List #335: Top and Bottom 9 events of 2009

List #335: Top and Bottom 9 events of 2009(in no order)

Top 9:
1. Brother and Sister road trips
2. Time spent with my Grandpa at Pike Lake
3. Volunteering at Camp Alexander
4. GCS Varsity Field Hockey Successes
5. Reading "The Name of the Wind"
6. Visiting the Hogan family
7. Visits to Lake Vermillion
8. Dad's music at the Blackwater
9. Running a 5k

Bottom 9:
1. Camp Miller events
2. Camp Miller events for people other than me
2. A second accidental catalyst event
3. Fender Bending
4. A possible somewhat minor physical ailment
5. 0 dates with girls (my own fault)
6. The timing of the Superbowl
7. Brett Farve joins the Vikings
8. Computer Virus that killed my computer (reanimated with Linux)
9. GCS JV field hockey record

List #334: Types of humor I find funny

List #334: Types of humor I find funny

1. Puns and other wordplay
2. Minor details requiring inside information / recurring jokes
3. Wacky absurdist
4. Parody
5. Subtle
6. Visual
7. Non sequiturs
8. Situational
9. Dry or Deadpan
10. Wit

List #333: Wisdom to live by, and other statements of philosophy

List #333: Wisdom to live by or other Tips/Maxims for leading a good life

1. It's Nice to be Nice / People Matter / Brush your Teeth / Zip up Your fly.
2. Find a good comic shop and become a regular (if you're not into comics, insert "any small business run and owned by real people)
3. Read the books that you like because you like them (even if they are Twilight), but read!
4. It probably could be better, but it could always be worse.
5. Make your kids play outside, better yet, play outside with kids.
6. "The Perfect is the enemy of the Good"
7. Give yourself permission to suck.
8. Find shoes that look good AND are comfortable (and when in doubt, err towards the latter)
9. Nerds should play more sports. Jocks should read more books. Everyone should play more music.
10. Take the first parking spot you find. Walking is good for you.
11. Don't forget about the bass player.
12. Never compete with a friend over a girl (or a boy, if that's what you're into).
13. Eat the crusts.
14. Use your turn signals.
15. You can win any argument by saying "Okay, you've convinced me". (but you don't have to mean it).
16. Everyone is wrong. Always. And that's okay. (once you accept that, life's a lot easier).
17. Water
18. Mowing the lawn and shoveling the driveway are character-building experiences that everyone should have at least once in their life.
19. Anyone who has a pristine condition truck, shouldn't have a truck (unless you just drove it off the lot).
20. If it's not a touch screen, don't touch the screen.
21. If you're going to break rules, just do it safely and carefully.
22. Just because something fancier might exist, it doesn't mean a thing is obsolete.
23. Most change should be met with at least some temporary resistance
24. It's okay to change your mind
25. Paradox is perfectly normal.
26. Mix and Match
27. Listen to more than just the Lyrics
28. You can wear a suit without being A Suit
29. If you make the argument that letting computers/technology remember things for you is supposed to free up your mind for more important things, you damn well better do a lot of good stuff with your mind
30. If you're going to dislike something, have a reason, and be able to explain it
31. If you want a Red Pepper, buy a Red Pepper (even if they cost 25-cents more than you think is reasonable)
32. If you're going to play, play hard and have fun, and if you can't find enjoyment if you don't win, then you don't deserve to play in the first place.
33. The over-examined life isn't lived.

List #332: 8 Great TV shows from the 80s

List #332: 8 Great TV shows from the 80s

1. Dukes of Hazzard
2. Greatest American Hero
3. Cosby Show
4. Cheers
5. Wonder Years
6. Roseanne
7. Perfect Strangers
8. ALF

List #331: Fictional Women that I have fallen in Love with or have crushes on in my life (a sampling)

List #331: Fictional Women that I have fallen in love with or have/had crushes on in my life (a sampling)

1. Winifred "Fred" Burkle ("Angel")
2. Eve Wilkins, aka Atom Eve (from "Invincible")
3. Faye AND Dora (from "Questionable Content")
4. Zoey Woodbine (from "Cybil" as played by Alicia Witt)
5. Liz Lemon ("30 Rock")
6. Charlotte "Chuck" Charles ("Pushing Daisies")
7. Yo-Saf-Bridge (from "Firefly" even though she was evil)
8. Kaylee ("Firefly")
9. Cordelia Chase ("Angel" moreso than "Buffy")
10. Scarlet (from G.I.JOE cartoons, when I was much younger)
11. Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl aka Oracle (DC Comics)

List #330: Cool Loot I got for Christmas

List #330: Cool Loot I got for Christmas

1. Two sesame street t-shirts
2. "Bert"-face sweater
3. Brown, blue, yellow sweater
4. Orange argyle sweater
5. Blue argyle t-shirt
6. two Bill Cosby cds
7. The Bb Real Book vol 2, 3
8. Ultimate Edition "Watchmen" DVD
9. Alias, season2
10. Fleece Blanket, blue and brown
11. Fun food treats: chocolate, swedish fish, cheese, etc.
12. Red Ape Cinnamon
13. a Ceramic Otter scene
14. A glow in the dark lighter t-shirt
15. A hat and scarf
16. "Resolved" (debate documentary) DVD
17. Sookie Stackhouse books
18. HIMYM, season 4 (from my sister, this is also what I got her. Ha!)
19. Eskimo Popsicle-Garden t-shirt
20. Champion Valkyrie disc-golf driver
21. The Swedish Secret
22. Hot Sauces (other than Frank)
23. Barnes and Noble gift cards
24. an Apple and an Orange
25. Northern Lights bookstore gift card
26. Frosty Friends ornament
27. Ukulele strings, guitar strings
28. a lot of Snow!
29. visits with almost all of my family
30. The opportunity to be in Minnesota at the most wonderful time of the year

List #329: 7 awesome things I have gotten as Christmas Presents

List #329: 7 awesome things I have gotten as Christmas Presents (note: these aren't necessarily the 7 greatest all-time)

1. Red wooden push sled thing (198?)
2. A painting of an Otter (2008)
3. My field hockey stick (2000)
4. A graphing calculator (which was very useful, 1995?)
5. My hockey skates (in High School!)
6. Portable DVD player (2007? which is now my only dvd player)
7. Suits (200?, 2008)

List #328: Christmas Eve Movies, a sampling

List #328: Christmas Eve: a sampling of movies we've watched (in no order)

1. Dennis the Menace
2. Bend it Like Beckham
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4. Madeleine
5. The Christmas Toy
6. A Christmas Story
7. Click
8. Toy Story

List #327: Best uses for cheese

List #327: Best uses for cheese (and my favorites for that purpose)

1. Melting on chips (Colby Jack)
2. Putting on Sandwiches (Swiss: ham/turkey, cheddar: roast beef)
3. Sprinkling on Salads (Bleu)
4. Eating on Crackers (Dill Havarti, EZ Cheese)
5. Eating plain on a toothpick (Sage Derby)
6. Over pasta (mozarella)
7. Putting into Tortilla Soup (Monterey Jack)
8. On a hotdog (Kraft Singles)
9. In tater-tot hotdish (cheez whiz)
10. Eating out of a bowl (cottage)

List #326: Fun things I've rediscovered, or been shown, since I got home

List #326: Fun things I've rediscovered, or been shown, since I got home

1. A bunch of old musical compositions /lyrics from high school
2. the contents of my debate briefcase
3. my cool "birthday present" ring
4. my comic collection from middle school and high school
5. my hair from high school (in preserved ponytail form)

List #325: Christmas Traditions

List #325: Christmas Traditions past and present

1. Watching a movie under the tree on Christmas Eve
2. Opening one present Christmas eve
3. Christmas eve candlelight service at Pike Lake Presbyterian
4. Going to the Lundeen's after church on Christmas Eve
5. Hot Tub and eating the zoo and playing music at Dad's on Christmas eve day (newer)
6. Morning Sunshine, Smoked Fish, meatballs, smokies and danishes at Grandpa's for brunch
7. Lasagnas for dinner
8. Grown ups playing Dice game for their presents
9. Cousins shopping for cousins (newer tradition)
10. Skating on the lake
11. Me sleeping with my little tree's lights on on christmas eve

List #324: Things to remember to do while in MN

List #324: Things to remember to do while in MN

1. Create a list of comics I have (esp. Fables, Ultimate Spidey, invincible 41-42, others)
2. Read "This Book is Broken"
3. Renew Passport
4. Look for books left behind last summer.
5. Renew Driver's license
6. Find missing DVDs
7. Borrow DVDs from siblings
8. play Heroclix
9. Look for trumpet music / bela fleck book.
10. Get Duluth Pack repaired

List #323: Something(s) about Airplanes

List #323: Something(s) about Airplanes

1. Sometimes they freeze to the ground
2. A very high percentage of my cranberry juice consumption takes place on them
3. I like to look out the window
4. I can read on them, which I like
5. They are the only place I ever attempt sudoku
6. I almost never talk to others when I travel alone (though the few times I did were interesting (though it wasn't me that initiated conversation)
7. My ears used to pop really badly, but not as badly anymore
8. I do almost ALL of my gum chewing on airplanes
9. I prefer landings to take-offs
10. I wish iPods didn't (supposedly) mess with the navigation system.

