Lists

The Appliances of "Wall Street" (1987)
1. Personal Computer 2. Blood Pressure Gauge 3. Shredder 4. Garbage Compactor 5. Handheld Television 6. Butler Robot 7. Answering Machine 8. Cell Phone 9. Handheld Photocopier 10. Camcorder 11. Sauna 12. Jacuzzi 13. Immersion Blender 14. Pasta Machine 15....
(August 7, 2014)

List: 2014 Complete Season Episode Titles
1. "The Missing Link" 2. "Trigger Warning" 3. "Letterhead" 4. "Whole and Term" 5. "The Growing Season" 6. "Standing in a Bad Light" 7. "Bretton Woods" 8. "Autoclave" 9. "The Sophists" 10. "The Pool Becomes a Mirror" 11. "Locke Proviso"...
(June 8, 2014)

Possible Omega Watches
1. Basementmaster 2. Choremaster 3. Parmaster 4. Commutemaster 5. Gymmaster 6. Pokermaster 7. Gavelmaster 8. Spelunkmaster 9. Pastamaster 10. Dungeonmaster...
(April 21, 2014)

Microsoft Word Apology Letter Templates
1. Letter thanking customer for reporting poor service 2. Letter apologizing for poor service with gift certificate 3. Apology letter to customer for problem caused by supplier 4. Letter apologizing for damaged order with refund 5. Apology letter for poor...
(January 16, 2014)

Some Favorite Titles
1. After the Hammock 2. Habits of the Under Toad 3. Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency 4. A Bulletin on Vertigo 5. Free Replay 6. From a Buick 6 7. Vesper 8 8. To the White Sea 9. Arcadia...
(August 30, 2013)

Things I Recognized During Takeoff
1. Oyster Point Blvd. 2. I-280 3. The Stanford Linear Accelerator 4. Oval Park 5. The Stanford Shopping Center 6. Buck's in Woodside 7. Roberts Market in Woodside 8. Moffett Field 9. San Jose International 10. Infinite Loop...
(February 12, 2013)

List: 2011 Complete Season Episode Titles
1. "The Osterman Weekend" 2. "The Book of Luke" 3. "100c" 4. "What Are Parents" 5. "Retribution" 6. "Body Heat" 7. "Silver and Gold" 8. "Akasia" 9. "After Rouen" 10. "Return to The Naked Eye" 11. "More Discrete Charm of...
(January 23, 2013)

List: Missing Target/Neiman Marcus Catalog Items
1. up & up Corner Print Cashmere Scarf 2. rag & bone 120 Count 13 Gallon Tall Kitchen Trash Bags 3. Harley Davidson by Jason Wu Eagle Pilsner Glasses (Set of Two) 4. Fisher-Price × Gucci My Little Leather Money...
(November 25, 2012)

List: They Should Be Pinball Games
1. The Big Lewbowski 2. David Bowie's Career 3. Unionbuster! 4. The Oregon Trail (video game) 5. "Gaucho" 6. They Might Be Giants...
(October 29, 2012)

The Original Seven Arts Plus One
1. Grammar 2. Logic 3. Rhetoric 4. Arithmetic 5. Geometry 6. Music 7. Astronomy 8. Bullshitting...
(August 27, 2012)

List: the people he's going to need
1. A piano tuner 2. A futurist 3. An arc-welder 4. A sprinkler-fitter 5. An historian 6. An electrical engineer 7. A train conductor 8. An escape artist 9. A photojournalist 10. A papermaker 11. A blacksmith 12. An astrologer...
(July 25, 2012)

Someone's Idea of the Ideal Age to Watch Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey (3) A Clockwork Orange (13) The Killing (15) Full Metal Jacket (17) The Shining (18) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (22) Killer's Kiss (28) Paths of Glory (29)...
(March 15, 2012)

My Fantasy Television Showrunning Career
8. Untitled Sci-Fi Project (2021) 7. 1957 (2020 - ) (TV series) 6. Bookworm (2016) 5. Folklore (TV miniseries) (2013) 4. Soul of a New Machine (TV series) (2012 - 2015) 3. Option (2008) 2. Lyndon (TV series) (2007 -...
(October 24, 2011)

Selected Logging Operation Definitions
1. "Arch." An open-framed trailer or built-up framework used to suspend the leading ends of trees or logs when they are skidded. 2. "Backcut (felling cut)." The final cut in a felling operation. 4. "Buck." To cut a felled tree...
(May 26, 2011)

The Titles of Unsent E-mails
1. Re: Indiana Jones and the Largest Number in the Universe 2. Re: WEB53533 3. House Furnish 4. replacement rate? 5. Buckminster notes 6. answering the "why" 7. Web Marketing in the Attention Economy 8. pressie notes 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYuelJAgjs 10....
(February 8, 2011)

Things I Once Found Relaxing
1. Watching, in person, Keith Richards play guitar. 2. The canted corners and colored slate floor of a specific college dorm room in New England. 3. The video game Mario 64. 4. Tuesday's New York Times Crossword puzzle. 5. Reading...
(February 2, 2010)

Dune or Dean?
1. He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing. 2. The tape would not discriminate....
(October 18, 2009)

