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Top 5 Mixed Breed Dogs

2009-10-02T09:08:00.003-07:00

Now in easier to read recipe form!

5. Mix one-half Border Collie with one-half Sussex Spaniel. If you are fresh out of Sussex Spaniel, any of the more common spaniels will do in a pinch.
Result: An attentive, energetic, and highly intelligent dog, though a bit precocious and with a definite tendency towards cheekiness.

4. First combine a Golden Labrador Retriever with any light-coloured Standard Poodle. You should end up with what is commonly (though exasperatingly) called a "Labradoodle". Next, take this "Labradoodle" and combine it with another Golden Lab Retriever to end up with what I like to think is a much more serious breed, the Labradabbadoodle.
Result: A nicely mannered, hypo-allergenic dog that doesn't look anything remotely like a poodle. Everybody wins.

3. Chef's Surprise. This is a fun recipe to try when you have friends coming over, or are planning on hosting a large party of some sort. Simply walk into the SPCA or your local dog pound and pick the first two canine ingredients that you see.
Result: Is anybody's guess, and the beauty is, you get a different result every time!

2. Take a common Whippet and combine it in the normal way with a German Shepherd. Allow to mature for approximately one year, then lock in an unadorned room with a wild Coyote of the opposite gender. (You may have to travel to a country market or even into the hills surrounding your town to collect a genuinely wild Coyote, but the effort is worth it, as the wild variety tends to be more delightfully unpredictable and this will show in the final product.) Wait approximately one hour. The time may vary depending on the situation; use your best judgment.
Result: After a suitable period of gestation, assuming you have followed the recipe correctly, you should be left with an obedient medium-sized, short-haired, large-eared little fellow who displays a quiet but engagingly friendly curiosity. Caution: be sure to return the wild Coyote to where you found him; the authorities seem to dislike when people transport this type of ingredient away from its natural habitat.

1. Take one-half Timber Wolf (or other variety, as long as it is a genuine Wolf) and combine with one-quarter German Shepherd and one-quarter Japanese Akita by the usual method. Acquiring the necessary Wolf component of this recipe may require a bit of persistence on your part, but it is well worth the effort. For detailed information on how to do so, see Farley Mowat's famous 18th century Canadian work, Never Cry Wolfe: Capturing Lupus by the Use of Stealthe & Sneakery. Also if you can pick up a dog that is already one-half German Shepherd and one-half Akita, you might save yourself some time (which you will need to go after that Wolf).
Result: If you manage to get this far, you should have a rather large dog with a distinctly wolfish head, a harsh, long, wild waterproof outer coat insulated with a thick, soft undercoat, and a quietly loyal and friendly disposition.

Happy breeding!

Top 5 Notes Regarding the Oregon Coast

2009-08-06T10:36:00.001-07:00

1. The fog rolls in around Cannon Beach. I don't know where it stops. Conspiracy? Perhaps.
2. Coastal Oregonians have never heard of perogies. No grocery store has them. Conspiracy? I think yes.
3. You are not allowed to pump your own gas in Oregon. It is against the law. Conspiracy? The answer should be clear to you.
4. Tillamook cheese is delicious, yet strangely inaccessible outside of Oregon. Conspiracy? No question.
5. The state parks are beautiful, clean, and family friendly. Conspiracy? I often wonder.

Top 5 Vowels

2009-07-07T21:53:00.001-07:00

1. A
2. E
3. I
4. O
5. U

Suck on that, Y.

Top 5 List

2009-06-30T20:59:00.005-07:00

We need a post here. Stat.
1. Apparently, in a room full of people browsing a video store, it is perfectly acceptable to chastise your child with what one could call a horrifyingly demonic voice, and when that does not work, to shove said horrified child out of your way. It must be acceptable behaviour, as I was the only one to stare at the demon-voiced woman in abject terror, while everyone went about their business as if nothing untowards had happened. Lesson well learned.
2. While walking about the other day I came across a movie poster for a movie called 8 x 10. There is really nothing special about said movie poster, except for its tag line, "He has the power...to see the past." I am not an expert in super powers, but I am fairly sure that I myself possibly have that power as well. All this time I thought having a long term memory and access to history books was a common thing. Thank you terrible movie tag line for showing me how wrong I was.
3. When someone yells,"duck!" Don't be a smart alec and reply,"where?" It only ends in tears. Well, tears and headaches.
4. The only thing more entertaining than the TV show So You Think You Can Dance (yes, yes I am a fan) is the wildly popular entertainment provided by the dregs of Surrey called So You Think You Can Walk, whereupon an unsuspecting pedestrian must risk life and limb to save the life of a mid-afternoon lush as he tries to weave his way into heavy traffic.
5. The best thing about a graveyard shift is quitting it.

