Ok, if you guys are happy to hear from me, finally, after a very long blogdrought, you have the awesome Tiff to thank. See, she posted one of those “Ten Things I Love That Start With the Letter…” memes and, of course, she rocked it (and she had the letter “U”). And rather than tagging folks (oooh, the hate), she simply offered to give readers a letter if they wished.
So I wished. (I also warned her that if she gave me a tough letter I’d just shut the whole damn operation down.) And I got a “B”. So now I have to tell you ten things I like that begin with the letter B. God, even I should be able to do this.
So, here are my ten, in no particular order. And dude. This is so random.
Bush (as in George W): Ok, ok, stop with the hissing. You got your candidate in. You’ve got your president. Give me this. I like him. I like his family. I like his Johnny Carson-esque facial expressions. And I even like his misunderpronounciations and misunderuses of words. Sue me.
Baked beans. (Told you this was random.) The good kind. Made with lots of brown sugar. I have a fabulous recipe, but the way, but right now I’m thinking of the ones at Voodoo BBQ. And, um, damn.
Beer. Yeah.
Blogfriends. You guys rock.
Books. As much time as I spend on the computer, nothing comes near the pleasure of riffing through the pages of a good book. Spare me your books on tape or Kindle. Give me a real, old-fashioned book any day.
Bed, Bath & Beyond. I can spend hours in that store. And dollars. Many dollars.
Birthdays. I don’t like when people downplay them. Enjoy them! And, speaking of, join me in wishing two incredibly important people a happy one — Tracy Lynn, who is almost the coolest thing evah, and my very own Mr. Cool, who IS. And he’s turning 17 tomorrow. Now he can go to big boy jail. (And I keep reminding him of that very thing.)
Brownies. Yum.
Baseball. Especially college baseball. Especially when it’s LSU playing college baseball. And when they are ranked 1 or 2 in the preseason (depending on who ranked ’em).
Basketball. On that same note. College only. The difference between NBA and college ball is like the difference between that slimy, canned asparagus and fresh. Two different things – one of them really, really gross.
And that’s it. Surely there’s more, but these were the first that came to mind. Enjoy.
And be sure to go wish Tracy Lynn a happy birthday. Because I do NOT want her mad at me.
January 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Woot!
I’m with you on almost all those things, except for maybe a few.
I love the asparagus line.
HB Mr. Cool!
Oh, and I didn’t forget you in mine – you’re at #8.
😛
January 23, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Nice save. Now ‘Biff’ gets to come in at 10.5. 😉
January 23, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I totally agree, birthdays are AWESOME and should be treated as such 😉 And I also agree that Bush seems like he’s a really nice guy. I don’t agree with a lot of his politics, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t love to have him over for a bbq with some of your baked beans!
January 23, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Welcome back. Nice meme. Baked beans with sugar . . .can you post a recipe. The only ones I know come out of a can. And whilst football leaves me cold, I love baseball. . .especially ‘live’ sadly we only have one team in Sydney!
January 23, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Good meme! I’ll go and wish Tracy a happy one if you’ll come and wish Mr. kenju the same.
January 23, 2009 at 5:37 pm
WOOHOO! Happy Birthday Mr Cool.
January 23, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Happy Birthday to your guy. Big boy jail. Snort.
I enjoyed the random list. I pretty much agree. Especially with the basketball comparison. I love good, old fashion Southen style baked beans. My guys hate them..Some people.
January 23, 2009 at 7:47 pm
So, do you put brown sugar, molasses, dry mustard and vinegar in your baked beans?
If so, you’re baking Yankee Style! 🙂
Happy Birthday, Mr. Cool!
January 24, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Close, Renn, but not completely. Baino, I’ll post my recipe as soon as I can come up with it. (My recipe consists of no measuring, just dumping. I have to actually figure out measurements before I post!)
January 26, 2009 at 12:24 am
You rock as well and glad to see you back!
January 26, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I agree with all your stuff except Bush.
Now, Bush’s Baked Beans……on that I’m sure we could agree.
January 26, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Nope, Brenda, we can’t agree on that. I HATE Bush’s Baked Beans. HATE.
January 29, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Happy Birthday to Mr. Cool. 17 is such a great year!
I love what you said about Bush. As I put it to somebody else recently, I’ve always liked W – it’s just that he should have been my favorite uncle, and not the President.
I wanna play. Assign me a letter?
January 29, 2009 at 1:20 pm
You got it, Robyn. Let’s go with ‘L’!
January 29, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Scattergories is one of my favorite games – and yes, BB&B would count for 3 points. I like Bush, too, so no hissing here.
February 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Beeeeeeeeeeer!