List: More Obscure Necktie Knots
1. The Simple Double 2. The Plattsburg 3. The St. Andrew 4. The Oriental 5. The Small 6. The Kelvin 7. The Atlantic 8. The Diagonal 9. The Persian 10. The Nicky 11. The Victoria 12. The Cavendish 13. The...
(September 13, 2009)

List: Things Inaccessible
1. Jazz 2. Bridge 3. Wiff N Proof 4. Sailing Knots 5. NASCAR 6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7. High-End Stereo 8. Wine...
(August 16, 2009)

Curious Elements of "The Eiger Sanction" (Film)
1. "Your turn in the barrel." (As is "over a waterfall" or "most powerful handgun in the world"?) 2. The choice of Pissarro. (Kind of obscure; Audience had to work.) 3. "Two Brews!" (Why not more specific?) 4. "Hemlock" seems...
(August 9, 2009)

List: Parts of a Men's Suit
1. Collar 2. Gorge 3. Lapel 4. Breast 5. Drop 6. Scye 7. Jetted Pocket 8. Besom Pocket 9. Ticket Pocket 10. Watch Pocket 11. Card Pocket 12. Breast Pocket 13. Vent 14. Pleat 15. Jigger 16. Button 17. Sleeve...
(June 7, 2009)

List: Things That Very Specifically Blew My Mind (Slightly Redacted)
1. Concept of Asteroids 2. Concept of Heaven 4. "Star Wars" (in theater) 5. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (VHS) 6. Hyperspace 7. The Neutron Bomb 8. Concept of Nothing 9. Concept of Infinity 10. DNA (understood as instructions for growth...
(May 31, 2009)

List: Hotel Parcel Types
1. Black 2. White 3. Brown 4. Purple 5. Blue 6. Flower 7. Green 8. Red 9. Pink 10. Grey 11. Other 12. Clear 13. Roller 14. Garment 15. Backpack 16. Suitcase 17. Laptop 18. Box 19. Duffel 20. Shop...
(May 26, 2009)

List: Bill's Stages of Civilizations, Relationships
1. Primitive 2. Modern 3. Baroque 4. Decadent As remembered by the author; unverified....
(May 10, 2009)

List: My Recent Ebay Feedback
1. "Epitome of rationalism in warfare. Better than described. WBA." (Aug-10-07 13:02) 2. "Arrived as described, wonderfully kitsch slice of American Modernism, etc." (Sep-25-08 08:24) 3. "Glass goods could not be packed with more care and deliberation; a joy to...
(May 3, 2009)

List: 2008-2009 Complete Season Episode Titles
1. "Seven Digits" 2. "Rock of Ages" 3. "The Price is Right" 4. "19 Short" 5. "Another Green World, part 1" 6. "Another Green World, part 2" 7. "Haze Gray" 8. "The Gray Box and Other Stories" 9. "Almost Instantly"...
(April 26, 2009)

List: Seas of the Moon (visible from Earth)
1. Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) 2. Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) 3. Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity) 4. Mare Undarum (Sea of Waves) 5. Mare Humorum (Sea of Moisture) 6. Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility) 7. Mare Nectaris (Sea...
(April 7, 2009)

(Found) List: Apparently Incomplete Shopping List
1. Red Bull Light 2. Vodka 3. Ziti 4. Bag salad 5. Coke 6. Diet Coke 7. Rich Beer 8. Heineken 9. Hot Chocolate 10. Orange Juice 11. Tonic Water 12. 2 Lemons...
(February 10, 2009)

List: Some Types of Glasses
1. Juice 2. Highball 3. Tom Collins 4. Pilsner 5. Snifter 6. Martini 7. Shot 8. Old Fashioned 9. Cordial 10. Margarita 11. Goblet 12. Grappa 13. Sherry Consciously decided against getting into wine types....
(February 1, 2009)

List: The Personal and Professional Philosophy of Robert Evans
1. Planning is for the poor. 2. Luck derives only from the meeting of opportunity and preparation. 3. The sense of discovery is important. 4. Disagreement and discord can produce great products. 5. Ownership is important; own a script, and...
(January 25, 2009)

List: Good Woods
1. Pine 2. Ash 3. Oak 4. Cherry 5. Maple 6. Walnut 7. Mahogany 8. Padouk 9. Koa 10. Imbuya 11. Shedua 12. Goncalo Alves 13. Olive Wood 14. Iroko 15. Zebra Wood 16. Teak 17. Purple heart 18. Wenge...
(January 18, 2009)

List: Dune's Ideas
1. The spice must flow. 2. It is by will alone that I put my mind in motion. 3. He who controls the spice controls the universe. 4. Fear is the mind killer. 5. He who can destroy a thing,...
(January 11, 2009)

List: Polonius' Advice
1. Don't talk too much. 2. Don't act rashly. 3. Speak the way other people speak, but don't curse. 4. Keep your friends close, but don't keep too many. 5. Don't fight; but if you must, don't pull punches. 6....
(January 4, 2009)

List: Starbucks Terms of Art
1. Handoff Plane 2. Impulse Stand 3. Cup Writing 4. Three Person Close 5. Shifting 6. On Till 7. On Bar 8. DTO 9. Syrup Side 10. Hand-Off Side 11. Connecting 12. Fifteens 13. Recovery Coupon 14. Green Bean Collected...
(December 28, 2008)