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Twitter, Twitter Little Star…

2009-06-17T09:40:00.003-05:00

Hey Listers,

Twitter me this, Twitter me that. Doesn’t it seem like Twitter is everywhere now? It’s no illusion, it really is. Over the past year Twitter.com’s traffic has grown 1,043% to nearly 20 million visitors last month. That’s a two followed by 7 zeros. 20 million! That’s the distance between your back door and Venus (the 2nd-closest planet to the sun). That’s 200 times as many people than fit in The Shoe every Autumn Saturday afternoon. So the question is, are you one of those 20,000,000? Have you jumped on the bandwagon yet?

ListAfterList has – you can follow us at http://twitter.com/listafterlist and get updates every time a new wiki list is created. And so have many other famous people and cool companies – as well as some losers:

The Orlando Magic: Just got trounced by the Lakers in the NBA Finals.

50 Cent: Lost to Kanye in the rap album sales battle.

Paula Abdul: Being replaced by the new, hotter, younger female judge.

MLB: Ratings continue to plummet as steroid allegations continue to emerge.

Bushnell Boys: My three high school friends that are the epitome of losers.

Dwight Howard: Despite dominating the feeble Cavs in the Eastern Conference finals, Howard and his Magic are truly the first and biggest losers of the 2008-09 NBA season (I may be a biased analyst).

Denise Richards: Anyone who had Charlie Sheen and now doesn’t is a considerable loser.

Dane Cook: Likely the most hated comedian amongst his peers.

Jessica Simpson: Have you seen how much weight she lost? She was huge!

Mandy Moore: Broke up with Vincent Chase in last season’s Entourage… so sad, poor Vinny.

Heidi Montag: Lost any respect she may have had after going on the “I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here” reality TV show.

Ryan Pratt: And you can always follow me if you’re as big of loser as I am.

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Top 50 Celebrities on Twitter

Top 25 Famous Athletes on Twitter

Top 50 Must-Have iPhone Apps

NFL QBs with a Zero Passer Rating

Fastest Women's Tennis Serves

Twinkling Stargazing Tips

Top 10 Shoe-Ins For The Pro Football Hall of Fame

Falling Away - Best Places for Fall Foliage

Stupid Things Famous People Said

The Meanings Behind Company Names

PGA Championship: Playoff Losers

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders

Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Or try using LAL when you are looking for holiday gifts for someone (i.e. Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan).

Your Fellow Lister,

Ryan Pratt

www.ListAfterList.com

25 Random Things About ListAfterList.com

2009-03-10T14:31:00.001-05:00

Hey Listers,

In case you didn’t know, Facebook is the cause of the two latest social networking crazes: a list of 25 random things about oneself, and tagging an emoticon poster (aka a picture of smiley faces with different emotions) with the appropriate Facebook friend. I will avoid mentioning the latter again, in order to not give it any more legs than its already grown.

The other craze has already grown legs, legs like the giant spider monster in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Everyone was doing it. Every major news source had stories about it. Imagine Beanie Baby Teletubbies that laugh when you tickle its stomach. Yeh, that big. But fortunately that monster’s been slain.

Until now! I’m bringing it back, baby! One last time. Like a Barbara Streisand comeback tour. Here are the 25 random things you didn’t know about ListAfterList.com:

LAL is slang for ListAfterList.com – not to be confused with the L.A. Lakers or Indo-Iranian word meaning “red friend queen”
You can follow LAL on Twitter and get all the new lists dumped into your feed with all of Ashton Kutcher, William Shatner and the REAL Shaq’s updates
LAL eats Snickers bars with a fork
LAL gave into the peer pressure and got on Facebook
LAL is trying to find a better job just like all of you on LinkedIn
LAL is the #1 Google search result for terms like “celebrity gamertags” and “types of ecosystems” as well as “other words for penis”, “famous sidekicks” and “23 flavors of dr. pepper”
LAL was fat in high school
LAL now has over 16,000 lists
LAL has been pooped on by a flying flamingo
LAL now has over 2,000 listers who have created at least 1 list
LAL was born on February 26, 2007 – sharing birthdays with Michael Bolton, Levi Strauss, Johnny Cash and Marshall Faulk and same day as the final radio broadcast of Dragnet
LAL has had over 2 million visitors since its birthday
LAL has 6 toes
LAL has hundreds of lists across 29 different categories
LAL drinks two glasses of Treleaven Riesling every night before bed
The most popular list of all-time on LAL is Famous Celebrity XBOX Gamertags
LAL once had a message show up in its Alpha Bits cereal – it said “Ooooooo”
The sports category is the most popular category, followed closely by movies and personalities
“Worst” is the most popular search term on LAL
LAL cried at the end of the “Rudy” when he finally runs out onto the field
If LAL were on death row and had to choose one final meal to eat, it would definitely be Chipotle
LAL has become THE place to create and share “bucket lists” with the rest of the world
LAL hates it when people nay-say something before trying it
On LAL you can edit, re-order and add to any wiki list someone else has created
LAL is being a complete hypocrite