List #322: "Synonyms for the word 'Bubbly' that I could come up with, without using a thesaurus

List #322: "Synonyms for the word 'Bubbly' that I could come up with, without using a thesaurus" as requested by mr. biscuitdoughhandsman

1. Effervescent
2. Champagne
3. Sudsy
4. Carbonated
5. Foamy
6. Gaseous
7. Fizzy

List #321: TV shows that I liked when I was very young

List #321: TV shows that I liked when I was very young that I remember liking

1. Sesame Street (I liked it a lot... A LOT)
2. Dukes of Hazzard
3. Fraggle Rock
4. Mr. Rogers' neigborhood
5. DtV (music Videos set to disney cartoons)
6. Bring 'em Back Alive
7. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
8. Saturday Night Live
9. Super Friends
10. Pinwheel

List #320: Favorite Presidents (and a reason why)

List #320: Favorite, not necessarily best, Presidents (and a reason why (and not necessarily a presidential reason))

1. Truman (because Mrs. Jablonski told me so)
2. T.R. (see #1)
3. Washington (killed his sensei in a duel and he never said why)
4. Carter (was president when I was born)
5. Andrew Jackson (knew Davy Crockett)
6. Clinton (french fries)
7. Roslin (because she's a badass)
8. Lincoln (my elementary school was named after him. also he freed the slaves)
9. Palmer (jack bauer will torture me if he's not on the list)
10. Nixon (sounds like my name)
11. Harrison (had the same name as on of my roommates)
12. Gore (because he's from an alternate reality)
13. Knutsen (because he bang on the drum all day)
14. Coolidge (nicknamed 'Silent Cal')
15. Cleveland (for trivia value)
16. Bartlett (I'm only just getting to know him)
17. Whitmore (fought aliens, married to an interstellar president)
18. Harding (my grandpa was named after him)

List #319: Favorite music that involves ukulele

List #319: Favorite and/or classic music that involves ukulele

1. All Along the Watchtower - Los Bros. Netzel
2. Garbageman Jones - viv - ukulele and kazoo version
3. Postcards from Italy - Beirut
4. Hey Ya - covered by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
5. Breakdown - Jack Johnson
6. Major Label Debut (fast) - as performed by Scott Proffitt, Brant Challacombe and Nic Netzel
7. While my guitar gently weeps - as performed by Jake Shimabukuro
8. One of these days I will get my ukulele back - as performed by my campers
9. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
10. The ubiquitous and requisite "Over the Rainbow" by Iz

List #318: Favorite clones or incarnations of Superman or

List #318: Favorite clones or incarnations of Superman or

1. Kingdom Come Superman
2. Regular old Superman
3. Superboy Prime (in all his whiny, 4th wall-breaking, reality-punching badness)
4. Cyborg Superman
5. Clark Kent from Smallville
6. Omniman
7. Red Son Superman
8. Indigo (from "Superfolks")
9. Supreme (when written by Alan Moore)
10. Ultraman

List #317: Wes Anderson movies in order that I like them

List #317: Wes Anderson movies in order that I like them

1. Rushmore - "With friends like you, who needs friends?"
2. Bottle Rocket - "Wow, you're really complicated" "I try not to be"
3. Life Aquatic
4. Royal Tennenbaums
n/a: Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox (haven't seen them)

List #316: Favorite Coheed & Cambria Songs (by album)

List #316: Favorite Coheed & Cambria Songs (by album)

II: Second Stage Turbine Blade
1. Everything Evil
2. Time Consumer
3. Neverender
4. Junesong Provision
5. 33
6. Delerium Trigger
7. Hearshot Kid Disaster
8. IRO bot
9. Devil in Jersey City
10. Godsend Conspirator
11. Second Stage Turbine Blade

III. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
1. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
2. A Favor House Atlantic
3. Three Evils Embodied in Love and Shadow
4. Bloodred Summer
5. Velourium Camper I: Faint of Hearts
6. Velourium Camper II: Backend of Forever
7. Cuts Marked in the March of Men
8. Velourium Camper III: Al the Killer
9. 21:13
10. The Crowing
11. The Ring in Return
12. The Light & the Glass

IV(i). Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness
1.The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling truth (two colons in one song title!)
2.The Willing Well II: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness
3.The Suffering
4. Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)
5. Once Upon Your Dead Body
6. Welcome Home
7. Apollo I: The Writing Writer
8. The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court
9. The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut
10. Crossing the Frame
11. The Willing Well I: Fuel for the Feeding End
12. Bron-Y-Aur
13. Mother May I
14. Keeping the Blade
15. Wake Up
16. Always & Never

IV(ii): Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World for Tomorrow
1. Justice in Murder
2. The Hound (Of Blood and Rank)
3. The End Complete IV: The Road and the Damned
4. No World for Tomorrow
5. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
6. The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye
7. Feathers
8. The Running Free
9. The End Complete III: The End Complete
10. The End Complete V: The End Complete
11. The End Complete I: The Fall of House Atlantic
12. The Reaping
13. Mother Superior

List #315: I never

List #315: I/'ve never

1. Had a drink illegally
2. Drank an entire cup of coffee
3. Smoked
4. Taken illegal drugs
5. Had a cavity (only an almost cavity)
6. Broken a bone
7. Something
8. Been in Hulings Hall
9. Skipped a class in High School (only once in college, but for an emergency)
10. Gotten Fired (specifically not re-hired, yes, fired, no)

List #314: Deepest Darkest Secrets

List #314: Deepest Darkest Secrets

1. Once I ____ __ ___________ _____
2. I Haven't ___ ______ ___________
3. I have _______ _____ ________
4. My _____ __ ______
5. In middle school I _______ __ __ _________ _____ (but, it was only __ ___ ________)
6. I have ____ ___ ______ _______
7. I Worry that I ________ __ ____ __ ____ __ ________ if ____ ___ _____ _____ _______
8. I _____ __ ______ _______
9. I Sometimes ______ __ __________ ___ _________ ___________ ___ ______ ________
10. I write these lists ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ _______ ____ __ ____ ____ __

List #313: Best SNL episodes this season so far

List #313: Best SNL episodes this season so far

1. Episode 8 (Blake Lively / Rihanna): best sketches: most of them! esp. Undergound Festival, Potato Chip
2. Epiosde 7 (Joseph Gordon-Leavitt / DMB) : Monologue, The Mellow Show, What Up with That
3. Episode 5 (Taylor Swift) : Monologue Song, Twilight Spoof, Scared Straight
4. Episode 2 (Ryan Reynolds / Lady Gaga): Lady Gaga, "On the Ground"

List #312: Favorite things to do in NYC

List #312: Favorite things to do in NYC

1. Visit very good friends
2. Watch SNL Clips on the internet
3. Play boardgames
4. Reminisce about ridiculous times
5. Cook
6. Go out to eat
7. Sleep on the floor in the dining room
8. Stay up too late
9. Watch other funny things on the internet.
10. teach Yuko guitar

List #311: Things that would cause me to disown my (imaginary/potential children)

List #311: Things that would cause me to disown my (imaginary/potential children)

1. Matri-/Fratri-/(Soro- (?))/Patri-/Genocide
2. Not eating crusts

List #310: Favorite Salads

List #310: Favorite Salads

1. Worthington Salad
2. Fruit Salad
3. Pear, Bleu Cheese, Walnut etc.
4. Seafoam Salad
5. Snicker Salad
6. Egg Salad
7. Spinach with lemon juice and pepper
8. Waldorf Salad

List #309: Favorite Strings on the Guitar

1. E (6)
2. e (1)
3. b (2)
4. A (5)
5. G (3)
6. D (4)

List #308: Why this weekend is going to be great

List #308: Why this weekend is going to be great

1. I made a lasagna
2. First Hockey game of the season on Friday
3. Jason and Annmarie come friday night
4. Hanging out in NYC on saturday
5. Carleton Doublestuffed Holidaythanksgiving XII/XIII on sunday
6. Taking Monday off
7. Watching youtube videos in Queens
8. Seeing the best people in the whole world

List #307: 77 6-word book reviews

List #307: 77 6-word book reviews

Six words to describe one book
Call Number gives the book's location
Title and Subtitle (when it exists)
Author (if the report printed it)

1. Love the book; don’t' steal it.
002.075 BAR
The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession /


2. Bill wrote many very important things.
016.8223 COL
The book of William : how Shakespeare's first folio conquered the world /


3. Play outside. Be a better person.
152.4 WAA
The age of empathy : nature's lessons for a kinder society /


4.Morality is Pathology. Think beyond it.
171 MOE
The moral fool : a case for amorality /


5. Casual Christians outnumber, but not overpower
200.973 BAR
The seven faith tribes : who they are, what they believe, and why they matter /


6. Move forward, but also look back.
303.48 DAV
The wayfinders : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world /


7. Populist Journalism, unfiltered nonsense, or TMI?
303.48 ROS
Say everything : how blogging began, what it's becoming, and why it matters /


8. Youtube ate my attention span. Yours?
303.48 WAS
And then there's this : how stories live and die in viral culture /


9. Can Green be practical? Surprisingly, yes.
304.2 BRA
Whole earth discipline : an ecopragmatist manifesto /


10. Have we been doing it wrong?
305.231 BRO
NurtureShock : new thinking about children /
Bronson, Po, 1964-

11. Legal or not, immigration's about people
305.868 THO
Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America /


12.Young people can change the world.
323.1196 LEW
The shadows of youth : the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation /


13. Managing Economy: maybe not so hard.
330 FRA
The economic naturalist's field guide : common sense principles for troubled times /


14. …and I feel fine. Or "lucky".
338.7 AUL
Googled : the end of the world as we know it /


15. BOOM! "Miserable Failure?" French Military Victories?"
338.7 DOZ
Google bomb /


16. Boys are difficult, or are they?
339.4 BRO
Packaging boyhood : saving our sons from superheroes, slackers, and other media stereotypes /
Brown, Lyn Mikel, 1956-

17. The future of our robotics club?
355 BEL
The department of mad scientists : how DARPA is remaking our world, from the internet to artificial limbs /


18. Shocking that this still / ever happens.
362.82 HUS
Murder in the name of honor : the true story of one woman's heroic fight against an unbelievable crime /


19. Don't trash that. I'll eat it.
363.8 STU
Waste : uncovering the global food scandal /


20. School teaches life. Good things happen.
371.2 NAT
The hardest questions aren't on the test : lessons from an innovative urban school /
Nathan, Linda F., 1955-

21. No college? No problem! See World.
378.1 FRO
The new global student /


22. Pretty, sparkly, pointy… anything I missed?
398.24 LAV
The natural history of unicorns /


23. I'm a librarian. No arguments here.
418 DEH
Reading in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention /
Deheane, Stanislas

24. Demerits, Detentions: For sake of Science.
507.8 GRA
Theo Gray's mad science : experiments you can do at home--but probably shouldn't /


25. Myth, Medicince, Madness, Werewolves and Science
523.3 STR
The book of the moon /


26. Not a world I'd live in.
551.31 POL
A world without ice /


27. Life can't just be a beach.
577.5 SWA
Antarctica 2041 : my quest to save the earth's last wilderness /



28. machines? animals? Which conquers humans first?
591.5 BOY
The smartest animals on the planet /



29. Keep making them. We'll keep fixing.
616.02 GUP
Cheating death : the doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds /


30. Ottiavni's comics make science history fun!
GN 629.45022 OTT
T-minus : the race to the Moon /


31. Good? "Everything is Illuminated" author disagrees.
641.3 FOE
Eating animals /
Safran-Foer, Jonathan

32. …seem like they could be convoluted.
720.92 ISE
Conversations with Frank Gehry /


33. 'twas a Mad, Mad, Mad world
741.5 KIT
The art of Harvey Kurtzman : the mad genius of comics /


34. Let's use those Whole New Minds
745.2 BER
Glimmer : how design can transform your life, and maybe even the world /


35. The one true American art form.
781.65 GID
Jazz /


36. This book will not cause seizures.
791.43 RIC
The rough guide to anime /


37. Shan't touch this in six words.
808 GAR
Stylized : a slightly obsessive history of Strunk & White's The elements of style /


