365 Top Ten Lists. This is my project for 2010.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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Ten More Quotes I Really Like from Books on the Reading Pile

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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Ten OuLiPo-ian Techniques Used in George Perec's Life: A User's Manual.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Ten 'Famous' People I Have Spoken to at Work. 1. Jackie Chan. 2. John Burgess. 3. Robert Redtford. 4. Delta Goodram. 5. Jesus Christ. 6. Dolly PBarton. 7. Alexander Bell (middle name not known!). 8. Morgan Freeman.

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Ten Children's Books or Series Wasted on the Young. 1. Harry Potter. 2. A Series of Unfortunate Events. 3. The Ottaline series. 4. Any Dr Suess publication.

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Ten Screen Savers on My Kindle

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Ten 'Found' White Whines

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Ten Best-ever Episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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Ten Washes of a Red $7.99 Savers-Bought Ball Skirt, the Wears Between Washes, and the Subsequent Cost-per-Wear.

Monday, November 29, 2010

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Ten Completely Ridiculous Made-Up Designators for the Phonetic Alphabet—Yes, People Have Tried to Use These in Real Life.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

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Ten Things That Mean Something Completely Different in Another Language.

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Ten Non-Standard (To Me) Names Used in Two Books On My Reading Pile At The Same Time. 1. Hiro: Japanese in origin, it usually means something along the lines of large, abundant or generous. Protagonist in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash; the little thief king on the island in Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

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Ten State Liberal Promises Made For Your Benefit Today—And Did They Keep Them.

Friday, November 26, 2010

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Ten Stair Climbs That Could Be Done Just Because we Did the Eureka and Got a Taste For It.

Friday, November 19, 2010

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Ten Weird Laws.

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Ten Items to KALOF at Op-Shops In Order That I Can Be 2011 Fashion Ready.

1. Large, dark lilac, knitted-sideways jumper with a crew neck that can be worn as a dress with purple accessories—the block-colour look.

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Ten Borrowed Stimuli for Writing.

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Ten Re-Inventions of Classic Notions.

* This list is inspired, as usual, by something I read. (Reading possibly keeps me from doing some of the rest of life, but it does give me a good scrabble vocabulary). Someone was talking about the Bluebird of Death. This is what this list is for—rethinking the staid, upping the metaphor, breathing life into the cannon. (Good luck with it!)

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Ten Rom-Coms Created by Yours Truly in the Space between Wake and Sleep.

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Ten Dead Odd Behaviours of a Boy I Know.

1. Using a large wad of paper towel as a plug for the kitchen sink.
    Reasons this is odd:
    There is a plug in the bathroom—just ask.
    You know you are not allowed to do dishes in someone else's house—offering is lovely but the offer has to be hollow (but not sound it).
    You know about the wet paper phobia I have and the possible reaction that will ensue when I rush in to stop you washing the dishes and touch the aforementioned wad. Eeuouw. That is so gross.
2. Being a 'Large Load' outside a person's window.
    Reasons this is odd:
    People are not large loads.
    Walking up and down outside someone's window at about four am, when it's dark and you are not actually expected for quite a few minutes more is a guaranteed way to scare the majority of their wits away for an extended time.

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Ten—While I Am At It—Pieces of Jewellery I Could Make.