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