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occasions (I was obsessively checking the weather ) apr 9 2024
great moments (in louise erdrich novels) apr 7 2024
things I'm mad at (5 april 2024) apr 6 2024
wilco (albums) apr 5 2024
great mysteries apr 2 2024
scorpio (queens) apr 1 2024
choral music I sang (that changed my perception of what choral singing is) apr 1 2024
food (greatest yuks) mar 15 2024
boston to try feb 28 2024
words (that are one letter apart) feb 27 2024
authors (I would be terrified to meet in real life) feb 21 2024
important metaphysical movies (to watch) feb 3 2024
things (my job is like) feb 2 2024
words (I will never remember the meaning of) feb 2 2024
christmas presents (to self) dec 18 2023
anniversaries dec 11 2023
new years dec 9 2023
notes (on julia child's souffle) nov 15 2023
health (things I believe) nov 15 2023
regional bread specialties (of new england) nov 13 2023
questions (that appear disproportionately often on jeopardy!) nov 7 2023
symbolic names (that sound like they came out of a novel) nov 5 2023
libras (representative sample) oct 18 2023
famous duos (consisting of one aquarius and one gemini) oct 11 2023
travel (to visit, maybe with shana) sep 19 2023
pet peeves sep 10 2023
tomato dishes (to make 2021) sep 10 2023
shana aug 9 2023
worst movies (I have seen in theaters) jul 30 2023
timothee chalamet (do they just let him play anyone) jul 11 2023
spelling bees (that’d be fun) jul 10 2023
books (recent/ongoing) jul 7 2023
the fake thing (happened just before the real thing!!) jun 20 2023
about me (things that always make me cry) jun 9 2023
years (since moving to california) apr 25 2023
taurus legends apr 17 2023
burrata apr 15 2023
alexander (hamilton) apr 13 2023
nyt crossword (current ranking) mar 4 2023
never as fun (as you think it will be) feb 18 2023
books I read (that shana recommended) jan 26 2023
on-the-nose virgos jan 23 2023
andie macdowell (her love life in 1990s films) jan 22 2023
things (that keep reappearing in my life) jan 16 2023
capricorns (best) dec 30 2022
old television clips (that I...) dec 27 2022
bjork (album cover statements) sep 27 2022
language (words I like) aug 26 2022
foods (I tried to use up at this dinner party) aug 20 2022
the ocean aug 17 2022
goals (in each wordle iteration) aug 13 2022
scenes (you wish you could watch again for the first time) jul 27 2022
fiction (only acceptable depictions of smoking) jul 26 2022
list of cancers (feelings legends) jul 20 2022
bucket (listography) jul 10 2022
camping (bucket crush list) jun 28 2022
about me (secret joys) jun 25 2022
music (five favorite albums five) may 6 2022
this book (is the book that this other book wanted to be) apr 19 2022
artists (I like) apr 16 2022
repeated conversation topics (2022 east coast edition) apr 12 2022
general topics (I'm always meaning to learn more about) apr 6 2022
solar eclipse 2024 apr 5 2022
dear prudence (two-word phrases) mar 18 2022
things (that seem akin to nfts) feb 17 2022
broth puns feb 7 2022
novels (that weren't as good as everyone said) jan 9 2022
new adventures (in cocktailing) jan 6 2022
halloween costumes (we never tried with chelsea) jan 2 2022
themes (of our xmas parties) dec 13 2021
new pornographers (albums) dec 12 2021
remember me nov 18 2021
crushes nov 14 2021
great artworks (that some dumbass put a door in the middle of) oct 28 2021
wilco lyrics (best) oct 27 2021
people (who are 5'3") oct 25 2021
great mysteries (of covid statistics) oct 12 2021
persistent fears oct 11 2021
license plates (superlatives) sep 30 2021
trivia questions (fun) sep 28 2021
books (to understand california) sep 10 2021
names (I really like saying) sep 9 2021
type a (people I'm jealous of) aug 25 2021
nonserious (crossover fanfic couples) aug 16 2021
flavors (tomatoes like) aug 10 2021
things to do (when you don't know what else to do) aug 4 2021
counties (of california) aug 3 2021
wilco's reaction (to other dogs) aug 3 2021
food (I will never make again) aug 1 2021
people (who I get confused but probably shouldn't) jul 10 2021
