Memes

The term meme – a story, idea, or concept that gets picked up by a community and passed along and added to along the way – has taken on new resonance in the online age, and particularly over the last few years within the social media world and blogosphere. Memes are now thought of as the hot topic of a moment, the thing that everyone is talking about or responding to within a short space of time.

Examples include the 25 things about me meme, which was so popular as to fuel an explosion of activity on social networking site Facebook.

News aggregator Memeorandum plays off the word meme in its name, and in fact has been dubbed a meme tracker. A playful take on memes is the bitchmeme, which is thought to be a meme manufactured by link baiting bloggers, usually during a slow news day or the weekend, in which a controversial opinion is announced in the hope of picking up attention.

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  Joy of Desserts — Authority: 111
  Vintage Recipe Thursday is meant to preserve your own original vintage family recipes, or out-of-print, copyright-free recipes from old cookbooks, magazines, newspapers. Youre invited! Get the details by clicking to the Vintage Recipe Thursday Homepage . I post recipes from the Household Searchlight Recipe ...
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• Thursday Thirteen #93 - Some of My Favorite Blonds

  
  A Renaissance Woman — Authority: 133
  Clearly Im not a blond but it was fun playing with this gadget on photobucket.com. Me as Paris Hilton! What? Its all they had to choose from and it goes with my list today. Now on to some of my favorite blond bloggers! Are you reading any of them? 1.) Amy @ Milk Breath & ...
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• He Gets That From His Father!

  
  Another Piece of the Puzzle — Authority: 116
  I was blessed with a couple of hours at home this morning due to the snow causing a two-hour delay. At one point, I was working on selecting pictures to order online for a couple of Christmas gifts, and Michael came in to the room and wanted to take some pictures with the camera. Of course, the first thing he did ...
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• Santa, NO! (The Tumblr Experience)

  
  Coilhouse — Authority: 561
  This holiday season, if you see one Tumblr blog, make it Santa, NO! * “An advent calendar of unpleasant Santa antics, with the occasional uplifting/confusing Santa action shot.” “Y’know, for kids .” *Brought to you by the producers of THE FIVE FISTINGS OF SCIENCE and HOBO DARKSEID: THE MUSICAL. ...
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• Christmas Recipe Meme: White chocolate frozen Christmas pudding

  
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  Meredith has tagged me for a Christmas recipe meme . Here are the rules. Link to the person who ‘tagged’ you. Post the rules on your blog. Post your favourite Christmas recipe - something traditionally festive or something that has become a tradition in your house. Tag four people at the end of your post. ...
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• Wordless Wednesday: Ive Lost 150 lbs!!

  
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  For more WW, be sure and link up here . Yay!! (You can see my before pictures if you go to the April 2009 Archives.) Fin.       
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• Advent Calendar: A Christmas Present at Work

  
  All My Ancestors — Authority: 109
  December 9 – Grab BagAuthor’s choice. Please post from a topic that helps you remember Christmases past!I’m taking license with the prompt for today.  This is a Christmas present for this year rather than bringing up memories of Christmases past.What happened at work yesterday is a large part of the reason I do ...
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• What religions do you find most interesting apart from your own?

  
  Khanya — Authority: 503
  Matt Stone , having passed on a meme about summarising the message of the Bible in five statements, has now come up with a new one: What religions do you find most interesting apart from your own? This evening I want to ask: what religions do you find most interesting apart from your own? Would you pick one of ...
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• thedailywhat:Auto-Tuned Thing of the Day: Auto-Tune the...

  
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  thedailywhat : Auto-Tuned Thing of the Day: Auto-Tune the 2009. Successfully captures the essence of the year we did it for the show. [ via .]
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• Nothing Says Christmas Like a Stolen Meme

  
  Unmitigated — Authority: 465
  In the spirit of Christmas, I have lifted this meme from blueviolet from A Nut in a Nutshell . Thus expressing my admiration and esteem or something. Mostly it meant I didnt need to think of something to write for you to read whilst I was having needles stuck in undignified parts of my body. If you are reading this ...
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• Wordless Wednesday - The Gluten-Free Surprise I Found In The New Walmart

  
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  Thanks for stopping by! If you have a picture up for Wordless Wednesday, leave your link below on Mr. Linky! Then head on over to Mom Knows It All , Here And There , What’s that Smell? , 5 Minutes for Mom , Go Graham Go and The Not-So-Blog Blog for more wordless fun! ADVERTISE on FCR and your message ...
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• Speedy Delivery

  
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  Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and receive honor, just as it did with you; 2 and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has trust. 3 But the Lord is worthy of trust; he will make you firm [...]
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• [Meme]Do you remember me?

  
  Reach Into Your Soul — Authority: 131
  If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don’t speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything you want – good or bad – BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE. When you’re finished, post this little paragraph in ...
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• Meet The Press Mondays, X-mas Edition

  
  Pat's Daily Grind — Authority: 104
  People of course ask you what you want for a gift this holiday season.  Generally speaking, I think you’re supposed to know, right?  Isn’t that part of the point? But, in the interests of making things easier for people (and simultaneously bringing Meet The Press Mondays back into the post cycle, and also ...
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• Fridge art

  
  Play-Activities.com — Authority: 420
  Find out tomorrow about this Wordless Wednesday photo. Find other Wordless Wednesday photos at 5minutesformom.com or WordlessWednesday.com
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• WW: Big Surf Hits The North Shore of Oahu

  
  An Island Life — Authority: 620
  [IMG: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/Local-Girl-photos/bigsurf.jpg]
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• Wednesday Random Dozen Meme

  
  Stray Thoughts — Authority: 132
  The Random Dozen meme is created and hosted by Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee . She has a Mr. Linky set up if you’d like to see others’ responses or join in. 1. Which physical trait do you now accept–maybe not love, but accept–and no longer feel extremely self-conscious about? My nose. It’s probably my ...
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• Wordless Wednesday - When Pandas & Polar Bears Collide

  
  A Renaissance Woman — Authority: 133
  Before you go, dont forget to link up! Im sure we are in some of the same circles. Have a look around the side bars and dont forget to check the " Add Me " tab. For more WW participants head to: To view other Wordful Wednesday blogs head over to:
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• It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas…

  
  random thoughts — Authority: 109
     Painting Christmas ornaments. (Pics of finished ornaments to come later.)    Decorating and eating cookies. Attempting to make a snow angel. (No, it isn’t much snow, but Shiloh had fun.) For more Wordless Wednesday go here .  For more Wordful Wednesday go here .
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• Wordless Wednesday: Just My Luck

  
  Keeper of the Cheerios — Authority: 123
  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. So far it’s snowed outside, our stockings are hung, gifts are wrapped and put under the tree… oh wait! No they aren’t! Why? Because we don’t have a tree! Remember that gorgeous Christmas tree I was so excited about and showed you last week? I’ve ...
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