38. "Blink," "Tipping Point," author's collected columns.
814 GLA
What the dog saw : and other adventures /


39. Leopold Bloom is for everyone. Really.
823 KIB
Ulysses and us : the art of everyday life in Joyce's masterpiece /


40. Ancient literature speaks to modern warfare
883 ALE
The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War /


41. Written by winners. Handle with care.
901 MAC
Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history /


42. Atrocity and ingenuity: better with pictures
GN 909.0802 GON
The cartoon history of the modern world /


43. They're on a boat, getting' shakespearian'
910.9163 WOO
A brave vessel : the true tale of the castaways who rescued Jamestown and inspired Shakespeare's The tempest /


44. This one here was my inspiration…
920.008 NOT
Not quite what I was planning : six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure : from Smith magazine /


45. Stuff happened there. In that year
943.087 BES
Germany 1945 : from war to peace /


46. Don't drop the soup… or something. (PS: This one is probably my favorite)
951.05 CHO
Egg on Mao : the story of an ordinary man who defaced an icon and unmasked a dictatorship


47. Sultan Mehmet: master of the empire
956.1 FRE
The Grand Turk.


48. Cultural perspectives for our modern country
973 MAL
A country called Amreeka : Arab roots, American stories /


49. NOW with 50% FEWER BIG WORDS.
338.1097 3 CHE
The omnivore's dilemma : the secrets behind what you eat (young readers edition) /


50. She likes animals more than people.
B BRO
Animal magnetism : my life with creatures great and small /


51. Conservation: is it for the birds?
B EDG
Rosalie Edge, hawk of mercy : the activist who saved nature from the conservationists /


52. The lonliest monk. Straight, no chaser.
B MON
Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original /


53. Four siblings tell of non-traditional childhoods
B WEL
The kids are all right : a memoir /


54. All your favorites in plain prose.
FIC ACK
Canterbury tales /


55. Builds on the book described below.
FIC ASI
Foundation and empire /
Asimov

56. The basis for modern Science Fiction
FIC ASI
Foundation /
Asimov

57. Science plus Religion. And natural disasters.
FIC ATW
The year of the flood : a novel /
Atwood, Margaret

58. Hollywood is like High School. Period.
FIC DEA
Hollywood is like high school with money /


59. Deaf girl, Veteran and Refugee's friendship.
FIC GRI
The Orange Houses /


60. Controversial, but it gets kids reading.
FIC HOP
Tricks /


61. Teen life is hard at bicentennial
FIC HOU
Eli the Good /


62. Boy accidentally kills (not) a bear
FIC IRV
Last night in Twisted River : a novel /
Irving, John

63. MMA novel: Brutal, Beautiful, Booklist starred.
FIC KIT
The longshot : a novel /


64. Fifth grade Christmas in the 1960
FIC LAM
Wishin' and hopin' : a Christmas story /
Lamb, Wally

65. Six friends, life changing Friday night
FIC LER
wtf /


66. Student photographer has girl / family troubles
FIC MAD
Flash burnout : a novel /


67. Steampunk! Detectives! Which Librarian reads first?
FIC MAN
The affinity bridge : a Newbury & Hobbes investigation /


68. "Wake" sequel: More High School nightmares
FIC MCM
Fade /
McMann, Lisa

69. Dream Travel, High School: Both scary
FIC MCM
Wake /
McMann, Lisa

70. Alan Moore, Michael Chabon both endorse
FIC MOO
The Best of Michael Moorcock.


71. "Time-travelers Wife" author's second book
FIC NIF
Her fearful symmetry : a novel /
Niffeneger, Audry

72. Historical fiction: romance, war, frontier life
FIC NOW
Choices /


73. A Chinese-American Girl in Magical St.Louis
FIC SHI
Gateway /


74. Bertrand Russell's life in pictures, words.
GN B RUS
Logicomix : an epic search for truth /


75. Another World War Two Graphic Memoir
GN B TYL
You'll Never Know 1.


76. Everything they did was the best.
GN FIC SIM
The Best of Simon and Kirby.


77. War's Over. Now the troubles begin.
GN FIC WIL 12
Fables: The dark ages /
Willingham, Bill

List #306: Things that made me bummed this week

#306: Things that made me bummed this past week

1. Minor Fender Bender
2. Reading Guardians of the Galaxy #19
3. A package I'm waiting for still hasn't shown up
4. Dust makes me sneeze when I clean my room (which is obviously why I do it so rarely)
5. I could've made Seafoam Salad, but I didn't think to.
6. I didn't develop any superpowers
7. I haven't seen snow in a while
8. No new HIMYM or BBT on monday.

List #305: Things I like about Olive Tree Certified Organic Hummus

List #305: Things I like about Olive Tree Certified Organic Hummus

1. It's certified
2. It's organic
3. It's Hummus (and therefore predominantly Chickpeas)
4. It has a good tahini flavor
5. It costs $4.49 (instead of the 6.99 that Safeway charges for the same amount of Tribe)
6. The containers are sturdy, have tightly locking lids and hold exactly 1 serving of soup/pasta/rice, making them amazingly reusable (honestly: they're better than the comparable size of Gladware etc. AND they come with free Hummus inside when you buy them)

Bonus List: 1 thing I don't like about Olive Tree Certified Organic Hummus
1. It only lasts, at most, 2-3 days (and I don't mean "before it goes bad"... :) )

List #304: Stuff that went into my soup this week

List #304: Stuff that went into my soup this week (roughly in order)

1. Olive Oil
2. Toasted Sesame Oil
3. A Fennel Bulb and stalks
4. An Onion
5. Garlic
6. Cinnamon
7. Allspice
8. Chorizo
9. Chicken Broth (low sodium)
10. Water
11. Chickpeas
12. Kale
13. Fennel leafy stuff
14. Mushrooms
15. Dried oregano
16. Red Wine, Red Wine vinegar
17. Frank's Red Hot
18. Salt (barely any)
19. Ground Pepper

List #303: Comic Issues that I need for collections

List #303: Comic Issues that I need for collections

1. Green Lantern (current series) 1-17, 21-22, 26-37, 39-40
2. Green Lantern Corps 1-15, 17-33, 36, 38
3. JSA vs Kobra 3
4. Power Girl 1
5. Justice League: Cry for Justice: 1
6. KickAss 1-2
7. Runaways, v2(?): 29, v3: 5,6,8-9, 11-12
8. Fables 7x(?)-76, 79-84, 86
9. Invincible 41(?), 42(?)
10. Thor 601-603

List #302: Favorite Mythconceptions to debunk

List #302: Favorite Mythconceptions to debunk (or why I love http://www.snopes.org)

1. "Daddy Longlegs" are the most venomous creature in the world, but their fangs are too small to hurt anyone.
2. Lemmings "commit suicide"
3. "Ring around the Rosey" is about the Black Plague
4. Drains drain differently north or south of the equator
5. Innuit have hundreds of words for "snow"

List #301: 5 Favorite Comic Book Couples

List #301: 5 Favorite Comic Book Couples

1. Invincible/Atom Eve, "Invincible"
2. Snow White/Bigby Wolf, "Fables"
3. Ralph Dibny/Sue Dibny. "Justice League International, etc."
4. Clark Kent/Lois Lane, "Superman, Action Comics, etc."
5. Reed Richards/Sue Richards, "Fantastic Four"

List #300: 300 things to be Thankful For

List #300: 300 things to be Thankful For (these aren't necessarily in order)

