LJ-Balderdash: Art Appreciation - Pick your poison.

The answers are in -- please vote by commenting with your choice. There is a correct answer hidden among the BS answers in this round, and choosing it earns you one point. Please vote before Monday at 9 a.m. to be counted.

I think this is the best group of answers yet -- well done, y'all.

(NOTE: A couple of these are edited slightly from the original submission. Some people responded as if they were speaking directly to me, so I pulled out the personal notes.)

( The Lucky 13 - Maybe numerological significance *does* grow on trees. )

LJ-Balderdash: Art Appreciation - Pick your poison.

The answers are in -- please vote by commenting with your choice. There is a correct answer hidden among the BS answers in this round, and choosing it earns you one point. Please vote before Monday at 9 a.m. to be counted.

I think this is the best group of answers yet -- well done, y'all.

(NOTE: A couple of these are edited slightly from the original submission. Some people responded as if they were speaking directly to me, so I pulled out the personal notes.)

( The Lucky 13 - Maybe numerological significance *does* grow on trees. )

Before I die

Yesterday, ursulav posted a request for people to list out things that they thought everyone should do at some point in their lives, so that she could compile a 'Things to Do Before I Die' list. I couldn't really contribute -- are there things that everyone should do before they die? (She did add the caveat that it wasn't really "everyone", more like "everyone who can't come up with a good reason not to", but still.) Hell, I was having trouble coming up with a list of things I want to do before I die. I used to have a pretty good list for that, but I've done most of them now, which is, in my humble opinion, a pretty good indication that I'm living right.

So what's left? Surely there must be things. I mean, yeah, if I were to die today, I'd consider myself to have had a pretty good life and all, but still, I've got a couple of years left even by the most alarmist of estimates (I'm going to die in a car crash, apparently, but that's another story). I ought to be able to come up with something.

So I've started my list below the cut. Presumably, as I continue to think about it, I'll add to it. Suggestions are welcomed, but not necessary. :)
( Things to do before I die )

Before I die

Yesterday, ursulav posted a request for people to list out things that they thought everyone should do at some point in their lives, so that she could compile a 'Things to Do Before I Die' list. I couldn't really contribute -- are there things that everyone should do before they die? (She did add the caveat that it wasn't really "everyone", more like "everyone who can't come up with a good reason not to", but still.) Hell, I was having trouble coming up with a list of things I want to do before I die. I used to have a pretty good list for that, but I've done most of them now, which is, in my humble opinion, a pretty good indication that I'm living right.

So what's left? Surely there must be things. I mean, yeah, if I were to die today, I'd consider myself to have had a pretty good life and all, but still, I've got a couple of years left even by the most alarmist of estimates (I'm going to die in a car crash, apparently, but that's another story). I ought to be able to come up with something.

So I've started my list below the cut. Presumably, as I continue to think about it, I'll add to it. Suggestions are welcomed, but not necessary. :)
( Things to do before I die )

Things I have learned today.

1. When the top entry on your friends list is a photograph of some sort of Anton Lavey goat orgy, it takes much longer for your open browser window to close than at any other time.

2. According to the NIH's body mass index calculator, I'm not obese. In fact, I'm awfully close to what they think is a 'normal healthy weight'. This comes as something of a shock.

3. Pepsi product websites are practically useless. I'm looking for a very critical piece of information: Where can I buy Starbucks DoubleShots in the sugar-free version? (I'm not usually a supporter of Star-"taste the charcoal, not the bean*"-Bucks, but this is pretty tasty, and in any case, it seems to be the only sugar-free iced coffee product in the world. kittenpants claims to have bought a brand called Havana at a truck stop somewhere, but this legendary brand has proved as elusive as Bigfoot, grey aliens, or compassionate conservativism.) Can I find this important info on the Starbucks iced coffees website? No, I cannot. I can, however, click on a lot of unlabeled photo-elements within a scene to be taken to things like a screen where I can virtually grab a glass, fill it with ice, and presumably pour iced coffee into it. Very helpful, that is.

4. The Long John Silver's near my office is closing at the end of this month. I have a strong desire to go there for one last serving of cheap, greasy, batter-covered fish and chips rolled in extra salt (and perhaps some heavy metals or radioactive materials) before they close. But I probably won't.

* I believe that this description of the Starbucks roast process should be credited to diermuid.

Things I have learned today.

1. When the top entry on your friends list is a photograph of some sort of Anton Lavey goat orgy, it takes much longer for your open browser window to close than at any other time.

2. According to the NIH's body mass index calculator, I'm not obese. In fact, I'm awfully close to what they think is a 'normal healthy weight'. This comes as something of a shock.

3. Pepsi product websites are practically useless. I'm looking for a very critical piece of information: Where can I buy Starbucks DoubleShots in the sugar-free version? (I'm not usually a supporter of Star-"taste the charcoal, not the bean*"-Bucks, but this is pretty tasty, and in any case, it seems to be the only sugar-free iced coffee product in the world. kittenpants claims to have bought a brand called Havana at a truck stop somewhere, but this legendary brand has proved as elusive as Bigfoot, grey aliens, or compassionate conservativism.) Can I find this important info on the Starbucks iced coffees website? No, I cannot. I can, however, click on a lot of unlabeled photo-elements within a scene to be taken to things like a screen where I can virtually grab a glass, fill it with ice, and presumably pour iced coffee into it. Very helpful, that is.

4. The Long John Silver's near my office is closing at the end of this month. I have a strong desire to go there for one last serving of cheap, greasy, batter-covered fish and chips rolled in extra salt (and perhaps some heavy metals or radioactive materials) before they close. But I probably won't.

* I believe that this description of the Starbucks roast process should be credited to diermuid.