List #734: Things I enjoyed in Portland

List #734: Things I enjoyed in Portland

1. Going up into the snowy mountain for adventure

2. Meeting some cool people (and seeing some that I met in october again)

3. Long walks in the rain

4. Eating great soups and indian food and brunch

5. Powell's Books

6. bridges

7. A super cool waterfall

8. an eventful new year's eve party (that didn't quite make it to 12)

9. playing really nice guitars (at a number of locations)

10. almost going to the zoo

11. Eddie!

List #733: 5 Great Things about 2011

List #733: 5 Great Things about 2011

1. Girlfriend

2. UMD and DEHS hockey seasons

3. Wrote a cool song

4. Game of Thrones TV Show

5. Lots of cool concerts

List #732: 5 Worst Things about 2011

List #732: 5 Worst Things about 2011 (That I can remember right now (personal, not worldwide))

1. Twins' season

2. Land Grab (Library and Lake Vermillion)

3. Community being put on Hiatus

4. Another event

5. Facebook stops importing outside blogs

hmmmm.... it was a pretty good year

List #731: 5 Thoughts about Beer

List #731: 5 Thoughts about Beer

1. It makes me sleepy

2. I can't wait for this trend of "OMG MORE HOPS PLEASE" to be over

3. I like cloudy wheat beers and ones with fruit

4. Craft/Microbrews are like designer jeans... it's all about name and label

5. Pale Ale sounds like it should be light and refreshing... but it isn't. Hefeweizen sounds like it should be heavy and angry... but it isn't

List #730: 5 Foods that are just as good as cold leftovers

List #730: 5 Foods that are just as good as cold leftovers

1. Pizza

2. Lasagna

3. Macaroni and Cheese

4. Turkey

5. Beef and Broccoli

List #729: Favorite Foods of Christmas

List #729: Favorite Foods of Christmas

1. Lasagna

2. Spinach Bread

3. Morning Sunshine

4. Cocktail weeners

5. Smoked Whitefish, Trout and Salmon

6. Mexican Wedding Cakes

7. Seafoam Salad

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

1. Books: ("super sad true love story", "The Googlization of Everything." "Catching Fire" (not the hunger games one), "In A Silent Way: Joe Zawinul")

2. Awesome Nike pants

3. A display case of Lord of the Rings heroclix

4. An Apple and Orange

5. Amazon gift card.

6. 3 "achewood" collections

7. Glow-in-the-dark silly putty

8. Frosty Friends ornaments

9. Trader Joe's holiday beer

10. Electric Razor

11. many hours of ball hockey playing on the lake

12. Glass beads

List #727: A Sampling of Movies Watched on Christmas Eves Past

List #727: A Sampling of Movies Watched on Christmas Eves Past

1. Napoleon Dynamite

2. Dennis the Menace

3. Madeleine

4. Bend it like Beckham

5. Elf

6. Sesame Street Christmas

7. A Christmas Story

8. Bridesmaids

List #726: Favorite uses for Ham

List #726: Favorite uses for Ham

1. In Bean Soup

2. Fried for breakfast

3. Thinly sliced with swiss cheese on rye bread

4. In pasta salad with peas

5. a theoretical sub-component of SPAM

List #725: New Clothes for This Year

List #725: New Clothes for This Year(and for many years to come... budget <$100)

1. Navy pants

2. Light khaki pants

3. Brown pants

4. Brown corduroy pants

5. Dark blue-green shirt

6. Red shirt

List #724: Favorite Art Supplies

List #724: Favorite Art Supplies

1. Paper (especially construction paper and cardstock)

2. Colored Pencils

3. Crayons

4. Found/discarded Objects

5. Pipe Cleaners

6. Glow-in-the-dark paint

7. Fabrics

8. String (or yarn, or the plastic string)

9. Beads

10. Sharpies

List #723: 5 Thoughts on Phones

List #723: 5 Thoughts on Phones

1. Phones are devices you use to speak with someone who is far away. This defines their 'phone-ness'.

2. Comfort-in-hand, and on-ear, are key features of a phone, along with quality sound

3. Remember rotary dial phones? I do.

4. I used to have a good memory for phone numbers, but cell-phones killed that

5. I think that the i"phone" should be called the iPad Mini. (also, if you don't have one, you don't have one)

List #722: 5 Thoughts on Pizza

List #722: 5 Thoughts on Pizza

1. Deep Dish, Cornmeal and Butter Crust = yes

2. Sammy's makes a great thin crust pizza

3. I prefer wedges to squares, but squares are better if you want to eat a lot and can eat fast, since you can get more of the pizza

4. I'm pretty traditional as far as toppings and styles go, the only oddity is that I like good coleslaw on top of an already made cheese pizza

5. There is no such thing as bad pizza; pizza starts at good and goes to amazing

List #721: Favorite Hockey Games played

List #721: Favorite Hockey Games played

1. The Wheaton field hockey tournament

2. The Floor hockey IM game where I had 3 goals in 30 seconds

3. The GCS Field Hockey faculty game where I schooled AP and scored on a diving maneuver

4. Any of the 6 games where I scored a goal when I played organized hockey (through 5th grade)

5. The game where I didn't score in overtime against the twin cities team

6. Probably Ball hockey on christmas day

7. Alumni ice hockey games

List #720: Favorite Times of Day

List #720: Favorite Times of Day

1. 7:20 AM, Central (born!)

2. 1:37 exactly (it's an excellent time)

3. When it's 5 o'clock somewhere

4. In another life, siesta (the bestest time of day)

5. 12:09 MWF/12:17 TTH (lunch!)

List #719: 5 Favorite Hockey Games (watched)

List #719: 5 Favorite Hockey Games (watched)

1. Minnesota State AA Final, 1995

2. 2011 NCAA Final

3. The really long one between the Islanders and the Capitals in the playoffs in 1988(?). LaFontaine scored the winner.

4. Minnesota State AA Final, 1998

5. Northstars vs Red Wings, don't remember the year in the 80s, at the arena.

List #718: 5 Shows I've Been Enjoying on Netflix

List #718: 5 Shows I've Been Enjoying on Netflix

1. The League

2. Numb3rs

3. Malcom in the Middle

4. Gossip Girl (season 4)

5. The IT Crowd

List #717: Favorite Holiday Albums

List #717: Favorite Holiday Albums

1. Anything by Andy Williams

2. Low "Christmas"

3. Sesame Street Christmas

4. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Jingle All the Way"

5. Motown Christmas

6. Sufjan Stevens

7. anything with Christmas Carols played by brass quintets

8. Alvin and the Chipmunks christmas

List #716: 5 Thoughts about Pretzels

List #716: 5 Thoughts about Pretzels

1. They Rhyme

2. I'd like to learn how to make them

3. They're good with Hummus

4. The ones that come pre-flavored Buffalo style are really good

5. I haven't had a soft pretzel in several years.

List #715: Favorite Lord of the Rings Characters (books)

List #715: Favorite Lord of the Rings Characters (books, from when I originally read it)

1. Legolas

2. Pippin

3. Gandalf

4. Strider

5.Galadriel

6. Tom Bombadil

7. The Sackville-Bagginses

8. Eowyn

9. Shadowfax

10. Theoden

11. Glorfindel

List #714: Favorite Lord of the Rings Characters (films)

List #714: Favorite Lord of the Rings Characters (films)

1. Gollum

2. Gandalf

3. Merry/Pippin

4. Eowyn

5. Treebeard

6. Gimli

7. Aragorn

8. Faramir (extended edition)

9. Samwise Gamgee

10. Elrond

List #713: 5 Thoughts on Holiday Decoration

List #713: 5 Thoughts on Holiday Decoration

1. I like it to be well planned

2. No moving parts

3. No synchronized music/lights

4.While I love the smell of a real tree, I'm fine with the ease of a fake one

5. I still like icicle lights

List #712: Tablets or eReaders I'd Want if I wanted one

List #712: Tablets or eReaders I'd Want if I wanted one (and I'm not convinced that I do, but sometimes the techno-gadget lust sets in)

1. Kindle regular style (because it's just for reading and has buttons not touch screen)

2. Nook Color

3. Kindle 3G (because of the 3g... but I'm not a fan of the touch screen)

4. Kindle Fire (but the touch screen and less battery life are drawbacks)

5. I-pad (I hate it, and really have no need for most of its functions, but it feels really nice to hold)

List #711: 5 Thoughts on Convenience Stores

List #711: 5 Thoughts on Convenience Stores

1. Being allowed to walk to Food and Fuel and get candy was a special treat when I was young

2. I've never payed for gas inside

3. Duluth Minnesota has pretty good sushi in a gas-station

4. The One Stop used to be considered 'civilization' once upon a time

5. Showing the " per gallon price w/Car Wash" gas price on the signs is really annoying.

Bonus List #711b: Most Important Convenience Stores in my life (SEE List #557, because I didn't before I wrote this list)

1. the Food 'n' Fuel at the great and deadly conflux of streets where piedmont and arlington and 24th and skyline all met (no longer exists)

2. The BP station on Harper's Farm road (because I buy my gas there)

3. Tobies (because it was great to stop there for donuts before they raised the speed-limit and cars became more fuel efficient)

4. Whatever the one by the Miller Hill Mall is that has the Zen House (best 'gas station' sushi)

5. The One Stop. (sigh...)

List #710: Things Google has done that are less awesome recently

List #710: Things Google has done that are less awesome recently (but not yet evil)

1. Moved the "Advanced Search" option off of the screen and on to a menu

2. Removed the "+something" function from their searches (for the sake of their social network tool, which, sadly, isn't going to replace facebook)

3. The fixed "google bar" on top of gmail and google reader (it's too big -- shouldn't be more than a single 'line')

4. removal of the up and down arrows from scrolly-bars

List #709: 5 Thoughts on Duluth Public Schools

List #709: 5 Thoughts on Duluth Public Schools

1. You should support taxes that help them, because they produced me

2. One of my great desires as an elementary school student was to explore the then unused portions of Lincoln Middle School

3. Nettleton Magnet School was doing STEM before stem was the new sexy edu-trend

4. A surprising number of teachers/administrators 'followed me' from Middle School to High School.

5. I liked it when they had a Gifted and Talented program.

List #708: Thoughts on Viewing the St. Olaf Christmas Fest Live at a Movie Theater

List #708: Thoughts on Viewing the St. Olaf Christmas Fest Live at a Movie Theater

1. Aside from one small child, we were the youngest people there by at least 15 years

2. The videography was very well done

3. The sound was very good, but I was hoping for full crazy THX Suround Dolby whatever

4. I can't even imagine how big it must have sounded live

5. They tucked my brother way out in a corner of the stage, so it took me a while to find him (which gave me flashbacks), but his hair got decent screen time

6. The trumpet players in the orchestra got a work out

7. The St. Olaf Choir was really good (actually maybe too precise for some of the songs)

8. The Chapel Choir had the best musical selections (others thought the Manitou singers did)

9. There was no Jazz Band, so I still like the DEHS Christmas concert better ;)

10. It was way cooler than just singing for the White House (sorry Carleton... I promise that this is the only time where I think that the Oles win).