songs (of climate change) jul 1 2021
music (go-to karaoke songs) jun 22 2021
san francisco (unvisited museums) may 27 2021
quotes (simpsons, random) may 8 2021
jane chords may 1 2021
things I should know by now (but don’t) mar 26 2021
dumb labels (I identify very strongly with) mar 20 2021
shared cultural experiences (of quarantine) mar 15 2021
sherry (mixin) mar 15 2021
music I wish I knew about (earlier in my life) mar 11 2021
things (that were cool but then became commodified) feb 22 2021
media (inspired by “the tin drum”) feb 14 2021
things (jewel's boyfriends have said to her) jan 28 2021
album openers (best) jan 26 2021
images (of covid) jan 19 2021
music (great rock vocals) dec 31 2020
jam of the day (advent calendar) dec 23 2020
food trends (that are unacceptable) dec 18 2020
album covers (best portraits) oct 21 2020
foods I like (that jeff doesn't) sep 28 2020
pseudonyms (for voteforward dot org) sep 27 2020
bay area (to-do) sep 7 2020
things (my younger self thought were very grown-up) sep 1 2020
foods (I have to be in the mood for) aug 22 2020
anagrams (of mitra) aug 4 2020
smart sounding things (to say) jul 30 2020
minor things (that just seem off) jul 29 2020
I am right (rest of the world is wrong) jul 28 2020
neko case (albums) jul 25 2020
why are a and b fighting (when the real enemy is c?) jun 29 2020
white claw (possible new taglines) jun 25 2020
chiasmus jun 19 2020
it's like... (all-purpose similes) jun 17 2020
who's having the most fun? (in each star wars movie) may 25 2020
allegory of the cave (stories that I only understood based on other people’s snarky tweets about them) may 13 2020
titles (best) may 12 2020
descriptions of wines apr 28 2020
things (I would like to say one day) apr 23 2020
drinking games (to try) apr 23 2020
dinner (by melissa clark) apr 22 2020
nobody knew (what was happening) mar 29 2020
actual scientific facts (that explain so much) mar 15 2020
halloween feb 4 2020
just another (san francisco ideas list) jan 30 2020
date night (restaurant go-tos) jan 27 2020
inventions (later disavowed by their inventors) jan 5 2020
strongest (food memories) nov 26 2019
books (most memorable closing lines) oct 30 2019
words (I never really noticed before) oct 30 2019
strange consensuses (when did everyone decide...) oct 14 2019
foods (I just don't really like) sep 23 2019
fruit (of the month) aug 29 2019
wineries (we have enjoyed) aug 16 2019
health (things giulia enders' "gut" convinced me I should do) may 30 2019
bike touring (ambitions!) may 12 2019
favorite letters (to print) apr 8 2019
progeny (whose names are their two parents names blended) mar 16 2019
date night (and day) feb 24 2019
food and drink (favorite breakfasts) feb 14 2019
dack (a do) feb 14 2019
music (from the future) feb 14 2019
negative music jan 28 2019
anxiety (things that generate it) jan 24 2019
things (people know me for) dec 24 2018
self-descriptors (that should set off alarm bells) dec 23 2018
music (favorite covers that do not exist) nov 28 2018
dead composers (favorite) oct 29 2018
either/or oct 8 2018
major news events (that caused everyone to e-mail me) sep 5 2018
songs (bethany bagley and I started to write in 2002) jul 2 2018
articles (I never want to read again) jun 20 2018
whatever happened to (three body problem edition) may 28 2018
songs and music videos (about karaoke) may 23 2018
rules (of commuting) may 14 2018
hand motions I make (and what they come from) may 2 2018
san francisco (films) apr 2 2018
magic combinations (of two different fats) mar 27 2018
heidi swanson (best recipes) mar 27 2018
your accent is made up feb 25 2018
things I smell (reflexively) jan 11 2018
things (I could be laughing at right now) jan 4 2018
secret (ingredients) dec 30 2017
people (who could save us) oct 15 2017
songs (defined by majestic backing vocals) sep 25 2017
authors I respected (who I later discovered also to be dashingly handsome) sep 18 2017
madonna songs (five favorite) aug 26 2017
mariquita farm (incomparable produce) jul 18 2017
foods (I defer to jeff) jul 15 2017
