My Year In Lists

List #765: A Few Thoughts on the Future of These Lists

2012-01-31T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #765: A Few Thoughts on the Future of These Lists

1. I've completed my second full year (with a ~35 list interlude in 2010

2. They are still fun to write, but less so now that Facebook doesn't import them

3. I may shift it to a different hosting service if Google is still ticking me off

4. I will probably not do them daily for 2012

5. It would be nice to get to #800 and restart in 2013

6. I was less diligent about daily updates the second time through

7. I enjoy getting comments

8. My requests for audience participation went largely unanswered

9. I might work on the Nic-ipedia again

10. Thanks for reading. Happy New Year.

List #764: Thoughts on the Hunger Games Books, pt II

2012-01-30T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #764: Thoughts on the Hunger Games Books, pt II (now that I've finished them)

1. Is it wrong that I thing a 'Hunger Games' video game would be really cool

2. I think the real-life video-game aspect is what makes it likeable by boys too

3. The third book was the least good. The second book got much better at the end.

4. The movies might be too intense

5. The third book moved to quickly.

List #763: Favorite China Mieville Novels

2012-01-29T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #763: Favorite China Mieville Novels (in order)

1. The Scar

2. Perdido Street Station

3. Kraken

4. Embassytown

5. Iron Council

6. The City & The City

List #762: Things I Dislike about Google's Privacy Policy Switch

2012-01-28T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #762: Things I Dislike about Google's Privacy Policy Switch

1. I now need to log out of Gmail (and thus every other google service... like this blog) every time I want to do a non-diluted search on the search engine.

2. "If you choose to keep using Google once the change occurs, you will be doing so under the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service." --Translation: "Dear User, We're too big to fail, and you can't live with out us, so Eff You"

3. "If you’re signed into Google, we can do things like suggest search queries – or tailor your search results – based on the interests you’ve expressed in Google+, Gmail, and YouTube... -- Not "Can do," but "Will do"

4. I like having my gmail open on my laptop. I also work in a library where I'm often doing and demoing Google Searches for students (Like "Here's how to find the best part of google -- advanced search -- since those Effers hid it). Those searches don't represent my interests, why should they pollute my own YouTube searches?

5."...We’ll better understand which version of Pink or Jaguar you’re searching for and get you those results faster:" --Okay, but what about when I want the OTHER version of Pink or Jaguar? How does it save me time when I have to retrain the almighty GoogleBot?

6. I have close personal friends, to whom I talk about close personal things. I sure don't want YouTube to think that I want to see videos on a Health or Personal Hygiene problem I might be asking my mom about, or a love-note to a lady.

7. It's making Google too much like an iPhone: everything rolled up in to one package, so when you lose it, you're effed.

8. It's made me drop nearly all of my google services that I formerly liked (except you can't drop them now) like Google Docs and stuff.

9. It's made me think about quitting the blog (or trying to import it to another place somehow); getting a totally different email address (hassle), and making a separate account so I can view Youtube privately (and also then deleting all of my youtube uploads... sorry ukulele brothers fans)...

10. ... Except I haven't found better alternatives

11. There aren't opt out features. (Google overlords, you're going to be able to harvest all the personal data from people who are too dumb to think this stuff matters, why do you need mine)

12. There's nothing that can be done to stop it. and even adding "google's privacy policy sucks" to every google transaction I do" is just going to make my personal google experience less good and not send them a message

13. There's no easy-to-find ability on any of their "help' or 'contact' pages to voice concerns or opinions.

List #761: A Few Things I like about Rush

2012-01-27T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #761: A Few Things I like about Rush (the band, not the Limbaugh)

1. "2112"

2. "Take Off" by Bob and Doug McKenzie, feat. Geddy Lee

3. Geddy plays a Rickenbacker

4. "Limelight," "Spirit of Radio," "Tom Sawyer"

5. They are Canadian

6. They are one of two things in the world for which Ayn Rand had any positive influence (the other is Debate Evidence).

7. The title of the Song "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"

List #760: Favorite Kinds of Tape

2012-01-26T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #760: Favorite Kinds of Tape

1. Book repair tape

2. Masking tape

3. Duct tape

4. Audio tape

5. Glow-in-the-Dark tape

6. Scotch tape

7. Hockey tape

8. Painter's tape (the blue stuff)

9. Double-sided tape

10.Packing Tape

List #759: New Slogans for Google

2012-01-25T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #759: New Slogans/Mission Statements for Google

