Archive for the 'five things' Category

Five Flickr sets that aren’t driving the long-term traffic you’d hoped for

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
  1. “The Gates: An Essay in 5,200 Consecutive Photos”
  2. “My New Zune ‘Unboxing’”
  3. “Rhinoplasty Recovery, Day 5: Still All Purple”
  4. “Back Moles Resembling Notable Whigs”
  5. “Goatee Moods, Fall ‘04″

Five musical embellishments that should be used in moderation

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
  1. the Leslie guitar effect
  2. the whole step key change on the last chorus
  3. the gong finale
  4. the “portamento” keyboard
  5. the vocoder introduction

Five creatures I would depict interacting with one other if I ran a “Creationism Museum”

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
  1. sabre-toothed tiger
  2. Captain Crunch
  3. John the Baptist
  4. dwarf panda
  5. Casey Kasem

Five songs to which I have a very clear recollection of french kissing in the 1980s

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
  1. “Feeling That Way” by Journey
  2. “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin
  3. “You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive
  4. “Leave Me Alone” by New Order
  5. “Caravan” by Van Morrison

Five tastes of childhood with which I’ve recently and happily re-acquainted myself

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
  1. Kraft Catalina salad dressing
  2. Sprite
  3. Concord Grape jam
  4. Eggo toaster waffles
  5. Stove-top Stuffing (Chicken flavor)

Five nouns from which it can be difficult to scrub the scent of utter bullshit

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
  1. Performance
  2. Excellence
  3. Mission Statement
  4. Synergy
  5. Enterprise

Five Flickr comments left on the latest self-portrait of you staring slightly off-camera with your mouth open

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
  1. “Stunning”
  2. “You are a very beautiful young lady”
  3. “Please move to MY town! LOL!”
  4. “I love the color of your eyes”
  5. “Do you have a sister? Just kidding. Ha ha ha. ;-)”

Five things, besides “your ride,” that you might wish to “pimp”

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
  1. your sideboard
  2. your clergyman
  3. your thoughts on transubstantiation
  4. your hypothalamus
  5. your ranch dressing mix

Five early 80s albums that are better than you probably remember

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
  1. Working Class Dog by Rick Springfield
  2. Spring Session M by Missing Persons
  3. Too-Rye-Ay by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  4. The Crossing by Big Country
  5. Candy-O by The Cars

Five songs I’d enjoy hearing Tom Waits cover

Monday, January 29th, 2007
  1. “Fade to Black” by Metallica
  2. “Is That Love?” by Squeeze
  3. The Star-Spangled Banner
  4. “Model Man” by King Crimson
  5. “Theme from Laverne & Shirley

Five recent makebelieve Canadian girlfriends

Thursday, January 18th, 2007
  1. Tricia Helfer
  2. Evangeline Lilly
  3. Molly Parker
  4. Leslie Feist
  5. Joni Mitchell

Five favorite Hee Haw performers

Thursday, January 18th, 2007
  1. Roy Clark
  2. Junior Samples
  3. Grandpa Jones
  4. the cartoon donkey
  5. Cathy Baker

Five hip-hop pseudonyms I’ve considered for myself

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
  1. MC Chalk (because I’m brittle and very white)
  2. Professor Adipose
  3. Tavis D
  4. Sedentary Larry
  5. 2 Weak

Five nouns to which I enjoy prepending an unnecessary definite article

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
  1. The Flickr
  2. The AIM
  3. The Jesus
  4. The Google
  5. The El Niño

Five potentially novel new year’s resolutions

Monday, January 15th, 2007
  1. authentically behave as though you’re living in an unending Ronnie James Dio song
  2. renounce thermodynamics as prideful conceit borne of modern secular culture
  3. eat only animals that have appeared in Richard Scarry illustrations
  4. lick unused cutlery whenever people aren’t looking
  5. finally finish building backyard shrine to Karen Black

Five nicknames I would find unbearable

Saturday, January 13th, 2007
  1. Li’l Plug
  2. Baloney Maurice
  3. Chicken Hitler
  4. Penis McGarnicle
  5. Nacho

Five favorite words I learned last year

Saturday, January 13th, 2007
  1. shockmount
  2. ouroboros
  3. catastrophization
  4. peloton
  5. katoptronophilia

Five albums I was listening to when I moved to San Francisco (seven years ago today)

Thursday, November 16th, 2006
  1. The Minders / Cul-de-Sacs & Dead Ends
  2. Basement Jaxx / Remedy
  3. Air / Premiers Symptomes
  4. Death Cab for Cutie / Something About Airplanes
  5. Chemical Brothers / Dig Your Own Hole

Five ideas I’ve had for family theme restaurants

Monday, November 13th, 2006
  1. B.F. Skinner’s Original Stuffers - The poultry skin of your choosing is stuffed with a la carte selections from “th’ fixin’s bar,” deep fried to a golden brown, and served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
  2. Bobby B. Butterworth’s Old Fashioned Dairy Funshack - A frozen quarterpound stick of salted creamery butter is hand-battered, “flash fried,” and served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
  3. Long John Silvers’ “Dripper” Hut - Offshoot of the fast-food seafood franchise offers “mini-buckets” of their leftover fried shortening flecks, served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.
  4. Mouth Meat Mel’s - 450º pizza — sure to immediately scald the roof of your mouth — is served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces. (note: first-time members of “The Mel’s Mouth Meat Makers” receive a colorful “I damaged the delicate tissues of my mouth at Mel’s!” adhesive ribbon)
  5. Dippin’ Dippin’ Dippin’! - The “Dippin’” sauce of your choice is served with your choice of fun “Dippin’” sauces.

Five Halloween safety tips

Monday, October 23rd, 2006
  1. For large groups of trick-or-treaters, always set at least one child ablaze, ensuring enough light that other children won’t trip over uneven pavement.
  2. Only separate shards of X-Acto blades from rodent poison once you get home; doing so in the dark will lead to inevitable mixups and tummyaches for youngsters with allergies.
  3. If a home has its porch light off — but an expressionless face can be seen peering from a cellar window — consider limiting your child’s unattended visit with the resident to no more than four hours.
  4. If a close-fitting mask causes your child to fall down a well, use fishing line and a paper clip to retrieve her goodie bag. Nobody likes wet candy.
  5. Although children dressed as SS-Sturmbannführer Michael Lippert are not required to “pretend execute” children dressed as Ernst Röhm, many parents find this bit of theatricality kindles the spirit that makes Halloween such a delight.