List #707: Favorite Things about Eating Pho?

List #707: Favorite Things about Eating Pho?

1. Thai Basil

2. The random cow parts that I don't know where they came from (because I always get whatever one on the menu has the most stuff)

3. The flavor of the brown sauce and Lime

4. Also getting Summer Rolls (and the peanut sauce)

5. The pleasant, but extremely, full feeling that even a small bowl induces

6. It usually means I've recently bought comics or gotten a hair cut

List #706: Things I will Miss Without Cable TV

List #706: Things I will Miss Without Cable TV

1. Occasional sports events (NCAA Hockey tournament)

2. getting missed sit-coms On-Demand

3. The clock on the converter box

4. The guide on the screen

List #705: Thoughts on Vegan Eating

List #705: Thoughts on Vegan Eating (which was my experiment this week)

1. Most of the stuff vegans can eat is pretty good, and I will eat it happily

2. Fake replacement foods should be avoided

3. If I had to be one or the other, I'd rather be vegetarian: Pizza!

4. I do like dried fruits and nuts, but yoghurt is needed for good smoothies

5. I'm glad that I have no qualms about meat eating

6. Peruvian chicken is what made me break my experiment early.

7. I didn't get super powers ala "Scott Pilgrim, vol. 3"

List #704: Frustrations of the Week

List #704: Frustrations of the Week

1. I'm not good at Ice Hockey

2. The Post Office has misplaced a package I'm expecting (missing since Nov. 18th, valued at $35)

3. Getting Verizon switched over

4. Not eating meat or dairy (but that's voluntary)

List #703: 5 EDH Decks I Want to Build

List #703: 5 EDH Decks I Want to Build

1. Something 4-colored (but it's against the rules)

2. Shapeshifter Tribal (Reaper King)

3. Bant Airforce (Jenara, Asura of War)

4. RWB Scorched Earth Policy (Oros, the Avenger)

5. GB Dark Elves (Nath? Savra? Vhati?)

List #702: 5 Favorite Stuffed Animals

List #702: 5 Favorite Stuffed Animals (that I am thinking of right now)

1. Valley Fair Bear (blue teddy bear)

2. Rabbit with denim hat and bow tie

3. Snow Leopard

4. Baby Ewok

5. Li'l Rascal

List #701: Best Leftovers

List #701: Best Leftovers

1. Cold Pizza

2. Macaroni and Cheese (if there are any leftovers!)

3. Roast chicken (especially made into chicken salad)

4. Quesadillas

5. Pork Chops with rice

List #700: 7 favorite Sevens

List #700: 7 favorite Sevens

1. Dream, Destiny, Desire, Delerium (who was once Delight), Death, Destruction, Despair

2. Neal Broten

3. Gareth, Neil, Tom, Ollie, Aleks, Harriet and Ellen Campesinos!

4. Game 7 of the 1991 World Series

5. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

6. Shining Knight, Manhattan Guardian, Zatanna, Frankenstien, Klarion the Witch Boy, Bulleteer, Mr. Miracle

7. Superman, Hawkgirl, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Flash (Wally), Green Lantern (John), Wonder Woman

List #699: Favorite Fraggles

List #699: Favorite Fraggles

1. Red

2. Mokey

3. doozers in general

4. Uncle Travelling Matt

5. Gobo

6. Convincing John

7. Sprocket

8. Boober

9. Wembly

10. Junior Gorg

List #698: 5 Thoughts about Muppets

List #698: 5 Thoughts about Muppets

1. The new movie was fun

2. The Muppet Babies cartoon show was one of my favorites

3. Sam the blue eagle scares me. So does Miss Piggy

4. Gonzo was my favorite, but now I like Fozzie

5. Animal Drum!

List #697: Things for Thanksgiving Dinner

List #697: Things for Thanksgiving Dinner

1. Cornish Game Hen -- Buffalo Wing Style

1a. Barley, celery, gorgonzola stuffing

2. Cornish Game Hen -- honey, cranberry, red wine, mustard glaze

2a. couscous with turmeric and rasins stuffing

3. Mashed potato

4. Baked vegetables

5. Ciabatta rolls

List #696: Favorite Characters from the Greatest Lineup of TV History Ever (Fox Sundays circa 200)

List #696: Favorite Characters from the Greatest Lineup of TV History Ever (Fox Sundays circa late 90s early 00s))

1. Maggie Simpson

2. Dana Scully

3. Dewey (from Malcom in the Middle)

List #695: 5 Thoughts on Ping Pong

List #695: 5 Thoughts on Ping Pong

1. It was all the rage during my very first year at a summer camp that I once went to

2. It was all the rage at thanksgivings in Kansas City

3. Obadiah has a head like a Ping Pong Ball

4. There was once a boy whose only wish was 19 pink ping pong balls

5. I'm not good at it because the tables are too small.

List #694: Things I would say to you if I saw you reading this

List #694: Things I would say to you or ask you if I saw or knew you were you reading this

1. Thanks!

2. What's your favorite list?

3. If you are reading this on Facebook, did you know that they suck and won't import blogs anymore after today?

4. If you like this crap, add http://nicsyearinlists.blogspot.com/ to your daily reads or http://nicsyearinlists.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default to your feed reader

5. What are some lists you'd like to read or things you want me to list about?

6. Leave comments if you want

7. Please love me.... please?

8. Ha Ha, just joking

9. You look particularly nice today

10. No, really, did you do something new to your hair? or start working out?

11. Thanks again.

List #693: Thoughts on Last Night's Los Campesinos! show at The Black Cat

List #693: Thoughts on Last Night's Los Campesinos! show at The Black Cat

1. They've grown up and aren't just youngsters anymore

2. The lack of violin was noticeable, but they did a good job trying to fill it in

3. The lead singer has lost some range, but gained a ton of power and presence

4. The main female vocalist sounds great on the newer stuff, but was two low in the mix and is sometimes under-pitch on the old stuff

5. The bass player's image has changed (but she still does 'stoic bassist' very well)

6. The set list was pretty great and included "My Year In Lists" (!)

7. The Black Cat is an enjoyable venue

8. There were a fairly decent number of hipsters in the audience.

9. I would hate to be short at a show

10. Dinosaur Feathers (the opening act) were also a lot of fun. I liked the harmonies and the song about George R. R. Martin.

11. LC!'s sound has gotten a lot bigger or more intense.

12. I've reached the age where earplugs seem like a good idea.

List #692: 5 Thoughts on Spinach

List #692: 5 Thoughts on Spinach

1. It can get stinky

2. I like it best when it's steamed or in soup

3. If used correctly, it can go into some smoothies

4. I really liked Pop-Eye when I was younger

5. I've heard many conflicting things about its nutritional value

List #691: 5 Things I like about Ice Hockey

List #691: 5 Things I like about Ice Hockey

1. It's played in cold conditions

2. Shooting top shelf

3. Pond hockey

4. Drop passes

5. Cycling the puck in the offensive zone

List #690: Favorite Moments in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bogus Journey"

List #690: Favorite Moments in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bogus Journey"

1. Twister with Death

2. So-crates' and the "Days of our Lives"

3. "He also loves... Baseball" (and totally ravaging Oshman's sporting goods)

4. Station!

5. That De Nomolos is Ed Solomon, backwards

6. Rufus

7. "Iron Maiden?! Excellent!"

8. Ted "Theodore" Logan

9. "This is Officer Van Halen, down at the station. We found your keys, but if you want 'em,you're gonna have to come down and get 'em"

10. The time travel tricks

11. Billy the Kid

12. "Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K"

13. Evil Robot Us-es ("We're fully going to kill you now!")

14. "Waterloo, home of excellent water-slides"

15. "Missy... I mean Mom"

16. air guitar

17. Royal Ugly Dudes

18. Rufus

19. "Yes Way, Ted"

20. "Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On, Dudes!" - Abraham Lincoln

List #689: 5 Thoughts on Toast

List #689: 5 Thoughts on Toast

1. Good toast needs nothing else

2. Sometimes toast scratches my mouth

3. Peanut Butter and Banana are my favorite toppings

4. I like French Toast, but I never ever make it

5. A good toaster is wide enough for a bagel

List #688: 5 Thoughts on Hearts (the game)

List #688: 5 Thoughts on Hearts (the game)

1. People don't like it when you only always try to shoot the moon

2. No breaking hearts on the first trick is a silly rule

3. I had a lot of fun playing it in High School

4. Diamonds are my favorite Suit

5. It's more fun to subtract 26 from your score than add it to others if you shoot the moon

List #687: Favorite non-standard Card Games

List #687: Favorite non-standard Card Games

1. Magic: The Gathering

2. Phase 10

3. Scrabble Slam

4. Uno

5. Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom

6. Skip-bo

List #686: Favorite Regular Card Games

List #686: Favorite Regular Card Games (played with a regular deck)

1. Hearts

2. Solitaire

3. Gin

4. Memory

5. Spoons

List #685: 5 Thoughts on Magazines

List #685: 5 Thoughts on Magazines

1. I prefer paper ones.

2. I like that there's no pressure to read cover to cover

3. It bothers me when there's layout or feature changes

4. My job lets me look at a lot of them

5. reading "Wired" once per month is a highlight

List #684: 11 thoughts about 11s

List #684: 11 thoughts about 11s

1. All amps need that setting.

2. It is my favorite soccer number

3. In binary, 11 is my favorite number

4. Ocean's 11 was a fun movie

5. M.O.D.O.K's 11 was a fun comic miniseries

6. 11 is the perfect number of donuts to have because it means you've gotten to eat one, but you still have almost the maximum amount left

7. Slurpees are cultural icons (even if I've had like 2 in my lifetime; one was Mt. Dew flavored)

8. One of my favorite sports, and one of my least favorite, have 11 players per team on the field (Field Hockey and Football, respectively)

9. It's a Prime number

10. It's the latest I can sleep-in (which happens very very rarely) without being mad at myself for wasting the day.

11. "The Eleventh Hour" is my favorite Graeme Base book

List #683: Things I like about Facebook

List #683: Things I like or liked about Facebook

1. Pictures and funny status updates

2. Fun random postings and links to videos and articles (with less volume than Twitter)

3. Connections to other Librarian friends that give me ideas

4. Getting comments on things that I've posted

5. Making comments on things that friends have posted

6. The old School "Is...." status format

7. Convenience for reaching friends and family with 'too big to text' and 'not big enough to be worth an e-mail' information.

