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"... :) )