Blog Profile / 1000 Awesome Things
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle / Happiness | |
| Posts on Regator: | 806 | |
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| Archived Since: | February 25, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
#863 The Perfect Egg Crack
Put your hand up if you’ve ever tried to fish out some slippery, slathery egg shell pieces from a bowl full of raw egg. Brother, I been there, too and we both know ain’t pretty. Yes, Shell Diving is high … Continue reading ?
#864 Mastering the art of the all-you-can-eat buffet
Munch lunch at a Chinese restaurant, brunch at a Holiday Inn, or dinner at a wedding reception, and chances are good you will come face to face with the The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. If you’re a Buffet Amateur like me, your … Continue reading ?
#865 When you’re driving late at night on an empty gas tank and suddenly a gas station appears in the distance
When it’s late at night on a lonely road and your fuel gauge starts flirting with the Big E, it’s gut check time. First you enter Fuel Preservation Mode and start accelerating really slowly and coasting nonchalantly through Stop signs … Continue reading ?
#866 When the gift receipt is already in the box
ALF was a great TV show. But let’s be honest, you may not want to own the wise-cracking, cat-eating alien’s first three seasons on DVD. So if you land ALF, or a fondue kit, or a shot glass chess set, … Continue reading ?
#867 Snow stepping
Snow stepping is when you’re wearing shoes, but the person ahead of you is wearing boots, and while the two of you are trudging through the snow, you just step in all the nice Snow Holes they made for you. … Continue reading ?
#868 Snow falling on Christmas
Jumbo snowflakes falling thick and heavy on Christmas is a special sight. They blur the world for a moment and lay a fresh blank canvas over everything. So if you’re sitting inside listening to carols on the radio, munching Christmas … Continue reading ?
#869 Slurping hot soup on a cold night
Say it’s a cold, bone-shivering night. Say there’s snow shooting sharp, shooting sideways, shooting into your eyes, and the wind is just howling and twirling into mini-tornadoes, slicing and dicing deep through your coat and into your chest. Your fingers … Continue reading ?
#870 When you get the milk to cereal just right in the bowl
Things could go a few different ways near the bottom of that cereal bowl: 1. Drowning in white. You poured 2 fast and 2 furious and overfilled the bowl. Now after you spoon up those last few soggy Honey Nut … Continue reading ?
#871 Finding out your birthday is on a Friday or Saturday next year
Planning those Wednesday birthdays is tough. Do you party-back on the weekend before or party-forward to the weekend after? Either way, you’ll get a lot of “So wait, when’s your actual birthday?” questions, and you’ll be forced to take a … Continue reading ?
#872 The feeling of scrunching sand in your feet
Free your feet. When you kick off your tight, suffocating shoes, peel off your nasty, sweaty socks, and just starting walking on the beach in bare feet, how good does that feel? Man, it’s a million molecules of Earthbeads massaging … Continue reading ?
#873 Finding a mix tape given to you by an old boyfriend or girlfriend
Stashed away in shoeboxes, basements, and broom closets around the world are some of our greatest treasures. That’s where we might find old prom photos, expired driver’s licenses, handwritten letters from faraway friends, or maybe, if we’re really lucky, one … Continue reading ?
#874 The Five Second Rule
The Five Second Rule simply states that any food dropped on the floor is perfectly fine to eat as long as you pick it up in less than five seconds. The rule has many variations, including The Three Second Rule, … Continue reading ?
#875 Facial hair experiments
I used to be The Wolf Man. At least, that’s what a big guy named Fletch used to call me in tenth grade homeroom. He said it with a hearty, bug-eyed giggle while pinching and tugging the soft patches of … Continue reading ?
#876 Taking your bra off after wearing it for hours
It just feels like freedom. AWESOME! Photo from: here
#877 Getting in a line just before it gets really long
The worst lineups of all time include: • Airport security. Plastic bins, loafers, keychains, and laptop computers fly in all directions in the maddening chaos of the airport security lineup. People are getting the beepdown and guards are tearing through … Continue reading ?
#878 The smell and sound of a campfire
Slicing and dicing a dead tree, tossing it on a pile of dirt, and setting it ablaze is pure joy. As that dry, withered stump slowly releases years and years of energy soaked up from the sun, the air, and … Continue reading ?
#879 The Parking Lot Pull Through
Backing out of a parking spot is no fun. You’re turning side to side, checking mirrors, moving real slowly, trying to size up how far away your car is from the next one. It’s an awkward three, four, five-point turn, … Continue readi...
#880 Getting piggy-backed anywhere
This ancient and mystical mode of transportation deserves big ups for big reasons. Piggy-backing makes you happy in so many ways: 1. Give yourself a break. Piggy-backing about town is a relaxing way to get around. You just focus on … Continue reading ?
#881 When someone lands on the hotel you just built in Monopoly
Shelling out for that primo real estate on the corner lot ain’t always easy. Yes, you may have to mortgage Electric Company or dip into that stash of hundreds hidden under the game board. But after you make your big … Continue readi...
#882 A good floss after a tough steak
How bad was the first steak you ever made? I hope it was better than the charred shoe I served for dinner after a good forty minutes of grilling. Needless to say, I made sure there wasn’t anything too raw … Continue reading ?