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last entry added: 05/03/2004

five movies I've never seen

  1. Gone with the wind
  2. Steel magnolias
  3. Fried green tomatoes
  4. Debbie does Dallas
  5. Tron Chicago

five foods I frequently eat

  1. milk
  2. applesauce
  3. grilled cheese sandwiches
  4. green beans
  5. cheese

five nicknames I've had

  1. Mickey
  2. Psycho Myko
  3. Big Daddy
  4. (My) Cleats
  5. Codger

five good bands you've probably never heard of

  1. Headboard
  2. Mocean Worker
  3. Death in Vegas
  4. Lady Mayhem
  5. The Cheese

five great spoof movies

  1. Starship Troopers
  2. Mars Attacks!
  3. Galaxy Quest
  4. Monster in the Closet
  5. Spaceballs

five Chicago radio stations I used to alternate between

  1. 103.1 FM - The 80s Channel (now gone)
  2. 101.1 FM - Q101 (now horrible)
  3. 97.9 FM - The Loop (now still not bad)
  4. 103.5 FM - The Beat (now something else)
  5. 101.9 FM - The Mix (now don't get me started)

five things I'd rather do online

  1. shop
  2. get the news
  3. make money for clicking on stuff
  4. pay my bills
  5. shop

five things I'd rather not do online

  1. read books
  2. videoconferencing
  3. laundry
  4. be mass-emailed
  5. listen to realaudio

five email subjects I've received

  1. WE WANT YOUR INVENTION! yeah, right, like I'd give it away
  2. ADV:THREE DAY ONLY COPIER SALE !!
  3. Consolodating the Yacht Brokerage Industry (4080)
  4. Bob Collected $735,000 (and didn't win the lottery) good for him...
  5. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED (4040)

five more email subjects I've received

  1. are you? Um, I might be, I think?
  2. THE ULTIMATE CRAY FISH RIG
  3. Blast Your Advertisement to 1-5-10-or 25 Million recipiants !!!
  4. VIAGRA $6 PER DOSE - ONLINE NO EMBARRASSMENT
  5. Thinking Makes It So

five silly obsessions of mine

  1. bad movies
  2. bad movies on DVD
  3. the music of William Shatner
  4. winter driving
  5. messed-up shirt collars

five things I don't do anymore

  1. slide down flights of stairs on my knees
  2. listen to cassette tapes
  3. speed excessively when driving
  4. use a separate shampoo and conditioner
  5. proclaim to be 'hung like a yak'

five funny results of the Fox TV Special generator

  1. Sweden's Weirdest Children Make Faces
  2. The World's Most Mundane Losers
  3. When Demons Get Funky
  4. When Chicken Overthrows The Bourgeoisie
  5. When Kittens Eat: Part 2

five bands I've seen in concert

  1. Rammstein
  2. Gravity Kills
  3. Metallica
  4. Pitchshifter
  5. The Beach Boys

five funny results of the band name generator

  1. no respect for vanilla
  2. mellow remnants
  3. unlaced orange
  4. spontaneous go-go boot
  5. adventures in shorts

five fiction books worth reading

  1. Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia
  2. Silent Prey by John Sandford (and the whole Prey series)
  3. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
  4. Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois
  5. Exit Strategy by Douglas Rushkoff (the 'open source' edition)

five website taglines I'd like to use someday

  1. coming soon with more cowbell!
  2. so ergonomic it hurts!
  3. an army of one third
  4. I'm hung like a yak!
  5. five bucks to every visitor, starting tomorrow

five television shows I'm man enough to admit to watching a full season

  1. Sex and the city
  2. Powerpuff girls
  3. Beverly hills, 90210
  4. Friends
  5. Jem (though I can't remember any of it, sadly)

five piano pieces I want to be able to play on the piano before I die

  1. Beethoven's Moonlight sonata
  2. Lou Reed's "Perfect day"
  3. Three dog night's "One"
  4. "Chopsticks" the right way
  5. Those two chords that make the soundtrack for all those movies. You know, you've heard them. And forgotten.