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter
Top 10 Best Legs
Are Movies with 8 or More Oscars the Best Films Ever?
Top 10 Most Valuable Beanie Babies
Top 10 Movie Monsters from NYC
Top 10 Biggest Comeback Tours Ever
Teams with Most NBA Championships
Best SCI-FI Actors and Actresses
Top 50 Celebrities on Twitter
Favorite Seinfeld Moments
Tips to Burn More Fat Faster
Best Toilet Paper
February 26 Happy Birthdays!
Day in History: February 26
Top 20 Cayuga Lake Wineries & Vineyards
Famous Celebrity XBOX Gamertags
Peter Griffin's Jobs
Top Tearjerkers in Movie History
Things that People Nay-Say Before They Even Try It
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Top 10 Words of the Year (2007)

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders
Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Find a bucket list of a die-hard sports fan, or the list of 5 NFL teams that haven’t played in the Super Bowl. Even try using LAL when you are looking for birthday gifts for someone (i.e. Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan).

If there is anything you would like to see on ListAfterList, let us know. And, if you have any friends who might enjoy ListAfterList, let us know that too.

Your Fellow Lister,
Ryan
Editor
www.ListAfterList.com

This Year Make a Bucket List, Not a Resolution!

2009-01-28T14:04:00.001-05:00

Hey Listers,

With every New Year come new resolutions. Some people resolve to quit smoking, some to lose weight, some resolve to get out debt – some people just resolve to follow through with previous resolutions. Even with generic resolutions like these, a whopping 85 percent of people fail to succeed.

The problem lies in the longevity of the resolution. Quitting an addiction cold-turkey is nearly impossible. Losing weight is a difficult task to begin with. To accomplish it, then keep it off for 12 months, is even harder. And getting out of debt is a task our country’s leaders can’t even tackle. So what makes you think every January you will be able to jump head first into solutions for these problems?

What you should be doing is making bucket lists. A bucket list is a resolution for life. It’s not something you need to accomplish tomorrow. It’s not something you need to even start tomorrow. A bucket list is a list of lifelong goals, goals to complete before you “kick the bucket.” Don’t consider it a “wish list,” you need the mindset that this is a list of things you WILL accomplish before you die, not thing you just WANT to accomplish.

It’s just like a to-do list. You shouldn’t make your daily to-do list full of just the most difficult tasks. Instead of just writing “run 3 miles” or “finish project” or “clean the house” – add some simple tasks like “brush your teeth” and “eat breakfast” and “put on some clothes”. These tasks will allow you to cross things off, and give you a sense of accomplishment as you progress through your day. Instead of staring at those substantial tasks and procrastinating as long as possible, you will jump right in and start check-marking boxes.

Don’t make your bucket list full of things you’d hate to do but know you should. A don’t make a list of completely impossible tasks, aka resolutions. You can have some aspirational goals, like make a million dollars, kiss Keira Knightley, or drive a flying car – knowing they may be unreachable, they may still help you strive to reach other “un-listed” things.

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Don't Be Generic! Top 10 Creative New Year's Resolution Ideas

Top 10 Worst, Most Generic, Awful, Uncreative New Year's Resolutions that Everyone Makes

Addictions of Famous People

Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for an Overweight Person

How to Make Your New Year's Resolution to Eliminate Debt Stick

Barack Obama's Top Ten Campaign Promises

Edward Cole & Carter Chambers' Bucket List (from the movie)

200 Things Every Man Should Do Before He "Kicks the Bucket"

"Bucket List" of Things You Must Buy Before You Die!

To Do - Printable Checklist

Top 10 Hardest NES Games

How to be a Morning Person

Procrastinating: 5 Tips for Students (or Anyone!)