out of town (guests) jul 15 2017
which letter (is doubled?) jun 29 2017
puns (it took me a while to get) jun 28 2017
health (advice) jun 22 2017
favorite songs (all-time) jun 7 2017
ice (cream) may 28 2017
omelet (progress) apr 20 2017
words (tazo tea has trademarked) apr 2 2017
vegetable (of the month) mar 28 2017
songs (of the new year, 2017) feb 27 2017
changing (a bike tire) jan 22 2017
people (I trust) jan 22 2017
songs (with great keyboard solos) jan 14 2017
best puns (I have made in my gay christmas party invites) dec 21 2016
transit (I rode today) dec 9 2016
canyonlands dec 5 2016
people (whom I don't really trust) sep 30 2016
stories I remember (from a reader's digest magazine I read repeatedly in a waiting room in 1996) sep 2 2016
dreams jun 16 2016
foods (I came around on) may 25 2016
music (guitar solos) apr 18 2016
people (who are better than me) mar 13 2016
foods (I want to eat) mar 9 2016
ok, (argentina) mar 5 2016
bands (all-time least favorite) mar 5 2016
not supposed to like (don't care) feb 11 2016
songs (I remember from prom) feb 9 2016
there is another... dec 28 2015
love songs (sung by neko case that are not appropriate for a wedding) dec 3 2015
six word stories (I came across in real life) nov 9 2015
songs (from "hamilton" that were so good I had to rewind them immediately after first hearing them) nov 7 2015
dark green ideas (sleep furiously) nov 5 2015
ghosts oct 17 2015
dinner party (equinox, best one) oct 9 2015
book (list) sep 24 2015
modern (things) aug 3 2015
things (I go back and forth between) jul 21 2015
great metaphors (of MIA) jul 21 2015
north of (norcal) jun 24 2015
headlines (I initially thought were clickhole articles) jun 21 2015
great jokes (I made up) jun 21 2015
pickle (standbys) jun 21 2015
wedding (things) may 20 2015
thoughts (on april) may 15 2015
ranking (of dark greens) may 8 2015
songs (I heard in allison's car for the first time) apr 18 2015
names (for a restaurant dish) apr 13 2015
star wars (vs maddaddam) apr 9 2015
patterns (I have parsed incorrectly) apr 3 2015
nearer term mar 2 2015
gins (of the seasons) feb 23 2015
portmanteaus (of the word "gay") feb 6 2015
lesbian couples (at our wedding) dec 16 2014
abilities (of ultimate robot that ends humanity) nov 12 2014
songs (about reincarnation) nov 4 2014
pete peterson (for ca secretary of state) nov 4 2014
catchy songs I love to sing (that are actually super depressing) nov 2 2014
drinking (to acquire) oct 29 2014
lax-mas (2014) oct 10 2014
list of words that are verbs (according to jeff tweedy) sep 29 2014
harrisburg magic (2014) sep 23 2014
handbell (hero) sep 7 2014
fidelity aug 11 2014
songs (about providence) aug 10 2014
greatest couples (ever) aug 9 2014
music (five favorite albums, four) jul 18 2014
fridge snapshot (7/6/14) jul 6 2014
etiquette (cycling) jul 4 2014
harrisburglary (09/014) jun 6 2014
things (people talk to me about, 2014) may 9 2014
foods (that purport to be the best) apr 24 2014
these are the fables of (my street) feb 5 2014
people I know (summarized in three words) feb 5 2014
emp (to try) jan 28 2014
xmas2013 dec 15 2013
blessed are the (gay listmakers) dec 3 2013
great big boi raps (that mention laptops) oct 20 2013
cocchi rye (cocchi try) oct 15 2013
death valley (talkin' 'bout) oct 14 2013
books (that I kind of liked but had terrible endings) sep 30 2013
to learn aug 19 2013
reasons (for drinking) aug 19 2013
garten party aug 5 2013
albums (discretionary purchases) aug 4 2013
dinner (of vegetable cookbooks) jul 30 2013
beautiful (post-surgery, on percocet) jul 22 2013
frequent comments (on a broken arm) jul 21 2013
cocktails (and me) may 27 2013
daily affirmations (from nicktoons) apr 9 2013
things people call me (relative to jeff) mar 1 2013
things meryl streep has done in movies (that I want to do) feb 25 2013
what happened (at the end of) feb 23 2013
the lines in my head (out of context) feb 12 2013
songs to learn (more) feb 11 2013
california (hiking book) feb 6 2013
30 rock (best episodes) feb 2 2013
drag names (random list of) jan 27 2013
