Well, it’s often said that a list is one of the greatest generators of conversation, so, in the spirit, post a top 5 list. The list could be on any topic, for example:
Top 5 Types Of Cereal:
Honeycomb - sweet, and the perfect texture. Good dry and wet.
Fruity Pebbles - I like these because they’re tangy and crunchy, and it’s kind of just like eating a big bowl of the powder at the bottom of the box.
**Rice Krispy Treats ** - Taste good, of course, but even better because you’re guaranteed a huge solid kluster of sugary rice krispies!
**Boo Berry ** - A rare treat! So so good! Should probably actually be at number 1
Franken Berry - The sister of Boo Berry and Count Chocula. Franken Berry enjoyed limited success, and I must say those strawberry bits and marshmallows are simply delicious.
You get me? Here, try this one:
Top 5 Songs by The Smashing Pumpkins:
Galapogos
Age of Innocence
Tonight, Tonight
Soma
Zero
So, that oughta be enough to get anyone started. So, give me your list! I’d love to hear it!
My Personal Ranking of the (So-Far) Five Pixar Feature-Length Films
Toy Story: To me, nothing can beat the team of Woody and Buzz; Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. A great plot and a ton of great lines.
Toy Story 2: I like the first one better, but the sequel is almost superior.
Monsters, Inc.: John Goodman and Billy Crystal make another great team. And Steve Buscemi as the villian, Randall, was the best. And you can’t beat Roz!
A Bug’s Life: The weakest of the five movies, but I like it better than “Finding Nemo”. Kevin Spacey as Hopper was incredibly sinister, and the ending is dark.
Finding Nemo: This is probably everybody’s favorite, but my least favorite. I don’t know. I found Albert Brooks as Marlin incredibly annoying.
OK, how about the top five htdrocarbon reservoirs:
1.) Rapidly buried barrier reefs - all the glamour of a carbonate reef, with vugs you can stick your head in, vertical fractures to feed over great distance, thousands of feet of column; it’s natural refinery nicely encased in shale
2.) Diapiric trapping environments - as the salt dome or shale diapir is formed and moves up, both strat barriers and piercement related faulting create a target rich environment
3.) Sub-salt reservoirs - as seismic technology has advanced, we’ve been able to image reservoir quality rocks nicely trapped below the salt bodies
4.) Purely structural sand traps - such as the ever popular four way and high-sided three way, when you know a porous and permeable sand is present as a blanket, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel*
5.) Stratigraphic pinch-outs - there’s more than one way to stop a hydrocarbon molecule in its tracks. and and end to the P&P body’s a good one, if you feel like you can spot it
Now the overthrust people, the patch reef folk, etc. are gonna be miffed, but I call them as I see them.
*[sub]not really - there can be, uh, “complications”[/sub]
Cheap, cold, domestic beer in a can For when it’s really hot and I’ve been working in the yard
Margarita on the rocks, salt - not from a mixer Best enjoyed on a deck overlooking the beach, or poolside
Dewars & Soda, double shot in a pint glass full of ice, topped off with soda, lemon on the side. Drunk with a straw. When I’m getting hammered and I don’t care who knows it, it goes down fast. Great sipping drink on stage, too. Disturbingly refreshing and easy to drink.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale/Guinness Draught (tie)
*Substitute other hoppy IPAs and APAs as availability dictates. Guinness is the beer of choice for the cooler months. The standard ‘I’m not drinking for real, but i want a drink’ drink.
Macallan 18 year old Scotch. Rocks glass, one ice cube. For sipping and enjoying.
*Other scotches are nice, in fact lovely, but this one always ends up on top.
Cemetary - lie still quiet and not moving first one to move is out
Big Boss- break kids into groups of two, assign a boss give each a chore and see who finishes first- competing against each other for points, kind of like Survivor.
Top Five Unnaturally Orange-Colored Foods:
1.) Orange Slices
2.) Cheetos
3.) Cheez-Its
4.) Tang
5.) Grippo’s BBQ potato chips
Top Five Simpsons Episodes:
1.) The monorail episode
2.) The one with Hank Scorpio
3.) The Stonecutters episode
4.) The Guatemalan Insanity Peppers episode
5.) The “Treehouse of Horror” that included “The Shinning”
Top Five Reasons I Admit People To The Hospital:
1.) Chest pain
2.) Complications from cocaine use
3.) Syncope
4.) Complications from alcohol use
5.) COPD exacerbation
Top Five Phish Shows I’ve Been To:
1.) 12/7/97, Dayton
2.) 11/7/96, Lexington
3.) 6/22/00, Nashville
4.) 7/11/00, Deer Creek
5.) 7/14/00, Columbus
Top Five Restaurants in Greensboro:
1.) Bistro Sofia
2.) Marisol
3.) Positano’s
4.) 223 South Elm
5.) Gate City Chop House
Buffy: Who are you?
Spike: You’ll find out on Saturday.
Buffy: What happens Saturday?
Spike: I kill you.
“You won. All right? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That’s what conquering nations do. It’s what caesar did, and he’s not going around saying, “I came, I conquered, I felt really bad about it.” The history of the world isn’t people making friends. You had better weapons, and you massacred them. End of story.”
4b) “You know what happens to vampires who don’t get to feed? Living skeletons, mate. Like famine pictures from those dusty countries, only not half as funny.”
“Cause Buffy … the other, not so pleasant Buffy … anything happened to Dawn, it’d destroy her. I couldn’t live, her bein’ in that much pain. Let Glory kill me first. Nearly bloody did.”
I agree with your #1, but the rest I’d have to replace with:
a. You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love 'til it kills you both. You’ll fight, and you’ll shag, and you’ll hate each other 'til it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends. Real love isn’t brains, children. It’s blood. It’s blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love’s bitch, but at least I’m man enough to admit it.
b. Joyce: Have we met?
Spike: Yeah! You hit me over the head with an axe one time, remember ‘Stay the hell away from my daughter’?
Joyce: Oh yeah!
c. If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixtion was actually there it would have been like Woodstock. I was actually at Woodstock, that was a weird gig. I fed of this flowergirl and spent the next six hours watching my hand move.
d. I came to you in friendship. Well, all right, seething hatred…
But his best line ever was on Angel:
“How can I thank you, you mysterious black clad hunk of a night thing? - No need, little lady. Your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see, I was once a badass vampire but love and a pesky curse defanged me. And now, I’m just a biiig fluffy puppy with baaad teeth. No, not the hair, never the hair. - But there must be some way I can show my appreciation… - No! Helping those in need’s my job…and working up a load of sexual tension and prancing away like a magnificent poof is truly thanks enough. - I understand, I have a nephew who’s gay, so… - Say no more…evil’s still afoot, and I’m almost out of that nancyboy hairgel I like so much. Quickly, to the Angelmobile…away!”