Million Dollars Game Show Winners

The Number One Reason Guys Watch Certain Movies

Ryan Pratt's Bucket List

Ultimate Sports Fan's Bucket List

5 NFL Franchises that Have NOT Been to a Super Bowl

Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders

Check out my bucket list here: Ryan Pratt's Bucket List

Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Find a bucket list of a die-hard sports fan, or the list of 5 NFL teams that haven’t played in the Super Bowl. Even try using LAL when you are looking for birthday gifts for someone (i.e. Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan).

If there is anything you would like to see on ListAfterList, let us know. And, if you have any friends who might enjoy ListAfterList, let us know that too.

OCD-Unwrappers and Plain Cheese Pizza

2008-12-23T09:12:00.000-05:00

Season’s Greetings Listers,

Wrap all your gifts yet? Well don’t rush! How you wrap a gift says a lot about who you are. And how you open it says even more.

Think about the cheapies whose gifts are wrapped in last Sunday’s sports page. And the lazies thrown in a plastic bag with the grocery receipt still stuck inside. Think about the hectic gifters with too much paper and the last green-tagged piece of Scotch tape. Compare those wrappers to OCD-gifters, with perfectly creased parallel lines, symmetrical bows, curled ribbons, and snowman nametags written in loopy cursive.

Now think about those “kids” who tear through their gift then race to the next. Directly contrasting the patiently-waitings, who keep to themselves until each gift has been handed out, sincerely savoring each and every present, opening not only the bag or wrapping, but also the manufacturer packaging, reading the card verbatim, and actually using the gift before moving on. And then there are the OCD-unwrappers making sure not to tear the paper, saving it for re-gifting next year.

First impressions are everything. And a first impression is hard to change. But it’s not impossible! Anything can sway someone’s initial opinion, but not just your iPod playlist, your favorite movie, the clothes you wear, the house you keep, the team you cheer for, or the job you work; the quirky little things matter too.

Consider an order at Subway, or Chipotle, or even a pizza, and the volumes that speaks to others about who you are. Ham and provolone on white with mustard, lettuce tomato is simple and plain. Spicy Italian is care-free. Specialty sammies are for the adventurous. And how about the vegetarian Chipotle burrito with no beans or sour cream? Or the vast differences in people who get plain cheese pizzas versus supreme?

I’ve heard bartenders and waitresses say they can predict what certain people will order. Every stereotypical person orders a stereotypical drink. Cheap people drink Mt. Dew and Long Island Iced Teas. Classy and mature people order martinis (hence Bond’s shaken-not-stirred). A beer for the blue-collared and wine for the house-wife.

Every order says something. Every action delivers a reaction. Every moment can have a lasting impression.

This holiday season, pay attention as friends and family are opening their gifts, not just at the wrap-job, but the gifts inside and reactions whilst opening. And the lesson learned? Don’t jump to assumptions because that just make an… well you know. Wait to make “donkeys” until you take them out for pizza and a drink.

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Top 10 Other Things to Wrap a Gift With

Defeated Football Teams throughout History

Bare Essentials School Supply List

The Everyday World of Men and Women: Expansive Differences

Things Babies Do that Would be Embarassing for an Adult to do

Everyone's a Little OCD: What are you obsessive compulsive about?

How to Be a Memorable First Date

Playlist: Christmas Music for Sugar-Plum Fairies and Gingerbread Men

The 10 Worst Holiday Gift Ideas

List of the 5-Dollar Footlongs at Subway

Best Pizza in New York City

Top 10 Movie and TV Bartenders

Top 10 Manliest Girly Alcoholic Drinks

Actors that Have played James Bond

3 Steps to Makeup Sex

10+ Life Lessons That Took You Too Long to Learn

A Short History of Asses

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders
Make your own “Christmas Gift” list at LAL today!

Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Or try using LAL when you are looking for holiday gifts for someone (i.e. "Top 10 Christmas Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life!").

If there is anything you would like to see on ListAfterList, let us know. And, if you have any friends who might enjoy ListAfterList, let us know that too.

A Nerd's Quarter-Life Crisis Breeds Jealousy

2008-12-23T09:11:00.000-05:00

Hey Listers,
So last Friday I turned 25. Twenty-five! Twenty-five years I’ve been wandering around trying to figure “it” out. And twenty-five years spent, or maybe wasted is the better word, not figuring “it” out. Okay, maybe “wasted” is a bit pessimistic. It’s probably the quarter-life crisis talking.

