Make random lists

10. Has a large over educatd low income scholarly community.
9. Is nearly surrounded by mountains, some scow-capped in winter.
8. May be blazing hot, but is usually a few degrees cooler than the concrete jungle to the north.
7. Has preserved its art & cultural communities around Fourth Avenue and South Tucson.
6. Has so many bike lanes, an undergrad can get around fine without a car.
5. Is a bastion of liberal thought in a state known for right-wing fanaticism.
4. Has the country’s best inexpensive Mexican restaurants.
3. Has the country’s best expensive Mexican restaurants.
2. Borders Sabino Canyon.
1. Is the best city to take in a late summer monsoon thunderstorm.

I’ve been listening to a lot of good female singers lately. These ten are current favorites among the living. I should add I’m hardly an expert. I couldn’t recognize a song by Taylor Swift if I heard one, for instance, despite her many Emmy Awards. I’d be curious to hear one actually.

11 Emily Haines
10 Shirley Manson
9 Natalie Merchant
8 Nieko Case
7 Tori Amos
6 Gwen Stefani
5 Pink
4 Beyonce Knowles
3 Adele
2 Norah Jones
1 Regina Spektor

10 Tarbean
9 Winterfell
8 Thendara
7 Roke
6 Erlenstar Mountain
5 Benden Weyr
4 Eubaricon
3 Buckkeep
2 Cair Paravel
1 Gondolin

10 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
9 Crimes and Misdemeanors
8 Alice
7 Vicky Christina Barcelona
6 Hannah and Her Sisters
5 Sleepers
4 Manhattan
3 Love and Death
2 Sweet and Lowdown
1 Annie Hall

No Strings Attached C
Lebanon, PA B
Rabbit Hole B
Box Elder A/B
Myth of the American Sleepover A
Em A
Swedish Auto B/C
Tiny Furniture B
Shame A/B
Love the Hard Way A/B
The Hunger Games A/B
Janie Jones A
No Looking Back B/C
The Avengers C
The Off Hours A/B
Cabin in the Woods B/C
Melancholia A/B
The Fat Boy Chronicles C/D
Albatross B
Seducing Charlie Barker B
The Grey B
Uncle Kent B/C
Ten Tiny Love Stories A
Submarine A/B

My wife and I are yet to visit together:

Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Alaska
Hawaii
Wyoming

How I’d love to go to a good comedy tonight! But as usual, I don’t know of any. Here are my favorites, more or less in order. I’m taking recommendations, by the way, so if I’m missing one of your very favorites, please let me know.

Bringing Up Baby
Sleeper
Bad Santa
Airplane
A Christmas Story
Election
Love and Death
Groundhog Day
Tootsie
Duck Soup
Harvey
Animal House
40-Year-Old Virgin
Annie Hall
The Graduate
Clerks
Diner
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dumb and Dumber
Heaven Can Wait
Office Space
Sweet and Lowdown
Knocked Up
Caddyshack
Ghostbusters
Rushmore
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Swingers
Father of the Bride (original version)
A Fish Called Wanda
Raising Arizona
Major League
Big
Stripes
Take the Money and Run

The elliptical sort of encourages you to hit replay, I’ve discovered.

Age of Consent
Because the Night (live)
Between the Bars
Bizarre Love Triangle
Common People
Corona
Crash Years
Eet
Everybody’s Changing
The Fake Headlines
Feeling Good
Flagpole Sitta
Let Down
Only Happy When It Rains
Orange Juice
Paper Planes
Please Don’t Leave Me
Push It
Say Yes
This Too Shall Pass
Us
West End Girls
1901
1995

1 Kaufman
2 Arrowhead
3 Arizona
4 Memorial (Lawrence)
5 Sun Devil
6 University of Phoenix
7 Shea
8 Busch
9 Edward Jones Dome
10 Metrodome
11 Kingdome
12 Faurot Field/Memorial
13 Frank Sancet
14 Packard

10 woman’s razor (plastic handle and clip for blade)
9 woman’s knee length black leather boot (esp heel)
8 a baker’s dozen mechanical pencils
7 a bottle of carpenter’s glue
6 soft plastic prescription bottles
5 walking shoes
4 corner of baseboards
3 container of Super Glue Gel (targeted soft plastic cap)
2 empty bottle of diet coke
1 baker’s dozen socks