Sunday, December 24, 2006

A list of things

For some, this is the eve of Christmas. It's certainly a time to think about a number of things, like ... rational thought, human rights, bananas, M*A*S*H, coloured lights (can hypnoptize), apples, yellow submarines, the flush toilet, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, popsicles, escalators, turkey dinner, kapok trees, Star Wars, equality of the sexes, the humane society in Saskatoon, surfboards and Beach Boys songs, igloos, toboggans, Jetsons reruns, the complete works of William Shakespeare (such as The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Measure For Measure, The Comedy Of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant Of Venice, As You Like It, Taming Of The Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, The Winter's Tale*, Pericles, Cymbeline* King John, Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Richard III, Henry VIII, Romeo And Juliet, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Timon Of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Troilus And Cressida, King Lear, Othello, Antony And Cleopatra), latex paint, baseball, checkers, the Strand in London, the Northern Lights, any movie with Jane Fonda in it (including, but not limited to Walk On The Wild Side (1962), Sunday In New York (1963), La Ronde (1964), Cat Ballou (1965), The Chase(1966), Any Wednesday (1966) , Barefoot In The Park (1967), Barbarella (1968), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Klute (1971), Julia (1977), Coming Home (1978), Comes A Horseman (1978), California Suite (1978), The China Syndrome (1979), The Electric Horseman (1979), 9 To 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Rollover (1981), Agnes Of God (1985), The Morning After (1986), Stanley And Iris (1990), Monster-In-Law (2005)), the initial Hot Wheels cars ((Brabham Repco F1, Chaparral 2G, Classic '31 Ford Woody, Classic '32 Ford Vicky, Classic '36 Ford Coupe, Classic '57 Bird, Custom Charger, Custom AMX, Custom Continental, Custom Police Cruiser, Ford MK IV, Indy Eagle, Lola GT70, Lotus Turbine, Maserati Mistral, McLaren M6A, Mercedes-Benz 280SL, Rolls-Royce, Shelby Turbine, Splittin' Image, Torero, Turbofire, Twin Mill, Volkswagen Beach Bomb), Bonanza, Gilligan's Island, jello, six kinds of homemade jam (strawberry (freezer jam), raspbery, grape jelly, peach, apple jelly and blackberry), and other things....

If you celebrate this holiday tomorrow, have a nice Christmas. If you don't, have a nice day.