But seriously, birthdays split the world in two. Those who love birthdays, tell everyone they know it’s coming, buy themselves presents and bake themselves cake - and those who dread it like a funeral. But it’s not so black and white; it’s more like a peanut butter and jelly sammy. Pull apart a PB&J and on the jelly half you’ll find some peanut butter, and on the PB half you’ll find some J.

Some people dread a birthday one year, but fervently await the next. I, on the other hand, have celebrated every birthday of my life – until this one. This one was different. Every kid celebrates his 13th (teens), 16th (driving), 18th (cigarettes and porn… and voting), and 21st (drinking). After twenty-one, the 22nd through 24th are typically blurry, and then all-of-a-sudden you’re 25! Twenty-five starts the beginning of the birthdays of dismay. Twenty-five = adulthood. And with adulthood comes those scary words like marriage, children, career, mortgage, and responsibility. Then by 30 you are supposed to have those figured out and you have a new list of words to worry about. It never ends!

I realize these rationalizations are a bit extreme, but I’m in the business of hyperboles. Still, I am jealous of the teenage birthday, the first-car birthday, the cigarettes, dirty-magazine and hung-over birthdays. Of course! Who isn’t? The question is how do you turn these 5s and 0s birthdays into something to celebrate? The trick is not worrying about what you haven’t figured out yet, birthdays should be celebrations of everything you have figured out. I was surprised to see what I came up with:
· It’s okay to be a complete nerd, and especially a dork in disguise!
· Fear controls you and your actions. By conquering fear, you gain control
· The Yankees and the government just throw money at problems to make them go away
· Do what you’re good at doing
· If you’re good at something, never do it for free
· And though money may not buy you happiness, it sure helps
· Britney Spears and Tom Cruise are crazy
· NASCAR splits the world in two (this time it is black-and-white, no grey middle between the haters and the lovers)
· Jealousy breeds negativity, and negativity breeds jealousy. Stay away from both.
· Eating two Chipotle burritos with chips & salsa in one sitting is nearly impossible
· There is a fine line between passion and obsession
· Most things don’t REALLY matter, so let it slide
· Sequels always disappoint
· And… Star Wars will always be totally awesome

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter
December 5th Birthdays: Walt Disney, Art Monk and Martin Van Buren
Top 10 Xmas Gifts for a Single 20-Something Male who likes Sports, Movies and Beer... Dugh!
Top 20 Pessimistic Quotes
List of Complete Opposites
Best Sandwiches
Barrymore & Electra: Best Celebrity "Playboy" Covers
Top 20 Schools for Lots of Hard Liquor
Adult Words You Dread Growing Up and Having to Deal With
List of Hyperboles
10 Simple Ways to Save Yourself From Messing up Your Life
Geeky Pickup Lines for Nerds & Dorks
Fear of Vomiting: Top 10 Phobias in the U.S.
Top 10 "Dark Knight" Quotes
How to Win Someone Back
Worst Fast Food You Can Eat
Disappointingly Worst Sequels Ever
Only Actors in All 6 Star Wars Films

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders
Make your own “Things I’ve Figured Out” list at LAL today!

Check out my birthday newsletter from last year and see how I’ve grown! Hah!

Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Even try using LAL when you are looking for holiday gifts for someone (i.e. Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan).

If there is anything you would like to see on ListAfterList, let us know. And, if you have any friends who might enjoy ListAfterList, let us know that too.

Money + Black Friday = Happiness?

2008-11-20T14:19:00.003-05:00

Hey Listers,

“They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the f***ing smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby.”

Great quote. Great movie. It may not ring true for all you listers, but certainly strikes a cord with me. You see, I have this uncanny ability to spend money. Sounds terrible I know. It is. It’s as if the pocket of my jeans were actually on fire and Best Buy sold the only extinguisher in town.

For anyone like me, this smoldering “burden” makes Thanksgiving more like Black Friday Eve. Forget the corn and yams, I’ll devour as much tryptophanic turkey as I can, because the faster I unbuckle my belt, the faster I plop on that couch, the faster I fall asleep, and the faster the 5 a.m. early bird specials come around. I cannot wait! I’ll admit, one my pet peeves is standing in line (due to an ADHD-induced lack of patience). Not to mention my displeasure with the frigid Midwest November weather. But the sales make all the miseries worth the wintry wait.