1. Family
2. Cheese
3. Superman
4. Snow
5. Winter
6. Mom
7. Corduroy
8. Cinnamon
9. Oxygen
10. Water
11. Internet
12. Shelter
13. Stuffing
14. Good Neighbors
15. Having a good job
16. Field Hockey
17. Dad
18. Spare Change
19. Blankets
20. Black socks
21. Banjos
22. Grandpa
23. Digital Cameras
24. Life
25. Health
26. Beards
27. Porches
28. Decks
29. Ice skates
30. Health care
31. Smiles
32. The "Rushmore" Soundtrack
33. Howard County Public Libraries
34. Baseball
35. Homestarrunner.com
36. William Shatner
37. Safe Travel
38. Pigs
39. Sweatpants
40. Suits
41. Swimming Pools
42. Picture books
43. Moveable type
44. Soldiers
45. Comfortable shoes
46. Teachers
47. Democracy
48. Sweden
49. Broken Social Scene
50. Having an Education
51. The ability to read
52. Hearts
53. The number 3
54. Loyal friends
55. Right turns on Red
56. Free donuts
57. Neil Gaiman
58. The Beatles
59. The Kindness of Strangers
60. Being Read To
61. Zoos
62. Scientists
63. The Sun
64. Oak trees
65. Bananas
66. Peanuts
67. Being able to feed myself
68. Kindergarten
69. Carbon
70. Field Hockey Teams
71. The Aerial Lift Bridge
72. DRM-free music
73. Linux (even when it's hard)
74. Librarians
75. Dark meat on the turkey
76. Other countries
77. Ned
78. A 440
79. Being Born Healthy
80. The "Miracle on Ice"
81. Miles Davis' music
82. Police
83. Blue States
84. Seattle
85. Natalie
86. Apple Trees
87. The Minnesota Twins improbable victories
88. Pianos
89. Russian Hockey Players
90. Chickpeas
91. Debate
92. The Worthingtons
93. Dry boots
94. Super Nintendos
95. The ability to speak
96. Sight
97. Accomplishments
98. Hearing
99. Anne Hathaway or Wayne Gretzky
100. People that work with the elderly/infirm/special-needs etc.
101. The invention of toilet paper
102. Food preservation
103. Janitors
104. Sleeping in
105. Holiday music
106. Drummers
107. Respect
108. Sailboats
109. Wind Power
110. Tulips
111. Perfect, tiny multi-colored fish
112. Hair (while it lasts)
113. Pillows
114. Clean teeth
115. Someone looking out for you
116. Patient people
117. Good Gas Mileage
119. Frisbees
120. Carleton College
121. Sweet Potatos
122. The Burton 417 Times
123. Sesame Street
124. College Radio
125. Good improvisors (music or theater)
126. Limes
127. Free parking
128. Crayons
129. Pipe Organs
130. Mason jars
131. Fishing with your grandpa
132. Being home for the holidays
133. Not being in the hospital
134. Middle America
135. Clean rivers
136. Old Friends
137. Honeybees
138. Fresh Air
139. Paying the Bills with a bit left over
140. 11th grade Community action projects
141. Recorded information
142. Postal Workers
143. Choppers
144. Favorite coats
145. Dr Pepper
146. Children
147. Storytellers
148. Alphabets and Alphabet books (and soup)
149. Soup Cookbooks
150. Firefighters
151. Other people's dogs
152. Brief moments of contentment
153. The motivation to do something great
154. Thomas Alva Edison
155. Otters
156. Lists
158. Cousins
159. Aunts
160. Uncles
161. Network TV
162. the 4-color process
163. TED
164. Toothpaste
165. Good Harmony singing
166. Having someone to look up to
167. Having someone look up to you (for reasons that you approve of)
168. Local Comic Shops
169. Suction cups
170. The occaisional defeat
171. Not worrying about being right
172. Good Sound Guys
173. Major 7th Chords
174. Your acceptance of the fact that this list may overlap with previous lists
175. Hobbies
176. Field Hockey Players
177. Fabric Softener
178. Snow Days
179. Reusable materials
180. Second Chances (and knowing when to give them)
181. People that smell nice
182. Polar Ice Caps
183. The Gulfstream
184. The Kindness of non-strangers
185. Hitting a bullseye
186. Literature in translation
187. Being sung to
188. Live music
189. Musicians
190. Math teachers
191. Early morning runs
192. Big Toes
193. Opposable Thumbs
194. CoolWhip
195. Refrigeration
196. Bridges
197. Rescue Helicopters
198. Stan Lee
199. Second Cousins
200. Glass
201. Pumpkin pie
203. Friends who give you rides to places
204. Latin teachers
205. Cameo appearances
206. MLIS degrees
207. Science Fiction
208. Writers
209. Archaeologists
210. Remote Controls
211. Great Roommates
212. Haiku
213. Pay-at-the-Pump
214. When people notice things that you want them to notice
215. Ropes courses
216. Wise leaders
217. Great Grandparents
218. Duluth, Minnesota
219. Guitar solos
220. Watchmen
221. Detectives
222. Lakes
223. Newspapers
224. Helpful servers
225. People that use turn signals
226. Farmers
227. Jump Ropes
228. Shady places
229. Laughter
230. Cookies
231. PBS
232. Playing music with people
233. Barbecues
234. Anybody that's made it this far
235. Anyone that's going to keep reading
236. People that read all of my lists
238. Pickled herring
239. Artists
240. Being able to walk to the grocery store
241. Garbagemen (even when I get stuck behind the truck in the morning)
242. WiFi
243. Pontoon boats
244. No pre-existing conditions
245. NoodleTools
246. Epic Fantasy Stories
247. Fans
248. Facebook
249. Digital Photography
250. Archives
251. Bike lanes
252. Cotton t-shirts
253. Paramedics
254. Bus passes
255. Kayaks
256. Athletic trainers
257. Mountains
258. Books
259. Web Comics
260. Public education
261. Listening to Loons
262. Scenic overlooks
263. Basses
264. Portable Music players
265. Not being charged for checked luggage
266. Places where "everybody knows your name"
267. Solving a puzzle
268. Attentive and engaged students
269. Initiative games
270. Ukuleles
271. Showers and Baths
272. Mechanical pencils
273. Volunteers
274. Google (most of the time)
275. Fables comics
276. Outdoor hot-tubs
277. Geeks and Nerds
278. Non-stick pans
279. Joss Whedon
280. Backyards
281. Inventors
282. Cool neckties
283. Someone making you breakfast
284. Spending time with family
285. Clean bathrooms
286. Easy access to a Washer and Dryer
287. Thor comics
288. Green Lanterns
289. Random trivia
290. Playing outside
291. Jumper Cables
292. People that build things
293. Forgiveness
294. Winter ales
295. Guacamole
296. Living within my means
297. Luck with housing
298. Grapes
299. Finishing this list
300. Really a whole lot of stuff, if you stop and think about it... more than you can fit on one list

List #299: TV Series that made Paste Magazine's top 10 of the decade and whether I've watched them

List #299: TV Series that made Paste Magazine's top 10 of the decade and whether I've watched them

10. Mad Men : YES, all
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: YES, all
8. Battlestar Galactica: YES, all
7. Lost: YES, almost all
6. The Sopranos: YES, all
5. The Office(both): YES, almost all
4. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: SOMETIMES
3. The West Wing: NO, (but I like Sorkin, so I will soon)
2. The Wire: YES, all
1. Arrested Development: YES, All

Bonus List: How I fared with Paste's Readers' Poll on the same subject
1. Arrested Development
2. The Office
3. Lost
4. Firefly: YES, all
5. 30 Rock: YES, almost all
6. Freaks and Geeks: YES, all
7. Scrubs: NOT OFTEN
8. Mad Men
9. The Daily Show
10. The West Wing

List #298: Other great list-makers

List #298: Other great list-makers

1. Santa
2. Martin Luther
3. The people at McSweeney's
4. David Letterman
5. Joseph McCarthy
6. Umberto Eco
7. GNails
8. Rob Fleming from Nick Hornby's High Fidelity

List #297: Things I've learned from the Encyclopedia of Useless Information

List #297: Things I've learned from the Encyclopedia of Useless Information
(Information Literacy caveat: I assume that the editors at Sourcebooks, Inc. have verified these facts)

1. The word "Brain" is not found in the Bible
2. The Official Language of Bhutan is Dzongkha
3. The scientific unit of measurement is the "millihelen," defined as the amount of beauty required to launch a single ship.
4. Red/Ginger haired people require 20% more anesthetic than other hair colors.
5. The point on a Mammal's back that it can not reach to scratch is called the "Acnestis"
6. Illibilli, Sudan is the longest palindromic place name in Africa
7. The Okapi can lick it's eyes with it's tongue (I read this fact in two different publications today)
8. Potatoes were used a currency on the island of Tristan da Cunha until 1942.
9. "Britney Spears" is an anagram of "Presbyterians"
10. A baby Echidna is called a "Puggle"

List #296: Favorite Bela Fleck and the Flecktones musics

List #296: Favorite Bela Fleck and the Flecktones musics

1. Big Country
2. Poindexter
3. Stomping Grounds
4. Sleeper
5. Gravity Wheel (Off the Top, and Line Dance)
6. Shuba Yatra
7. Almost 12
8. Spunky and Clorissa
9. Sleeping Dogs Lie
10. Sojourn of Arjuna

List #295: Books I've recently bought and should start reading

List #295: Books I've recently bought and should start reading

1. The Good Humor Man, Andrew Fox
2. Perdido Street Station, China Mieville
3. Novo, Michael Bracco
4. Fables, harcover vol.1, Bill Willingham (re-read)
5. Encyclopedia of Useless Information William Hartston

List #294: Things that would make me consider getting an ebook reader

List #294: Things that would make me consider getting/wanting an ebook reader (like the Nook or Kindle)

1. Ability to Loan, Trade, or re-sell digital books (Nook at least lets you loan out)
2. Really long battery life (paperbacks never run out of juice)
3. Good ability to display digital comics
4. Some kind of business model that allowed purchasers of hard copies of books to also get the digital copy (even if it meant being DRM'ed against #1)
5. Easy interface with PC and Linux.

List #293: Why I can't get into "Glee"

List #293: Why I can't get into "Glee" (And I did try... because the Pilot was really good)

1. Jane Lynch's character is too over the top (and I normally like her)
2. The Music that you see performed doesn't match the music that you hear (i.e. I don't believe a live Glee Club sounds like a hyperpolished studio recording).
3. None of the characters were really likeable, and most are annoying (I didn't find anyone to "root for")
4. I don't have TiVo, and Modern Family is on at the same time
5. It tries to hard to be both serious and whimsical at the same time and ends up being caricature (don't get me wrong, I like Whimsy, but I like it straight up... I miss Pushing Daisies)

List #292: Awesome things that are happening today

List #292: Awesome things that are happening today

1. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, original lineup, concert
2. Heroclix "Hammer of Thor" released!
3. Blue Lantern and Star Sapphire "Blackest Night" promotional rings available!

List #291: Favorite characters in "Fables"

List #291: Favorite characters in Fables or Jack of Fables

1. Bigby Wolf
2. Babe the Blue Ox
3. Boy Blue
4. Cinderella
5. Snow White
6. Shere Khan
7. Rose Red
8. Jack
9. Bufkin
10. Flycatcher
11-13: The Page sisters

List #290: Visible signs of my Nerdiness

List #290: Visible signs of Nerdiness/Geekiness (aka "Why Girls don't come to my room")

1. A lot of Supermans


2. Desktop Wallpaper


3.Jack Knight (DC Direct and Heroclix)


4. Thor fights Anti-Monitor AND Fin Fang Foom (and Devil Dinosaur, sans Moonboy)


5. Cheat Commados Kneel Before Zod


6.Half a set of Lantern Corps Rings


7. Saint Walker and Atrocitus (DC Direct "Blackest Night")


8. Library card, Magic:the Gathering Card


9.Oracle clix and Glow in the Dark d6s


10. Handmade Starman #63 poster


11. Long and short boxes of comics, lots of boxes of Heroclix


12. More boxes of Heroclix and 2 giant d6


13. DVDs (incl. Lord of the Rings, Daredevil, Neverwhere, Atlantis, X2, Ultimate Avengers 1&2, etc.)


14. Absolute Sandman 1-4, Librarian Action Figure


15. Small Selection of my Graphic Novels, Hardcovers and TPBs (Y: The Last Man, Blankets, Starman omnibus, Rising Stars,Scott McCloud, lots more...)


16. Booster & Blue, Hard Travelin' Heroes, a Glow-in-the-Dark mageknight (which I don't play)

List #289: Reasons Why I don't want or need an iPhone

List #289: Reasons Why I don't need or want an iPhone

1. They don't hold enough music to be my music player, plus who wants their music player to suddenly ring
2. Apps mostly seem like an easy way to dispose of money
3. Sometimes I need a break from the internet
4. Touch screens are annoying
5. Too big
6. I think texting is annoying, and iPhones are like texting-times-ten
7. Apple is kind of annoying (at least they make a 160 gig mp3 player though)

BONUS LIST: Reasons why I would want an iPhone
1. That fake lighter-flame app
2. So I could do something like this!

List #288: How kids on the internet would rate my performances at the show tonight

List #288: How kids on the internet would rate my performances at the Love Concert tonight

1. Autumn Leaves - Win
2. Here Comes the Sun - Win
3. Major Label Debut - Epic Win
4. Come Together - Win
5. Party in the USA - Epic FAIL... OR, more kindly,: "ur doin it rong"
6. Party in the USA Sing Along - Win

List #287: Songs I'm doing in the Fall Love Concert tonight

List #287: Songs I'm doing in the Fall Love Concert tonight

1. "Here Comes the Sun" (backup guitar)
2. "Come Together" (bass)
3. "Major Label Debut" (banjo and back-up vox)
4. TBA (Guitar and vocals)

List #286: 5 Things to like about Sweet Potatoes

List #286: 5 Things to like about Sweet Potatoes

1. They cook quickly easily in the microwave
2. They are an excellent excuse to eat either cinnamon or maple syrup
3. They thicken a soup nicely
4. They're really good for you
5. They are a great meal-for-one on their own.

