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compile a list of 101 Useful Things To Do Besides Watch TV

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  • Second Star To The Right And Straight On Till Morning
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    10 Useful Things  — 7 months ago

    1. Eat an oreo… if you’re a person.
    2. Read a book… if you’re not blind.
    3. Write a book… if you don’t want to read one.
    4. Listen to music… if you own a radio and/or CD.
    5. Cook some food… If you’re hungry.
    6. Develop some opinions… if you want one.
    7. Research a topic… if you have the sources.
    8. Sing a song… if you have decent breath.
    9. Brush your teeth… if you don’t have decent breath.
    10. Put on clothes… if you aren’t a nudist.

    Untitled  — 1 year ago

    24) study big band charts
    25) play guitar
    26) take a long hot bath (stole that from Harijan)
    27) paint my front door
    28) breath
    29) sort my clothes
    30) move the boxes in the hallway
    31) journal
    32) dream
    33) look up new recipes
    34) lift weights
    35) mow the grass
    36) get the KORG ready for Maggie
    37) teach
    39) work on my dads 30’s CD
    40) plan a vacation
    41) make money
    42) read the world is flat
    43) go to dinners ready
    44) trim the knick knick
    45) clean under the kitchen sink
    46) organize my CD’s and throw a bunch away
    47) book gigs
    48) do the “Songs I love” CD
    49) volunteer
    50) do push ups
    51) sew that cute skirt I bought material for
    52) clean out my purse
    53) call people I love and tell them

    20-23  — 1 year ago

    20) Do this :)
    21) knit
    22) garden
    23) write

    18-19  — 1 year ago

    18) talk to my brothers on the phone
    19) throw things I don’t need away

    7-17  — 1 year ago

    7) feed my cat
    8) do dishes
    9) sew dougs pants
    10) call my daughter
    11) pray
    12) call a friend
    13) clean the garage
    14) sing
    15) do sit ups
    16) play tennis
    17) take pictures of things I love

    1-6  — 1 year ago

    1) write songs
    2) sweep the back porch
    3) plan menus
    4) write notes to friends and family
    5) read
    6) dance

    41. Protect house from termites  — 1 year ago

    42. Recharge cell phone
    43. Pick up glasses
    44. Clean ears
    45. Digitize photos
    46. Organize CD’s
    47. Appraise car
    48. Take inventory
    49. Use coupons
    50. Do taxes

    36. dust off my dashboard  — 2 years ago

    37. pick up friends prescriptions
    38. Wax eyebrows
    39. Encourage dad to get a colonoscopy
    40. Return rentals

    11. Check the air in my tires  — 2 years ago

    12. Help my sister figure out if it would be easier for her to get into a California pharmacy school or medical school, if she transferred to Cally as an undergrad.

    13. Find a balance between the things I need to do (maintenance) and the things I want to do (fun).

    14. Fill my tank with premium unleaded once amonth to “clean it out.”

    15. See if I can fit into my sister’s old roller skates.

    16. Get a haircut

    17. Clean out your wallet and glove compartment

    18. Floss

    19. Watch over sister’s house while she goes to Hudson’s Adventure Island to have fun

    20. Babysit

    21. Replace filters in the swimming pool and the air conditioner.

    22. Figure out if the mercury (silver) fillings in my teeth are slowly poisoning me to death, and if there’s an easy way to get them out.

    23. Clean out voice mails

    24. Iron clothes (ya right, I know I’m never going to get around to this)

    25. Walk brother-in-law’s dog

    26. Spend the night with a friend

    27. Repent of my sins

    28. Congratulate my sister on her successful presentation

    29. Swim

    30. Figure out why the sequel to Pirates of the Carribean was so sucky with such a sucky ending, and why I have to wait a year for the next. I mean, do they think they are cool, like Back to the Future, or LOTR?

    31. Contemplate the probability that the Earth will be hit with a gamma blast

    32. Worry about when Yellowstone supervolcano may erupt…. hey, this is worth doing if you are a survivalist.

    33. Convince someone that bombing power stations, bridges, sewage facilities, apartment complexes, roads, etc. is not “self-defense” for the capture of 2 soldiers in a border incident and is not worth a major world war.

    34. Pray for Mexico never captures 2 of our border guards, since the c-in-chief is increasingly going to need to find excuses to distract people from all his failed policies.

    35. Buy a power generator

    1. Clear your head  — 2 years ago

    2. Make a list of all your peak experiences
    3. Call your mom and dad
    4. Make a to do list for tomorrow
    5. Get to know yourself
    6. Go try on some jeans at American eagle so that you can get a free ticket to see Pirates of the Caribbean or Al Gore’s movie over at AMC
    7. Go to crooksandliars.com, mediamatters.org, lewrockwell.com, commondreams.org, bushwatch.com, or smirkingchimp.com and keep abreast of current events
    8. Give a $5 to the next homeless person who asks, instead of chump change… and give him directions to the nearest least expensive and best foodplace.
    9. Go to everything2.com and read my articles on “Count Dooku” and “Mace Windu” thus enhancing your knowledge of the Star Wars Universe.
    10. Clean the dust which collects on the top side of your ceiling blade fans

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