List #682: Things I REALLY Hate about Facebook

List #682: Things I REALLY Hate about Facebook

1. That my connectivity to my non-local friends and family is so tied in to it

2. That the guy in the Aaron Sorkin movie that had no friends decided to be a d*ck

3. They continually change the look and interface to give more ads, and more junk-space, and less interesting content

4. Third Party "apps"

5. That they will no longer allow importing of RSS feeds (which means that I either have to A) Start writing my lists on Facebook, B)copy-paste a link every day, C) quit writing them because non one will see them, or C.1) get over myself and accept that no one cares)

6. How my facebook presence shows up on other websites I go to

7. The merging of the chat/messages feature

8. That news feed thing on the right side (that I got rid of with an ad-blocker)

9. That they do everything in their power to sync up with all the other big commerical sites to import crap, but they are getting rid of easy importing of content by users (see no. 5)

10. That Google hasn't bought them out yet. Get on that guys, maybe hire those Big Money Crew Thugs Heirs to help make an offer he can't refuse.

11. That I care enough to make this list.

List #681: 5 Reasons I Dislike Olives

List #681: 5 Reasons I Dislike Olives

1. Icky Salty

2. Pits

3. Icky Sour

4. Are the evil twin of Grapes

5. Remind me of Leeches

List #680: Favorite AD&D 2nd Edition Campaign Settings

List #680: Favorite AD&D 2nd Edition Campaign Settings (in order)

1. Forgotten Realms

2. Dragonlance

3. Dark Sun

4. Ravenloft

5. Al-Qadim

List #679: Favorite Lunch Meats

List #679: Favorite Lunch Meats (for Sandwiches)

1. Corned Beef

2. Prosciutto

3. (good) Roast Beef

4. Salami (all kinds)

5. Pepperoni

6. other Italian hams

7. Turkey

List #678: Favorite Initiatives

List #678: Favorite Initiatives

1. The Birthday Log

2. FOTAY

3. Group Juggling

4. The one with the blindfold and the hidden chicken

5. The River of Coke

6. The hula-hoop run

7. Toxic Waste

8. The Human Knot

9. The other Human Knot

10. All the games we made up with the Toobeez

11. A lot of other ones

List #677: Horses Are...

List #677: Horses Are... (Facts about Horses (according to a poem I wrote circa 1994))

1. Big

2. Stupid

3. Smelly

4. You get on one's back and your but turns to jelly

Bonus List: Uses for Horses (according to same poem)

1. Baseballs

2. Zoo Food

3. Glue

List #676: Yays and Nays, pt.1

List #676: Yays and Nays, 1st edition

1. YAY: I have Health Insurance. NAY: the rates went up a lot and the value went down

2. YAY: Ice Hockey season starts today. NAY: I have to drive the pudge to practice AND I have to miss the Varsity Field Hockey Team's big semifinal game

3. YAY: I have a good job and great people. NAY: In Maryland

4. YAY: I work in a room full of awesome books. NAY: most of which I will never get to read

5. YAY: I like to cook lots of food. NAY: I don't like to waste it, so I waist it.

List #675: Area Sports Teams In Order of Least Apathy or Dislike

List #675: Area Sports Teams In Order of Least Apathy or Dislike (collegiate or professional)

1. Johns Hopkins Lacrosse (I think they're the only team I actively root for)

2. Washington College Field Hockey (go Claire!)

3. Baltimore Orioles (eh, I only go to games when they play the Twins, so I have to hate on them then... otherwise, eh)

7. The Football Ones

8. Washington Capitals (I get tired of explaining to the people in the world that I'd rather watch college or HS hockey, and the I don't think Ovechkin is the second coming of our lord and saviour)

9. Are there basketball teams?

List #674: Professions I Deeply Mistrust or Fear

List #674: Professions I Deeply Mistrust or Fear

1. School Counselors (one once told me my fear was invalid and silly, among other things)

2. Bouncers (they are scary)

3. Batman (I am a superstitious and cowardly lot)

4. Doctors (I think they're making it up most of the time)

5. Travelling/Phone Salespersonages (I also pity them)

6. Career Politicians

7. anyone whose job is to worry about "the Bottom Line"

8. Lawyers (most of them)

9. Auto Repairists

10. Coat Checkers (or anyone else that takes my stuff away from me)

11. Consultants/Observers/Quality Control

12. PR personages

13. Traffic Cops

14. Telephone Support

15. anyone that wants me to call them with information

16. Choir Directors

Bonus List: Professions I do Trust

1. Librarians

2. Nurses

3. Dentists

4. Beat Cops

5. Cycle Shop workers

6. Science Teachers

7. Most Scientists (depending on their source of funding)

8. Band Directors

Bonus List: Professions I'm on the fence about trusting

1. Administrators

2. Camp Directors

3. Activists

4. Musicians

List #673: Halloween Costumes of the Last Decade

List #673: Halloween Costumes of the Last Decade

2002: Clark Kent

2003: Clark Kent

2004: Clark Kent

2005: Obi Wan Kenobi

2006: Lord Licorice / Clark Kent

2007: Clark Kent

2008: Clark Kent

2009: Clark Kent

2010: Hal Jordan

2011: Clark Kent

List #672: 5 Snow or Winter Words that I like

List #672: 5 Snow or Winter Words that I like

1. Niveous

2. Death Cookies

3. Sleet

4. Dissnowlusionment

5. Hibernal

List #671: Favorite Parts of Selected Broken Social Scene Songs

List #671: Favorite Parts of Selected Broken Social Scene Songs

1. The intro guitar riff to "ibi dreams of pavement"

2. The horn riff in the later part of "It's All Gonna Break" (not the fanfare at the end, which is also good)

3. The pitch shifter in the second half of "Anthems for a 17 year old girl"

4. Feist in " 7/4 (Shoreline)"

5. The riff over 'gold and red her colors change' in "Looks Just Like the Sun" (also all of the talking)

6. That all three girls are on "Sentimental Xs"

7. When everyone sings all at once on "Churches Under The Stairs"

8. The guitar lead near the end of "Cause=Time"

9. The intro bassline and drumbeat of "Stars and Sons"

10. The video* for "Fire Eye'd Boy" ('Are you scared')

* Man they have cool videos.

List #670: 5 Thoughts on Fall or Autumn

List #670: 5 Thoughts on Fall or Autumn

1. Fall isn't a very good first name.

2. I like the way it smells when it starts to get cold

3. There is potential for Snow

4. Pumpkins are delicious, and fall soups are great

5. The Fall Colors in northern Minnesota are great

List #669: Awesome Stuff about October 1991

List #669: Awesome Stuff about October 1991

1. Twins win the 'worst-to-first' World Series over Atlanta in a dramatic 10 inning shutout complete game by Jack Morris in game 7.

2. The Halloween Blizzard (my brain had forgotten that the World Series and this were in the same week)

3. I got to go to the World Series (game 2) and also the ALCS (game 2)

4. Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend, Del the Funkee Homosapien's I Wish My Brother George Was Here

5. Bill Clinton announces Presidential Run

6. My brother turned 1

List #668: 5 Things I know about Wine

List #668: 5 Things I know about Wine

1. Some of the White ones taste like liquid candy (Well played, Germany)

2. I can't really tell the difference between 'good' and 'bad'

3. Wines are good with foods

4. They make me sleepy, but not full (which I can't say about beer)

5. Space Wine is the best reward

List #667:3 Interdisciplinary Courses I'd Like To Teach if I Had the Knowledge and Skills

List #667:3 Interdisciplinary Courses I'd Like To Teach if I Had the Knowledge and Skills

1. A class on "Games and Creative Play" that would involve everything from equipmentless games, initiatives, word games, math/logic games, board games and video games and discuss the history and psychology of games, game theory, and end with designing/programming our own games.

2. A class on "The Book" that would combine creative writing, book binding, creative commons, copyright and the history and future of publication (with liberal cribbing from LIS508)

3. A version of my Comic Class with a greater tie to the historical context of 20th century America and a greater focus on illustration

4. A survey course on the history and cultures of the African continent using music/dance and art as the lens through which to view it

5. A Class on the History, Chemistry, Art and Culture of Food.

List #666: 6 National or World Problems that I am Concerned About

List #666: 6 National or World Problems that I am Concerned About

1. Mexican Drug Cartels

2. The Greed of the "Haves" / The corruption of "American Dream"

3. Polar Ice Cap melt

4. Food Crises

5. Partisan Politics

6. iPhone commercials

List #665: 5 Things that I Can't Say 'No' To

List #665: 5 Things that I Can't Say 'No' To

1. Macaroni and Cheese

2. Broken Social Scene (headlining) shows

3. Doughnuts

4. Sandwiches

5. Pontoon rides

List #664: 5 Thoughts on Theatre

List #664: 5 Thoughts on Theatre

1. I only like plays I've seen (but I'll give new ones a chance )

2. I have no desire to ever play another person or follow scripted dialogue

3. I love clever, minimalist, set and costume design

4. My favorite part about Shakespeare is seeing different interpretations (all plays are like cover songs)

5. I was in a summer-school Drama course for exactly 1 day

List #663: 5 Books I'm Going to Read (or Finish) Soon

List #663: 5 Books I'm Going to Read (or Finish) Soon

1. The Campus Trilogy (David Lodge)

2. The Magician King (Lev Grossman)

3. The Information (James Gleick)

4. The Heroes (Joe Abercrombie)

5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)

List #662: Things I Read as a Teen or Young Adult That I Didn't Like

List #662: Things I Read as a Teen or Young Adult That I Didn't Like

1. Ethan Frome (but Age of Innocence was pretty good)

2. Beloved

3. Gary Paulson (sorry Minnesota, I couldn't get through 'Dogsong' either time)

4. Slave Dancer

5. The Tortilla Curtain (sorry Carleton College New Student Week Reading... at least you picked Persepolis a few years later)

List #661: Thoughts on "The Baby Sitter's Club"

List #661: Thoughts on "The Baby Sitter's Club"

List #661: Thoughts on "The Baby Sitter's Club"

1. In the age of "Bronies", I don't feel being a BSC fan besmirches my manliness.

2. I started when book 1 came out and read the first 40 or so

3. Stacey scared me because she had Diabetes and had to take shots

4. The Super-Special about summer camp was the 2nd most influential book in making me want to go to summer camp, which despite my lingering bitterness, was pretty important to me on the whole

5. One of the most enraging interactions I've had with a colleague in my profession involved her specifically dissing the BSC as trash. I had to give the "BSC #1 was the book that hooked me on reading, and I'm here where I stand today as an 'effin' School Librarian because of that" (minus the 'effin' part) and just walk away before I had to get my gat'.