1. -Don't +Be +Evil {except that won't work quite right anymore}

2. Don't Be Evil; The Big 'G' is Watching You...

3. Don't Be Evil Unless Facebook Is Too, Because We Should Probably Copy Those Guys

4. Don't Be Evil Where People Can See It

5. Being A Valuable Research Tool That Works How Users Want It Too Is Evil. Don't

List #758: Good Things About January 24th

2012-01-24T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #758: Good Things About January 24th

1. A lot of great people were born on this day

2. Found out my Cousin got engaged (2012)

3. Made good noodles (2012)

4. Good Day for Phone Calls (multiple years)

5. Marks the Beginning of the last week of the year.

List #757: Favorite Milks

2012-01-23T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #757: Favorite Milks (currently)

1. Whole

2. Soy (plain or vanilla)

3. Skim

4. Chocolate (1 or 2%)

5. Almond

6. Rice

List #756: 5 Things I Like About Tofu

2012-01-22T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #756: 5 Things I Like About Tofu

1. The texture (if it's firm)

2. How it absorbs flavors

3. How it tastes if you fry it with Nutritional Yeast

4. That it's good added into stir-fry

5. When it doesn't try to pretend to be other things.

List #755: 5 Thoughts on peacocks

2012-01-21T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #755: 5 Thoughts on peacocks

1. I liked going to the zoo because they would roam around freely

2. "The Flaming Green Peacocks" was the recommended name of a Middle School IM soccer team I was on. It got censored to "The Flaming Green Machine" by our illustrious principal.

3. The same name was used on a classic mixtape of 9th grade

4. NBC has the best shows on thursday nights

5. I like that shade of blue

List #754: Favorite Kinds of Tacos

2012-01-20T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #754: Favorite Kinds of Tacos

1. Regular style double decker see List #167 for details

2. Choco-Tacos

3.Fish tacos with purple slaw and corn tortillas

4. Turkey tacos with black beans

5. SNL Digital Short style

List #753: 5 Small Devices I Am Thankful For

2012-01-19T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #753: 5 Small Devices I Am Thankful For

1. Nail Clippers

2. Paper Clips

3. Refrigerator Magnets

4. Tiny Screwdrivers

5. USB drives

List #752: 5 Thoughts on The Hunger Games

2012-01-18T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #752: 5 Thoughts on The Hunger Games

1. The first book was pretty good, and I liked the action scenes

2. The second book started out too slowly (long boring train ride). I started it last year around this time, I will finish it eventually.

3. I haven't seen the movie trailer. I will maybe see the movie.

4. It gets people reading, so that's good

5. I have a different book named "Catching Fire" that's about food.

List #751: Good Things about the Twilight Series

2012-01-17T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #751: Good Things about the Twilight Series

1. It got a lot of non-readers to read books

2. The films have disproportionately cool bands on the sound tracks (like good enough that I bought one of the soundtracks, and songs off of a few others)

3. Nothing Else.

List #750: Online Services I Currently Have Beef With

2012-01-16T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #750: Online Services I Currently Have Beef With (or at very least a distinct love/hate relationship)

1. Google: hiding advanced search; "Social" Search is opt-out rather than opt-in; weird dropdown tool bar on some of my browsers; over focus on trying to 'beat' facebook when Google is a search engine; forcing a location for search; for creeping towards evil

2. Hulu+: for not streaming to Roku any of the stuff I'd actually pay money to have on my TV (since I have multiple ways to watch it on a computer screen, all of which are free and most of which are legal)

3. Facebook: for making Google worse (see #1); for the inevitable switch to that white-hot mess of unreadable Timeline; for eliminating blog importing; for general exploitation

4. Amazon* (only because the Kindle Fire isn't quite what I hoped it could be... Amazon Prime rules, and renting/on-demand movies on the Roku are great)

5. Barnes and Noble Nook: for not being awesome for libraries... again, that's really Big Publishing's fault, not theirs

6. iTunes: for generally being more expensive than amazon's mp3 store. (I have gift cards, but i still feel it's wasteful to spend $1-2 more on an album, or .30 more on an individual track)

7. Bing: For not having an Advanced Search link in an immediate and obvious place on their home page; for requiring a set location for search results; for trying to do too much thinking for the user.

