Things I Wouldn't Miss If They Vanished Forever
- Alex
Rodriguez
- The words "yummy" and "hubby"
- "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch
- Under the Dome
- Every reality show ever
- Frozen yogurt (yeah, it's real healthy)
- "Stronger Than the Storm" and its star
- Michael Kay
- Snow
- Alex Rodriguez
Things I Miss Terribly When They're Away for a Day
- My wife, son, and/or daughter
- The
Daily Show
- My car (I live in New Jersey)
- The sun
- My guitar
- Diet Coke
- Baseball
- My reading glasses
- Writing
- Derek Jeter (that's just to make Alex Rodriguez mad)
Things I'm Glad Haven't Gone Away Forever
- The Beatles
- The Man
From U.N.C.L.E. (I own it on DVD)
- Bill Cosby
- Jeopardy! (although I haven't actually watched it in years)
- The Marx Brothers
- Mariano Rivera (I can say that for another month and a half)
- Star Trek (the new movies don't count)
- Readers
- Libraries
- Books
Things I'm Sorry Are Gone Forever
- John Lennon
- George
Harrison
- Phil Rizzuto
- Dad
- The real Yankee Stadium
- My hair's original color
- Newsweek
- The middle class
- Larry Gelbart
- Mr. Copper T. Dog
Things I'd Miss If They Left
- Newspapers
- Saturday mail delivery
- Landlines (cell phones
don't sound as good, and I don't care what you say)
- Saturday morning cartoons (I don't watch, but in principle)
- Birthday cards in the mail (not e-cards)
- Polar ice caps
- Movie theaters
- Sonny's Bagels in South Orange, NJ
- Vinyl records
- Paper books
Things I'm Glad Are Back
- Some Like It Hot-Buttered
- It Happened One Knife
- A Night at the Operation (coming this Thursday, August 15!)
- Jon Stewart (in 22 days and yes, John Oliver is doing a fine job)
I agree with most of the lists. I'd add the Kardashian's to the "I wouldn't miss if they were gone forever" list. There are probably other things I would add to your lists but that is what immediately came to me when I read the list.
Posted by: Patty | August 12, 2013 at 08:54 AM
Id probably agree, Patty, but the fact is Ive never actually seen a Kardashian; Ive just heard about them.
Posted by: Jeff Cohen | August 12, 2013 at 08:57 AM
Bugs Bunny had a saying "What a maroon". To me that applies to AR.
I really liked the old WB cartoons. But the favorite - Rocky and Bullwinkle.
And as for Derek Jeter, he is a completely different human being from AR. I am not a Yankees fan, but anyone can recognize class when they see it. I hope he gets up to speed before the end of the season. Are you nostalgic about the Yankees of the past?
I agree with most of your lists. Which is amazing. Or maybe not.
Posted by: Annette | August 12, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Every reality show ever
Love the Million dollar Listings, Below Deck, Alaska the Last Frontier.
1.My wife, son, and/or daughter
Don't know them--am sure they are great.
2.The Daily Show
Quit when Stewart went all schmoochy-Obama.
4.The sun
I do like the sun despite living in AZ. Also gravity--so handy.
6.Diet Coke
Ew medicine.
8.My reading glasses
Yes, and magnifiers and audiobooks--damn those eye surgeons.
Writing
Sometimes I am with Steinbeck--I like having written.
10.Books
They are gone for me forever and it does blow.
4.Dad
Yup--and Mom.
7.Newsweek
Deserved to die--see schmoochy on Obama, above.
8.The middle class
I guess, tho it has no meaning as a phrase, I was lower middle and thanks to this admin, am in the underclass. Makes you stronger!!
1.Newspapers
Get local only weekends, WSJ daily now that I beat them down to $11. Yes, I want newspapers.
2.Saturday mail delivery
When I was in the middle class, I got checks. Now I don't give a flip.
3.Landlines (cell phones don't sound as good, and I don't care what you say)
Hah! I don't have a cell.
Jon Stewart--again, see above.
Pretty fun list--except I can take or leave baseball.
Posted by: Star | August 13, 2013 at 10:09 AM