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"