favorite things (to sing) jan 20 2013
xmas (2012) jan 20 2013
words (of glenn greenwald) jan 3 2013
to do (in 2013) dec 31 2012
words (impossible to spell correctly) dec 18 2012
misremembrances (I have had) dec 17 2012
electric (eel) dec 7 2012
wtf (comic) dec 3 2012
philadelphia (october 2012) nov 18 2012
thanksgiving (2012) nov 14 2012
ideas (in life) oct 25 2012
semi-edible things (that I eat compulsively) oct 25 2012
girls on film oct 3 2012
things (I should be better at) sep 24 2012
things (holding my macbook together) sep 23 2012
words (people have recently used in an unfamiliar context) sep 22 2012
nerd jokes (that usually don't work for me) sep 12 2012
jmt (012) sep 4 2012
movie night aug 25 2012
music (five favorite albums this third moment) aug 15 2012
life goals (that may or may not be achievable) aug 7 2012
eur (012) jun 10 2012
music (best peter gabriel songs starting with the letter "s") may 30 2012
dinner (probs 6/9) may 22 2012
events (during which marika has scheduled choir rehearsal) may 20 2012
pretentious list (of restaurants) may 14 2012
artists (who appear on basically all of my mix cds) may 14 2012
anagrams (special ones) apr 7 2012
things (I can't believe I lost) apr 5 2012
phrases (that are beautiful) mar 9 2012
real life ideas (for a novel) mar 9 2012
situations (during which I cannot help but think about rebecca black) feb 24 2012
names (for an unspecified novel) dec 28 2011
disagreements (shana and I have) dec 14 2011
things (to learn more about in 2011) nov 29 2011
oatmeal nov 29 2011
she cries into the soup (and everyone is sad when they eat it) nov 29 2011
wish party nov 4 2011
thanksgiving (2011) nov 4 2011
fun things (we could do this labor day weekend) sep 17 2011
housewarming (menu) aug 22 2011
metaphors (aimed at nyt readers) aug 15 2011
possibly really important papes jul 14 2011
glacier 2011 !! (it's coming !!) jul 12 2011
trashy historical romance novel ideas jun 29 2011
agenda (of coupons) jun 13 2011
music (karaoke songs) jun 8 2011
queen (novelties I have discovered on youtube) jun 5 2011
beverages (for a warm day) apr 25 2011
favorite songs (that glee has ruined) apr 25 2011
jokes (that kind of define my sense of humor) apr 24 2011
why (does it not exist?) apr 8 2011
no relation apr 7 2011
glacier (2011) apr 7 2011
language (phrases I like) mar 24 2011
places (with great names) mar 23 2011
topical german phrases (that I wish had more google hits) mar 23 2011
warning signs (that you sound like an asshole in your blog comment) mar 18 2011
mix cd (of my childhood) mar 8 2011
things (charlie sheen purports to resemble) mar 1 2011
meals (in la in february) feb 25 2011
words (fun to mix up on purpose) feb 21 2011
songs (of 2010) feb 21 2011
ever-returning spring (for dinner) feb 21 2011
scientific job descriptions (that sound fun) feb 17 2011
foods (to eat more often) feb 9 2011
male / female jan 18 2011
big meals (to plan) jan 10 2011
why (are you not fat) jan 7 2011
things (for bowl game) jan 2 2011
remain in light (best lyric of each song) jan 1 2011
camping equipment (I should buy) dec 31 2010
2011 (things that must happen) dec 29 2010
food words (that I find disgusting) dec 27 2010
food and drink (to cook) dec 27 2010
entities (that define themselves by opposition to another entity) dec 27 2010
poems (of 2010) dec 24 2010
songs (that, you know...) dec 17 2010
shortbus (best lines) dec 15 2010
ad hoc at home (completed recipes) dec 13 2010
warning signs (of an emerging dystopia) dec 12 2010
box (of questionable utility) dec 11 2010
my life in france dec 10 2010
how (is this your life) dec 6 2010
words (that I wish existed) nov 30 2010
lists (that should exist) nov 30 2010
people (in philadelphia now) nov 25 2010
elevators nov 23 2010
halloween 2010 (best costumes) nov 9 2010
t9 word (result for repeatedly pressing each number on my phone) nov 2 2010
thanksgiving (2010) nov 1 2010
ocean's twelve (good parts of this movie) oct 16 2010
kitchen things (I should buy) oct 6 2010
german surnames (I like) oct 6 2010
