The first 25 of the .......

1. I love my friend Dave for not only giving me the idea but for being gracious when I beat him in his own endeavor.
2. People who can proudly sport snuggies..like Dave.
3. Power naps
4. Tetris - I have a SEVERE addiction
5. My new Wireless Apple Keyboard.
6. Guys that let women get on elevators and walk through doorways first.
7. Drugs that make me forget I have torn intercostal muscles
8. Drivers that move to a slower lane when you come up behind them going faster
9. A good back tickle
10. Purple
11. Tree Top Fruit Snacks
12. Doug Smeath
13. The Village Cobbler - he has made both my beloved Guess shoulder clutch and black Steve Madden wedges born anew
14. Getting evil shoulder knots worked out by massive man hands
15. My iPhone
16. Driving a rental car, or someone else's, for a while and then coming back to your own car and realizing how much you are still in love with it. I love you Abigale.
17. Pizza Factory
18. Muscular man pecs
19. A barely ripe, partially green banana
20. Propel
21. Jon Bon Jovi, a.k.a. mah baby daddy.
22. Nick a.k.a. my new Nikon D5000 SLR Camera that my work bought for me to use.
23. Camouflage anything. Don't let me, get me.
24. Braden Erickson...My baby bubbah and the funniest boy I know
25. The intoxicating smell of Arm & Hammer laundry detergent

Dear Mr. Angerer

You are a sick, sick man. What the hell is wrong with you. It will probably be at least a month before I am able to eat cheese of any sort again. And I liked cheese. Thanks a heap.

Sincerely

A non-breast-milk consumer

PS- I am reminded of a Jurassic Park quote "you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should." And now you've done ruined cheese for countless Americans.

When a door closes.......

Oh Dan. Well I finally finished The Lost Symbol. It was ummm...good. It kept me reading, had some intense moments, introduced some provocative schools of thought and in my opinion was a better read than Angels and Demons. It just seemed really familiar....... Lets see.....Crazy 24-hour adventure running around to all these places in a city rich with historical context? Check. An ambiguous attraction/relationship with a pretty dark-haired woman scientist/historical genius with whom he has a connection with her father/brother? Check. Fringe characters being offed ridiculously easy but main characters laughably surviving situations with staggering odds of survival? Check. A Shakespeare-comedy-esque ending where EVERY possible loose end is tied up and everyone is happy and content, even after losing your hand and watching your evil and vengeful superhuman son die? Check. Leaving provocative and potentially controversial religious and scientific assertions hanging in the air most likely to provoke discussion, debate and sell copies? Check. Well Dan, you sucked me in thrice now. And don't get me wrong...I thoroughly enjoyed Da Vinci Code, the first book of yours I read. But if it's all the same to you, and I am sure it is given the millions you have made from movies and practically living on the Best Seller lists, I am going to go ahead and call it quits with your books. I mean its not them it's me. I am just looking for something new that I haven't already experienced..... Not once, not twice, but three times. I'm sure you understand.