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