List #285: Superstitions I have

List #285: Superstitions I have

1. Never pick up a "tails" penny
2. Don't spill salt / throw a pinch over the shoulder
3. Friendship Bracelets or bead necklaces breaking or falling off are ill omens

List #284: Things I can eat to the point of pain or other bodily damage

List #284: Things I can eat to the point of pain or other bodily damage

1. Mac and Cheese
2. Grapes
3. Sandwiches (esp. on "Sandwich Day" aka professional days at work)
4. Celery, Carrots and Saltines (aka "grilled cheese and tomato soup day" at some camp that used to matter to me)
5. Pizza w/coleslaw
6. Chicken burgers
7. Shrimp
8. Christmas Lasagne

List #283: Lantern Corps in order of favoriteness

List #283: Lantern Corps in order of favoriteness

1. Blue Lanterns (Hope)
2. Agent Orange (Avarice)
3. Green Lanterns (Will)
4. Indigo Tribe (Compassion)
5. Sinestro Corps [Yellow] (Fear)
6. Black Lanterns (Death:not on the emotional spectrum)
7. Red Lanterns (Rage)
8. Star Sapphires [Violet] (Love)

List #282: 5 Things I know about basketball

List #282: 5 Things I know about basketball

1. LeBron + Shaq-fu, da return
2. The last 2 minutes of a game are the most boring hour in sports.
3. Kobe sucks
4. L.A. doesn't have Lakes
5. Fouls are stupid (especially hack-a-shaq, it's about the most bush league strategy in sports (tied with taking-a-knee))

List #281: A Christmas wish-list

#281: A Christmas wish-list (and I expect all of this stuff too. I'm greedy: 'tis the season ;) )

In no particular order:
* are on my Amazon wishlist

1. Spider Capo http://www.spidercapo.com/
2. field hockey stick (STX 40/55 or possibly 50/45 38")
3. ice skates
4. ice hockey stick (probably to be purchased out here)
5. sonic-care toothbrush *
6. brown pinstripe suit
7. dress shirts (bold colors, green), dress/khaki pants
8. arimaa (board game)
9. Pens (pilot varsity fountain pens) *
10. saffron
11. repair on my beloved Duluth pack bag
12. Elixir Green bodywash
13. Green Lantern, Blue Lantern or Orange Lantern shirt
14. handheld USB voice recorder *
15. t-shirt quilt (I'll supply the t-shirts! I've got a lot)
16. workout headphones *
17. Justice League: Complete series *
18. "The Ghost King" R.A. Salvatore *
19. Blackest Night: Hal Jordan GREEN Lantern SDCC exclusive action figure *
20. A variety of other Books etc. on my Amazon List
21. Frosty Friends ornament
22. Glow in the dark things
23. Alias, season 2 *
24. A green lantern ring
25. Fun Surprises

List #280: 5 funniest people of all time

List #280: 5 funniest people of all time

1. Bill Cosby
2. Steve Martin
3. Strong Bad
4. The people that write Twisted Toyfare Theatre
5. "Ralph" Bellamy

List #279: 5 words about Pancake

List #279: 5 words about Pancake

1. Leinenkugel
2. Awkward-play
3. YES
4. Idiocracy
5. wife

List #278: 5 Favorite poems

List #278: 5 Favorite poems, aka "the only thing I learned in AP English 12" (bonus: favorite lines)

1. "Very Like a Whale", Ogden Nash
---"Oh it is, is it, all right then, you sleep under a six-inch blanket of snow and I'll sleep under a half-inch blanket of unpoetical blanket material and we'll see which one keeps warm,"
2. "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister", Robert Browning
--"Plena gratia / Ave, Virgo! Gr-r-r--you swine!"
3. "Ozymandias", Percy Bysshe Shelley
-- My name is Ozymandias, king of kings / look on my works ye mighty and despair
4. Sonnet 121 "Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed", Bill
--"...all men are bad / and in their badness reign"
5. Sonnet 144, "Two loves have I of comfort and despair", Bill
---"wooing his purity with her foul pride"

List #277: Sports I'd like to try playing (or dislike playing only because I'm not good enough to have fun)

List #277: Sports I'd like to try playing (or dislike playing only because I'm not good enough to have fun, and/or the learning curve is not enjoyable, or they don't really exist)

1. The titular "Ender's Game"
2. Lacrosse
3. Quidditch
4. Bouillabaisseball
5. Pool
6. Pyramid
7. Rugby
8. Tennis
9. Cricket
10. Takraw
11. Team Handball
12. Bask-ice-ball

List #276: Favorite Sports to Play

List #276: Favorite Sports to Play

1. Floor Hockey
2. Field Hockey
3. Ice Hockey
4. Woodland Middle School Intramural Shallow-end Water Polo
5. Broomball
6. Water Baseball aka aquatic calvinball
7. Frisbee Golf
8. Wiffle Ball
9. Ultimate Frisbee
10. the GAME (not football, but "the GAME")

List #275: Stuff I got at the Halloween sale at the comic shop

List #275: Stuff I got at the Halloween sale at the comic shop

1. "Rising Stars" compendium, paperback
2. DC Direct blackest night Saint Walker action figure
3. Tales of the Sinestro Corps TPB
4. "Thor" v3 TPB #1
5. "Superman for All Season"

List #274: Halloween Costumes I have worn

List #274: Halloween Costumes I have worn

1. A Butterfly
2. A pirate
3. Davy Crockett
4. Something green
5. A Pharoah
6. Lord Licorice (from candy land)
7. Clark Kent (many many times)
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
9. Captain Hook
10. Some sort of axe-wielding, fancy-hat-wearing, vampire swashbuckler
11. A leopard
12. A Wizard (probably)
13. Shaggy (Scooby Doo)
14. A Baseball Player (I think)
15. A left behind by his friends young man
16. Snowpants (yeah 1991!!!)

List #273: Epic Struggles that occured between the 27th and 29th of October

List #273: Epic Struggles that occured between the 27th and 29th of October, 2009

1. GCS Field Hockey vs Maryvale (GCS Wins in triple OT to move to championship)
2. Free and/or Celebratory Food vs. My Willpower (the "w" goes to food)
3. My stomach vs. My being in shape (see #2)
4. GCS FH vs Park vs bad field/weather (GCS wins)
5. Me vs. Gremlins that don't want me to bring the right clothes to school (Gremlins have defeated my belt, undershirt and underdrawers on various days this week)

List #272: Internet things that annoy me

List #272: Internet things that annoy me

1. People writing "first post"
2. Really large "signature" pictures
3. purposeful misspellings that are not that much more efficient (or are less efficient!) especially in non-chat situations. except leetspeak because there's an art to that.
4. video pop-up ads / audio ads
5. visual clutter
6. when I accidentally clear my firefox tabs

List #271: Vegetables that I put into soup on sunday

List #271: Vegetables that I put into soup on sunday

1. Rutabaga
2. Asparagus
3. Cabbage
4. Green Beans
5. Carrots
6. Onions
7. Butter Beans
8. Flax seed
9. Some sort of grain
10.(as part of the stock: leeks, bay leaf, the leftover spices from some half-sour pickles, chicken carcass)

and, yes, I know some of those things aren't technically vegetables.

List #270: Favorite Mike Patton projects

List #270: Favorite Mike Patton projects

1. Faith No More (obvious, but true)
2. Tomahawk
3. Peeping Tom
4. Lovage
5. Mr. Bungle
6. Fantomas
7. Weird Little Boy
8. Adult Themes for Voice

List #269: Words I like to mispronounce

List #269: Words I like to mispronounce

1. Superfluous
2. Shostakovich
3. Amalgamate
4. Favre
5. Jean Valjean
6. Banal (though, there are three acceptable ways to do this one)
7. Forte (because most people already do)

List #268: Favorite International Capitals (by name)

List #268: Favorite International Capitals (by name) (bonus points to anyone who can name the countries withouth looking them up! cheaters

1. Bishkek
2. Ouagadougou
3. Ashgabat
4. Nouakchott
5. Bandar Seri Begawan
6. Tegucigalpa
7. Praia
8. Tashkent
9. Funafuti
10. Chisinau

List #267: A Bucket List

List #267: A Bucket List (from an email forward.... "x" means "done it"... I'll write my own personal one later)

1. (x) Shot a gun
2. (x) Gone on a blind date
3. (x) Skipped school (actually, I've missed classes with out prior excuse, but only ever for a reason)
4. ( ) Watched someone die
5. (x) Been to Canada (toronto for DMB/Bela)
6. ( ) Been to Alaska
7. ( ) Been to Cuba
8. (x ) Been to Europe
9. ( ) Been to Las Vegas
10. ( ) Been to Mexico
11. (x) Been to Florida
12. (x) Been on a plane
13. ( ) Been on a Cruise Ship
14. ( ) Served on a Jury
15. (X) Been lost
16. (X) Been on the opposite side of the country (for the last 9 years)
17. (x) Gone to Washington , D.C.
18. (x) Swam in the Ocean
19. (x) Cried yourself to sleep
20. (x) Played Cops and Robbers
21. ( ) Played Cowboys and Indians
22. (x) Recently colored with crayons
23. (x) Sang Karaoke
24. (x) Paid for a meal with coins only
25. ( ) Made prank phone calls
26. (x) Laughed until some beverage came out of your nose
27. (X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
28. ( ) Danced in the rain
29. (x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
30. ( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
31. (x) Watched the sunrise with someone
32. (x) Blown bubbles
33. (X) Gone ice skating
34. (x) Gone skiing
35. (X) Camped out under the stars (actually, I think I always end up in the tent)
36. ( ) Seen something so beautiful that it took your breath away (not, literally, no)
37. ( ) Are or have been married (ha!)
38. ( ) Have or have had children
39. ( x ) Have a pet (well, family pets, never had one of just my own (which I'm okay with))
40. (X) Been skinny dipping outdoors (didn't think it was all that great)
41. (X) Been fishing
42. (x) Been boating
43. (x) Been water skiing (finally 1-skied this summer... and still have a bruise on my foot from it)
44. (X) Been hiking
45. ( ) Been camping in a trailer/RV
46. (x) Flown in a small 4-seater airplane (I'm counting a 2-seater sea plane for this)
47. ( ) Flown in a glider
48. ( ) Been flying in a hot air balloon
49. ( ) Been bungee-jumping
50. (x) Gone to a drive-in movie (Flashdance)
51. (X) Done something that should have killed you
52. (x) Done something that you will regret for the rest of your life
53. ( ) Been to Africa (too many shots required, would love to though)
54. (X) Ever eaten just cookies for dinner
55. (x) Ever been on T.V.
56. ( ) Ever steal any traffic signs
57. ( ) Ever been in a car accident (not while driving >knock on wood<)

List #266: Sex Ed lessons I have learned

List #266: Sex Ed lessons I have learned

1. age 4/5: Mommies and Daddies each have half of an egg that they put together to make a baby (of course in my mind this was a brown with white speckled egg roughly the size and shape of a "L'Egg" pantyhose container (the only "egg" I knew that could split in half))

2. 5th grade: If your parents start to try to have "the talk" with you, even if you're at McDonalds at Disney World, it will still be the primary thing you remember about your family vacation (the event, not the content)

3. 5th or 6th Grade: having a friend relate a story his very young cousin told about a hot dog walking down a street and falling into the sewer, combined with some 5th or 6th grade girls coming over to throw water balloons results in an awkward parental-talk interruption of falling asleep to the weather channel.

