Guilty Pleasures? Bring 'em on!

Following in the illustrious footsteps of the Disorganized Librarian, I hereby list my own Guilty Pleasures:

• The Planet's Funniest Animals
  
• CBS-FM (Yay! They're back!)
• Singing show tunes incessantly, much to the consternation of my friends and co-workers
• Any so-called food product that lists high fructose corn syrup as a main ingredient, but particularly those put out by Drake's and Hostess
• Nathan's Famous chili dogs w/fries
• Pepto-Bismol Maximum Strength (perhaps this belongs on some other list)
• The Wall Street Journal crossword puzzle (harder than New York magazine's, easier than The Times)
• Poppit!
• Page Six
  

And, lest we forget those old guilty pleasure standbys:

• Sex
• Drugs
• Rock 'n Roll

Like the corners of your mind

I remember:

• Broadway show tunes
• the names of the states
• Hollywood gossip
• movie trivia
• mama

I don't remember:

• names
• faces
• state capitals
• who was President when
• if I took that pill this morning or not
• the plot of the book I am currently reading
  

What to listen to the day AFTER the day after Valentine's day

• Lyle Lovett's My Baby Don't Tolerate
  
• John Prine's In Spite of Ourselves
  
• Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love
  
• Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do With It
  
• Loudon Wainwright III's More Love Songs
  
• NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Desert Island: The Books

Books that I say I would bring with me to a desert island:

The Bible

War and Peace

The Brothers Karamazov

Crime and Punishment

The Fatal Shore

Books that I would really bring with me:

David Letterman's Book of top 10 lists

Thank You for the Giant Sea Tortoise

Reflexology: a step-by-step Guide

Famous First Facts

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

"They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad"

Some great caper films and offbeat gangster films to get you through the new year:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Bob le Flambeur (1956)
The Hot Rock (1972)
The Killing (1956)
The Limey (1999)
Rififi (1955)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Stormy Monday (1988)
Topkapi (1964)

May I take your order now?

After viewing the late Adrienne Shelly's sublimely whimsical Waitress (2007) on DVD yesterday evening (starring the ever angelic Keri Russell), I got to thinking about some of my favorite waitress-related music:
Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop) / Maria Muldaur
She's a Waitress (and I'm in Love) / 5 Chinese Brothers
Tip That Waitress! / Loudon Wainwright III
Lawyers, Guns and Money / Warren Zevon (not strictly speaking about waitresses, but it does contain the immortal lyric "I went home with the waitress/the way I always do/how was I to know/she was with the Russians too?")
and, it being the season, after all..
Christmas Wrapping / The Waitresses

Bestsellers I'd like to see

1) Harry Potter and the Wheel of Fortune, by I.M. Rowling Endoe, as told to Alex Trebek

2) Conversations with God: He doesn't exist by the way, by Christopher Bitching

3) Meditations for Women Who Shop Too Much, by Deepokit Shoprah

4) The Little Black Book of Little Black Books, by Vera and Wang

5) How Starbucks Made Me Change of a Dollar, by J. "Kick" Backus

... and the future of reading is here!

Post-Halloween meltdown

My Favorite Halloween Candy:

Butterfingers (Awesome!)
Cadbury Fruit and Nut Bar (Delish!)
Ferrero Rocher (the Best!)
Hershey's Kisses (Lipsmackingly Great!)
Kit-Kat Bars (Yummo!)
Lindt Peanut Butter Truffles (Amazing!)
M & M's (a Timeless Classic!)
Mounds and/or Almond Joy (Vacationy!)
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (a Taste Sensation!)
Carob Covered Rice Cake (Well, anyway, it's organic!)

...and just think, Thanksgiving is right around the corner....