Sarah and I were recently tagged in a blog game by Simone of World Eatz and Past The Line.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.2. Post the rules on your blog.3. Write six random things about yourself.4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Here are our six random things:

(1) Sarah’s great grandfather built Belvoir Rd.(2) Jonathan gets excited about finding rhyming words.(3) Ben bartended in England after college on a work exchange.(4) Sarah and Ben met on Yahoo personals.(5) Jonathan loves retro cartoons, i.e. Boomerang network.(6) Sarah’s nickname for Ben is Benny Crocker.

And here are the six bloggers we’ve tagged:

BenjacatDine O Mite!Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Your BoyfriendFun Playing With FoodKa-Ka-Ka-KatyTimMcNulty.com

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I was listening to The Hives this morning and noticed how appropriate they seemed for my mood after drinking a lot of black coffee and started to think about food / beverage and music pairings.

Black Flag would be another good coffee band, but Jack Johnson would be better with breakfast.

Killdozer (don’t click if kids or employers are in earshot) and Morphine would go well with a burger and fries, and Cleveland’s own Death of Samantha describes a good pick me up in the afternoon.

A beer before dinner would pair well with The Jesus Lizard, but Sam Beam or The Replacements would be better for wine.

Kimya Dawson would be good with some locally grown produce for dinner, with some fruit salad on the side.

Grinderman seems appropriate for after dinner drinks (specifically “a liter of cognac”).

If you feel hungry but don’t really want to eat, P.J. Harvey would be a good … continue reading