enumerates

 

 

"But his conversation is simply enumeration: if he has seen a good film, he will not describe the plot, or how it made him feel, but where it ranks in his best-of-year list, his best-of-all-time list, his best-of-decade list-- he thinks and talk in tens and fives, and as a consequence, Dick and I do too. And he makes us write lists as well, all the time: 'Okay, guys. Top five Dustin Hoffman films.' Or guitar solos, or records made by blind musicians, or Gerry and Sylvia Anderson shows ('I don't believe you've got Captain Scarlet at number one, Dick. The guy was immortal! What's fun about that?'), or sweets that come in jars ('If either of you have got Rhubarb and Custard in the top five, I'm resigning now.')"

Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

 
     
2000    
01 January   nineteen favorites from 1999
     
1999    
06 December   fifteen things i would put in a time capsule
to be opened in the year 3000
19 November   seven things i don't want to talk about
05 October   twenty-two things i'll miss most when i leave boston
12 August   nineteen things todd has talked to death
26 February   ten favorite movies of 1998
03 February   twenty-five favorite CDs of 1998
     
1998    
28 December   four things i'd want as my last meal
25 September   five best television shows ever
17 June   eight favorite childhood toys
01 June   eight dream jobs
13 May   seven dream Jeopardy! categories
28 April   three things i'd rescue from a fire
17 April   ten favorite books