List #755: 5 Thoughts on peacocks

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 #752: 5 Thoughts on The Hunger Games

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 #738: 5 Thoughts on Wine

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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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.