I am pretty sure Black Friday grew from people’s tendencies to start their Christmas shopping for friends and loved ones the day after Thanksgiving. And believe me, until Black Friday is marked as an official holiday in America, I will be using my float days to pretend it is (btw, Barack, if you’re listening maybe you should consider my plea as a part of your fiscal rescue plan for your inaugural year in the Oval Office).

For me Black Friday as good as it gets. Forget Christmas and birthdays when you get presents you don’t want and never asked for: the multi-colored plaid shirts, re-gifted label-makers, and holiday gift baskets with 6 types of cheese and chocolate that come February turn to so moldy your chocolate lab won’t even steal off your kitchen counter. My Black Friday shopping carts are selfishly stuffed with toys for me. It’s awful really. I am not a selfish person – just a victim of marketing.

Take my downfalls as a lesson of the misguided and ill-mannered. The holiday season is not about toys. It’s not about gifts and getting. It’s about giving. And it doesn’t even have to be the gift of material things – give love and happiness and help. Lend a hand to those in need and enjoy your time with family and friends. But also remember:

“Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn't f***ing have any.”

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Top 10 Most Memorable "Boiler Room" Quotes

Best Movies to Watch if You are in Sales

Best Buys on GPS Systems

Tryptophan is a TV Star

Top 10 Tips to Bag a Bargain on Black Friday

Worst Lines to Stand In

Best Black Friday Deals, Sales, and Specials

Top 10 Holidays We Don't Have Off - BUT SHOULD!

George Bush Jokes, George W Jokes, and more Dubya Jokes

Rules of Life According to "Seinfeld"

Chocolate Lab Dog Name Ideas

Picture Slideshow List: Hilarious Canadian Signs and Cartoons

Best Toys Ever

Do These 10 Things for True Happiness

Phoebe's Songs (from Friends)

Funniest F-Bombs Dropped on Live Television

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders

Have you tried the new search on LAL powered by Google? It is much more effective. Now you can think of LAL as a place of reference, instead of just a website where you can find randomly cool stuff and interesting trivial lists. Use LAL when you are looking for a list of good scary movies, a frightening Halloween playlist, or even the top 10 specific gifts for that specific special person in your life (i.e. Top 10 Gifts for a Star Wars Fan).

If there is anything you would like to see on ListAfterList, let us know. And, if you have any friends who might enjoy ListAfterList, let us know that too .

Who Took the Boo Out of Halloween?

2008-10-31T07:27:00.002-05:00

Hey Listers,

I can’t believe it’s been a year since my rant about how Halloween is supposed to be a night of fright, not this funny fools’ day it’s turned into. And I’m still peeved. Why are television stations airing National Lampoon’s Vacation over-and-over again when there are 100s of great scary movies they could show instead?

Instead of watching Michael Myers chop up all the trick-or-treaters in Haddonfield, we get Clark Griswold and family on their “merry” way to Wally World. Yeah there are some deaths (dragging Dinky to death behind the car and Aunt Edna passing in her sleep in the backseat), but they’re funny deaths. And sure Harold Ramis, one of the original Ghostbusters directed it (which by the way is painfully more funny than it is scary), but c’mon! I am looking for horror movies deaths. “Final Destination” meets Jason Voorhees meets “The Hills Have Eyes.” I want to be scared on Halloween! Give me “Halloween” and “Friday the 13^th,” or at least “Nightmare on Elm Street.” Where’s Freddy and Jason and Jigsaw and Chucky? Is AMC the only channel that gets it? Or have all the funny, cute little Halloween costumes distorted all our “fragile little minds.”

I have a favor to ask of you. Instead of giving treats to every trick-or-treater this year, reward the scary skeletons and ugly witches. Give the gobstoppers to goblins, ghosts and ghouls. And trick those funny, cute kids with an apple or toothbrush.

And any of you trick-or-treaters out there, let’s get back to the roots of Beggar’s Night. Remember the history behind the tradition, if someone forgets the treats, or leaves a “please take one” basket out, make sure you play an idle trick on the house or the homeowners. That is what the saying is all about. “Trick-or-Treat!”

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

LAL Newsletter - Halloween, a Night-of-Fright?

Top 100 Scary Movies of All Time

Memorable Movie Dads

Deaths by Extremely Unusual Causes

Funniest Epitaphs on Tombstones

Top 10 Great Songs from Geeky Movie Soundtracks

Top 10 Gruesome Deaths in Movies

Aghhh! Best Scary Movies Ever

Top 25 Horror Movie Villains

Halloween Costumes Sure to Piss Everyone Off

Top 20 Eric Cartman Quotes (from South Park)

Top 10 Hot New Halloween Costume Ideas for 2008

The 10 Worst Things to Give Out for Trick-or-Treat .

