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