6. The graphic novelizations by Raina Telgemeier are really good.

7. I never saw any of the movies. Movies rarely live up to the books.

List #660: 5 Book Series I Enjoyed in my Youth

List #660: 5 Book Series I Enjoyed in my Youth

1. The Baby Sitters' Club

2. The Dragonlance Books (I started with the Heroes trilogy, but my all-in-one "Chronicles" is one of the best christmas presents I ever got)

3. Encyclopedia Brown

4. The Hardy Boys

5. The Lord of the Rings (was scared by the cartoon of The Hobbit in 1st grade, so I resisted it until it was forced upon me in 5th grade. Can't imagine life not having read it)

List #659: 5 Book or Reading Related Experiences of My Youth

List #659: 5 Book or Reading Related Experiences of My Youth (6th grade or younger)

1. Being told I wasn't allowed to read under a tree during open field as a camper / being laughed at by cabinmates for wanting to read before lights out (because I said that I came to camp, in part, to relax and read)

2. Winning the Read-A-Thon for my school in 3rd or 4th grade

3. Writing and making books (with wallpaper scrap covers) in 1st and 2nd grade

4. The first book I ever read alone: "Monsters Come in Many Colors" ~Kindergarten?

5. Trying to read "The Silmarillion" as a 6th grader (and needing an extra encyclopedia/compendium to 'get it.'... still one of my favorite books. Glad I challenged myself)

List #658: 5 Books That Were Important to Me as a Teen

List #658: 5 Books That Were Important to Me as a Teen

1. Catcher in the Rye (I purposely read it before it was assigned for school. I liked it less as I got older (and actually 'understood it')

2. This book of Ayn Rand quotations (because it was really useful for debate)

3. Miles Davis' Biography

4. The Drake Raft Field Trip

5. Les Miserables (because it turned into a super fun project)

List #657: 5 Thoughts in Eye Glasses

List #657: 5 Thoughts in Eye Glasses

1. They are, first and foremost, for vision, not fashion

2. That said, they're tremendously attractive

3. My great fear is that a lens will pop out while driving

4. I like the ones that are bendy

5. I vastly prefer wearing them to wearing contacts

List #656: Countries I'd Like To Travel To

List #656: Countries I'd Like To Travel To (currently)

1. Iceland

2. New Zealand

3. Argentina

4. Sweden (again)

5. Wales (again)

6. Canada (either the far west or far east)

7. Finland (again)

8. Norway

9. Bulgaria

10. Bermuda

11. Australia (but far away from venomous animals)

12. Poland

List #655: Social Events I Don't Understand

List #655: Social Events I Don't Understand

1. Tailgating (barbecue in a parking lot?)

2. Debutante balls

3. Showers (not the bathing kind)

List #654: Favorite Legumes

List #654: Favorite Legumes

1. Chickpeas

2. Peanuts

3. Peas

4. Black Beans

5. Cacao

6. Soybeans

7. Lentils

8. Cannellini

9. Great Northern

10. Butter bean

List #653: 21 Things About My Brother That are Cool

List #653: 21 Things About My Brother That are Cool

1. I once started a religion about him

2. He got his name because we thought it was funny

3. He had crazy hair

4. He has crazy hair

5. His pajamas had a lot of static electricity

6. He wore out my Leopard costume (which he deserved to do)

7. He quit trumpet to join choir

8. He can sing pretty Metal

9. He can sing pretty

10. Sometimes he beats me at Magic a lot

11. He was a swim team captain

12. He used to play accordion

13. He's better than me at playing most instruments

14. His band went on Tour

15. He's a really good songwriter

16. He writes Spanish Poetry about trees

17. He goes to a rival college

18. He's a pretty mean Bass player, and Pianist and Ukuleleist

19. He's a legit musician

20. He does not like frosted animal crackers

21. He turns 21 today (10-11-2011)

List #652: Songs From a Elementary School Soccer Pump Up Tape

List #652: Songs From a Elementary School Soccer Pump Up Tape, IIRC (West End Piedmont Wingers, AYSA Silver Division Champions U12, circa 1991)

1. Run Riot -- Def Lepard

2. Rocket -- Def Lepard

3. Kickstart My Heart -- Motley Crue (self edited for profanity)

4. Dr. Feelgood -- Motley Crue

5. something by Poison, I think.

List #651: 5 Thoughts on Teeth

List #651: 5 Thoughts on Teeth

1. I don't like when mine are chipped

2. I like brushing them a lot more now that I have a sonic care

3. I used to dream about them falling out of my mouth in mass quantities

4. I wish I liked flossing them more

5. I never needed braces

List #650:Highlights from an attended Wedding

List #650:Highlights from an attended Wedding

1. Brief, meaningful, ceremony

2. Free Jam!

3. Candles and gravel

4. Pistachio cake

5. Meeting cool new people

6. Good looking Groom's-woman

List #649: Favorite Socks

List #649: Favorite Socks

1. Big socks with blue and gold stripes from grandpa's house (used for field hockey, now ripped)

2. The red Under Armor socks I got for dancing

3. The two pair of quick drying travel socks I got for my trip to scandinavia

4. not wearing socks at all

5. The kind made into puppets

List #648: 5 Thoughts on Macaroni and Cheese

List #648: 5 Thoughts on Macaroni and Cheese

1. It's one of the foods that I will eat until I become sick (and love it!)

2. When I used to work at a summer camp, the kitchen would make me my own serving-bowlful

3. At home I like it from a box with Tuna and Peas or with hot dogs

4. The only kind I really don't like is Velveeta Shells and Cheese

5. It's a great topping for chicken burgers

List #647: Bicycles I have Owned

List #647: Bicycles I have Owned

1. A blue bmx bike that I learned to ride when I was like 7

2. A teal Peugot mountain bike (my mom and dad had almost the same ones) that I got when I was maybe in 4th grade

3. A purple and black Diamondback Topanga that I still have and that also rules and I will ride for the rest of my life, even if it needs non-duct-tape hand grips

4. A heavy, teal, bike of undisclosed manufacture that I bought used and was my Seattle bike

5. An LL Bean bike that I used to ride to work in MD.

List #646: Favorite Places to get a Sandwich

List #646: Favorite Places to get a Sandwich

1. Isabella's Brick Oven Pizza, Baltimore

2. Krupin's/Morty's Deli (now defunct), D.C.

3. Hogan Brothers, Northfield MN

4. Greg and Kristen's house, Catonsville, MD

5. the catering at professional days at work, usually

List #645: Frustrations I'd Like to Vent Publicly, But Won't

List #645: Frustrations I'd Like to Vent Publicly, But Won't

1. The loss of ___ _______ _________

2. The potential reestablishment of _________ __________

3. Inability to ________ __ ________

4. __________ Presidential Candidates

5. _______ testing

6. People that don't __ _____ _____ and ____ ___ ___ _____

List #644: Races I Have Run

List #644: Races I Have Run (for J.P. Zieger)

1. A race at my Dad's company picnic once

2. Midnight Sun Midnight Run 5k (Duluth) 2009, 2010, 2011

3. Horsin' Around 5k (somewhere at a horsefarm in MD) 2010

4. GCS Dragon Dash 5k (Ellicott City, MD) 2010, 2011

5. SoWeBo Landmark 5k (Baltimore) 2011

List #643: 5 Ways I'd Fix Basketball

List #643: 5 Ways I'd Fix Basketball

1. 15 second shot clock

2. Each team may only use 1 time out in the last 2 minutes of a half

3. Fouls in the last 2 minutes are automatic points for the other team OR the team shooting free throws in the last 2 minutes maintains possession regardless of the outcome of the free throw

4. Players committing fouls must be subbed out for 30 seconds

5. Add two rounds (plus 90 'play-in' games ) to the Spring Basketball Insanity tournament and make the round of 256 be unseeded.

List #642: Things I've Lost in the Past Few Days

List #642: Things I've Lost in the Past Few Days (or at least noticed missing)

1. Tolarian Academy (mtg card)

2. Several JV field hockey games

3. Wooden handled dinner fork

List #641: 5 Good Things About My Dad

List #641: 5 Good Things About My Dad

1. He has mostly pretty great taste in music and books

2. His house has a Hot Tub

3. He plays Bass for money

4. He likes me

5. He quit HS Football (quarterback) to play music

List #640: Field Hockey Sticks I Own

List #640: Field Hockey Sticks I Own

1. A Wooden STX 37" (nicknamed "N'Sync")

2. Grays GX750 37" (team gift, nicknamed "Hannah Montana")

3. STX P 2.0 38"(purchased with team gift funds, nicknamed "Shakira")

4. An unknown stick, ~35", all of the markings and grip are peeled off

List #639: Weddings I've Attended And What They Excelled At

List #639: Weddings I've Attended in the last few years And What They Excelled At

1. Best Food: Dentinger - Baxter

2. Best Desert: Zieger - McGraw (Sundae Bar (also meaningful))

3. Best Music: Burtless - Sakata (live band = auto win)

4. Best Venue: Vokes - Ruffcorn (Leif Erickson Park)

5. Best Party of Groomsmen: Hogan (Fat Boy Society Forever)

6. Best Caterers: Lundeen - Johnson (because I was one!)

7. Best Music (non-Live): Proffitt

8. Best Groomsman Clothing: Acker (I still wear the stuff for work)

9. Best Entrance, Vows, Cake Cutting: Gunn - Messier

10. Best Rehearsal Dinner: Burtless-Sakata

List #638: 3 Sports I'd Like to Try

List #638: 5 Sports/Athletic Competitions I'd Like to Try

1. Biathalon

2. Team Handball

3. Indoor Field Hockey

List #637: 5 Larger Purchases I'd Like to Make

List #637: 5 Larger Purchases I'd Like to Make

1. Glasses

2. Good Acoustic Guitar (Martin)

3. Suit

4. Ice Skates

5. Amazon Prime

List #636: 5 Innistrad Cards I'm Most Excited For

List #636: 5 Innistrad Cards I'm Most Excited For

1. Bloodline Keeper / Lord of Lineage

2. Grimoire of the Dead

3. Parallel Lives

4. Army of the Damned

5. Oliva Voldaren

List #635: Podcasts I Listen to Regularly

List #635: Podcasts I Listen(/ed) to Regularly

1. CommanderCast (edh/commander M:tG)

2. War Rocket Ajax (comic book and pop culture related stuff)

3. (the now defunct) Green Lantern Spotlight

List #634: 5 Things about NuNuNuFacebook

List #634: 5 Things about NuNuNuFacebook

1. I hate it, but I will still probably use it

2. Greater control of what you see from specific people = GOOD! (surprise!)

3. The way it actually displays what you see = BAD

4. Giant Pictures in the whatever-they're-calling-it-these-days Feed = CLUTTER

5. Constant Twitfeed Status Box That Won't Go Away From the Upper Corner and Has Mouse-over Pop-ups = HATRED

List #633: Irksome Things Today

List #633: Irksome Things Today

1. Facebook Changes... Again

2. Forgetting my lunch AND dinner... looks like I'm Fasting today

3. The Field Hockey team we're playing doesn't have a JV squad

4. It's the first of 3 consecutive days where I'll be at work until at least 8 pm

5. Humidity

List #632: Cool Things in Wired Magazine This Month

List #632: Cool Things in Wired Magazine This Month

1. Turning Chickens into Dinosaurs

2. The international standard for the kilogram

3. Google+ (maybe)

4. Crazy Russian radio signals

5. The guy that makes alcohol from stuff like seaweed and crabs and mushrooms

List #631: 5 Thoughts on Skateboards

List #631: 5 Thoughts on Skateboards

1. I'm no good at standing on them and moving

2. They're good for holding plants

3. I only wanted one back in the day because they had cool pictures on the bottom

4. Longboarders going down the middle of Woodland Avenue without helmets don't get to flip-off car drivers who get angry at them for holding up traffic

