Couple years ago, there was a Facebook meme called “25 Things About Me.”

If you weren’t on Facebook then (or you’re my parents), the idea was to list 25 things about yourself, then tag 25 friends, who would do the same.

The trick was to avoid being dull or oversharing.

One person I know listed 25 mostly sad things about his or her childhood, and most of the comments from his or her friends were along the lines of, “Call me if you need to talk.” He or she eventually posted a second list of 25 happy or funny things. Yeah, it was awkward. (No, it wasn’t me.)

Well, this major award thing is kind of like that, although, I hope, not awkward.

There’s a meme in blogland right now called the Versatile Blogger Award. The idea is you pick 7 blogs you really like and tell the world about them  — and also list 7 surprising things about yourself.

Maura, who blogs at 36×37 (which I like a lot) wrote this morning to say she likes my blog enough to give it 1 of her 7 Versatile Blogger Awards, which was a nice surprise and very appreciated.

So, to keep the meme going and give some well-deserved praise to some blogs I like, let’s get started. Here are 7 surprising things about me:

1. I’m 6-foot-3, but I don’t think of myself as being tall until I see someone my size, then I wonder where he gets his clothes.
2. I’m colorblind. I see primary colors fine, but some greens look brown and some purples look blue, especially in bad light. This is why I didn’t major in art. I usually don’t mention that I’m colorblind because people like to “test” me. They’ll go, “What color is that?” God, that’s annoying.
3. I’m not superstitious. I don’t believe in the paranormal. I don’t believe in ghosts.
4. When I was 3 or 4, I had a toy rocket. Once, the base of the rocket stood on its side and rolled across the floor by itself. My mother saw it happen, too. I can’t explain it.
5. I hate peaches. Sometimes, I’ll say I’m allergic so people won’t bug me about why I don’t like peaches. I just don’t, OK?
6. The most useful class I took in college was Gourmet Cooking. The most useful class in high school: typing. (The most useless: geometry. Twenty-five years on, I’ve never had to calculate the volume of a cone, and I never will.)
7. I was a DJ in high school — not a cool DJ who scratches records, but a “It’s 3:15 — 15 past 3 — and 46 degrees out there. Don’t forget, Kentucky plays Alabama tonight. The pre-game starts at 6:30. Right now, by request, here’s Loverboy with ‘Turn Me Loose’” kind of DJ. You don’t hear that style of DJ on the radio any more, and to anyone who might have heard me then, I am sorry.

Now, on to the Versatile Blogger Awards!

When I was coming up with a list, I thought of more than 7, so I drew these out of a hat. If your blog isn’t here, please don’t feel slighted. I really do like it a lot:

• Agrigirl’s Blog, a well-written blog about “life, leadership and community supported agriculture.”
• The Florida Blogger: Florida isn’t just theme parks and T-shirt shops. There’s this whole other Florida most tourists never see. That’s what he writes about.
• The Friande: A very smart blog about books — specifically, the 100 books the blogger, Ilona, plans to read before she dies. It’s also about other things, too.
• From the Desk of the Codger: He usually begins his posts with a chipper greeting like, “Ahoy!” then talks about whatever’s on his mind. Yesterday, he wondered why no one builds space needles anymore. “Soon, it’s going to become a forgotten art altogether.” I’d never thought of that.
• Life in Full: Knight’s header describes her blog as “lessons in living from elegant women,” including her 8-year-old. It’s a nice read, plus I know her, and she’s a nice person.
• On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever: A blog about books, by someone else I know. Nancy was book critic at the Orlando Sentinel for 20 years. She’s one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. Fun fact: Nancy and her cousins write mystery novels under the name Caroline Cousins.
• Shutterboo: Brooke’s “about” page says her blog is “a bunch of random crap accompanied by pictures,” but, really, she’s a good photographer. I don’t know her, but she’s from Kentucky, my home state, so bonus points for that.
• Adventures with Abigail: Yes, this makes 8 blogs instead of 7, but Doug and Allison haven’t updated their blog since May, so I think it’s done, but I really did enjoy it while it lasted, so let’s call this a lifetime achievement award. It’s about their adventures adopting their second child from China. It was really nicely done.