{"id":2263,"date":"2004-09-06T17:36:04","date_gmt":"2004-09-06T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2004\/09\/06\/things-i-like\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T12:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:41:44","slug":"things-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2004\/09\/06\/things-i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a meme going around which is a kind of variation on the &#8220;100 Things About Me&#8221; list that is found on some blogs. I&#8217;ve had a hard(er) time (than usual) focusing on a post with any meaningful content, especially on a lazy holiday, so I figured&#8230;what the hey?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These lists tend to appeal to our voyeuristic tendencies, except in the case of people like me who have no real lives, in which case the list offers some concrete evidence of existence.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OTOH, maybe it&#8217;s just a good way to pass the time while the iPod is on shuffle, going through my country music playlist. Don&#8217;t be surprised if some of my &#8220;Things I Like&#8221; list reflects this environmental influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Things I Like<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The near-silent whir of a freshly-lubed bicycle chain<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Almost any song by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisledoux.com\/\">Chris LeDoux<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A mid-afternoon snack of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kozyshack.com\/products\/rice.html\">Kozy Shack rice pudding<\/a> (<em>arroz con leche<\/em>) dipped out with <a href=\"http:\/\/web.kraftfoods.com\/main.aspx?s=product&amp;m=product\/product_display&amp;u3=******4400000470***\">Honey Maid Cinnamon Stick<\/a> graham crackers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasson.com\/Fiji98\/geel.htm\">Garden eels<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allbeanies.com\/crunshartybe.html\">&#8220;Crunch,&#8221;<\/a> the Beanie Baby shark whose purpose in life is to shield my tender eyes from the constant flicker of the lights on my router and AirPort base station<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alan Jackson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cowboylyrics.com\/lyrics\/jackson-alan\/shes-got-the-rhythm-and-i-got-the-blues-6539.html\">&#8220;She&#8217;s Got the Rhythm and I&#8217;ve Got the Blues,&#8221;<\/a> a song absolutely without imperfection<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>west Texas sunsets<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The way Abbye sometimes resembles a saber-toothed tiger as she stretches while walking across the room<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxracing.com\/nav\/foxr.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">Fox Racing logo<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defeet.com\/\">DeFeet<\/a> cycling socks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flip-flops (although not in a presidential candidate)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The smell of a new bar of Zest soap<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The pancakes at IHOP made with Malt-o-Meal (griddle cakes?)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Huevos rancheros over easy served with frijole refritos and flour tortillas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Geckos<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The hardware aisle at Home Depot<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasalmanac.com\/\">The Texas Almanac<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Asado puerco served with flour tortillas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flour tortillas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/music.lycos.com\/artist\/album.asp?QT=A&amp;QW=Cindy+Morgan&amp;AN=Cindy+Morgan&amp;MID=65889&amp;id=238926\">&#8220;Listen&#8221; <\/a>by Cindy Morgan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hidatool.com\/gardenpage\/saws.html\">Japanese pruning saws<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tailwinds<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a meme going around which is a kind of variation on the &#8220;100 Things About Me&#8221; list that is found on some blogs. I&#8217;ve had a hard(er) time (than usual) focusing on a post with any meaningful content, especially on a lazy holiday, so I figured&#8230;what the hey? These lists tend to appeal to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2004\/09\/06\/things-i-like\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Things I Like<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kitchen-sink","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7448,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions\/7448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}