Top 10 Best Halloween Trick-or-Treat Candies

The Rat Pack Takes the Worry-Wart Quiz

2008-10-10T11:02:00.001-05:00

Hey Listers,

Worried? I am sure you are. There is a lot to be worried about these days. And everybody is worried about something sometimes (not to be confused with Dino’s “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime”… though just as true). But even the smooth talking, care-free Rat Pack had their worries. Like when Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped. Imagine how nerve-racking that would be! Us normal folks have more common things to worry about.

First and foremost on everyone’s mind is this fiscal pit we’ve fallen into. The DOW continues to drop. Huge firms are flopping. Banks are bankrupt. And you are worried about your money, your future, your children’s future, and your children’s children’s future. Who wouldn’t be?

Then there is the Presidential election. Who are you going to vote for? Will he fix our problems? Can he put an end to our worrying? And then even if he says he can, will he?

And don’t forget about the simpler uncertainties in life. What to wear tomorrow? What to eat for dinner? How will this presentation go? And how far below that red line can the fuel gage go before you have to fill up on $4-gas?

So many questions, so few answers.

"Today is the tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday." It’s so true, yet, makes absolutely no sense if you think about it.

What’s all this worrying for? What’s it mean? That you have to hold off on that 60-inch plasma to hang on the wall, or that roomy new black-leather Gucci handbag. That you can’t lay a gas-hogging footslam on the accelerator when the light turns green. And that you can’t go to Sin City for a Sammy-Davis-style New Year’s bash.

Now I’m not going to pretend I’m Nietzsche or anything, but does any of this truly matter? You need to have “the ability to let that which truly doesn’t matter slide” because “everything will work out – it always does.”

The truth of the matter is this: there is always plenty to worry about, always; and worrying never makes anything better – it doesn’t solve problems and doesn’t make issues go away. So instead of wasting away worrying about things – especially things that truly do not matter – why not take a break from your worries, smile and take a deep breath. Because just as it reads on Sinatra’s tombstone: “The Best Is Yet To Come.”

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Things You Do When You Are Nervous

Members of the Rat Pack

Top 5 Biggest One-Day Stock Market Drops in US History

List of Government Bailouts So Far This Year (2008)

Bankrupt or Acquired Banks During the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Obama on the Issues

McCain on the Issues

Worst Sayings Ever Printed on T-Shirts

6 Most Useful Last Minute Ingredients

Things to do to Calm Your Nerves Before Giving a Speech

Top 10 Tips You Haven't Already Heard to Help You Save Gas

10 Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Lender

The Ten Most Important Questions To Ask Yourself

Stupid Things Famous People Said

Best HDTV Brands

The Most Expensive Purses

Top 10 Nietzsche Quotes

Top 10 Quotes from "Fight Club"

Entourage: Vince Chase Quotes

Who All Sang "The Best is Yet to Come"?

Powdered Milk and Sliced Bread = Ten Chiptole Burritos

2008-09-25T08:38:00.002-05:00

Hey Listers,

It’s been a while. Hope you are still listing! Sure looks like you are. LAL has over 14,500 lists now! A lot has happened since I wrote you last:

The new Indiana Jones premiered and bombed. Well critically bombed at least; box-office numbers did okay despite the horrid reviews and me walking out of the theater half-way through; did you know you can’t get refunds for movies utterly sucking ?

Seems like Harrison Ford has been around longer than sliced bread doesn’t it? Ford’s first role as a bellhop in “Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round ,” was the same year the Beatles’ John Lennon made the comment in an interview published in The London Evening Standard, "We're more popular than Jesus now.” Speaking of more popular than Jesus, did you know Ford had roles in many of biggest box-office hits of all time , though his role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (as Elliot's school principal) was deleted from the final cut of the film. It’s shocking that he is only #75 on the list of Top 100 Actors and Actresses with the Most Movie and TV Appearances .

Other debuts include new iPhone 3G. It still sucks!

Big Brown made his bid at the Triple Crown of horse racing only to come up short in the final leg . No pun intended. But speaking of slipping up:

Sarah Palin tripped and fell bum -backwards into the Republican VP seat, political spotlight and harsh media criticisms (Caution: Alaskan ice slippery when wet).

