during” artists rendering and paintings of famous naval battles attached during the morning and then his congratulatory brief would have the “after” images. I miss being around so many people who knew so much about naval history and loved to share it with the neophytes like myself.
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