8. Any online service provider that supports SOPA.

List #749: 5 Wishes for My Mom on her Birthday

2012-01-15T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #749: 5 Wishes for My Mom on her Birthday

1. That she likes the presents I got her

2. That she is out to dinner somewhere fun

3. That the rest of her month goes good at her job

4. That someone buys her a lottery ticket and she wins $500,000

5. That the rest of her year is super great

List #748: Favorite things about Afghan food

2012-01-14T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #748: Favorite things about Afghan food

1. The rice that has cinnamon

2. Pumpkin with yoghurt sauce

3. The bread

4. Lamb

5. Cardamom ice cream

List #747: 5 Favorite Things about Flying

2012-01-13T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #747: 5 Favorite Things about Flying

1. It's a great time to read books

2. It is a time for drinking cranberry juice and/or ginger ale

3. I can sleep on a plane, so it's kind of like teleportation

4. Window Seats

5. Airline pilots are skilled and capable individuals (and I don't have to drive)

List #746: 5 Reasons a Certain Someone is Really Awesome

2012-01-12T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #746: 5 Reasons a Certain Someone is Really Awesome

1. She puts up with me (which is awesome)

2. She meets pretty much all of the qualifications

3. She's an excellent teacher (and quite patient)

4. She's super easy to get a long with

5. She's daaaang cute

List #745: Mail I Got Today

2012-01-11T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #745: Mail I Got Today

1. The front part of an envelope from my cousin

2. A 1 month late shipment from Star City Games (empty, wrapped in tape, covered in mold)

3. A lightly crushed mailing box with a Limited Edition Heroclix Nazgul (intact)

4. A Roku (totally not missing Verizon Fios)

List #744: Some Uses for Nutritional Yeast

2012-01-10T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #744: Some Uses for Nutritional Yeast

1. Put it on popcorn!

2. use it as breading for Tofu

3. Put it in Smoothies

4. Spill in a suitcase that also has some glitter spilled into it; make an off-color joke about Ke$ha

List #743: Favorite Sweatshirts

2012-01-09T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #743: Favorite Sweatshirts (all time and current)

1. tan University of Michigan (totally falling apart)

2. plain grey "uniform" hooded

3. navy blue Carleton, hooded

4. black "proctor peer helpers 'Tiffany'", hooded, (too small)

5. red Hamline Swimming and Diving "Nat", hooded, odd pockets

6. blue and green tie-dye "Just Ski It"

7. red Potbellied Stallions logo, hooded

List #742: A Few Significant Accomplishments

2012-01-08T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #742: A Few Significant Accomplishments (but not all of them)

1. Making it to the State Geography Bee in 7th Grade

2. Graduating in the top 5% in High School

3. Winning a Band award in HS

4. Graduating from Carleton

5. Getting my MLIS

List #741:Things I'm Going to Finish in the First Quarter of the Year

2012-01-07T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #741:Things I'm Going to Finish in the First Quarter of the Year (or be caught up with)

1. The Hunger Games Books

2. Achewood

3. Breaking Bad

4. Walking Dead

List #740:Current EDH Commanders

2012-01-06T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #740:Current EDH Commanders/decks (by color ID)

1. W - Khemba, Kha Regent

2. R - Heartless Hidetsugu

3. B - Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief (99% Foil Vampires)

4. U - Empress Galina

5. G(/W) - Rhys the Redeemed (mono-green token craziness)

6. W/U - Kangee, Aerie Keeper

7. W/G - Jasmine Boreal (knights' Fair Lady)

8. W/R - Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer (mega soldier beatdown)

9. W/B - Teysa, Orzhov Scion (complicated combos)

10. W/B - Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter (Life Gain and Loss)

11. U/B - Oona, Queen of the Fae (mill-discard)

12. U/G - Momir Vig, Simic Visionary (graft proliferation)

13. U/G - Experiment Kraj (Elf(slime)Ball)

14. B/R - Olivia Voldaren (blood!)

15. B/G - Sisters of Stone Death (Snakes on the Ramp)

16. R/G - Lady of the Mountain (Pauper Giants)

17. W/U/G - Rafiq of the Many (voltron)

18. R/W/G - Uril, The Mist Stalker (voltron)

19. U/B/R - Thraximundar (zombies... soon to become Lord of Tresserhorn)

20. G/B/R - Xira Arien (eldrazi invasion!)

21. U/W/B - Sharuum the Hegemon

22. R/U/G - Riku of Two Reflections (yours, and more)

23. R/U/G - Animar, Soul of Elements (sliver-myr overload)

24. R/W/U - Ruhan of the Fomori (Chaos coin-flips)

25. U/G/B - The Mimeoplasm (auto voltron)

26. G/B/W - Ghave, Guru of Spores (Doubling Season Shenanigans)

27. U/G/W/R - Jenara Asura of War/Razia Boros Archangel (tag-team high-flying)

28. R/G/W/B - Kresh the Bloodbraided/Hazezon Tamar (tag-team horde)

29. WUBRG - Karona, False God (ALLIES!)

30. WUBRG - Child of Alara (Honden Bringers)

31. WUBRG - Scion of the Ur-Dragon (dragons, duh)

32. WUBRG - Reaper King (Lords of the 'lings)

(R/U and RBW not currently represented.)