music (five favorite albums this new moment) oct 4 2010
music (band names) sep 29 2010
names (of animal fats) sep 27 2010
markets (that will never be saturated in berkeley) sep 27 2010
bands (who should go on tour together) sep 10 2010
things (that would be fun to try some day) aug 31 2010
davids (I admire) aug 30 2010
power rangers (what they morphed into) aug 27 2010
names of stores aug 21 2010
greatest melodies (of all time) aug 7 2010
difficult (after water skiing) aug 2 2010
to do (upon return from seattle) jul 23 2010
niche languages (that would be fun to learn) jul 12 2010
names (of people I know) jun 28 2010
great metaphors (of david bowie) jun 15 2010
things (to have in my house when I own one) jun 14 2010
MSM jun 12 2010
songs (jeff should have on his iPod) jun 11 2010
places (to hide the bomb) jun 3 2010
names (for my children) may 28 2010
things (that carol blymire can do better than I) may 25 2010
cooking techniques (that have changed my life) may 14 2010
beers (that I like) may 4 2010
recipes (to which to go to) mar 24 2010
perfect mar 23 2010
songs (mixtape for adam's birthday) feb 24 2010
mixed blessings feb 20 2010
songs (not by who I thought) feb 17 2010
vd10 (presidency of love) feb 14 2010
great websites (given to us by canada) jan 29 2010
to do (twenty ten) jan 7 2010
people (who refuse to acknowledge me) jan 6 2010
mike lock (my clock) jan 6 2010
great songs (no accidentals) dec 23 2009
songs (I can actually play on guitar) dec 17 2009
NEEDS dec 14 2009
plus size clothing stores (near my house) dec 7 2009
music (songs to learn) nov 30 2009
most beautiful words (three-letter) nov 29 2009
videos I must watch (as soon as I get off the phone) nov 25 2009
joys (I experience only biannually) nov 13 2009
truck (quotes) oct 25 2009
semicentennial weather calamities (that I have survived) oct 14 2009
discontinued trader joe's products (that I loved) sep 7 2009
famous alumni/ae (of upper darby high school) aug 30 2009
things (only hipsters profess to like) aug 27 2009
worst things (you can ever do) aug 8 2009
places (that are equivalent) aug 3 2009
so you think you can (favorite dances) jul 19 2009
great songs (about marine life) jul 6 2009
twitter (things it's useful for) jun 19 2009
prince's wikipedia article jun 15 2009
g. d. jun 15 2009
liz lemon moments (from my friends' blogs) jun 10 2009
is it raining? (right now) may 4 2009
food and drink (things I make myself) apr 30 2009
words (favorite words in other languages) apr 23 2009
cures (for hangovers) apr 9 2009
musicals (that I really, really don't like) apr 9 2009
technology (that I will never fully accept) mar 30 2009
yelp (funniest reviewers) mar 23 2009
new year (to do list) jan 30 2009
marvel comics characters (I would like to be) jan 2 2009
to do (apartment decorating!) dec 27 2008
hobbies (successful nicknames) dec 26 2008
places (that could actually be heaven) dec 25 2008
quotes (of christmas 2008) dec 23 2008
music (favorite movements of 'messiah') dec 11 2008
pie-blogging (favorite pies) nov 30 2008
home (harrisburg 2008) nov 30 2008
music (colin 1 thanksgiving playlist) nov 29 2008
music (parts of "band on the run") nov 16 2008
power (how to freak out your students) nov 16 2008
proposition 8 (and my mother) nov 8 2008
everything is illuminated (favorite parts) nov 8 2008
about me (fashion sense) nov 8 2008
people (to visit in NYC) nov 8 2008
about me (words I say too much) nov 7 2008
things (all guys like) oct 21 2008
friends (things ruth and I have said in unison) oct 12 2008
travel (most beautiful amtrak line names) sep 26 2008
autobio (too painful to ever watch/read again) sep 26 2008
songs (where I insert barack obama's name) sep 22 2008
health (good things I have started doing) sep 20 2008
about me (things I look forward to) sep 17 2008
relationships (things of mine Colin still has) sep 6 2008
music (five favorite albums this moment) aug 26 2008

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songs (I have played on endless repeat) jan 30 2021
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