Top 5 Things that Refuse to Die Pt. II

2009-05-22T10:29:00.002-07:00

1. Jack Bauer (a stopfive favourite).
2. Evil (although we all know its ultimate fate).
3. Stop Six Records (a vengeance blog)
4. My inexplicable love for the Apprentice (although not the celebrity seasons)
5. Jhen Bonson (The scandinavian nemesis of Ben Johnson)

Top 5 Things That Refuse to Die

2009-05-13T01:21:00.004-07:00

1. Jesus
2. Cockroaches
3. Steven Seagal's career
4. Lance Armstrong
5. Stop Five Records

Top 5 Sites Guilty of Blatant Stop Five Copyright Infringement

2009-04-09T14:14:00.003-07:00

5. Top 5 Trinidad

4. Top5 Jamaica

3. What's Your Top 5?

2. Prudential Top 5 Real Estate

1. Top 5

Top 5 Reasons I'm going to the U2 Concert

2009-04-07T23:37:00.002-07:00

1. I do quite enjoy their music. And although I'm not a big fan of the last 2 albums, I think they'll play lots of their classics.

2. We had tax return money to spend. Hurrah!

3. U2 seems like one of those seminal bands of our generation. I'd like to say I've seen them at least once. Does that make me a slave to the culture? Probably.

4. Black Eye Peas are opening. I hate the Black Eye Peas. They almost stopped me from going to this show. Fergie is trying to hurry the apocolypse.

5. It will be a night out with my wife. Hooray!

Top 5 Things I'd Rather Be Doing Right Now

2009-04-03T17:12:00.003-07:00

1. Playing soccer / rock climbing.

2. Writing a brilliant song.

3. Flying on a plane to Venezuela.

4. Working as a nurse already.

5. Chatting with Jesus in heaven.

Top 5 Things I Am Doing Right Now

2009-04-03T17:08:00.002-07:00

1. Listening to "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by The Postal Service.

2. Lying on my bed with my laptop on my stomach, typing.

3. Thinking about lists of five.

4. Wondering why I seem to be strangely weak and shaky.

5. Making funny faces and noises at my reflection on my laptop screen. Eeehggn, uuuoooh, sssssssssttt...

Top 5 Things I Ought to be Doing Right Now

2009-04-03T17:00:00.003-07:00

1. Cleaning my apartment. I kinda let it slide for a bit, since I've been sick and busy and all...

2. Playing the bongo drums.

3. Writing my bioethics paper and studying for the exam on Monday.

4. Doing this personality test thing my mother wants me to do (for the purpose of psychoanalyzing me, no doubt).

5. Exercising.

Top 5 Reasons People Will Celebrate in the Future

2009-03-28T23:08:00.005-07:00

1. Successful birth of their first (and subsequent) human-robot hybrid baby.

2. The marriage of Princess Xeno of Planet Zorgon to Prince Shrathakja of Planet 4376-2, effectively ending generations of interplanetary strife.

3. Someone finally invents that damned flying car.

4. Cotton will no longer shrink.

5. Rather than a dramatic and horrifying death that annihilates our galaxy--and with it the memory of the human species--the Sun will simply "shut off." Mankind, battling the immediate and terrifying cold, will reclaim campfire songs as anthems of the human race; smores will become primary sustenance; hot chocolate, the new nectar of the gods. Boy Scouts will rule the earth with fairness, courtesy, and above all, the pledge to "Do a Good Turn Daily."

Top 5 "Smoldering with Evil" Nations of the World

2009-03-14T18:40:00.001-07:00

Inspired by some lady on the radio. Also I'd like to make the distinction between the Nations as represented by their governments, and the actual people who make up the unfortunate populations thereof.

5. Sangala (Juma!)

4. China

3. Burma

2. Sudan

1. Democratic Republic of Congo

Top 5 Academy Award Moments of 2009

2009-03-14T18:30:00.002-07:00

I was just going to comment on the last one, but then I kept thinking of things.

