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Crazy eight

Have been tagged by ValleysMam to do this test.

Very difficult to do and if I did it again next week, half of it would change.

As I have been up since 5am and couldn't be arsed to read an academic paper until later, I have added a few links as well.

8 things I’m passionate about:

My family
Doing the right thing
Wales
Entrepreneurship
Singing the Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium
People who make me laugh
Good food and good wine and good conversation
A decent jukebox in a pub

8 things I want to do before I die

Hold my grandchildren
Be there when a Welsh team wins the rugby World Cup
Cross America coast to coast in a 1960 Thunderbird Convertible
Be part of a Welsh Conservative Government at Cardiff Bay
Walk among the giant statues on Easter Island
Publish in Administrative Science Quarterly
Help Wales become one of the most successful economies in Europe
See "The Watchmen" made into the best film ever made

8 things I say often

Brilliant
Mae eisho blydi mynadd
Damn fine cup of tea
Is Gordon Brown serious?
Do something properly or don't do it at all
Brysiwch bois!
You're not seriously watching 'Strictly Come Dancing'
Your round

8 books I’ve read recently or am still reading

Rich: Life of Richard Burton - Melvyn Bragg
The Tony Blair Years - Alastair Campbell
Last Train to Memphis - Peter Guralnick
Flashman and the Great Game - George MacDonald Fraser
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt
The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner
Entrepreneurship from Creativity to Innovation by Edward Lumsdaine and Martin Binks
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman by Francesca Simon

8 songs I could listen to over and over and do:

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
One Love - Bob Marley and the Wailers
When September Ends - Green Day
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
Spread your Wings - Queen
Valerie - Mark Ronson
I like the way you move - Bodyrockers

8 things that attract me to my best friends

Loyalty
Intelligence
Fun
Eccentricity
Honesty
Shared passion
Having an opinion
Not caring too much about what people think

8 people I think should do Crazy 8s

Alun Cairns
Pippa Wagstaff
Mountjoy
Peter Black
David Jones
Miserable Old Fart
New Welsh Right
Rob Irvine

Comments

Anonymous said…
Martha and the Muffins - that is one heck of a blast fromn the past, eighties boy
November 17, 2007 12:56 pm
David said…
Sorry, Dylan, would love to oblige but it'd take forever.
November 17, 2007 1:44 pm
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans said…
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November 17, 2007 2:50 pm
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans said…
No probs. Hope to see you soon though...
November 17, 2007 2:57 pm
Anonymous said…
Oi, achei seu blog pelo google está bem interessante gostei desse post. Gostaria de falar sobre o CresceNet. O CresceNet é um provedor de internet discada que remunera seus usuários pelo tempo conectado. Exatamente isso que você leu, estão pagando para você conectar. O provedor paga 20 centavos por hora de conexão discada com ligação local para mais de 2100 cidades do Brasil. O CresceNet tem um acelerador de conexão, que deixa sua conexão até 10 vezes mais rápida. Quem utiliza banda larga pode lucrar também, basta se cadastrar no CresceNet e quando for dormir conectar por discada, é possível pagar a ADSL só com o dinheiro da discada. Nos horários de minuto único o gasto com telefone é mínimo e a remuneração do CresceNet generosa. Se você quiser linkar o Cresce.Net(www.provedorcrescenet.com) no seu blog eu ficaria agradecido, até mais e sucesso. If is possible add the CresceNet(www.provedorcrescenet.com) in your blogroll, I thank. Good bye friend.
November 18, 2007 1:08 am
Miss Wagstaff said…
Just seen your comment on my blog. Will take a stab at it tomorrow (that could be what I say ofen).

While I'm here, you haven't answered my Facebook question about 'you know who'.
November 18, 2007 9:12 am
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