4. 5th,6th or 7th grade: Don't have girlfriends or kiss girls until at least 9th grade

5. 7th grade(?): health class probably wasn't too scarring, because I remember almost none of it

6. High School: It's nice to be able to take off your glasses on "STD Slideshow" day in health class

7. from a camper: "Naked boys and naked girls should not be together. Especially if they like eachother."

8. That's pretty much it.

List #265: Favorite remote Islands

List #265: Favorite remote, or at least sort of remote, Islands

1. Tristan Da Cunha
2. Kerguelen
3. Svalbard
4. Iceland
5. Clipperton Island
6. Azores
7. Ile Amsterdam

List #264: Reasons to like Canada

List #264: Reasons to like Canada

1. They have good weather
2. Broken Social Scene!
3. They respect Hockey and Lacrosse up there
4. Geese
5. Poutine

List #263: Fun words from the Wikipedia Entry, "Northern River Otter"

List #263: Fun words or phrases from the Wikipedia Entry, "Northern River Otter"

1. Crepuscular
2. dorsoventral undulation
3. "Sliding across snow and ice is a rapid and efficient means of travel"
4. dental formula
5. Canadensis
6. Riparian Zones

List #262: Recent things I have accomplished

List #262: Recent things I have/have not accomplished or will accomplish soon

Have
1. Sorting and filing old Integrative Seminar papers
2. Mopping and disinfecting the bathroom
3. Finishing "The Name of the Wind" (and it was really good)
4. Moving music equipment to the basement
5. New Books email

Have Not
1. Accomplishment
2. Mopping the kitchen
3. Cleaning My room (but I started! I started!)
4. Deciding whether to apply for/applying for a summer adventure grant
5. Field Hockey Victory

Will soon
1. Student report card comments
2. AV sorting
3. Office cleaning
4. being caught up on Mad Men
5. Teen Read Week book-review comic contest plans

List #261: Authors that ought to hurry the heck up!

List #261: Authors that ought to hurry the heck up!

1. George R. R. Martin
2. Patrick Rothfuss

List #260: Favorite Smoothie ingredients

List #260: Favorite Smoothie ingredients

1. Bananas (best breakfast food ever)
2. Honey
3. Cinnamon
4. Strawberries
5. Peaches
6. Strawberry Yogurt
7. Plain Yogurt
8. Flax Seed (thanks Natalie)
9. Peanut Butter (not with 4,5,6,10)
10. Mixed Frozen Berries)
11. Vanilla Soy Milk

List #259: Favorite Dinosaurs

List #259: Favorite Dinosaurs

1. Parasaurolophus
2. Deinonychus
3. Pteranodon
4. Elasmosaur or Plesiosaur
5. Brachiosaurus
6. Triceratops
7. Diplodocus
8. Devil Dinosaur (as portrayed in NextWave)
9. Ankylosaur
10. Dimetrodon
11. Stegosaurus
12. Allosaurus
13. Ceratosaurus
14. Pachycephalosaurus
15. Baby Sinclair

List #257: Thoughts I had on October 14th

List #257: Thoughts I had on October 14th

1. It's potentially dangerous when the Mario Kart theme song comes on while you're driving
2. As one who works in Education, Standardized-test Prep-courses really bother me
3. I'd really like to be sitting in a Hot Tub right now
4. I'm glad I have a pro-Minnesota Co-Worker
5. I'm glad I went to Carleton, even if I underachieved
6. Though I still don't really care about clothes, it feels oddly nice to be told you look good, or a tie makes you look nice, etc., esp. by not another dude.
7. Sometimes meetings, even ones that make you miss your beloved JV field hockey team, can be energizing and enriching
8. Some people I knew (of) are doing some pretty cool musical stuff : http://www.bafilaben.com/
9. Johnny Appleseed is pretty cool
10. My mastery of African Capital Cities is slipping.

List #256: Computers I have had

List #256: Computers I have had (including family computers when I lived at home, "*" means I paid for it on my own)

1. Apple IIc (1988-1995)
2. Acer - Pentium, 75mhz, 500 MB hard drive Windows 3.? (1995-1998)
3. *Citon Research - Windows 98, 8 GB hard drive (1998-2004)
4. *HP Media Center - 250 GB hard drive, Windows Media Center (2004-2009), Linux 9.04 (2009-present)
5. Dell Laptop (work computer)- (2006- present)

List #255: Favorite Weezer songs

List #255: Favorite Weezer songs

1. The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
2. Undone (The sweater Song)
3. Why Bother
4. My Name is Jonas
5. Say it Ain't So
6. El Scorcho
7. Across the Sea
8. In the Garage
9. The Good Life
10. Suzanne
11. Only in Dreams
12. Holiday
13. Surf Wax America
14. Pink Triangle
15. Mykel & Carli
16. Buddy Holly
17. Tired of Sex

List #254: Board Games that are on the living room TV table

List #254: Board Games/Games that are on the living room TV table

1. Settlers of Catan
2. Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion
3. Tsuro
4. Playing Cards
5. Mah Jong
6. Catchphrase

List #253: 7 reasons why I am jealous of my brother

List #253: 7 reasons why I am jealous of my brother

1. Chicks dig him
2. He can swim more than 25 yards
3. He lives in Northfield (and he dang well better go to Hogan Brothers today)
4. He wins at Disc Golf
5. He's a great song writer
6. He can sing well (and harmonize)
7. Triceps

List #252: Recent disappointments

List #252: Recent disappointments

1. Potential lack of goalie (or game!) next Thursday
2. Bad foul ball call by the umpire in Friday night's Twins game
3. Twins losing previously mentioned game
4. Forgetting to pre-write this list
5. Forgetting to buy the JLA 80-page special at the comic shop yesterday

List #251: Media I'm currently consuming

List #251: Media I'm currently consuming

1. Mad Men, season 2
2. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
3. "After Robots" BLK JKS
4. Blackest Night
5. Pushing Daisies, season 2 (or season "too short!")

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

List #250: Favorite Minnesota Sports, Teams

1. DEHS Hockey (not for much longer)
2. Minnesota Twins (MLB)
3. UMD Bulldogs Hockey (men or women)(NCAA)
4. Minnesota Wild (NHL)
5. Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)

List #249: 3 Wishes

List #249: 3 Wishes (if I had a genie in a bottle right this minute, other stipulations: can't benefit only me, but no lame super-broad "end to hunger/disease/world peace" stuff)

1. Joe Mauer signs a lifetime contract with the Twins
2. GCS's Field Hockey Teams win the rest of their games this season/playoffs
3. Pushing Daisies didn't get cancelled

List #248: Brand Loyalties

List #248: Brand Loyalties

1. IBC Root Beer
2. New Balance Shoes
3. Under Armour athletic shirts
4. Frank's Red Hot sauce
5. QDoba
6. DC Comics (though I will read marvel/dark horse/image too)
7. Arts & Crafts records
8. Timex watches
9. Fender guitars
10. Crest toothpaste

List #247: 10 favorite Sifl n' Olly moments

List #247: 10 most totally crescent fresh Sifl n' Olly moments

1. Julio's Party, Julio's Ferret (Double Decker Soul Wrecker)
2. Star Worlds (and the Star Wars song)
3. Precious Roy's "Dangerous Don't Dolls"
4. "Hellfire" (reigneth and rocketh you)
5. "Sifl Clone Song" (I don't know what Caesar thought / when he got to the ides of march / I don't know what Houdini bought / when he went to the store / but I sure do miss the 80s)
6. Don't Compare Bjork to ANYTHING
7. Chester
8. 1-2-3-4 ROCK FACTS!
9. "United States of Whatever"
10. Crescent Fresh

List #246: 8 things I like about October

List #246: 8 things I like about October

1. NHL Hockey starts
2. The World Series
3. My brother's birthday
4. The weather gets colder
5. The leaves change
6. The first month of the school year is behind us
7. Opals are the birthstone
8. Teen Read Week

List #245: Thing that is officially the single greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet in my whole life

List #245: Thing that is officially the single greatest thing I've ever seen on the internet in my whole life

1. This Youtube Video. No Word of a Lie.

List #244: Things I'm considering having for dinner right now

List #244: Things I'm considering having for dinner right now and reasons why not

1. Kielbasa (Very little saurkraut left)
2. Pasta with Italian Sausage (very little sauce left, no onion, only red pepper)
3. Ostrich burger (no side dishes, not feeling creative)
4. Tuna sandwich (no real mayo (only roommates 'miracle whip" or old, fake, mayo. no real bread, just sandwich thins)
5. Spanish/mexican rice-a-roni -- the good brown rice kind (no cheese, had small-grain based meal for lunch)
6. A Pickle, some Hummus, and a shot of aquavit (That was my post-practice snack)
7. Salt-free Tortilla Chips and Frank's Red Hot (actually... can't think of a reason why not, other than that's what I eat every night)

List #243: Songs that have really been stuck in my head lately

List #243: Songs that have really been stuck in my head lately (and by lately, I mean probably since June)

1. "While You Wait for the Others", Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
2. "July, July", The Decemberists - "Castaways and Cutouts
3. "Electric Feel", MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
4. "Lie in Our Graves", DMB - various live versions
5. "Karma Police", Radiohead - OK Computer
6. "Scenic World", Beruit - Lon Gisland

List #242: Keys to success in Settlers of Catan

List #242: Keys to success in Settlers

1. Longest Road!
2. Never start the game without access to wood and brick
3. Ranson cheats
4. Play the Monopoly card smart
5. Get a 6 or an 8 no matter what