5. Skate parks are pretty cool looking usually.

List #630: Ingredients for making Buffalo Chicken Soup

List #630: Ingredients for making Buffalo Chicken Soup

1. Oil

2. Onion

3. Garlic

4. chicken or vegetable broth

5. Barley

6. Cayenne Pepper

7. Vinegar

8. Celery

9. Celery Root

10. Peas

11. Chicken thighs

12. Habanero

13. Tomato

14. Bleu Cheese (for garnish)

List #629: My Predictions For Sports Related Winning

List #629: My Predictions For Sports Related Winnings This Year (based on a super secret method)

1. SuperBowl: Dallas

2. NBA: Sacramento

3. March Madness: Iowa

4. Whatever that Vote is for College Football: Georgia

List #628:Food Waste that Annoys Me

List #628:Food Waste that Annoys Me

1. Kids that don't eat their crusts

2. Not taking a "Doggie Bag" from a restaurant

3. Oversized restaurant portions (please make them smaller and charge less money)

4. Not eating left-overs

5. Extraneous packaging.

List #627: Things I'd like to do in the next few months

List #627: Things I'd like to do in the next few months

1. Have another Soup and Settlers day

2. Have a non-MtG, non Settlers game night

3. Get caught up on "Breaking Bad"

4. Run a bit more

5. Wash my car (sooner rather than later)

List #626: 5 Thoughts on Peppers

List #626: 5 Thoughts on Peppers and Chiles

1. Some really hot peppers also taste pretty good before they get to burn your mouth

2. I can really only identify green vs red bell peppers by taste

3. Bell Peppers are a weekly purchase staple of my diet

4. Cayenne pepper is good in soups

5. Stuffed peppers are a lot of fun to make and eat

List #625: 5 Thoughts on Paper

List #625: 5 Thoughts on Paper

1. I'm all for going green, but paper is better for some things

2. A blank sheet of paper is full of hope but can also be oppressive

3. I hate the amount of paper waste in my library

4. Paper Airplanes are a lot of fun

5. Paper cuts are not.

List #624: Acquisitions at SPX this weekend

List #624: Acquisitions at SPX this weekend

1. Jeph Jacques sketch (of Raven and Faye)

2. Questionable Content, vol 1, 2

3. Gingerbread Girl (Tobin and Coover)

4. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Century 1969

5. Hark a Vagrant (Kate beaton)

List #623: Complications of the School Year

List #623: Complications of the School Year

1. More things to do each night to prepare for the morning

2. Less Sleep

3. Much Greater Quantity of Laundry

4. Socks. Shoes without Toes

5. Many Bags

List #622: Things that are better by the Dozen

List #622: Things that are better by the Dozen

1. Eggs

2. Roses

3. Dirty Brass Bands

4. Months

5. Cylons

6. Zodiac Signs

7. Notes

8. Days of Christmas

9. Monkeys

10. Apostles

11. Angry Men

12. Herculean Labors

List #621: 5 Thoughts on Fridays

List #621: 5 Thoughts on Fridays

1. TGIF was da' Sitcom Bomb of all time

2. I eat way too much pizza on this day

3. Poor Rebecca Black

4. Smallville is done

5. All I want to do, ususally, is sleep

List #620: 5 Thoughts on Surprise

List #620: 5 Thoughts on Surprise

1. I tend to view Surprises as less-than-positive (not quite negative)

2. I greatly prefer Serendipity (not the movie, kind of the sea serpent, mostly the concept) to surprise

3. Never throw me a surprise party. I would probably walk out.

4. If you have something that you think I don't want to hear, the sooner you tell me, the better. The longer you wait, the harder I will take it, and the less likely I will be to be able to accept it.

5. Dislike of Surprise does not apply to media consumption or small thoughtful gifts

List #619: Likely Fall TV Watching Schedule

List #619: Likely Fall TV Watching Schedule (plus a comment)

1. How I Met Your Mother (Mondays 8pm) - Still probably my favorite.

2. Modern Family (Wed. 9 pm) - Still probably the best comedy

3. Community (Th. 8) - The Highlight of My Week. Every Week.

4. Parks and Rec (Th. 8:30) - Great cast

5. The Office (Th. 9) - I'm more excited about James Spader than I am sad about Steve Carrell

6. Fringe (Fri. 9) - Best earthbound Sci-Fi in a loooong time

Bonus List: Shows I will try to catch via other means or will consider watching (if it's a new show)

1. Big Bang Theory (conflicts with Community, and Abed>Sheldon)

2. 2 Broke Girls (follows HIMYM, also Kat Dennings)

3. The New Girl (Tuesdays. But Zoey Deschanel is a pretty strong draw)

4. Grimm / Once Upon A Time (two different "Fables"-esque shows later in October)

List #618: Major Airlines and One Thing That Annoys Me about them

List #618: Major Airlines and One Thing That Annoys Me about them

1. Delta/Northwest: They charged me 150$ to fix a scheduling mistake caused by their poor interface

2. Southwest: They don't give you a seat assignment

3. United: My mom and brother get to fly for free, but I don't

4. Iceland Air: I can't fly them everywhere

List #617: Ingredients in The Soup of the Week

List #617: Ingredients in The Soup of the Week

1. Chicken Broth

2. Olive Oil

3. Onion (diced)

4. Fennel bulb (diced)

5. Oregano, dried

6. Argentine Chorizo

7. Ginger, dried

8. Spinach

9. Hominy

10. Salt, Pepper

Bonus List: Things I forgot to add

1. Hot Sauce

2. Mushrooms

List #616: 13 Marvel Comics Series I have Greatly Enjoyed

List #616: 13 Marvel Comics Series I have Greatly Enjoyed

1. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E (Warren Ellis)

2. Ultimate Spider-Man (when it was Bendis/Bagley)

3. Exiles

4. She Hulk (Dan Slott)

5. Runaways (Brian K. Vaughn)

6. Thor (JMS)

7. Daredevil (Bendis)

8. Fantastic Four (Waid/Weiringo)

9. Ultimates, vol 1 + 2 (Millar)

10. Xtreme X-men

11. Astonishing X-men (Whedon

12. 1602 (Neil Gaiman)

13. Secret Invasion (cross-over)

List #615: 5 Thoughts on Alabama

List #615: 5 Thoughts on Alabama

1. It's really hot there

2. They get way super frighteningly crazy about College Football

3. They let people smoke indoors

4. The tornado devastation is pretty scary

5. 'Nanner Puddin'

List #614: 5 Thoughts on Bacon

List #614: 5 Thoughts on Bacon

1. I prefer floppy to crispy

2. I like it wrapped around other things

3. I wasn't entirely impressed with using it in cupcakes

4. I actually prefer it in moderation (unless it's in a ground bacon burger)

5. Bacon grease is useful

List #613: Things I'll Miss About DC Comics

List #613: Things I'll Miss About DC Comics

1. Action Comics #1,000

2. Barbara Gordon, Oracle

3. Superman's Red Undies

4. Continuation of the great stores of the past 25 years

5. Starman (by James Robinson)

6. Any Awesome Idea that Alan Moore ever had in the mainstream DCU

List #612: 5 Things I like about Minneapolis

List #612: 5 Things I like about Minneapolis

1. The Metrodome

2. First Ave.

3. The Golden Gophers

4. Skyways

5. State Theater/ Orpheum Theater

List #611: Things I Remembered from the First Time I read Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

List #611: Things I Remembered from the First Time I read Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which I recently re-'read' via audiobook)

1. Characters named "Ford Prefect"

2. That '42' is the answer

3. Don't Panic

4. Don't forget your Towel

5. Dolphins saying "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"

6. Not the plot, aside from the earth getting blown up.

List #610: Stuff I've Bought at Target in the Last Week

List #610: Stuff I've Bought at Target in the Last Week

1. Vacuum Cleaner

2. Bookshelves

3. Other Shelves

4. Broom

5. Dustpan

6. Protein Bars

7. Milk Crate

8. Wipe-off board

9. Magic Bullet blender

10. Document Holder and folders

11. Toilet Cleaner

12. Laundry Detergent

13. Two Bath Towels

14. Towel Hangar

15. Waste Basket

16. Bath mat

List #609: 5 Thoughts on Hair

List #609: 5 Thoughts on Hair

1. I don't like to have to think about it much, as long as it's clean

2. It makes a mess when it's not connected to a body

3. I think it looks nicer longer on girls

4. I haven't combed or brushed mine since 1998

5. I won't pay more than 10$ to have it cut (not including Tip)

List #608: Books Read This Summer

List #608: Books Read This Summer

1. Born to Run

2. A Dance With Dragons

3. Embassytown

4. Power of Play

5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (on Audiobook)

List #607: Favorite ways to play with G.I.Joes

List #607: Favorite ways to play with G.I.Joes

1. Build mighty Construx fortresses for them

2. Hold Olympic Games (I have notebooks full of detailed results)

3. Make Dioramas or staged scenes (especially in the snow, or underwater)

4. Not generally "Joe vs. Cobra War". (most of mine got new names and personalities)

List #606: Favorite G.I.Joes

List #606: Favorite G.I.Joes (Toys, Show or Comics)

Joes

1. Scarlett

2. Jinx

3. Shipwreck

4. Roadblock

5. Muskrat

6. Lifeline

7. Mainframe

8. Blizzard

Cobra

1. Hydro-Viper

2. Croc Master

3. Baroness

4. Nemesis Enforcer

5. Alley Viper

6. Serpentor

List #605: Smoothies So Far This Week

List #605: Smoothies So Far This Week (courtesy of a Blender, and then the Magic Bullet)

1. Peanut Butter, Banana, Honey, Oatmeal, Chia, Milk, Greek Yogurt (forgot cinnamon!)

2. Spinach, Blueberry, Chia, Lemon, Milk, GYogurt (only so so... not sure if I'm sold on the taste of the yogurt)

3. Oatmeal, Milk, Strawberry, Banana, Chia, Honey, GYogurt

4. Spinach, Cucumber, Chia, Lemon, Yogurt, Blueberry, Water, Agave

List #604: Things I Thought the Earthquake was

List #604: Things I Thought the Earthquake was as I was in a parked car in the Safeway Parking Lot

1. Fluids in my recently turned-off car combining to make it explode

2. Some sort of gaseous explosion building up beneath the pavement

3. A twitching body of an animal or person in the undercarriage of my vehicle

4. An awakening formerly-unconscious body that someone might have stuffed in my trunk

List #603: Non-Foil Cards in my Shiny Vampires EDH deck

List #603: Non-Foil Cards in my Shiny Vampires EDH deck (known as Team Edward, due to sparkly vampires)

1. Shizo, Death's Storehouse

2. Exhume*

3. Spike Cannibal*

4. Gauntlet of Might

5. Nirkana Cutthroat

6. Dark Depths

7. Beseech The Queen

8. Caged Sun

9. Baron Sengir*

10. Tormod's Crypt

11. Extinction*

12. Necrologia*

13. Phyrexian Arena

14. Nevinyrral's Disk

15. Sorin' Markov

16. Dark Ritual (it is foreign though, and I have a foil one)

17.Krovikan Vampire*

*Not available in Foil.

