Film Addict takes the top 250 films and quizzes you on how many you’ve seen. Compare your score to my terrible rating.
As always, we had a few ties… so the top 11 are posted below, voted on by you the John McCain supporter reader.
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 66.7%
- It’s A Wonderful Life 61.9%
- Home Alone 52.4%
- Elf 47.6%
- Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) 38.1%
- A Charlie Brown Christmas 33.3%
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 33.3%
- The Santa Clause 33.3%
- A Christmas Story 23.8%
- Love Actually 23.8%
- White Christmas 23.8%
I’ve attained a list of all of the Christmas movies and specials (barring TV shows) for the 2008 Christmas season.
If you would like to add any, feel free to submit them in the comment section.
A list of items lost in space…
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During a September 2006 spacewalk, astronaut Joe Tanner, working outside the space station with Stefanyshyn-Piper, accidentally released a bolt, spring and washer.
During a July 2006 spacewalk, astronauts Piers Sellers and Michael Fossum lost a 14-inch spatula while testing a method to repair the space shuttle.
During a March 2001 spacewalk to mount important equipment to the international space station, a foot attachment used to anchor spacewalkers to the end of the space shuttle Discovery’s robotic arm managed to float free from astronaut Jim Voss and was lost in space. Later in the mission, Discovery’s thrusters had to be fired to move the spacecraft to a higher orbit to dodge the menacing piece of space junk.
New favorite music as of late…
- School of Seven Bells
Chk Chk Chk
Ra Ra Riot
Point Juncture WA
Frightened Rabbit
New albums…
- Fleet Foxes
Kings Of Leon
Snow Patrol
Keane
The following in a excerpt from My South which was written by Robert St. John, executive chef and owner of the Purple Parrot Cafe, Crescent City Grill and Mahogany Bar of Hattiesburg, MS.
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My South is full of honest, hard-working people.
My South is colorblind. In my South, we don’t put a premium on pigment. No one cares whether you are black, white, red or green with orange polka dots.
My South is the birthplace of blues and jazz, and rock-and-roll. It has banjo pickers and fiddle players, but it also has B.B. King, Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Elvis.
My South is hot.
My South smells of newly mown grass.
My South was the South of The Partridge Family, Hawaii 5-0 and kick the can.
My South was creek swimming, cane-pole fishing and bird hunting.
In my South football is king, and the Southeastern Conference is the kingdom.
My South is home to the most beautiful women on the planet.
In my South soul food and country cooking are the same thing.
My South is full of fig preserves, cornbread, butter beans, fried chicken, grits and catfish.
In my South we eat foie gras, caviar and truffles.
In my South our transistor radios introduced us to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the same time they were introduced to the rest of the country.
In my South grandmothers cook a big lunch every Sunday.
In my South family matters, deeply.
My South is boiled shrimp, blackberry cobbler, peach ice cream, banana pudding and oatmeal cream pies.
In my South people put peanuts in bottles of Coca Cola and hot sauce on almost everything.
In my South the tea is iced, and almost as sweet as the women.
My South has air-conditioning.
My South is camellias, azaleas, wisteria and hydrangeas.
My South is humid.
In my South the only person who has to sit on the back of the bus is the last person who got on the bus.
In my South people still say “yes, ma’am,” “no, ma’am,” “please†and “thank you.â€
In my South we all wear shoes . . . most of the time.
My South is the best-kept secret in the country. Please continue to keep the secret… it keeps the idiots away.
Top 10 most popular baby names…
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1. Jacob / Emily
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emma
4. Joshua / Ava
5. Daniel / Madison
6. Christopher / Sophia
7. Anthony / Olivia
8. William / Abigail
9. Matthew / Hannah
10. Andrew / Elizabeth
Very interesting…
Flight Attendants
Top 10% earn $102,660 a year
Average annual salary: $62,880
Farm, Ranch and Other Agricultural Managers
Top 10% earn $103,660 a year
Average annual salary: $61,030
Gaming Managers
Top 10% earn $106,220 a year
Average annual salary: $69,600
Air Traffic Controllers
Top 10% earn $141,860
Average annual salary: $107,780
Database Administrator
Top 10% earn $106,860 a year
Average annual salary: $70,260
I got bored the other night watching the M’s getting slaughtered on TV… so I decided to be super-productive and make this list of all the major league ballparks I’d been to. If your workday is lacking excitement, feel free to add yours in the comments section.
Safeco Field (Seattle)
Fenway Park (Boston)
(Old) Tiger Stadium (Detroit)
Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta)
Turner Field (Atlanta)
SkyDome/Rogers Centre (Toronto)
AT&T Park (San Francisco)
Yankee Stadium
Wrigley Field (Chicago)
Comiskey Park/U.S. Cellular (Chicago)
Metrodome (Minneapolis)
Minute Maid Park (Houston)
The Ballpark at Arlington
Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore)
A few from the list.
Some songs as of late – some old, some new – that have been in iTunes rotation.
Listen to them for free (if they’re cataloged) at Project Playlist.
Digital Sea by Thrice
Second Chances by Paper Route
Straight Lines by Silverchair
The World At Large by Modest Mouse
Stall Out by Mute Math
Last Chance by Idiot Pilot
Lost My Soul by Maps
Say (All I Need) by OneRepublic
Keeping Me Alive by The Afters
Lake Michigan by Rouge Wave
I’m always interested to hear what other websites folks visit during the day. Mine are below… feel free to post yours in the comments section.
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Deadspin : The best sports blog on the Internet.
Drudge Report : 12 million hits per day, yet I’m still surprised so many have never heard of it.
Yahoo! Popular : The most viewed/emailed news on the Internet.
Del.icio.us : Links, links, and more links.
Uncrate : A bunch of crap I can’t afford.
Consumerist : Consumerism at it’s best (and worst).
The Seattle Times : I love my city.
The Daily Mountain Eagle Online : Good ole Jasper.
AL.com : I miss home.
The Clarion Ledger : I miss Mississippi.
