8.06.2005
lists of things
Diana and I were amused on Tuesday during our trip through the bookstore when we pulled out a sort of fine-living epicurean magazine (I honestly forget which one - perhaps if Diana would be so kind as to refresh my memory) and opened directly to an article entitled (loosely remembered) "A list of things to serve on toast." As I recall, the article claimed that there are very few things which are not improved by serving atop bits of toasted bread. It named grilled vegetables and goat cheese as two. To that list I would also add peanut butter, jam, egg salad, and very thinly sliced rare roast beef. Of course, in the south, there's cream chipped beef, and also some delicious poached eggs. Welsh rarebit comes to mind as well.
It got me thinking about the useless lists that people produce. A few months ago, I took it out on the Chicago Tribune for publishing a list of the top 50 magazines in the country. Also, the Boston Globe for wanting to know people's top ten desert island CDs. E! routinely runs list shows of the 101 top celebrity whatevers, and even good TV has a show called "Top 5", which would be fun to watch if the host, Bobby Rivers, didn't have such a horribly grating nasal voice.
I wish I could say that I have a top five of top ten lists, but I don't.
It got me thinking about the useless lists that people produce. A few months ago, I took it out on the Chicago Tribune for publishing a list of the top 50 magazines in the country. Also, the Boston Globe for wanting to know people's top ten desert island CDs. E! routinely runs list shows of the 101 top celebrity whatevers, and even good TV has a show called "Top 5", which would be fun to watch if the host, Bobby Rivers, didn't have such a horribly grating nasal voice.
I wish I could say that I have a top five of top ten lists, but I don't.
