Monthly Archives: January 2007

Five songs I’d enjoy hearing Tom Waits cover

1. “Fade to Black” by Metallica
1. “Is That Love?” by Squeeze
1. The Star-Spangled Banner
1. “Model Man” by King Crimson
1. “Theme from _Laverne & Shirley_”
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Five recent makebelieve Canadian girlfriends

1. Tricia Helfer
1. Evangeline Lilly
1. Molly Parker
1. Leslie Feist
1. Joni Mitchell
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Five favorite Hee Haw performers

1. Roy Clark
1. Junior Samples
1. Grandpa Jones
1. the cartoon donkey
1. Cathy Baker
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Five hip-hop pseudonyms I’ve considered for myself

1. MC Chalk (because I’m brittle and very white)
3. Professor Adipose
1. Tavis D
1. Sedentary Larry
2. 2 Weak
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Five nouns to which I enjoy prepending an unnecessary definite article

1. The Flickr
1. The AIM
1. The Jesus
1. The Google
1. The El Niño
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Five potentially novel new year’s resolutions

1. authentically behave as though you’re living in an unending Ronnie James Dio song
1. renounce thermodynamics as prideful conceit borne of modern secular culture
1. eat only animals that have appeared in Richard Scarry illustrations
1. lick unused cutlery whenever people aren’t looking
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Five nicknames I would find unbearable

1. Li’l Plug
1. Baloney Maurice
1. Chicken Hitler
1. Penis McGarnicle
1. Nacho
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Five favorite words I learned last year

1. shockmount
1. ouroboros
1. catastrophization
1. peloton
1. katoptronophilia
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