Stuff White People Like: Blogs & Book Deals

Here's a very cool story. A blog called stuff white people like spread like wild fire the past months. The site, as you might have guessed by now is about, well, stuff white people like. In fact, in the blogs own words "This is a scientific approach to highlight and explain stuff white people like. They are pretty predictable."

Well, according to some guys I"m working with from the digital agency Schematic, the brainchild behind the site is a project coordinator who works with them. Or should I say, WORKED with them. They had a company wide announcement that the person in question was resigning because he got an agent (William Morris no less) and a subsequent book deal.

And who says blog writing doesn't pay?

8 Things Meme

Kate tagged me in an 8 things meme. So unfair because I did my original blog post with bits and pieces about myself which was pretty much the 8 thing meme. And there was the 5 thing meme. But I'll do my best.....

1. I love to play cards. I begged my older brother Jeff to let me play his weekly game of clubbish (A Jewish trump game) with his friends when he was in grade 13 and i was in grade 7. He finally let me play. I creamed them all, won 50 bucks and was never allowed to play again.

2. I almost died when I was 11 by cutting my groin near my main artery. It made a really big white hole that had blood pouring out of it. All I cared about however, was my embarrassment when I was at the hospital that I was practically naked in front of strangers!

3. I was a sugaraholic as a child. My mother frequently found tubs of chocolate icing underneath my bed. Ew....

4. I have a rescue Husky cross named Tasha. She is from a native reserve in Sandy Lake. Most amazing (and beautiful) dog ever. If anyone ever wants a rescue, let me know, I'll give you the contact name to the wonderful woman who has saved hundreds of dogs from there.

5. Roald Dahl is one of my favorite writers and I have read Charlie and The Chocolate Factory over ten times.

6. I couldn't whistle until i sorta learned in my twenties. A shame I hid during my childhood.

7. I love science fiction and always have. Dr. Who, Star Trek, Battlestar Galatica (yes old and new version), I'll even throw in Smallville for good measure.

8. I love Southern Ontario. I've been lucky to have been all over the world however, my favorite vacations are still up at the island we own between Sudbury and Timmons. Old old beaten up log cabins (that we are rebuilding), generator power, canoes, views etc. It's my idea of paradise.

Now I have to tag/aka piss off 8 other people. I hate doing this to you all. It's some weird guilt clearly.

Here i go

Jted, Fraser, Mark, Vanessa, Mark F, Jeremy, Sean, and, Oh sorry Mathew, but Mathew too.

by the way, I will never do one of these again. Well at least ones about me. :)

Meme Maddness

In the words of Mathew I

I hate these blog-tag things. But I don’t want to be a poor sport, so here are the “Five Things You Don’t Know About Me” (thanks a lot, Vanessa):

Ok, not including the bits and pieces about myself I already covered, 5 new things about me:

1. I went to private Jewish dayschool with Giller Prize nominee Micheal Redhill. In fact, his brother Mark was my very first crush.

2. I have been watching the Young and the Restless since I was eleven years old. Damn that Victor Newman!

3. When I was twelve, I beat out a future Canadian National Swimming Champion in the 50M butterfly and 100 IM

4. My grandfather was the Estonian National highjump champion and was suppose to go to the 1940 Olympics

5. I cried the first time I saw the Johnny Cash video for his NIN cover "Hurt"