List #602: Favorite M:tG Planeswalkers

List #602: Favorite M:tG Planeswalkers (That I've actually Used)

1. Elspeth, Knight Errant

2. Venser, the Sojourner

3. Liliana Vess

4. Sorin Markov

5. Ajani Goldmane

6. Chandra Ablaze

7. Chanra Nalaar

8. Elspeth Tirel

9. Tezzeret the Seeker

List #601: A Half-Dozen Other Things I Like

List #601: A Half-Dozen Other Things I Like

1. Other-Town (in Duluth)

2. The fact that there are 12.1 BILLION hits on Google for the word "other"

3. Those other guys

4. Juliet Burke

5. Other Nic (me, when I play games at FGS)

6. Other Truths, Do Make Say Think

List #600: Favorite International Flags

List #600: Favorite International Flags (visually)

1. Wales

2. Seychelles

3. Greenland

4. Sweden

5. Gabon

6. Barbados

List #599: Least Favorite Snakes

List #599: Least Favorite (or Scariest!) Snakes

1. Timber Rattlesnake

2. Inland Taipan

3. Black Mamba

4. King Cobra

5. Sea snakes (all of them)

6. Copperhead

7. Coral Snake

8. Banded Krait

9. Russell's Viper

10. Cottonmouth

List #598: Favorite Snakes

List #598: Favorite Snakes (even though snakes really scare me a lot!)

1. Reticulated Python

2. Emerald Boa

3. Anaconda

4. Boomslang (name)

5. Fer-de-lance (also name)

List #597: Things that make the trip back to MD okay

List #597: Things that make the trip back to MD okay

1. A good co-pilot

2. Field Hockey is the first thing

3. I missed my big computer

4. Grocery Shopping gets to happen soon

5. I have more friends in MD than MN right now

6. West Virginia is pretty to drive through

7. The weather is good

List #596 Goals for the Summer Revisited

List #596 Goals for the Summer Revisited (see earlier List)

1. Be Barefoot or Five-Fingers-ed as much as possible (YES!)

2. Run more often (NO)

3. Read 8 Books (more like 5)

4. At Least 3 Trips to Vermillion (NO)

5. At least 3 times seeing the Trio at Blackwater (Yes)

6. Eat smarter (Sometimes)

7. Go to the Twin Cities (NO)

8. Go up the Shore at least once (YES)

9. Disc Golf (3 Times)

10. Make a video with my brother (NO)

11.Suggestions? ('Go to Pike Lake a lot and hang out with My Grandpa.... YES)

List #595: New EDH Decks Made This Summer

List #595: New EDH Decks Made This Summer

1. Animar, Soul of Elements and his wacky menagerie

2. Riku of the Two Reflections: Mine and More

3. Vish Kal, the Blood Arbiter: My Life

4. Lady of the Mountain: Pauper Giants

5. Jasmine Boreal: The Fair Maiden

List #594: 5 Thoughts on Coffee

List #594: 5 Thoughts on Coffee

1. I have consumed ~1.5 Cups in my life

2. It would have been <1, but I didn't understand the way the hot water/coffee machine worked in Denmark and didnt' want to waste (though I couldn't finish it)

3. Sometimes the beans smell good. Don't let it fool you.

4. It tastes like burnt water

5. Some people are crazy fiends for it and depend on it to function.

List #593: 5 Thoughts on My Favorite Backpacks or Bookbags

List #593: 5 Thoughts on My Favorite Backpacks

1. Duluth Pack Bookbag: I've had it for almost 15 years, and it's been patched up twice. Has Welsh Flag, MN Northstars and Superman patches as well.

2. Patagonia backpack: I got it in 6th grade. It must have shrunk. They fixed the zipper for free 12 years after we bought it, and even sent a note back with it that it was fun to work on an old bag.

3. L.L. Bean backpack: A pre-Scandinavia-trip gift. I lived out of it for 16 days. Now it mostly hauls my nerdy hobbies, though it's been my beach bag this summer

4. B.E.T Jazz backpack: From my dad through his old job. Fake leather exterior. TONS of space. Used to be my travel bag pre L.L. Bean. Carries the heavy groceries when I walk.

5. L.L. Bean bookbag: Brightly colored. Christmas present. Has my name on it. Used to carry games until it wore out.

List #592: Favorite Characters from the Street Fighter II Video Games

List #592: Favorite Characters from the Street Fighter II Video Games (in order)

1. Chun-Li

2. Fei Long

3. Blanka

4. Ryu

5. Dhalsim

6. Cammy

7. Vega

8. Guile

9. M. Bison

10. Sagat

11. Ken

12. E. Honda

13. Zangief

14. Balrog

15. T. Hawk

16. Dee Jay

List #591: 5 Cool Things about 1991

List #591: 5 Cool Things about 1991

1. The Twins won the World Series (including the 2nd Greatest Game of the modern era)

2. I got to go to World Series, Game 2

3. I went to A Summer Camp for the first time

4. We moved to Northfield St.

5. Pearl Jam's "Ten" released (also Nirvana's "Nevermind", RHCP's "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" AND A Tribe Called Quest's "Low End Theory," the three of which were released on the same day)

List #590: Names I Might Give A Dog If I Were Ever Going to Own One (which is very very unlikely)

List #59X: Names I Might Give A Dog If I Were Ever Going to Own One (which is very very unlikely) (also, not all names work for all breeds)

1. Page

2. Mr. Poopytimes

3. Ogden (Oggy-Doggy)

4. Molly

5. Rerun

6. The Beast

List #589: 5 Thoughts on "Order of the Stick"

List #589: 5 Thoughts on "Order of the Stick"

1. It's probably for sure my favorite Webcomic, it's dangerously close to being my favorite fantasy series in any medium

2. I haven't played (A)D&D since 2nd edition (in High school), and I still think it rules

3. Elan and Haley are my favorite characters, but I enjoy Belkar too

4. It's almost too epic for its own good. There is so much story to tell, but it comes out too infrequently

5. SNEAK ATTACK!

List #588: 5 Thoughts about Corn

List #588: 5 Thoughts about Corn

1. I'm sure it's probably bad for the environment to grow it or something (isn't what all that food-panic documentaries are about?), but it's so useful!

2. Polenta!

3. I only discovered Hominy this year, but it's fun to throw in to things

4. Corn on the cob, when it's sweet, doesn't even need butter or salt or anything!

5. Those corn-puff things are pretty addictive.

List #587: Stuff to do in the last week of vacation

List #587: Stuff to do in the last week of vacation

1. Get a wild rice burger at the brewhouse

2. Watch the triathalon

3. Get the oil changed in the car

4. Ride my bicycle

5. Swim in the lake more

6. More pontoon rides

7. Go to the Farmer's Market

8. Play EDH group game

9. Look through 2 more bins

10. Get stuff ready to pack in the car

List #586: 5 Thoughts on the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Show Last Night

List #586: 10 Thoughts on the Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Show Last Night

1. Even if I still miss Jeff Coffin (grrrrrr.... DMB), it's nice to have Howard Levy back because he wails on the harp, and the piano fills out the sound

2. I must be polytheist, because both Victor Wooten and Bela Fleck both have the Right Hand of God

3. Future Man had a new Drumitar

4. They played "Big Country" which is my favorite, and was unexpected (and was the only song from the Coffin Era)

5. The 4th row isn't a bad place to see them from (though last time I was in the 4th row, Bela sat down next to me and played the Big Country solo)

6. The Big Top is a fun Venue

7. Victor had more groove and less slap than normal (and was channeling Stanley Clarke throughout the evening)

8. There were no Hippos thrown (and I was even in range... sadface)

9. Quotations from "Caravan", "Well You Needn't," and "A Night in Tunisia" from Howard, and a ton of classical references from Bela

10. I didn't notice any references to "The Wizard of Oz" this show

List #585: 5 Thoughts about Arby's

List #585: 5 Thoughts about Arby's

1. The 5 For 5 is incomparable

2. The nicest fast food worker in the history of the world works at an Arby's outside of St. Louis

3. The Arby's employees in Williamsburg VA are also quite nice

4. Andrew is terrifying at Arby's

5. The Horsey sauce is only okay

List #584: 5 Thoughts on the DC reboot

List #584: 5 Thoughts on the DC Relaunch/Reboot/Re-diculousness

1. The DC Relaunch has pretty much put me off DC comics (might even sell some old stuff)

2. If DC messes up any of the really good Vertigo stuff, I'll be really mad.

3. I feel like it's all a way to screw over the Siegel and Schuster families even more

4. Barbara Gordon is Oracle, and she's in a Wheelchair

5. I was looking forward to Action #1,000. Action #96 isnt going to cut it.

List #583: Fake Player Names Made Up For Backyard Football

List #583: Fake Player Names Made Up For Backyard Football (which was really just throwing a nerf ball around in the snow and making up cool names for when we made good throws or catches) circa 1992

1. Saxafon von Schalooberfookenwooken

2. Emilio Capuccino Barachauga

3. Farfagnugen Volkswagen

4. Teabag Elbogreese

5. Sergio Goikache

6. Dmitri Aaorn

7. Frau Bluer

8. Chau Main

List #582: Stuff I Did Today

List #582: Stuff I Did Today

1. Slept in

2. Had an early dinner at Lake Avenue Cafe with family and Grandpa

3. Ate a Jerk Falafel Burger, Chorizo-stuffed Dates, Polenta, Iced Tea

4. Drove the pontoon so family could fish

5. Got rained on

6. Ate Blueberry Pie

7. Played Magic

8. Played Banjo

9. Saw sister, back of my head, and mom's credit card on the 10pm News

10. Came home to find pulled pork shoulder and polenta courtesy of booker!

List #581: 5 Thoughts on Google

List #581: 5 Thoughts on Google

1. I love Google Earth

2. While I love all of their services, I'm occasionally afraid that they are Big Brother

3. It's not a replacement for librarians or libraries, and I want to want to punch the world when that gets tossed around

4. I like when the onion wrote the article about the Google Robots that eliminated anything that couldn't be searched

5. I miss google bombs.

List #580: 5 Thoughts on Library School

List #580: 5 Thoughts on Library(/information) School

1. I learned a lot, but if I got to do it over again I'd work even harder

2. Some classes were amazing, a few were tedious and brutal

3. Librarians and pre-librarians are an interesting and diverse bunch

4. I'm proud of my degree and it was definitely worth it

5. I'm glad to have a job in my field (and to have paid-off grad-school loans)

List #579: 5 Thoughts on Football

List #579: 5 Thoughts on Football

1. "Taking a Knee" is for wimps. A team with the lead that "takes a knee" should stop the clock.

