10 offbeat things ...

The moon caught in branches
Skewed vision
Cole Porter
Lapsang Souchong
Bird feeders
My To Read Shelf
A good memory (although this can also be a curse).
A developing "forgettory"
A2K
Tomatoes in season

Offbeat things?

Okey-dokey.

1. Robot, Tool and I Love Jelly (the three aliens)

2. The satisfying snap of Legos when I need to keep my mind blank and my hands full.

3. Third shift Converse sneakers.

4. That I still get to mow my lawn in November. When mowing my own lawn isn't enough I can sneak around and mow the neighbor's lawns while they're at work and they don't care.

5. The absolute beauty of imperfection.

6. That I found two tubes of original flavor Arm and Hammer toothpaste stuck in the back of the bottom shelf at Target the other day, ending a long search and a sad reliance on mint flavored Arm and Hammer toothpaste.

7. Magazines in my mailbox.

8. The way the bathroom smells after Mr. B takes his morning shower.

9. Chalkboard paint.

10. That thing that Kathy said the other day.

Aha! Gus is really Jimmy Buffet!

I might be adding Gold Bond Powder to my list depending on rogers answer to my question...


WHAT GOLD BOND POWDER FEELS LIKE....

1. M's sleepy smile when she wakes up in the morning
2. The first sip of the first cup of tea in the morning
3. The smell of Queen-of-the-Night flowers on warm, dark Indian summer nights
4. Turning to my right in the middle of the night and feeling B's chest hair tickle my cheek warmly, turning to the left & smelling M's citrus breath.
5. My best friend saying: I love you, M.
6. Watching B engage my mother in conversation as she holds M
7. The moment when I'm holding a new book in my hand, just before opening it to the first page
8. The smell of freshly mown grass in the summer
9. Thunderstorms
10. The sunbeams that light up my bedroom in the early afternoon these days

1. Modern medicine: antibiotics, vaccines, sterile procedures, etc.
2. Indoor plumbing.
3. Safe indoor heating.
4. Airconditioning.
5. International trade: chocolate, rubber, silk, bananas.
6. Ribeye steak.
7. Shiner Bock.
8. Smart people.
9. Tivo.
10. Making my girls laugh like fiends.

Oh yeah: My wife doen't injure me with sharp implements when I make the worst... pun... ever.

1. Mittens
2. days without using an alarm clock!
2. manitoba lakes and creeks and even our floods
3. good, decent long time married men
4. old musty books handed down by friends, family
5. coffee with the women who can laugh at with me, cause they know, they know
6. a little kid dancing spontaneously
7. 24 hour gas stations with people who will pump for you in the middle of winter!
8. condoms
9. my friend who always has a baggie of weed
10. the sound of snoring and the vibrations and warmth of a good man

More! More!

Bookstores
Second hand bookstores
Libraries
Amazon

OK, educate us, please.

<smiles>

I wish I were you..

12. Istanbul, the book by Orhan Pamuk

Robot, Tool and I Love Jelly are responsible for all the nutty things that happen around here.

They're all horrid but I Love Jelly is the real troublemaker.

None of it is my fault.

I'm thankful for being off the hook.

So you guys have your own version of Ida Know and Not Me or something? Cute!

Istanbul. Not Constantinople?

12. They Might be Giants
13. Star Trek
14. The cardigan with pockets that I don't hate yet is appropriate for work

We have Honk-your-horn (an invisible horse) and "The kitchen ghost".

1. Csabai
2. Trippy music
3. Shivers up my spine
4. The letters page in the Guardian Weekly
5. Seafood
6. Getting all green lights on the way to work
7. Knowing the answer straight away
8. Recognising the piece of music used in the background of a documentary or news item
9. Learning something
10. A really good latte.
11. Being loved and lusted after.

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