What are a few of your favorite things?

Seth Marie and Jake and Simon (otherwise known as Thing One and Thing Two)

I love pancake Sunday.
I love the Simpsons.
I love going to the movies, it reminds me of when I was a teenager and I used to save my lunch money to go to the cinema.
I love new clothes, I had lot’s of hand me downs from an uncle-in-law that I never liked (and he never liked me either) until I was old enough to work and buy my own.
I love collecting junk… One day I will collect what I really like, cars….

Hanging out with my offspring, puppy scuffling, a good book on a rainy (or snowy) day, oh the list could go on and on. Thanks for asking this, @chyna, I’ll be thinking “and _that! And _that!” For the rest of the day. :-)

Ok – real things:

I love hot baths on cold nights.
I love mashed potatoes with gravy.
I love rain on the roof while I’m in bed.
I love baking cookies for the kids for the holidays and planning some surprise gifts.
I love road trips with a good friend.
I love walking by the ocean in its many moods.

“Seth Marie and Jake and Simon”

What is that? Even Google doesn’t know.

I love riding bicycles. I can feel sick, it can be cold outside, it might be raining a little, and I’ll be reluctant, thinking I’ll just drive or take the train instead. But that does not stop me because I know that about 30 seconds into the ride, I will be SO HAPPY I got on the bike.

@Call_Me_Jay My grandkids.

Two kids have three names? Or is it four names? I would take you for an Oxford comma person. Or at least a comma user.

Seth Marie – one name
Jake – one name
Simon – one name

each separated by “and”

No commas needed when conjunction is used in this case.

Google thinks “Seth Marie and Jake and Simon” is Bradley Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal, Seth Rogen, and Paul Dano reading Alicia Silverstone lines from Clueless. That’s the first hit.

Clueless is based on Jane Austen’s Emma. Jane Austen’s father studied at Oxford, where he met Jane’s mother, where her father was a rector. I bet that family used commas like nobody’s business. I bet they made comma gestures at the dinner table like we make “air quotes”.

Thus they would not confuse people, making them try to figure out how three kids are called Thing One and Thing Two.

@Call_Me_Jay I understand your confusion, and will try to eschew, obfuscation, in future, Sirrah.

Seth Marie, my San Francisco granddaughter, and Jake and Simon, my grandsons who live in Paris, and are otherwise known as Thing One and Thing Two. (Not really but for purposes of this question.)

eschew, obfuscation, in future, Sirrah.

Comma overdose. I am now in a comma coma.

You are a difficult man to ac-comma-date!

Pas vraiment. I am more of a “comme ci comme ca” guy. Or type, if you will.

Tacos.. Sour cream. Arby’s curly fries.

Jumping into a pool on a hot day. New socks. Going to bed with sheets just pulled off the clothesline. A hug from my father. Thundersnow. Cheese.

Girls, anything chocolate, food in general, old cars, solitude, animals. Did I mention girls??

@Call_Me_Jay :: There is sort of a odd combination of bikes and rain I love. When you get so wet you can get no wetter. Then you just barrel your bike through puddles because fuck it. You are already drenched.

Cookie dough.
Movies.
Being someone others depend on.
This

Canoe paddling
Cats
Bird watching
Making things
Painting
My Ford F150
BBQ

Dogs
Naps
Comics
Much geekery in pop culture
Wind
The ocean
Chocolate chip cookies
Iced coffee

Movies
Libraries
Arboretums
Nature sanctuaries
Jazz concerts
Popular science magazines
Toy collectibles
Blueberry/peanut butter smoothies
Skullcap Tea
Sketchbooks
Soft pastel sticks

@cookieman. Cookies came in 7th?!

Napping with a warm dog lying against my back.
Sipping hot cocoa and watching it snow.
Sunshine and blue skies.
Water moving on a beach, in a rover or even just a creek.

Heading out to eat right now, I will answer this question later : )

@chyna: They’re in no particular order. I know. Shameful. Cookies should be first regardless of structure.
badcookie, badcookie, badcookie

Also, I forgot “jazz”.

Cat and dog tummies

The sound of a babbling brook

The scent of pine trees

Sitting on a couch, upstairs, reading a good book while it is raining, with a hot cup of Earl Grey tea

Binge watching British period pieces on Netflix

A really good aged cheddar cheese with Triscuit crackers

The scent of cardamom

The crunching of leaves beneath my feet on a crisp autumn day

Being out in the desert, or up in the mountains at night and seeing millions of stars

Skating by Vince Guaraldi

Snow in the forest

Bean and cheese burritos

The “tink” sound of old fashioned glass Christmas balls rolling into each other

The scent and taste of gingerbread

Homemade biscuits with butter and strawberry jam

Dog and cat toe pads

Nachos with jalapeños

Taco Bell hot sauce in packets

The scent of cedar

Going to Costco on sample day

The scent of wet earth after it has rained

Putting on warm, clean jammies right out of the dryer on a cold winter’s night

Soaking one’s feet in warm water after a long day of being on your feet all day

Kissing dog and cat noses

A glass of cold, whole milk

Vintage mid century era Christmas cards with glitter

Seeing on Amazon that one of my favorite authors has a new book out

The strawberry lemonade at Souplantation

Homemade fudge

Watching dogs of all shapes and sizes frolic at the dog park

The sound of jingle bells jingling

Guacamole and chips

Bagpipe music

Hiking in the mountains

Warm, freshly roasted peanuts in the shell

Ice skating

Riding trains

Onion rings

Hand Bell Choirs

The Property Brothers