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?