Colonel Gentleman's List of the Five Biggest Douchebags mrdankelly Witnessed at Various Rock 'n Roll Shows (And I Do Hope You're Reading This)

* The "perfect spot" seekers at the Mogwai show at the Logan Square Auditorium last year* The 6'6, 230-pound, long scraggy haired, constantly high, smiling fuckwit at the Andrew Bird and His Bowl of Fire show at the ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of the Five Longest and Possibly Most Pretentious Song Titles on mrdankelly's iTunes (Points Added for Lowercase Caps in Title ( Read more... )

Col. Gentleman's List of Five Movies mrdankelly Saw Only Once and Refuses to See Again for Various Reasons

1. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer-I saw Henry with semibold and friend named Darrin at the Music Box Theatre in Wrigleyville. I can't recall a time when I left a movie feeling like the world was a worthless ball of shit spinning in an uncaring universe. ( Read more... )

Col. Gentleman's List of Five Historical People and Situations He'd Rather Be Experiencing Right at This Moment ( Read more... )

* My biggest obstacle is the turbulent windstorm formed when my bottomless optimism fights it out with my eternal pessimism ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five of mrdankelly's Favorite Mysteries

* The Voynich Manuscript
* Whatever happened to Ambrose Bierce
* Whatever happened to Béla Kiss
* Francis X. Leavy's handprint
* Whatever happened to Beat poet Lew Welch. By the way. He came up with Raid's "Kills Bugs Dead" slogan.

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Ways mrdankelly Finds Subjects to Write About ( Read more... )

ludickid pointed out my sinister usurpation of the Col. Gentleman template of list-making, so I'll open with...

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Sites mrdankelly Visits Every Morning Before Getting to Work

* ludickid's blog, whose ability to write up a dozen or so entries a day AND remain interesting astonishes me.
* mikester's Progressive Ruin provides a geeky yet not socially ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Cereals mrdankelly Ate Excessively as a Lad

* Quisp
* Kellogg's Raisin Bran
* Lucky Charms (Filthy Irish)
* Cocoa Krispies
* Total Raisin Bran (Regularity was important to me ( Read more... )