Five cool words I’ve been having trouble working into a normal sentence

October 13th, 2003
  1. trepanation
  2. illiquid
  3. defenestration
  4. antediluvian
  5. kopophobia

Five unrelated things I’ve noticed about myself since moving to California in 1999

October 12th, 2003
  1. I curse like a sailor, even in mixed company
  2. I don’t really enjoy reading novels very much
  3. I should stop interrupting people
  4. I don’t understand the game of craps at all
  5. I should eat much more fruit

Five things I just can’t get behind for some reason

October 12th, 2003
  1. Using the phrase “First Annual”
  2. Foot tattoos
  3. Talk radio
  4. Heroin
  5. Televised awards shows

Five things I like more than I want to admit

October 12th, 2003
  1. Speaking in the passive voice
  2. The Old Testament
  3. Justin Timberlake
  4. Waking up really early
  5. Saying “See you in cyberspace!” when I drunkenly leave a party

Five fake names I like to give at restaurants

October 11th, 2003
  1. Mr. Bob Dobalina
  2. Thorstenson Finlandson
  3. Rrrrrrrrrroberto!
  4. Bubb Rubb
  5. Dr. Julius Kelp

Five good responses for telemarketers or collection agencies

October 10th, 2003
  1. I’m sorry, but what does this have to do with human sacrifice?
  2. Seriously, will you still be this interested in me after we’ve dated for a while?
  3. Would you be able to tell if I were defecating right now?
  4. I am French. Your money means nothing to me.
  5. I can smell your panties through the phone.

Five terrible fake names for Michael Jackson’s children

October 8th, 2003
  1. Popcorn Marie Jackson
  2. Backrub Jackson
  3. John Paul Michael Ringo Jackson
  4. Catbox Mel Ramen Pants Jackson
  5. Mannix II

Five terrible fake names for failed dotcom design firms

October 8th, 2003
  1. AwkwardFish.com
  2. DreamShepherds.com
  3. PicklePixel.com
  4. CashNozzle.com
  5. MonkeyMonkey.com

Five actors and the roles for which I’d like to see them nominated for an Oscar®

September 22nd, 2003
  1. Jennifer Lopez (Struggling single mother and diner waitress, beset with late-onset acromegaly melts the hearts of her recent-immigrant customers)
  2. John Goodman (Struggling morbidly obese food critic, tragically born without a hypothalamus, devours flatware and crockery of Chicago’s finest eateries)
  3. Jim Carrey (Struggling set of profoundly retarded triplets with intermittent psychic abilities fails to consistently predict important international events)
  4. Brittany Murphy (Struggling double-amputee, 1/4-Cherokee law student with mild IBS teaches a town of old fogies how to dance…and, consequently, to love)
  5. Haley Joel Osment (Struggling child actor faces decreasing cuteness and an intruding urge to kill)

Five disturbing fake names for ejaculate

September 21st, 2003
  1. La Salsa Hombre
  2. Onan’s Bearnaise
  3. Love Pollution
  4. Saint Mayo’s Spread of Desperation
  5. Instant Daddy Mix

Five things that make it hard for me to take you seriously

September 14th, 2003
  1. Finding ways to mention you don’t own a TV. Repeatedly.
  2. Expecting me to call you “Doctor”
  3. Pronouncing the French film festival “kahn”
  4. That little Garth Brooks headset you use with the cell phone
  5. Using the word “vortal” without a speck of irony

Five wallets I’ve enjoyed

September 6th, 2003
  1. Adam & the Ants screen-printed velcro sports wallet (1982)
  2. Levi’s© denim billfold with patch (1978)
  3. Sharper Image™ taxicab driver’s wallet (1999)
  4. (My late father’s) Masonic wallet, featuring enormous creepy “G” (1976)
  5. Two rubberbands (1988)

Five things you just don’t hear much about anymore

September 6th, 2003
  1. Bumper pool
  2. est
  3. Macramé
  4. Pogs
  5. T’Pau

Five Records I Listened to on the Way to Work (SF to Menlo Park; February, 2001)

September 1st, 2003
  1. Belle & Sebastian / Fold your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
  2. Badly Drawn Boy / The Hour of Bewilderbeast
  3. The Zombies / Odessey & Oracle
  4. Oranger / Doorway to Norway
  5. The Posies / Amazing Disgrace

Five Hall & Oates songs I often have in my head

September 1st, 2003
  1. I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
  2. Kiss on my List
  3. Private Eyes
  4. When the Morning Comes
  5. You Make My Dreams

Five records I listened to after school (1983)

August 31st, 2003
  1. Ozzy Osbourne / The Blizzard of Ozz
  2. The Who / Tommy
  3. Adam & the Ants / Prince Charming
  4. Night Ranger / Dawn Patrol
  5. Cheap Trick / One on One

Five ideas I had when I was 14

August 31st, 2003
  1. My best friend, John Patten, and I should live in a fanciful treehouse with our future wives and a menagerie of mostly wild animals
  2. There should be a national system where everyone has to get a permanent identifying mark so the police know who they are (my paternal grandmother informs this is fascism and that it’s historically been frowned upon in the US)
  3. People should give me a TV show where I can talk to all of my favorite performers from a variety of media. Early guests were slated to include John Schneider, Blackjack Mulligan Jr. (nee “Barry Windham”), and Devo.
  4. Diane Lane (or possibly Jill Whelan) should kiss me deeply and often
  5. I should be allowed to play Tic-Tac-Dough for money, from my home, since I got so many of the questions right every night.

Five words that are fun to say in an elaborate Jerry Lewis voice

August 31st, 2003
  1. Laden
  2. Helmac
  3. Hoisin
  4. Finland
  5. Havlicek

Five terrible fake names for a sensitive singer/songwriter’s album

August 31st, 2003
  1. Gentle Saltine Days
  2. 2 Tickets to Me
  3. Waving at Yesterdays
  4. (Get Inside) The Pencils of my Mind
  5. The Ironic Woman

Five terrible fake euphemisms for defecating

August 31st, 2003
  1. Carpet bombing
  2. Trimming Daddy’s Christmas tree
  3. Flipping my burgers
  4. Busting a Pollock
  5. Rewarding our heroes