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In recognition of there being a serious lack of blog subjects for just about everyone I read, I’m starting a game. The rules of the game are pretty simple, though they’re wordy:

1) Each week, on Monday, a quote will be posted. If you feel so inclined to center a blog post around that quote- whether it be a direct inspiration, a memory it calls to mind, or anything having to do with that quote at all- then you have a week to do it.

2) If you choose to blog about the quote, go back to the post where the quote challenge was originally issued, and post a link to the blog entry so that others playing or watching can read your interpretation.

3) This week’s quote challenger tags the next week’s quote challenger. For example, I’ll kick it off, and I’ll be tagging Sabine (since she told me this was a good idea). When she issues her challenge next week, she’ll tag somebody, preferably with their permission, giving them a week’s notice to come up with a quote, and so on. If you don’t want to play? Tell her ‘no’ when she asks. If you really want to challenge, then you have a week to bribe her. Just make sure that the person you’re tagging knows.

Sabine addendum 1.1:

Sabine is rules lawyering.  Go figure.  She has declared 2 addendums to rule #3:

3.a)   If you want to be tagged, you have to have participated the week before (after the first week, of course), and

3.b) If you are going to post your link in the comments, it needs to be a publically viewable entry.  Play privately if you want, by all means, but don’t post the link if you’re not sharing it with everyone- that’s mean.

4) Participation is totally voluntary. Play this week; don’t play next week- it’s up to you. The only requirement is that if you are the challenger, you must blog on the quote you chose during your week.

That’s it. My personal mindset is that we should try to stick to quotes published in some manner, be it your favorite novel, a line from a movie, song lyrics- whatever. Of course, if you really want to use that thing your mom said last week, that’s ok, too- as long as it is still in the spirit of trying to give your fellow bloggers the gift of blogfuel. It’ll go until it doesn’t go anymore, and hopefully we’ll all have fun with a writing challenge and maybe even expand our circle of blogs. Maybe it’ll fizzle in a week, maybe it’ll still be fun in a year. Who knows?

I’ll hit ya Monday with a quote.

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