tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post4460947112693531764..comments2011-06-27T08:40:24.474-04:00Matthew B. Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441950586412209361noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-56834481411713713522011-06-27T08:40:24.474-04:002011-06-27T08:40:24.474-04:00I&#39;m actually really sad now that none of my 5 rats got Viking funerals. Guess it&#39;s time to get another one.nicole joy frethemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07531989548001930020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-22635224888592977592011-06-27T01:58:23.791-04:002011-06-27T01:58:23.791-04:00My anti-list; because that is our relationship...<br /><br />Get two bathrooms<br />Parents may be wrong, but you cannot correct them<br />Cooking still means grilled cheese - especially as a dad.<br />Techno music still sucks.<br />Louis L&#39;amour is best read when you need to get to sleep - or when Star Trek does not suffice.<br />Great Self Promoters: Obama (c&#39;mon, what did you expect?), Ventura, Palin.<br />Moleskin is best when you have no tp.<br />Don&#39;t argue with me, even though I am right, I am most likely wrong.<br />When facing a budget - start at a zero sum.<br />Pepsi is terrible mixed with spirits. Period.<br />Forget the plumber, buy a real snake.<br />The cynical person is hiding something, the gullible person leaves it all on the table.<br />Stick to the point, don&#39;t allow side bets.<br />Sow your own seeds and water them.<br />Top 40 radio was 20 years ago - get grooveshark.<br />The best haircut in highschool is a close shave - easier to get the helmet off - and your hair doesn&#39;t get tangled in headgear. Unless you play soccer. Then buy shin guards.<br />Life is a cheap beer and a ball game - with your family beside you.<br />Marriage is work. The kids are overtime - and vacation all in one.<br />when someone does something bad to you, be like my dad.<br />When someone does something bad to your kids, be like my dad and beat the hell out of them.<br /><br />Great list Matt, I just had to counter for my own sake.AGJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16158158323575644233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-1866834226755670642011-05-23T16:08:45.131-04:002011-05-23T16:08:45.131-04:00I love beer, but never, ever cheap beer (maybe we&#39;re talking about different kinds of beer here, I guess). I have become an enormous beer snob in the last two and a half years. There&#39;s your warning: it started <i>after</i> I turned 30!11!1!<br /><br />As for the cola wars, I stopped drinking soda almost completely a couple of years ago. Started giving me heartburn. Neither Coke nor Pepsi was ever in the regular rotation.<br /><br />But cynicism...man, that might be my defining characteristic, and it has never, ever held me back from making positive changes. I have no idea how you&#39;re connecting those two dots. I see no correlation there. Bull-headedness seems to be the thing in the way of positive change (or negative, for that matter), not cynicism.spookymilkhttp://spookymilk.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-39228197574578539332011-05-23T13:40:55.406-04:002011-05-23T13:40:55.406-04:00I disagree about the Coke and the cheap beer. But whatever.<br /><br />I would fight you about the cynical/gullible part though... ;-)<br /><br />Seriously though, I think being cynical is worse, because cynicism prevents big change from happening, which prevents the world from being a better place. Being gullible only ever hurts yourself, being cynical hurts others.Matthew B. Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441950586412209361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-38019768799998319582011-05-23T11:07:00.631-04:002011-05-23T11:07:00.631-04:00I like Coke more than Pepsi, I think being gullible is much worse than being cynical and I would never under any circumstances drink a cheap beer, but otherwise, this 33-year-old approves of the list.spookymilkhttp://spookymilk.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-22741062670765859692011-05-17T21:57:47.339-04:002011-05-17T21:57:47.339-04:00Welcom to the old man club! I am grateful that your debates planted the seeds that they did with me. I am also greatful for cheese and looking forward to a dangerouse amount of it on our road trip. Peace be with you....<br /><br />MARSHmarsh76sjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313254331274812220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-53745647286532974382011-05-17T20:09:07.823-04:002011-05-17T20:09:07.823-04:00Happy Birthday!!Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231354415751164815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-88355753640560536362011-05-17T10:03:18.284-04:002011-05-17T10:03:18.284-04:00haha, i really enjoyed this. happy birthday biggest brother :)annalucillehttp://annalucille.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854513.post-10516779035038950372011-05-17T07:00:49.154-04:002011-05-17T07:00:49.154-04:00Happy Birthday Matt! I enjoyed a number of things about your post.<br /><br />-I had a few chuckles.<br /><br />-I have come upon some of the same insights you offered up on my own.<br /><br />-I probably learned something, we will have to wait and see if anything germinates.<br /><br />-I love cheese.<br /><br />-Bulleted lists are excellent.<br /><br />-Lay off the squirrels, man, they just want to eat nuts and run around.<br /><br />-I know what you are talking about with your dad.Natehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867943097988719087noreply@blogger.com