As the Presidential election gets closer, more and more celebrities are choosing sides of the aisle. Hollywood is known to be left-leaning , but there are some celebs openly backing McCain as well on the other side of the aisle.

And how about Michael Phelps?! Not his political views; and actually NOT the 8 gold medals either, because that’s nothing compared to his daily food intake. 12,000 calories! Do you know what that is equal to? Have you ever tried to eat two Chipotle burritos? I have and I cannot even imagine ten! I have a better chance at London gold in the 200-free.

…Anyway, I hope you keep listing , adding to those wiki lists , and continually checking back with ListAfterList as it becomes the biggest thing since powdered milk . Or is it “biggest since sliced bread” and “longer than powdered milk”? Powdered milk was first spotted by Marco Polo in Mongolia in 1275; that’s not that long is it? Or very big? Wait, what does powdered milk have to do with anything?

Nevermind that, here is one final, actually important question: What are the options you have if your boss’s toupee falls on the floor?

Lists Hidden in this Newsletter

The links above are attached to these lists:

ListAfterList.com - Home Page

Indiana Jones Movies in Order

Terrible, Bad, Worst Movies of All Time ?

Top 10 Best Harrison Ford Characters

Best Sandwiches

Harrison Ford Films and TV Appearances

Biggest Box-Office Opening Weekends of All-Time

Top 100 Actors and Actresses with the Most Movie and TV Appearances .

Top 10 Reasons the New iPhone 3G Still Sucks

Horses That Came Up Short in Triple Crown

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I Used to be So Skinny and Then...

2008-09-17T10:22:00.000-05:00

I used to be so skinny and then...

	I got FAT
	I went to college and gained the freshmen 15
	I got Halo 3 and never left my couch
	I turned 16 and could drive myself to McDonald's
	I got a boyfriend and stopped working out
	I had a baby
	I had another baby
	I stopped playing basketball and tennis
	I ate that Wendy's triple-cheeseburger and Biggie fry

add your reasons to the official list here: http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/9579/Health/I+Used+to+be+So+Skinny+and+Then.aspx

Top 10 Favorite Dog Toys

2008-09-17T10:21:00.000-05:00

Your puppy will love these cool toys! ... What are your dogs favorite toys?

1.	Loopies
2.	Wubba Wubbas
3.	Jolly Pet Romp-n-Roll Dog Toys
4.	Mammoth Pet Tire Biter Dog Toys
5.	Pet Plush Rainbow Dog Toys
6.	Sun Pet Toys Fetch & Glow Dog Toys
7.	Jolly Pet Teaser Balls
8.	IQube II Cagey Cube Puzzle Plush Dog Toy
9.	a Holiday Pet Stocking
10.	Kong Stuff'n TOTs
11.	Premier Pet Fleece Pet Toys with Squeakers
12.	Coastal Pet John Deere Plush Dog Toy Tractor
13.	JW Pet Double Invincible Chains 6" Large
14.	C’Mere
15.	Tuffies
16.	Itty Bitty Buddy Biscuits
17.	Bungee Ball Tug Dog Toys
18.	Cuz Dog Toys
19.	Microfiber Towel

Top 10 Best MBA Lists

2008-06-25T07:50:00.002-05:00

1)	Tips on Staffing or What job is best for you? Edited by TrailerGuyBob
2)	Top 25 MBA Schools in the United States
3)	Graduate MBA Business Schools
4)	Best Places for MBA's to Work
5)	History of MBA Focus
6)	Top 10 MBA Websites
7)	Top 10 Management Consulting Firms
8)	Top 100 Best Jobs for MBA Graduate Business Students
9)	MBA Resume Tips
10)	List of Top MBA Graduate Programs' Students' Resumes and CVs

Top 10 List of MBA Lists

2008-06-25T07:44:00.003-05:00

1)	Top 10 MBA Internships - INFORMATIVE (0)
2)	Top 10 Tips to Get Into a Top 10 MBA School - TIPS (0)
3)	MBA Students & Alumni Resumes from Top 60 Global Business Programs - BESTS (0)
4)	List of Top MBA Graduate Programs' Students' Resumes and CVs - SCHOOL DAYS (0)
5)	Publications that Rank Business Schools - INFORMATIVE (0)
6)	Top 5 Harvard Business School Alumni - PEOPLE (0)
7)	Top 5 Famous Wharton Business School Graduates - PEOPLE (0)
8)	MBA Resume Tips - SCHOOL DAYS (0)
9)	Top 100 Best Jobs for MBA Graduate Business Students - BESTS (0)
10)	Top 10 Management Consulting Firms - BESTS (0)

