Archive for August, 2004

Five favorite Mac programs (ca. 1988)

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. WriteNow
  2. FullPaint
  3. PageMaker
  4. Double Helix
  5. Talking Moose

Five favorite Mike Coleman songs

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. Windshield
  2. Don’t You Go Changing Gristle
  3. Tuber
  4. Tootie
  5. Li’l Smokie

Five elementary school smells

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. cafeteria (ambiguous breaded, fried food)
  2. nurse’s office (rubbing alcohol and bleach)
  3. red playground ball (rubber and tar)
  4. school bus circle (paint and diesel fumes)
  5. Physical Science class (vinegar and soil)

Five bastardizations of my first name

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. Melvin
  2. Myron
  3. Copernicus
  4. Mel
  5. Mervin

Five foods I’ve never really learned to enjoy

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. beets
  2. tripe
  3. brussel sprouts
  4. black licorice
  5. orange chicken

Five things that are always funny

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. hiking your pants up really high
  2. giant foam cowboy hat
  3. crossed eyes
  4. fake Jerry Lewis voice
  5. replying with “That’s what she said!”

Five catastrophes that disappointed

Monday, August 9th, 2004
  1. africanized bees
  2. cancer from saccharine
  3. Oral Roberts “called home”/blackmailed by God
  4. Friends
  5. Y2K