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Jeff Cohen

Things I Wouldn't Miss If They Vanished Forever

1. Alex Rodriguez
2. The words "yummy" and "hubby"
3. "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch
4. Under the Dome
5. Every reality show ever
6. Frozen yogurt (yeah, it's real healthy)
7. "Stronger Than the Storm" and its star
8. Michael Kay
9. Snow
10. Alex Rodriguez

Things I Miss Terribly When They're Away for a Day

1. My wife, son, and/or daughter
2. The Daily Show
3. My car (I live in New Jersey)
4. The sun
5. My guitar
6. Diet Coke
7. Baseball
8. My reading glasses
9. Writing
10. Derek Jeter (that's just to make Alex Rodriguez mad)

                    Things I'm Glad Haven't Gone Away Forever

1. The Beatles
2. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (I own it on DVD)
3. Bill Cosby
4. Jeopardy! (although I haven't actually watched it in years)
5. The Marx Brothers
6. Mariano Rivera (I can say that for another month and a half)
7. Star Trek (the new movies don't count)
8. Readers
9. Libraries
10. Books

Things I'm Sorry Are Gone Forever

1. John Lennon
2. George Harrison
3. Phil Rizzuto
4. Dad
5. The real Yankee Stadium
6. My hair's original color
7. Newsweek
8. The middle class
9. Larry Gelbart
10. Mr. Copper T. Dog

Things I'd Miss If They Left

1. Newspapers
2. Saturday mail delivery
3. Landlines (cell phones don't sound as good, and I don't care what you say)
4. Saturday morning cartoons (I don't watch, but in principle)
5. Birthday cards in the mail (not e-cards)
6. Polar ice caps
7. Movie theaters
8. Sonny's Bagels in South Orange, NJ
9. Vinyl records
10. Paper books

Things I'm Glad Are Back

1. Some Like It Hot-Buttered
2. It Happened One Knife
3. A Night at the Operation (coming this Thursday, August 15!)
4. Jon Stewart (in 22 days and yes, John Oliver is doing a fine job) 

Comments

[Patty]

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.

[Jeff Cohen]

Id probably agree, Patty, but the fact is Ive never actually seen a Kardashian; Ive just heard about them.

[Annette]

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.

[Star]

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.