Saturday, February 9, 2013

My Five Things List

I hate lists!  

I always have "things to do" but I don't make any damn lists.  I don't make lists because if I can't remember what I need to do then, 1) I am either way too busy for my own good or, 2) my mind has slipped far enough that it doesn't matter anyway.  

5iVe
DeFiNiNG THiNGS LiST


*  Satire:  Catch-22, Dr Strangelove, Vonnegut, and movies like those of the Coens focused my humor and insight.

*  My bicycle:  As a kid it made my world a much bigger and more exciting place.  It epitomized adventure and extrapolated into so many future endeavors

*  Zion National Park:  The first park I visited and my most memorable feeling of awe.  It provided me the motivation to keep seeking new vistas.

*  Brit:  My dog who taught me the meaning of companionship.  

*  Family and friends (often one in the same):  All the places I go and things I do wouldn't matter much without people to do it with.


Other worthwhile lists:

A cool blog documenting an attempt to complete all the routes in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America by Steck and Roper.  Make sure to check out the videos menu.
http://www.smileysproject.com/Committed__Fifty_Classic_Climbs_of_North_America/Committed.html

and this is a good one:
http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/best_trails.php

One of the more educational lists (Thomas the Train has a filthy mouth).



seems as good as anything to list:
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/news/show?title=2012-best-beers-in-america


and if the lists I approve of are all hedonistic, well . . . 
http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2012

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