2. I hate the Packers (except that I think it's cool that they are community owned)

3. I'm still disappointed by '98

4. I probably should like it more than I do

5. 3-Line football in gym class was always really fun

List #578: 5 Thoughts on Lady Gaga

2List #578: 5 Thoughts on Lady Gaga

1. The first album had some fun stuff on it

2. The only thing I've heard on the new one was so country sounding I thought it was Carrie Underwood

3. I'm glad she's a hero for some people

4. For me, she is to be heard and not seen.

5. Was one of her parents really a motorcycle? I don't think so.

List #577: 5 Thoughts on Old Notebooks

List #577: 5 Thoughts on Old Notebooks

1. I used to know a lot of stuff

2. I don't think kids-these-days really take notes

3. A lot of my education is in a bin in the basement bathroom closet

4. I wonder how much different writing a history thesis is in the world of over-accessible e-information

5. I enjoy my old doodles (particularly from when we were studying the "Great Cat Massacre" in Junior Colloquium).

List #576: Things I Like about Mowing the Lawn

List #576: Things I Like about Mowing the Lawn

1. It's a good time to listen to tapes, cds, or mp3s, especially podcasts

2. It's an outdoor activity

3. It makes the yard look nice

4. Fresh-cut grass smell (with just a hint of gasoline)

5. Its exercise

6. You can make cool patterns

Bonust List: A few things I don't like

1. Running out of gas

2. Having to pull more than once to start it (though not as bad as the snowblower!)

3. When it gets jammed up

4. Shoes turn green

List #575: 5 EDH Generals I Don't like to Play Against

List #575: 5 EDH Generals I Don't like to Play Against

1. Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon

2. Nath of the Gilt Leaf

3. Balthor, the Defiled

4. Azami, Lady of Scrolls

5. Glissa, the Traitor

List #574: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 3

List #574: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 3

• day 21 – a song* that you listen to when you’re happy -- "Major Label Debut (fast)" -- Broken Social Scene
• day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad -- "Miserabilia" -- Los Campesinos!
• day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding -- I haven't written it yet (or had need to choose one)
• day 24 – a song that you want to play at your funeral -- " 4'33" -- John Cage **
• day 25 – a song that makes you laugh -- "Dare to Be Stupid" -- Weird Al Yankovic
• day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument -- "The Shadow Government" -- The Shadow Government
• day 27 – a song that you wish you could play (or would like to play soon) -- "Alex Chilton" -- the Replacements
• day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty -- "Cream" -- Prince and the New Power Generation
• day 29 – a song from your childhood -- "Africa" -Toto***
• day 30 – your favorite song at this time last year -- "Your Love is My Drug" - Ke$ha****

*Assuming that song means "something with words"

** I'm pretty sure it's the only song I'll be capable of playing... there may or may not be words. It will depend. Or, I'd like someone other than me, possibly my brother, to play "Surprise! You're Dead" by Faith No More.

*** Runner Up: "Sailing" -- Christopher Cross, "Rubber Duckie" -- Ernie

**** I was in Scandinavia, and I listened to it about 3 times per day

List #573: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 2

List #573: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 2

• day 11 – a song* from your favorite band -- "Epic" -- Faith No More
• day 12 – a song from a band you hate(or dislike) -- "Crazy B*tch" -- Buckcherry**
• day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure*** -- "Party in the USA" -- Miley Cyrus
• day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love -- "Hand in the Fire" -- Clint Black
• day 15 – a song that describes you -- "My Year in Lists" -- Los Campesinos!
• day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate (or just can't listen to anymore) -- "Company Calls Epilogue" -- DCFC
• day 17 – a song that you hear often on the radio -- "lazy song" -- Bruno Mars
• day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio -- "Green" -- Viv/Fours
• day 19 – a song from your (current) favorite album -- "Whirring" -- The Joy Formidable
• day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry**** -- "Screamager" -- Therapy?

* Operating under the premise that a "Song" has words

** I don't know any other songs by this band, but I hate this song enough not to want to.

*** I don't believe in 'guilty pleasures', but this is one that I've had to occaisionally defend my love for

**** I highly recommend it!

List #572: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 1

List #572: 3(0) Day Song Challenge, part 1

• day 01 – your favorite song*: "All Along the Watchtower" -- written by Bob Dylan, performed by many
• day 02 – your least favorite song: "Time of Your Life" -- Green Day**
• day 03 – a song that makes you happy: "Bring it all Back" -- S Club 7
• day 04 – a song that makes you sad: "Motion Picture Soundtrack" -- Radiohead***
• day 05 – a song that reminds you of someone: "The Christmas Song" -- Mel Torme (my mom)****
• day 06 – a song that reminds you of somewhere: "Flicker" -- unknown (the fire circle at a place long ago)
• day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event: "Cherry Pie" -- Warrant (my brother being born)
• day 08 – a song that you know all the words to: " I Come Off" -- Young MC
• day 09 – a song that you can dance to: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" -- Eiffel 65
• day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- Tori Amos *****

*Going by the rubric that a "Song" is something that has words that can be sung, Otherwise: In A Silent Way/It's About That Time" - Miles Davis/Joe Zawinul and "Big Country" - Bela Fleck

** Runners Up: "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime", "One tin Soldier"

*** Runner Up: "Wait for Me" -- Anais Mitchell/Hadestown

**** also "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" (my Grandpa), "Amy" -- Pure Prairie League (My Dad)

**** A song that PREVENTS me from falling asleep: "Satellite" -- DMB

List #571: Things I like about My Home

List #571: Things I like about My House (that's actually my Mom's house, but I still consider it Home)

1. The wallpaper in the downstairs bathroom (currently Fish)

2. The back yard and access to Hartley Field

3. Gardens and trees

4. The deck

5. The music corner (even though it's too jammed full of stuff to get to)

6. The fake fireplaces

7. The pictures and plants everywhere

8. The kitchen/diningroom table

9. The rock from the old house

10. My family is there.

Bonus List: 1 thing I don't like

1. That the previous neighbors put up a chainlink fence around their back yard to contain their dog (luckily most of the neighborhood kids on this side of the street have outgrown the night-games phase, because that fence ended the unbroken chain of free back-yards)

List #570: Things I haven't done enough of this summer so far

List #570: Things I haven't done enough of this summer so far

1. Sailed

2. Gone Downtown

3. Cleaned up stuff or gone through boxes of my old stuff at my mom's house

4. Played Music

5. Made it up to the lake before 3 in the afternoon.

6. Taken Pictures

List #569: Movies I Have Not Seen This Summer

List #569: Movies I Have Not Seen This Summer that you'd think I would have, but am, suprisingly, not all that worried that I haven't

1. Green Lantern

2. Harry Potter 7.2

3. Any Movies at all, actually

List #568: 10 Favorite Lake Activities

List #568: 10 Favorite Lake Activities (Pike Lake edition)

1. Pontoon Riding

2. Pontoon Driving

3. Sailing

4. Floating on Foam Noodles

5. Jumping off the Paddleboat

6. Watching the Twins game

7. Reading a book on the brown couch/in the shade/on the pontoon

8. Watching Birds (Hummingbirds, Loon, Osprey, Eagle)

9. Paddling

10. Eating Cookies

List #567: Favorite Players in NHL '94 For SNES

List #567: Favorite Players in NHL '94 For SNES

1. Alexander Mogilny (Buffalo)

2. Pavel Bure (Vancouver)

3. Pat Lafontaine (Buffalo)

4. Geoff Courtnall (Vancouver)

5. Cliff Ronning (Vancouver)

BONUS: Least Favorite Player

1. Steve Larmer (Chicago)

List #566: Favorite Vampires

List #566: Favorite Vampires

1. The Count

2. Jessica Hamby

3. Baron Sengir

4. Angel

5. Eric Northman

6. Strahd von Zarovich

7. Spike (but not "I <3 Buffy" spike)

8. Silas

9. Blade

10. Sorin Markov

List #565: 10 Characters I like from Harry Potter (books)

List #565: 10 Characters I like from Harry Potter (books)

1. Hagrid

2. Ginny Weasley

3. Fawkes

4. Dumbledore

5. Nearly-Headless Nick

6. Dobby

7. Luna Lovegood

8. Mundungus Fletcher

9. Nicolas Flamel

10. Barty Crouch, Jr.

List #564: Harry Potter Books in Order of Favoriteness

List #564: Harry Potter Books in Order of Favoriteness

1. Goblet of Fire

2. Half-Blood Prince

3. Sorcerer's Stone

4. Prisoner of Azkaban

5. Order of the Phoenix

6. Deathly Hallows

7. Chamber of Secrets (only because it's the exact same book as Sorcerer's Stone)

Bonus: HP Movies in favoriteness order

1.Prisoner of Azkaban

2.Sorcerer's Stone

7. (tie) The Other Ones

8. Goblet of Fire

List #563: Likes and Dislikes about Fishing

List #563: Likes and Dislikes about Fishing

Likes

1. Hanging out with Family, especially my Grandpa

2. Being on a Lake

3. Being on a Boat

4. Hearing interesting Stories

Dislikes

1. Leeches

2. Other bait

3. Not catching anything

4. Catching things (and having to deal with it)

List #562: Things I'll Never Be

List #562: Things I'll Never Be

1. A Long Distance Runner

2. A Doctor

3. Rich

4. A Snake-handler

5. A Hi-rise Window Washer

List #561: US Coasts, Ranked

List #561: US Coasts, Ranked

1. Great Lakes (4th coast)

2. West Coast

3. East Coast

4. Gulf Coast

List #560: Eras of My Life

List #560: Eras of My Life

1. 1979-1984: Early Childhood

2. 1979-1991: 11th Street

3. 1984-1989: Lincoln Elementary School

4. 1989-1991: Nettleton Magnet School

5. 1991-1997/present: Northfield St.