Baseball Players Drafted - 2008 MLB Draft Results

2008-06-05T13:34:00.002-05:00

Here are the first ten picks from the 2008 MLB draft:

1.	Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Tim Beckham - SS - from high school
2.	Pittsburgh Pirates: Pedro Alvarez - 3B - from Vanderbilt
3.	Kansas City Royals: Eric Hosmer - 1B - from high school
4.	Baltimore Orioles: Brian Matusz - LHP - Univ. of San Diego

5. ....

for the rest of the picks, click here: http://www.listafterlist.com/Listof/tabid/57/ListID/13201/Default.aspx

Don't Be Cheap! Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Skimp On

2008-05-14T09:28:00.003-05:00

Don't Be Cheap! Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Skimp On
Some things you just shouldn't be skimpy about. These are the things it is worth paying a little extra for and buy the brand-name product:
Lister:Pratt Category:Products

Top 10 Pre-Death Movie Monologues

2008-05-14T09:28:00.001-05:00

Top 10 Pre-Death Movie Monologues
Great actors refuse to be killed off without a bang. These are the absolute ten most memorable last words ever given in a dying speech of a film:
Lister:Ryan Pratt Category:Movies

Top 50 Hottest Sci-Fi Movie Babes of All-Time

2008-05-14T09:26:00.000-05:00

Top 50 Hottest Sci-Fi Movie Babes of All-Time
Over the last 5 decades of movie history there have been hundreds of science fiction movies with thousands of babes, but these are the sexiest ones ever:
Lister:Pratt Category:Movies

Top 25 MBA Schools in the United States

2008-05-14T09:25:00.001-05:00

Top 25 MBA Schools in the United States
Ever wonder where the country's top CEO's and businessmen go to school? Probably one of these universities. These are the absolute best MBA graduate programs in the country.
Lister:Ryan Pratt Category:Education & History

Top 10 Bad Things That Are Good For You

2008-05-14T09:24:00.000-05:00

Top 10 Bad Things That Are Good For You
Sex, beer & chocolate. Here's a list of some supposedly bad things that can actually be good for you. You'll be very surprised.
Lister:Vante85 Category:Health

Horse Racing: Triple Crown Winners

2008-05-14T09:23:00.001-05:00

Triple Crown Winners
Will there be another Triple Crown caliber horse this year? In the United States the Triple Crown is made up of: the Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; the Belmont Stakes, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. These are the only winners ever:
Lister:Ryan Category:Sports

Women Roger Clemens Has Slept With

2008-05-14T09:21:00.000-05:00

Women Roger Clemens Has Slept With
Seems like everyday another blow to Clemens' pristine, family-man image surfaces. First cheating at baseball, now cheating on wife. Here is a list of all the women Roger Clemens has had sex with... (allegedly):
Lister:Ryan Pratt Category:Sports

NFL Draft's Last Picks - "Mr. Irrelevant"

2008-05-14T09:20:00.000-05:00

NFL Draft's Last Picks - "Mr. Irrelevant"
The overall last pick in the NFL Draft each year has earned the name "Mr. Irrelevant" because they usually don't make it too long in the league (however, some do break the mold and stick around a few years). Do you remember these guys?
Lister:Pratt Category:Sports

Great "I'd love to but..." Excuses

2008-05-14T09:19:00.000-05:00

Great "I'd love to but..." Excuses
Here are some hilarious and possibly useful excuses for when someone asks you to do something you really just don't want to do.
Lister:Prozak Category:Everything Else

Best and Worst IQs of U.S. Presidents

2008-05-14T08:58:00.000-05:00

Best and Worst IQs of U.S. Presidents
Let's see just how smart the people running this country are...not that you necessarily need a test to tell you that. 85-99 is considered lower average, 100-129 is higher or above average, 130-144 is "gifted" and 144 and above is genius.
Lister:srenz16 Category:Education & History

NBA Most Valuable Players

2008-05-14T08:50:00.000-05:00

NBA Most Valuable Players
Who will win it this year? Could it be the best offensive player in the game, Kobe Bryant? Or the young point guard general Chris Paul? And is it possible that Lebron James could actually be underrated?
Lister:RyanP Category:Sports