List #241: Important stuff I learned from my Dad

List #241: Important stuff I learned from my Dad

1. YES, Steely Dan, Miles Davis (and Jazz etc.)
2. Dune
3. Bass players: use their fingers, look at their fingers, don't dance around, tell bad jokes, and only need 4 strings
4. TV is good
5. Trios are bad

bonus list: things I refuse to believe
1. Country Music

List #240: Ways in which I resemble Humpty Hump of Digital Underground

List #240: Ways in which I resemble Edward Ellington "Humpty-Hump" Humphrey III (aka Shock G) of Digital Underground

1. I like my oatmeal lumpy
2. I look funny, but...
3. ... yo, I'm makin' money
4. sometimes I get ridiculous
5. I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice
6. I get things cookin'
7. I use words that don't mean nothin' (though to my knowledge I've never used "looptid")

List #239: Cold Things I Don't Like

List #239: Cold Things I Don't Like

1. Shower Water
2. Headaches
3. Feet
4. Steering Wheels
5. Fingers when trying to play guitar

List #238: Hot things I like / dislike

List #238: Hot things I like / dislike

Like
1. Franks' Red Hot
2. Hot Tubs
3. Hot Dogs
4. Hot Showers
5. Anne Hathaway

Dislike
1. Maryland weather
2. Megan Fox
3. Direct Sunlight
4. Stolen Goods
5. Burning Marshmallow

List #237: 10 Epic Andrew and Jason Art and or Escapades

List #237: 10 Epic Andrew and Jason Art and or Escapades

1. Pop America (1806 pop/soda cans taped to the ceiling)
2. Sprayfire/Spraefyre
3. Darth Vader breathing on loop for 24 hours
4. Word Finding/Anagraming their names (it's how we met... awwwww)
5. The Wall of Faces
6. Jimmy Stewart / Jive Talking Robot / the Penguin
7. Keeping Baby Spice Alive
8. The Art Exhibit freshman year
9. Andrew's Mowhawk
10. The Burton 417 Times

List #236: Ways the Wolverine movie could've been much better

List #236: Ways the Wolverine movie could've been much better

1. Not make the ending "Marvel vs. Mortal Kombat"
2. Not make "Deadpool" ridiculous, funny yes, Baraka, no. (dear Ryan Reynolds: Just be Hal Jordan)
3. Not make Sabretooth his brother
4. get Gambit right and use the character more
5. no silly "I loved you all along" moment.

List #235: Things I don't have in my wallet

List #235: Things I don't have in my wallet

1. hen
2. ducks
3. squawking geese
4. limerick oysters
5. corpulent porpoises
6. pairs of don alverzo's tweezers (ouch!)
7. thousand macedonians in full battle array
8. brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of eeeeeegypt
9. sympathetic, apathetic, diabetic old men on rollerskates with a marked propensity towards procrastination and sloth
10. lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who hall quay around the corner of the quill and the quivey and quiver all at the very same time.
11. cash money

List #234: Band memories

List #234: A woefully inadequate list of EHS Band memories

1. Torm
2. The French Horn sectionals and defecting to the FHorn section in Wind Ensemble
3. When the 2nd Trumpets had 17 total notes in the giant all-music-department holiday concert finale.
4. The UMD jazz combo that played at the after concert party
5. Pops concert with Steve Vecchi
6. Pops concert with Ruth Dodge
7. Playing a Barry Mannilow medly when he was in the DECC giving a concert
8. 2nd Suite in F, The Lord of the Rings music (De Meij), Dies Natalis, and Valdres March
9. The Norwegian thing that Brad Bombardier wrote for torm
10. Vice Presidenting senior year
11. Looking up to/Idolizing Nick and Nate and Andy B.
12. Jumping out the window by the French Horn shelf on the last day
13. The Blues Brother's and pizza party
14. Being 2nd chair in concert band in 10th grade and sitting next to Chris Russo (and being called Superfly)
15. Getting a letter from the Edina band (see list #233)
16. Concert Band, Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble (with a study hall that overlapped with both Red Band and Symphonic Band) senior year
17. Making jokes about the choir and choir director during the holiday concert
18. super awesome friends
19. #19
20. Hans' dyed-white choppers for Christmas City
21. Florida (see Sub List A

Sub List A: Florida Trip memories
a) Taking pictures in the "backstage" areas of Disney (when they told us not to)
b) wearing those awful furry black hats and suits in the 98 degree heat/humidity
c) completely jumping the gun on an entrance in the contest piece (in the spot where Torm specifically told us not to screw up.... yeah... that was me... sorry)
d) 'My main concern right now is getting everyone on the tram(p)'
e) Hans' autograph book for his younger sister (and how "Sam Addams" signed it)
f) the beach
g) the crowd of boys that followed Sarah Fisher every where at the water park (and how just rumor that she was going to the pool was enough to get our trumpet sectional cancelled)
h) playing a really good solo on Samba De Carrera in the jazz band concert
i) running into my good pal Chad at the Waterworld boat
j) learning Cribbage from Paco on the flight home

List #233: Pep Band Memories

List #233: Pep Band Memories

1. everything up an octave
2. Pi
3. "Milk", "Bessie" and other cheers (to taunt and confuse cheerleaders)
4. playing chords
5. "Championship," "Sirocco", "Children of Sanchez", "Winter Games"(!), "Freeze Frame", "Rock'n'Roll part II (the Hey Song", "Centerfold" and, of course, "go, team, go"
6. Torm's keys and "Purple People Eater"
7. The Birchen, and how great it felt to play after a goal
8. State Hockey, Boys B-Ball, Girls B-Ball
9. the Communist flag
10. The Mall of America and Torm's threats to send people home on the Fan Bus
11. The Edina pep band
12. the Apple Valley Game (grrrrr!!)
13. the 95 State Hockey Championship
14. the long-sleeved t-shirts (which I used to still wear for CH back when I played it)
15. playing at assemblies
16. Many more. Pitch in if you've got one

List #232: Jazz Band memories

List #232: Jazz Band memories

1. Pete Lee, Legend
2. Super Saxy Swinging Snow Shovel Sea Serpent Story Solos
3. Chameleon and Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
4. Playing at gym class dances
5. Santa Hats
6. Loud and Louder
7. lots of Count Basie
8. the solo's on Li'l Darlin' and Shiny Stockings
9. it being a great way to end each day
10. The #2 Book

List #231: Things that are never acceptable, ever

List #231: Things that are never acceptable, ever

1. faux-hawks
2. "Time of Your Life/Good Riddance" by Green day

List #230: Favorite Bridges

List #230: Favorite Bridges

1.Arial Lift Bridge, Duluth, MN
2. University Bridge, Seattle, WA
3. Menai Bridge, Bangor, Wales
4. covered bridge on Sturgeon Lake
5. lincoln park bridge, Duluth, MN
6. any bridge designed by Daniel J. Baxter

List #229: Favorite Fabrics

List #229: Favorite Fabrics

1. Under Armour
2. Flannel
3. Soft T-Shirt Cotton
4. Corduroy
5. Linen
6. Silk
7. Polar Fleece
8. Terrycloth
9. Spandex
10. Parachute nylon

List #228: 7 Important Facts You need to Know about Jeremy

List #228: 7 Important Facts You need to Know about Jeremy

1. Your Mom and Dad will like him because he calls them Mr. and Mrs. (except my Mom won't like it)
2.He Knows Things
3. He weighs 2013 pounds and is a founding member of the Fat Boy Society
4. He is 113% Irish
5. He has an awesome family and a super cool house
6. He has to sleep with the window open and a fan blowing even when it's 20-below (and he steals the covers too
7. He understands all of the Girl Rules

List #227: Favorite NFL Memories

List #227: Favorite NFL Memories (that's National Forensics League beeatches)

1. The "Drugs for Creativity" Bill in Congress
2. The Crowbar of Justice vs Grand Rapids
3. Quoting "Bambi," Primus, Miles Davis and "The Lost World" in rounds
4. When Jeremy had to use my Case against me because his briefcase was locked and RB was the judge
5. Pretending to be Jeremy for one round at Zenith City
6. The overly high concentration of pyromaniacs
7. Stanley the Wiffle Ball
8. THEOOTBSC
10. The make-up room and Jackson 5 at the FLake Speech Tournament
11. When Jeremy got a 10th place trophy at Red Wing debate when I actually placed 7th but the ballot room messed up
12. Winning plaques in Congress
13. Getting Tilden nominated for Nationals for Congress (with the "man of great Scope" sonnet)
14. Lakeville Debate Camp
15. Being kicked off the team, and having Dave get me reinstated (and he made the coach cry)
16. 2 years of Creative Depres...I mean Expression for speech using epic Poetry I wrote in Middle School (one was a poem somewhat similar to Lion/Witch/Wardrobe but set in a gym locker instead of a wardrobe. The other began "Now Gather 'round children / and sit at my feet / and I'll tell you the tale of / The nightmare on Sesame street" and involved Freddy Kruger, a lot of Mace and Super Grover)
17. Taking 2nd place at our home meet the first time I did Original Oratory (about dinosaurs, decluttering and stress)
18. Giving back to back aff/neg speeches in congress rebutting myself
19. The mints, the Mint and the still life with silver platter
20. Arguing by analogy (esp. the House of Cards analogy deconstruction against Maggie Weller)
21. Novice meets
22. Trivial Pursuit in a Can
23. Overnight tournaments almost every weekend
24. The girl with the blue hair at the first debate tournament of junior year
25. Writing my case on the bus, with a scissors and gluestick for the tournament in #24
26. Eating a Habanero (and a lot of dirty snow) tagging along to watch NFLs for speech freshman year.
27. Ethos and Toy Store
28. Meeting pretty much all of my best friends in HS! People I still love and respect to this day.
29. Making semifinals at Zenith City my sophomore year
30. Having a Briefcase, Wearing a tie to school, talking to walls
31. Being told by a judge that "your second rebuttal" was a work of art, when I had really just made it up as I went along
32. Passing notes in Congress
33. Getting my Quad Ruby pin
34. Cool people on other teams
35. Enemies on other teams
36. The malleable rules of Seniority
37. Learning that it's a severe crime to make cool goggles out of a coathanger and two hotel-door peep-holes
38. The Shaft of Wisdom, it's Velvet sheath (and the year it spent in a hotel)
39. Learning more useful research/writing/structuring-an-argument/being-prepared-for-college skills than from any AP class.
40. Probably a ton of other awesome memories: if you remember anything, feel free to post!

