Tagged!

Danny Sims tagged me with the following instructions:

1. Delve into your blog archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. Ponder it for meaning, subtext or hidden agendas…
5. Tag five people to do the same.

I only had 21 posts, so I am taking the fifth sentence from the 21st post. Here it is:

"That was a MO-tel."

Let's see, "ponder it for meaning, subtext, or hidden agendas..." Notice the emphasis on "MO" in MO-tel. It clearly indicates, and indeed communicates, that the person speaking has a feeling of superiority, and that a motel is inferior to a hotel. A motel is clearly less than acceptable from reading this sentence. The author of this sentence has high standards and is not uncomfortable making known his dissatisfaction with subpar accommodations. The person speaking here is likely to have high expectations of self and others, and will not settle for mediocrity. Taken in context, the speaker communicates with specificity and clarity. He knows there has been a mistake, and he does not mind pointing it out. All this being said, the speaker will likely be a person who knows what he wants and is not going to be afraid to ask for it. He will give very specific instructions and will depend on those under his authority to follow through.

Let's see who was the speaker? Oh, yeah, my 9 year old son, Braden.

Thanks for the fun, Danny!

Be good.