Bonus List: In progress

1. Oros the Avenger (Graveyard HAAAAATE)

2. Jenara Asura of War (flyers)

3. Lord of Tresserhorn (slow zombies)

4. Zedruu, the Greathearted (maybe)

List #739: 5 Foods I Want to Make This Year

2012-01-05T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #739: 5 Foods I Want to Make This Year

1. Matar Paneer (from scratch)

2. Some really good Muffins

3. Re-invent "Breakfast Soup"

4. Duck

5. Barbecue Sauce

List #738: 5 Thoughts on Wine

2012-01-04T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #738: 5 Thoughts on Wine

1. It's nice with dinner

2. I like the "50th anniversary gala" wineglasses from my school

3. There are 3 kinds of wines: Red Wine, Sweet WhiteWine from Germany, Wine that doesn't taste great

4. There's also Ice Wine (which I once inadvertently, but afterwards quite happily, paid $27 for a tiny glass of)

5. I choose wines based on whether the bottle is cool or not (I'll drink it even when it supposedly tastes like vinegar)

List #737: Favorite Albums of 2011

2012-01-03T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #737: Favorite Albums of 2011 (albums I first heard in 2011)

1. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar"

2. Los Campesinos! "Hello, Sadness"

3. Childish Gambino "Camp"

4. Low "C'Mon"

5. Florence & The Machine "Ceremonials"

List #736: List #395 -- 2011 Goals -- reportcard

2012-01-02T07:20:00.001-05:00

List #736: List #395 -- 2011 Goals -- reportcard

1. Be better at my job --- MOSTLY

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

3. Run 5k in under 26 minutes* -- NOPE 27:59 was the best

4. Get caught up on the "Wheel of Time" books* ---NOPE, 1.5 remaining

5. Finish a song* --- YESSS

6. Add Sauce-making to my kitchen repertoire -- ADDED A FEW, BUT NOT ENOUGH

7. Make a cheesecake* -- YES, HELPED WITH #2

8. Make my bedtime and wake-up time 15 minutes earlier* --- EARLIER BEDTIMES, NOT WAKEUP

9. Have better variety in workouts -- MOSTLY

10. Play more Games -- NOT ENOUGH

11. Be less negative -- MOSTLY

List #735: Goals for 2012

2012-01-01T07:20:00.000-05:00

List #735: Goals for 2012

1. Get back to being in good shape

2. Read more books (and get caught up with WoT)

3. Out of bed by 6:05

4. Bake Muffins

5. Be better at my job

List #734: Things I enjoyed in Portland

2011-12-31T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-30T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-29T07:20:00.003-05:00

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

2011-12-28T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-27T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-26T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-25T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-24T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-23T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-22T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-21T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-20T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-19T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-18T07:20:00.001-05:00

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

2011-12-17T07:20:00.000-05:00

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)

2011-12-16T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-15T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-14T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-13T07:20:00.000-05:00

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)

2011-12-12T07:20:00.000-05:00

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)

2011-12-11T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-10T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-09T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-08T07:20:00.001-05:00

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

2011-12-07T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-06T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-05T07:20:00.000-05:00

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?

2011-12-04T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-03T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-02T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-01T07:20:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-30T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-29T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-28T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-27T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-26T15:54:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-25T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-24T07:20:00.000-05:00

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)

2011-11-23T07:20:00.002-05:00

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

2011-11-22T07:20:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-21T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-20T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-19T07:20:00.001-05:00

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

2011-11-18T07:20:00.000-05:00

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"

2011-11-17T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-16T07:20:00.000-05:00

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)

2011-11-15T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-14T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-13T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-12T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-11T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-10T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-09T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-08T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-07T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-06T07:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-05T07:20:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-11-04T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-11-03T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-11-02T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-11-01T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-31T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-30T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-29T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-28T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-27T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-26T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-25T07:20:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-24T07:20:00.000-04:00

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