I hope ita's head gets better.

Recent additions to Merlins Lists of 5.

Five rules from the NPR drinking game
Nina Totenberg reads a transcript (1 drink)
oboe is heard (2 drinks)
Malcolm Gladwell reference (1 drink)
Scott Simon cracks himself up (1 drink)
Daniel Schorr mentions Watergate (3 drinks)

Five bands I’m sorry I never got to see live
Hüsker Dü (ca. 1985)
Joy Division (ca. 1979)
The Comedian Harmonists (ca. 1933)
The Benny Goodman Orchestra (ca. 1938)
Talking Heads (ca. 1981)

Five favorite new wave drummers
Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons)
Cedric Sharpley (Gary Numan)
Terry Williams (Rockpile)
Clem Burke (Blondie)

Five terrible fake secrets about Seals & Croft
Summer Breeze actually made them both a little edgy
In industry circles, Seals was rumored to have been behind an abortive plot to whack Bread, America, and Poco
One hazy night in 1978, Croft reportedly ate a tray of lasagna all by himself
Diamond Girl didn’t really shine so much as just occasionally glisten with perspiration
For the last couple years there, Croft was carrying Seals like a baby

Five things I have read repeatedly in the bathroom
Lucky Magazine subscription card
ibuprophen bottle
that one New York Times Magazine
ingredients of Crest
shampoo instructions

Five beverages I haven’t drunk very often since college
Magnum
Brass Monkey
Red, White, and Blue
Fisher ale
well-brand Scotch

Five Halloween costumes your sorority sisters are considering
Sexy Nurse
Sexy Cop
Sexy Alien
Sexy Hitler
Sexy Doris Roberts

Five user icons
the single eye
the star of cult TV show (with elliptical quote from same about life’s complexity)
the peering over the glasses
the “I’m looking balefully at something over here…”
the big ole cleavage

Five badass jewish men
Simon Wiesenthal
Abraham
Jon Stewart
Sol Star
Ira Kaplan

Five terrible fake Dickens characters
Henrietta Troubleknickers
Jackson Splotch
Prof. Wiggenstodgy
Pennyfarthing Mushroomwater
Felch Cracksbottom

Five revelations from Rene Descartes’ LiveJournal
He used to be into Emo, but now he thinks it’s “kind of gay”
He’s thinking of getting a job next summer
He totally blew the math quiz on Friday
He’s frenched three times now (and one time got a little tit)
He’s using a Bob Marley icon some dude made

Five things I’d ask every Supreme Court nominee if I sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee
If you knew to an absolute moral certainty that you could capture and consume a live infant without being caught, how many do you suppose you could eat in a weekend?
Have you ever been spanked erotically by someone who was not your current legal spouse? Just yes or no, please.
Nominee, do you regard these slacks as accentuating my basket in an un-senatorial fashion?
Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about…your mother.
Kindly rise, and sing the 1979 hit, The Piña Colada Song, also known as Escape.

Five things I’m really starting to miss
Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show
two (and only two) kinds of Coke
use of sentence case by college-educated adults
Burger Chef Fun Meals
Bill Clinton

Five excellent New Orleans icons
Ignatius J. Reilly
Louis Armstrong
David Ferrie
Alex Chilton
Stanley Kowalski

Msbelle, please do this: [link]

Five terrible fake Dickens characters
Henrietta Troubleknickers
Jackson Splotch
Prof. Wiggenstodgy
Pennyfarthing Mushroomwater
Felch Cracksbottom

Aren't these all real J.K. Rowlings characters?

I will do that for a fake wedding if you pay for it.

A manipulated photo of Condi appeared in USA Today - she looked like she was possessed, or about to shoot death-rays out of her eyes. Eventually, USA Today replaced the picture.

Hmmm, bon-bon did relate that story of her refusing to confirm or deny the existence of extraterrestrial life. Maybe she's a goa'uld!

Well, if JKR wrote a Felch Cracksbottom, the allegations of homosexuality in her books suddenly have a lot more weight.

Status call ending. I think I only had to pay attention once. Nap now.

Five things that tell me I've spent too much time in Simonverse fandom lately
5. When somebody quotes Jayne about being in his bunk and I think "Thanks for the TMI, there. I know...everyone's having it off but me."

4.It's too easy to type "motherfucker".

3. My mother won't watch L&O with me because I start telling her about the actual process of obtaining a search warrant, at great length."Of course they would never get it that fast..."

2. I could find trouble in Baltimore more easily than my own home town.

1. I start wondering how close this season of my life is to the end of season musical montage.

The teacher I assisted last year just came by and brought my recommendation letter... which is maybe the nicest thing anyone's ever written about me. I stand out "for [my] willingness to not only bring [my] talents to the table but also [my] desire to constanly improve the teaching team, the learning class, and the dynamics between the two." He recommends me with his "highest accolades".

I told him he could just write a paragraph saying what I did! I think I may sniffle a little.

I just had a near miss. As I was coming up the walk, this beautiful little tortie came up and demanded I pet her. So I did. And she didn't want me to leave. She climbed into my lap. And I worry, especially about really friendly outdoor cats in the city. She seemed to be nursing, so I didn't dare bring her in. And then she wouldn't come in the stairwell. But she sat outside the door for a long while. Ahrg. I'm going to keep an eye out for her. A really nice cat.

Curse the sucker sign on my forehead and my soft heart.

be careful.

the water heater guy has a girlfriend. and she has a male calico - I didn't even know they exsisted.