5. When the Red Carpet interviewer asked Sarah Jessica Parker who her husband was.

4. Allison winning a whole crapload of door prizes. Go team!

3. Kate Winslet's acceptance speech in which she asked her dad to give a shout out (good pick Slynn!).

2. Steve Martin and Tina Fey presenting not one, but two awards (kudos Kyle).

1. Hugh Jackman's opening monologue/number. Perfect.

Extras: Worst Moment of the night - The live direction of the In Memoriam section, with all that weird camera fading and moving.

Top 5 Academy Awards Moments 2009

2009-02-24T20:15:00.002-08:00

Really Moey, I am surprised I beat you to this one.. I didn't actually get to watch all of the awards, but here were some of the highlights for me:

1. The musical number done highlighting all of this year's musicals. I love musicals!
2. The montage of songs to present the nominations for Best Song, and how the musician/singer A.R. Rahman went straight from singing and performing in the number to accept an Oscar for the song (if my memory serves me correctly). He was a happy man.
3. The 5 previous Oscar winners for Best Leading Actress presenting this year's nominees for Leading Actress. It was just a bit special.
4. Kate Winslet's acceptance speech for Best Actress. She was so endearing and just like a little kid who won a contest.
5. The Best Picture award when the entire cast of Slumdog came on stage. Those kids are just too darn cute!

Top 5 Album Recommendations. For Bryan

2009-02-23T21:56:00.004-08:00

1. AC/DC - Back in Black
2. Bryan Adams - Reckless
3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
5. Van Halen - 1984

Zooey Deschanel? Frida Hyvonen? Come on Bryan, man up!

Top 5 Music Recommendations Volume 2

2009-02-23T19:00:00.002-08:00

1. Zooey Deschanel and Munchausen by Proxy
2. She and Him (Zooey's band)
3. M. Ward
4. Rayman
5. Ben Kweller - he has a new album

(all-right, so I watched Yes Man and Slumdog Millionaire, but still I am loving the music from them these days, and so... you should too)

Top 5 Music Recommendations

2009-02-22T12:12:00.002-08:00

1. Frida Hyvonen
2. Agnostic mountain Gospel Choir
3. Howlin' Wolf
4. Muddy Waters
5. Etta james

(all-right, so I watched Cadallac Records, but still I am loving them these days, and so... you should too)

Top 5 Situations That Legally Require Health Care Professionals to Breach Patient Confidentiality (in Canada)

2009-02-16T23:32:00.007-08:00

1) If the patient has an infectious disease such as TB and typhoid.

2) If the patient has certain venereal diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea.

3) If the patient has AIDS (HIV is a province-to-province issue -- in BC, it is not required to be reported).

4) If the patient is dangerous, and third parties need to be warned.

5) If there is evidence of child abuse/neglect.

Top 5 Quotes FWD: FWD: RE: The Internet

2009-02-07T23:31:00.001-08:00

1. “The internet is the equivalent of writing something on the bathroom wall: anyone can just put up anything.” (Jamie Kennedy)

2. “The internet is like talk radio without someone clearing the phone calls first.” (Leonard Maltin, Film critic)

3. “The Internet provides a delivery system for pathological states of mind.” (Phillip Adams)

4. “It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.” (Mike Royko)

5.“The Internet is like a sewer. It’s very necessary, but you wouldn’t want to spend a lot of time there.” (Corky Simpson, Columnist)

Bonus:

6. “For me the Internet is just yet another way of being rejected by women.” (George Pappas, You've got mail)

Top 5 Things about Your Dog Passing Away

2009-02-05T16:54:00.001-08:00

1-5.

Top 5 Goals

2009-02-04T10:46:00.002-08:00

1. Stay in shape. I play floor hockey and walk with my wife. It seems to be working well enough.

2. Write a book. It'll happen. Trust me, it will happen.

3. Get my Masters Degree. Also guaranteed, just a matter of when.

4. Alex Burrows' game winning, short-handed breakaway goal last night. I was there, and it was awesome!

5. Learn to play Viva La Vida on the piano. This one could take a while, but I'll get there.

Top 5 Moments from SNL Last Saturday

2009-02-03T17:43:00.003-08:00

5. Late For School

4. PEPSIGRUBER!!!

3. "Whoa! You won't be winning any SAG awards, honey."

2. Lazercats 4: Brothers 4Ever

1. "He had a great arm... and a gun!"

Seriously. Check it out.

Top Five Kinds of "Ware"

2009-01-31T13:25:00.003-08:00

1. Hardware

2. Firmware

3. Software

4. Wetware (also known as "beach"ware)

5. Formalware (good for parties or when meeting penguins)