6. 1991-2008 (summers): The Camp I Used to Go To

7. 1993-1997: East High School

8. 1997-2001: Carleton College

9. 2001: Smithsonian Internship

10. 2001-2002: Gap year

11. 2002-2004: iSchool

12. 2004-Present: Columbia, MD

13. 2009-Present: Freedom Summers

List #559: Things I Miss About the West Coast

List #559: Things I Miss About the West Coast

1. Mountains

2. Sushi (and other restaurants)

3. Bikes and Buses

List #558: Things I Think are Scams

List #558: Things I Think are Scams

1. American/Corporate Health Insurance

2. Any 'Collectible' sold in 'special advertising sections' in magazines

3. DC comics' reboot

4. Facebook (love-hate relationship)

5. Two-party system elections

List #557: Favorite Convenience Stores

List #557: Favorite Convenience Stores

1. Food & Fuel formerly on Piedmont Ave. (Duluth) [Deceased]

2. SuperAmerica on Woodland Ave. (Duluth)

3. BP in Harper's Choice (Columbia... even though all I do is buy my overpriced gas there and the carwash sucks... it's familiar)

4. Whatever one has the London Road Carwash (Duluth... because the carwash there is really good)

5. Tobies (Hinckley... because it used to be the halfway point to the cities before the speedlimit raised and cars got more efficient... and the donuts!)

List #556: Favorite Spots at my Grandpa's House

List #556: Favorite Spots at my Grandpa's House

1. The pontoon boat

2. The chairs in the Sewing Room

3. The Gold Bedroom

4. The Kitchen Counter (with view of the TV for baseball)

5. The Couch in the downstairs room (formerly of the living room)

6. The little hill by the (dying) birch trees

7. The cigar-box shelves above the freezer in the work room

8. The 'swing'

9. The deck, by the hummingbird feeder

10. Anywhere my Grandpa is.

List #555: Five Favorite Fives

List #555: Five Favorite Fives

1. The Original Avengers (Ant-man, Wasp, The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man)

2. High Fives

3. the number of cents in a Nickel

4. Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet (Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter)

5. The songs on the School of Velocity's Luxury 5-song EP

List #554: Some Reasons to be Proud to be 'Merican

List #554: Some Reasons to be Proud to be 'Merican

1. You can totally put a way-too-big car engine on a little boat and rev the engine as loud as you want

2. You can launch waterballoons at elderly people on pontoon boats

3. It's legal to decapitate yourself with colorful explosives

4. Our history is totally sacred and you have the freedom to make it up to suit your political needs

List #553: Types of Boats Achieved in the last 10 Days

List #553: Types of Boats Achieved in the last 10 Days

1. Pontoon Boat (2)

2. Paddle Boat

3. Sunfish

4. Kayak

5. Rowboat

6. Jetski

List #552: Least Favorite Minor Ailments

List #552: Least Favorite Minor Ailments

1. Bitten cheek

2. Scratchy Throat

3. Headache

4. Stomach Queasiness

5. Body Achiness

List #551: Goals for the Summer

List #551: Goals for the Summer

1. Be Barefoot or Five-Fingers-ed as much as possible

2. Run more often

3. Read 8 Books

4. At Least 3 Trips to Vermillion

5. At least 3 times seeing the Trio at Blackwater

6. Eat smarter

7. Go to the Twin Cities

8. Go up the Shore at least once

9. Disc Golf

10. Make a video with my brother

11.Suggestions?

List #550: Yearly Goals (Mid Year Report)

List #550: Yearly Goals (Mid Year Report or

List #395: Goals for 2011 which are mostly measurable)

1. Be better at my job --- UNDECIDED (I didn't get worse)

2. Go on a date (hopefully more than one, but let's not get greedy) - EPIC WIN

3. Run 5k in under 26 minutes --- NOT YET (was coming off an illness so ran it in 32 min)

4. Get caught up on the "Wheel of Time" books-- PROGRESS (Finished the final Jordan one, own the Sanderson ones)

5. Finish a song -- WIN ( The Shadow Government)

6. Add Sauce-making to my kitchen repertoire -- NO (I have the book, but haven't tried it yet)

7. Make a cheesecake -- WIN (with raspberries and marshmallow and Nilla Wafer crust)

8. Make my bedtime and wake-up time 15 minutes earlier -- OCCAISIONALLY

9. Have better variety in workouts -- KIND OF ( I added more cardio, and sometimes VertiMax)

10. Play more Games -- YES

11. Be less negative -- BASICALLY YES

List #549: Favorite Characters on Community

List #549: Favorite Characters on Community

1. Abed

2. Jeff Winger

3. Troy Barnes

4. The Dean

5. Annie

6. Shirley

7. Pierce

8. Britta

9. Professor Duncan

10. The Greendale Human Being

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

List #548: Good Duluth Things Done So Far During a Friendly Visit

1. Trip to Lake Vermilion (okay, not Duluth)

2. Mini-tour of Hawks Ridge, Park Point, Canal Park

3. Awesome Wedding

4. Brunch at Porters

5. Dinner at Lake Avenue Cafe

6. Walk through Hartley

7. Floated, Paddleboated, Jetski-ed, Pontooned

8. Music in the Park At Chester Park (or Chester Creek Concerts, or whatever)

List #547: Books I Could Start next

List #547: Books I Could Start next

1. The Passage, Justin Cronin

2. Embassytown, China Mieville

3. Gathering Storm, Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan

4. Some professional development reading

5. The Omnivores Dilemma, Michael Pollan

List #546: Things I learned from reading "Born to Run"

List #546: Things I learned from reading "Born to Run"

1. Every once and awhile I do get swept up in the book that 'everybody's reading'

2. As much as the book made me think it would be awesome, I'll never be a distance runner

3. I would like to be barefoot more (some place once made me think that "shoes at all times" was a truth)

4. I want to try the foods they talk about

5. Proctor, MN is important

6. I should eat better and be nicer

7. Evolutionary Biology is cool

8. Drug Cartels are bad (and that's why drugs are bad)

List #545: Observations after this morning's 5k

List #545: Observations after last night/this morning's 5k

1. Bring extra water in the car

2. I can still run an okay time even if I didn't prepare and was sick all week

3. I didn't feel bad about having to walk part

4. I wished I could have stolen a glow stick (the big green kind)

5. I'm sad that the shirt design changed

List #544: 5 Least Favorite Letters of the Alphabet

List #554: 5 Least Favorite Letters of the Alphabet (though, truthfully, I like all of the letters)

1. U

2. H

3. B

4. O

5. L

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

List #543:Good Things that Will Happen today

1. Visitor From Afar!

2. Maybe Feel Better

3. See Grandpa

4. Visit Lake Vermillion

5. See Cousin

List #542: WotC Commander Decks In Order

List #542: WotC Commander Decks In Order

1. Mirror Mastery

2. Political Puppets

3. Devour for Power

4. Counter Punch

5. Heavenly Inferno

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

List #541: Reasons Why The Next Few Lists May Seem Late

1. I think I'm getting sick

2. That will make me lazy

3. TV on DVD

List #540: Stuff I didn't do at Reunion that I wish I would've

List #540: Stuff I didn't do at Reunion that I wish I would've

1. Visited more of my old professors (if they were around)

2. Found the College Archivist

3. Gone to the lawn games (but rehearsal was important)

4. Been able to see John Hasse's presentation (but the rock show was more important!)

5. Had more energy on saturday night

6. Walked in the Arb

List #539: Reflections On a 10 Year Reunion

List #539: Reflections On a 10 Year Reunion

1. Good friends stay that way and it's good to see people even after a long while (and even people you didn't really know way back when can be interesting conversations)

2. I graduated with a lot of fascinating and truly interesting people that are doing all manner of awesome stuff now; it's humbling

3. Even though reunions are, in part about fundraising, ours seems driven by sincerity rather than greed

4. Carleton really is a non-pretentions, student-centric place, with fantastic faculty.

5. GU still rocks (even if we need help)

6. Old Roommates are good people too

7. Sometimes a Tent isn't so bad.

8. I'm pretty proud of my college: Proud to be a part of it, proud that it is part of me

9. I should've spent even more time in the library when I was there

10. I'm excited for 2016

List #538: Things that may or may not be played at a rock show tonight

List #538: Things that may or may not be played at a rock show tonight

1. Jump

2. Psycho Killer

3. Jet Pack

4. Alex Chilton

5. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

6. Kanadian Youth

7. Astronaughty

8. whatever else we can manage.

List #537: 5 Things I liked about Reunion Today

List #537: 5 Things I liked about Reunion Today

1. Guided tour of the Gould Library by the College Librarian

2. Band 'rehearsal'

3. Fireworks

4. Waking up Early

5. Meeting one of the new archivists

List #536: Favorite Hockey Teams and their 2010-2011 Finishes

List #536: Favorite Hockey Teams and/or teams I coach and their 2010-2011 Finishes

1. JV Field Hockey 7-2-3 '2nd place'

2. Varsity Field Hockey: IAAM B CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

3. JV Ice Hockey: 7-0 MIAA Co-champions

4. Duluth East High School: Lost Minnesota State High School Championship multi-OT

5. University of Minnesota Duluth: NCAA Div I Champions (OT)

6. Vancouver Canucks: Lost Stanley Cup in 7 games.

List #535: Good things to do in Omaha

List #535: Good things to do in Omaha

1. See awesome friends and cool kids

2. Jam on the Porch

3. Eat fried rice and curry

4. Play in parks

5. Bridge to nowhere

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

List #534: First 5 Things I Want to Do When I Get Back to Duluth

1. Figure out where I'm allowed to sleep

2. Go Visit my Grandpa

3. Play some EDH

4. Eat at the Hacienda del Sol

5. Be on a Boat

List #533: Things I Like To Do on Road Trips

List #533: Things I Like To Do on Road Trips

1. Drive Safely

2. Only stop when I need gas

3. Time my waste production to coincide with fuel needs

4. Play Ukulele when I'm not the driver

5. Listen to humorous audio-books

6. Listen to podcasts about nerdy things (if I'm alone)

7. Eat frugally unless stopped for the day

8. Get good gas mileage, and keep track of time/place/amount of fuel purchase

9. Visit friends

10. Get on the road early

11. Have a co-pilot

12. Avoid Toll Roads

13. Use Cruise Control!

14. Have good playlists of music

15. Arrive at home!

List #532: New Commander Wedge Generals Ranked (with a comment)

List #532: New Commander Wedge Generals Ranked (with a comment)

1. Riku of Two Reflections (copies are fun!) +!

2. Animar, Soul of Elements ( cost reducer and grows!) +!

3. Damia, Sage of Stone (hand refill is nice) +

4. Karador, Ghost Chieftain (costly, but nice graveyard recursion) +

5. Ghave, Guru of Spores (would've preferred this in BUG) +/-

6. Zedruu the Greathearted (a bit too build-around) +/-

7. The Mimeoplasm (not a fan of situational casting requirements for generals, biggest letdown of expectations) -

8. Tariel, Reckoner of Souls (not a fan of 'random') -

9. Kaalia of the Vast (odd tribal) -!

10. Ruhan of the Fomori (not a fan of Random, no evasion) -!

Bonus list: New Enemy Color Commanders ranked (with comment)

1. Skullbriar (stays big!)

2. Vish Kal (I love B/W sac outlets)

3. Edric (interesting political card)

4. Basandra (nice art, probably not general material)

5. Nin (a bit too political)