My First UnMeme

What's an "UnMeme"? Am I being vague enough?

I've been tagged for memes many times in the past. I tried it but I didn't like it. Why? Two reasons: 1) I don't like dreaming up stuff to fill in the meme and 2) I don't like tagging others. I do, however, appreciate those who tag me. It means they think I have something to add, even if I really don't.

Stephen of More Than Scratch the Surface tagged me with the improve my blog meme. While I'm constantly thinking of ways to improve my blog, I don't like to write about it much. I think my writing skills and my topics are about the only things I can really improve at this point.

The CHESSNOID tagged me with the blogging tips to share meme. Other than the blogging tips I've already posted, I have no new tips to share.

I'm acknowledging the tags, but I won't participate and tag others. This is my definition of "UnMeme", but I'm not completely antisocial.

September 30th, 2007 By RT Cunningham | Categories: Writing | Tags: Memes, unmemes |

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Comedy Plus on October 1st, 2007 at 6:53 am (Reply)

This is a neat way to do this. I still include you in all the link love I do, but I just don't tell you about it anymore. Have a great day RT.
2. RT Cunningham on December 1st, 2007 at 12:28 am (Reply)
  
  Going through all my pings, there's absolutely no way I could ever UnMeme all those. Egads!
Stephen Cronin on October 5th, 2007 at 6:33 pm (Reply)

Hi RT, Thanks for the link. You didn't have to do it, so I appreciate it.

I normally don't like memes (or viral linking), as I have other things I'd rather be writing. This meme appealed to me, but normally I wouldn't want to participate. I think this UnMeme is the perfect solution!