List #226: 10 Things I Love about "Starman" by James Robinsion

List #226: 10 Things I Love about "Starman" by James Robinsion

1. Opal City architecture
2. The Shade
3. Jack Knight's cool goggles
4. The cover to #63
5. The O'Dare family
6. Solomon Grundy
7. The "Grand Guignol" arc
8. Talks with David
9. The Ludlows
10. the Letter Columns

List #225: True Facts about Vampires

List #225: True Facts about Vampires

1. Vampires DO NOT sparkle. (well, they sort of give off embers as they burn up)
2. Vampires are all evil (unless they have souls)
3. Vampires do not have souls, they have demons (except for 2 of them that do have souls, and those two really don't follow any of the vampire rules.)
4. The correct action to take when meeting a vampire is to stake it, the vampire's correct response is to turn to dust.
5. Vampires use evil trickery to make people swoon
6. Vampires are cooler if they can turn into stuff like Bats or Mist or Wolves
7. Vampires use really good PR to fool the masses into making them seem sympathetic (see Buffy Season 8 for an excellent commentary on this)
8. Vampires want to drink blood. Your blood. Don't let them make you think otherwise
9. Vampires are Undead (which is just a variety of dead), just like Zombies, Ghouls, etc. and Necrophilia is icky
10. No one remembers the rules about how Vampires are compelled to count things, so a good defense against vampires is to spread seeds all over a vampire's grave so that it has to count them all and then gets caught in the sun and vaporizes, except maybe Sesame Street
11. TV and books pretty much get it all wrong, but, when in doubt, Bram Stoker or Joss Whedon are smart.

List #224: Favorite Steely Dan Songs

List #224: Favorite Steely Dan Songs

1. Josie
2. Kings
3. Black Cow
4. Barrytown
5. Bad Sneakers
6. Peg
7. Dirty Work
8. Hey Nineteen
9. Kid Charlemagne
10. Reelin' in the Years
11. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
12. Jack of Speed
13. Deacon Blues
14. Charlie Freak
15. Caves of Altamira
16. Gaslighting Abbie
17. FM
18. Bodhisattva
19. Pretzel Logic
20. My Old School

List #223: A few jobs I could not do

List #223: A few jobs I could not do (though some I might admire)

1. English (language/writing) teacher
2. Lifeguard
3. Comic Letterer
4. Accountant
5. Window Washer
6. High steel construction
7. Firefighter
8. Bus driver
9. Baker
10. Any Medical job

List #222: Websites that have been indespensible to me recently

List #222: Websites that have been indespensible to me recently

1. www.dmbalmanac.com
2. www.dreamingtree.org
3. www.antsmarching.org

List #221: Favorite Detectives /Investigators

List #221: Favorite Detectives /Investigators

1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Veronica Mars
3. Ralph Dibny
4. Batman
5. Encyclopedia Brown
6. Lester Freamon
7. Angel
8. The Great Mouse Detective
9. The Hardy Boys
10. Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
11. Seeley Booth
12. Detective Chimp
13. Deb Morgan
14. The Scooby Gang (original)
15. Inspector Gadget

List #220: 25 Guitarists I admire or enjoy

List #220: 25 Guitarists I admire or enjoy (not comprehensive)

1. Mike Stern
2. Robben Ford
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Steve Howe
5. Phil Keaggy
6. Vernon Reid
7. John McGlaughlin
8. Leo Kottke
9. Tim Reynolds
10. Jeff Beck
11. Buddy Guy
12. Mark Kozelek
13. Andrew Whiteman
14. Claudio Sanchez
15. J. Mascis
16. Billy Corgan
17. Al Sparhawk
18. Will Dack and Brian Dack
19. Ron Koivisto
20. Hans Anderson
21. Andy Summers
22. Scott Henderson
23. John Mayer
24. Michael Hedges
25. Frank Zappa

List #219: Favorite Pizza Toppings

List #219: Favorite Pizza Toppings

1. Onions
2. Pepperoni
3. Mushrooms
4. Green Pepper
5. Sausage
6. Any combination of 1-5
7. pizza margherita
8. "bacon cheeseburger" (hamburger, cheese, bacon, onions, pickles)
9. "Hawaiian" (pineapple, canadian bacon, green pepper)
10. "baked potato" pizza

List #218: 10 Things I LOVE about football

List #218: 10 Things I LOVE about football

1. 5 seconds of action, 45 seconds of talk
2. running the ball up the middle and maybe crossing scrimmage
3. the long season
4. taking a knee at the end of a game
5. the fair system for determining the college champion
6. that you've got a full season to prove yourself worthy of a college championship and losing your first game won't knock you out of contention
7. simple, easy to follow rules
8. the versatility of the players and positions
9. Brett Favre/The Green Bay Packers
10. The Huddle Offense

List #217: How I spent my Friday Night

List #217: How I spent my Friday Night

1. Lost
2. Came home
3. Tried to read "Ender in Exile" or watch "True Blood"
4. Fell asleep in my clothes on top of my bed and gym bag at 8:30
5. Dreamt about the "Lost" final season premiere.

****Sublist A: Things in/about my dream about the "Lost" final season premiere
*a) it was animated
*b) the colors were beautiful
*c) there were nuclear fireworks
*d) the crisis was seemningly averted
*e) there was a Unicorn and a Guardian of Oa, which were the result of the fireworks
*f) My favorite chairs at my grandpa's house were missing and I panicked, but my Mom said they were just being re-upholstered
*f) Jack's mom(?) didn't like his white-with-black-stripe-haired pirate girlfriend, so she switched the seat numbers on a bus so the girlfriend couldn't get on.******

6. Woke up at 2:30am to brush teeth and write this list

List #216: Keys to success this year in field hockey

List #216: Keys to success this year in JV field hockey

1. A goalie (preferrably one that wants to play the position!)
2. Focus
3. No Detentions, No Injuries
4. Endurance
5. Effective leadership from the girls that have their head in the game
6. Midfield that can carry the ball
7. Quick learning curve from the rookies
8. No bad attitude from people playing in new positions
9. Good off-ball movement
10. Hydration
11. me actually being a good coach...

List #215: Most expensive things I've ever purchased

List #215: Most expensive things I've ever bought
*denotes still paying for.
Does not include Service or Maintenance

1. MLIS ( $37K before interest)*
2. Car ($17K, including interest)*
3. My share of my BA ($16K)*
4. Computer, 2004 ($2,500)
5. Computer, 1998 ($2,200)
6. Guitar, 1997 ($650)

List #214: Current ailments

List #214: Current ailments

1. Aching arm/shoulder/chest muscles from starting to lift again
2. Sniffly stuffy sneezy nose (cats? swine flu?)
3. very-tiredness (staying up late watching dvds/reading, getting up very early to work out)
4. that sinking feeling of not being quite ready for school but not sure in what way exactly
5. dry throat in the mornings
6. lack of goalie
7. out of shape-ness from not having camp to keep me on a regular exercise pattern this summer

List #213: Digital Audio versions of "Lie in our Graves" by DMB feat. Bela Fleck that I have

List #213: Digital Audio versions of "Lie in our Graves" by DMB feat. Bela Fleck that I have (as of this writing)

1. 1996-12-28
2. 1996-12-31
3. 1997-06-07
4. 1996-06-08 (partial)
5. 1997-06-10
6. 1997-06-13
7. 1998-05-20
8. 1998-11-21
9. 1998-11-28
10. 1998-12-03
11. 1998-12-07
12. 1999-05-22
13. 1999-05-25
14. 2000-09-13
15. 2000-09-18
16. 2002-04-19 (and saw this one live!)
17. 2006-08-06

Versions that I don't have or are pending
1. 1996-12-29
2. 1996-12-30
3. 1997-06-03
4. 1997-06-05
5. 1997-06-06
6. 1997-06-11
7. 1997-06-18
8. 1998-06-05
9. 1998-08-07
10. 1998-11-20
11. 1998-11-30

List #212: Favorite YES songs

List #212: Favorite YES songs

1. And You and I
2. Close to the Edge
3. Starship Trooper
4. Siberian Khatru
5. Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)
6. Heart of the Sunrise
7. I've Seen All Good People
7. Long Distance Runaround / The fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
8. Mood for a Day
9. America
10. Tempus Fugit
11. Survival (just the intro)
12. Gates of Delerium
13. Time and a Word
14. Awaken
15. That, That Is

List #211: Memories from Senior year at Carleton

List #211: Memories from Senior year at Carleton

1. Sevy 211, and the 211 Boyz
2. Jazz at Carleton independent Study
3. Field Hockey trip to chicago (Arby's)
4. The Wall of Faces moved into the bathroom
5. Radiohead and Ramen Noodles and a Coke Bottle graveyard
6. IMing Jason across the room while writing our Comps
7. Wiffleball the night before graduation
8. Andrew's domestic dispute / toothpaste money incident
9. Being woken up every sunday morning by KRLX djs looking for andrew because the phone numbers were wrong in the phonebook
10. the "I love you very very very very very very very very much" caterpillar
11. the couch
12. Floor Hockey (USA)
13. Not getting to play Spring Concert in the Arb, and having to do it at Olaf instead :(
14. Astronaughty
15. Come Sail Away in the concert hall
16. Andrew's screen play ( best quotation "Everytime it rains, it is because I ordered pornography")
17. Positive resolution of the Jason and Annemarie saga
18. Woodchuck Wednesdays
19. The Humiliation of Social Dance class
20. New Nic
21. Professor Rhodes' Intro Composition class
22. Playing with Bob Brookmeyer in jazz band
23. Midwinter ball
24. the "House of Cheeses" answering machine message ("Arms and Legs?")
25. experimental soundscapes with "Teenage Dirtbag"
26. Field Hockey banquet
27. Robot of the Week featuring the man with the Yellow Hat and a animated soft-serve machine
28. Lindsay eating cucumber sauce for money
29. Passing comps
30. Valentines Flowers
31. The view from the window by my computer
32. Jason and me being mistaken for "partners"
33. Softsserve at the snackbar
34. John Edward Hasse's convocation (and getting to go to two convo lunches!)
35. Andrew and the bathroom vents
36. Working (aka drawing with crayons) at Cowling
37. "Dowds" East Dining Hall
38. Jason playing Madden ("They used to put stick' em on their hands. Now they just wear those gloves")
39. The Archives Comps crew
40. The old people going to college characters

List #210: Uses for a beard

List #210: Uses for a beard

1. Chin hider
2. Wind protection
3. Crumb saver
4. Soup strainer
5. shoulder scratcher
6. Pot scrubber
7. deadly weapon
8. Nervous fidget toy

List #209: Things I would like to make

List #209: Things I would like to make

1. Deep dish pizza
2. Some sort of funny video
3. Some sort of cool Google Earth .kmz
4. not my bed
5. innovative changes to my 9th grade curriculum
6. a t-shirt quilt
7. an alphabet book
8. a pop-up book
9. something out of clay
10. a disc golf course