Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

Speaking of Worried Moms and Opening Straws on Windows

Hey Listers,

I can’t believe it, but its three years since LAL launched! After three years its pretty hard to come up with new topics every month for this newsletter. So I started asking readers for topics - but not just one topic, thats too typical, ordinary, and simple - instead I decided to ask readers for the most random topics they could think of, and I would pick out two completely random ones to try and tie together. Without further adieu, these weeks topics are “worried moms” and “opening fast food straws”:

Everyone has a mom. And every mom worries. And though every mom may not sweat the small stuff, every mom has, had, or does worry. It’s funny how universal these statements are, “everyone has a mom” and “every mom worries”. They’re like “the sky is blue” and “the grass is green”. Despite these universal truths, that seem so obvious to some, not everyone has wrapped their mind around this fact. In fact, this is something you won’t truly realize until you’re a mom (or dad) yourself.

Speaking of worried moms - Summer Vacations and Senior Trips are right around the corner! And just like Spring Break, summer isn’t just about students with worried moms that make their children call them every night to make sure they aren’t jumping from balconies into pools or neighboring rooms. Summer is still for all ages! Now it might not be as exciting as it used to be, you don’t get 3 months off to do nothing by the pool or take that laid back summer job. But summer is still the time when the weather gets warmer and you take a week of vacation, the seasonal winter blues have officially worn off, Spring rain showers come and go, and it’s time to get back in shape for bikinis and bathing suits.

Ugh. Bathing suits. To many, “bathing suits” can be a completely terrifying and dreadful word. It’s unfortunate. Too many people feel this way! And it’s all because people with no self-discipline order two too many dollar double-cheeseburgers at the fast food drive-thru.

You know what my sister’s favorite thing to do with those fast food straws the second they hand it through the window? Lightly pound (I know, that’s like Jumbo Shrimp) it on the car window, rip off the top, and blow the remaining nine-tenths of that straw directly in my still-somehow-unprepared-to-dodge-this-paper-bullet face. By the way, my sister just turned 40! Happy Birthday Sis!


Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Homemade Recipe Card Holder for Mom

Top Ten 80s Songs Mom and Dad Hated

Top 10 Ideas for Husbands on Mother's Day

Elvis was a Mamma's Boy: Famous Mother Trivia

Ten Songs That Mom and Dad Hated in the 90s

Summer Solstice: How and Why Seasons Change

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

Worst Fast Food You Can Eat

Top 10 Healthiest Fast Food Choices

The Funniest Collection of Oxymorons - Made by YOU


ListAfterList Updates and Reminders

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Your Fellow Lister,

Ryan Pratt

Editor

www.ListAfterList.com

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

ListAfterList.com – On the Road Again

Greetings Listers!

Been traveling much this summer? I’ve been moving around so much I feel like a drug-trafficking husband of an untrustworthy stewardess (bad analogy?). And tomorrow, I am actually leaving again, this time heading to Nut Ridge, in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. The crazy thing is, I actually found a ton of lists about the area on ListAfterList.com: Notable Residents of Ithaca, NY; Famous Alumni of Cornell University; and Top 10 Best Wine Country Inns just to name a few. Then I realized, it’s not just this area, but everywhere. Hundreds of listers have created thousands of lists - some about small towns, some about big cities, and some about their favorite vacation spots. You can find lists about local favorites and travel top 10s.

Maybe you have some entertaining ideas to add to this list of top 10 things to do around the campus of Ohio State? Everyone already knows about the Oval right?

Or maybe you know of another intersting attraction in Wichita, Kansas besides Ty’s Diner?

Do you even know where on earth Chandigarh is located? If so, have you ever been to Sector 17?

From there, dig a hole through the center of the earth and you’ll end up somewhere in between some more familiar places; like Las Vegas, New York City, and the OC.

Or maybe you want you’d just rather fly? Try one of these top 10 international airlines!

Wherever you live, or wherever you end up, create a list about it! If you share what you know and what you’ve learned about your favorite places in the world, you may someday find it flourishing because they heard about it on ListAfterList.com. If nothing else, it’s also a great way to vent about your most despicable places you’ll never visit again.

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Lists Hidden in this Newsletter:

The Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay

Nut Ridge, NY – It doesn’t get its name from the oak trees

Notable Residents of Ithaca, NY

Top 10 Best Wine Country Inns

Best Things to do around Ohio State

Best Places in Wichita, Kansas

Best Places to Visit in Chandigarh

Best Places to Visit in Las Vegas

Best Places to See when in New York City

Best Places in Orange County

Top 10 International Airlines


Find More Relevant Lists on these Category Pages

Category: Local

Category: Travel

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Top 10 Cities in North America

Looking to travel? Try one of these cities, voted as the best in North America.

1. New York, New York

2. San Francisco, California

3. Chicago, Illinois

4. Charleston, South Carolina

5. Santa Fe, New Mexico

6. Vancouver, Canada

7. Quebec City, Canada

8. Victoria, British Columbia

9. Montreal, Canada

10. Seattle, Washington


If you are traveling, you are going to need both (or at least one) of these exclusive deals:

Garmin Nuvi 360 Pocket GPS Navigator - $418.00

On The Road, by Jack Kerouac - $11.20

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Regards,

Ryan
Editor ~ ListAfterList.com