I think my liking for lists could be attributed to Oprah’s annual “Favorite Things” show around Christmas time. As silly as it may sound, as a child I would come home from school in the afternoons to watch the mogul’s show. Her “Favorite Things” show quickly became my favorite episodes because of the bulleted list like format it took. There was no time to waste going over the how to install that Blu- Ray player she just gave away. Oprah had to move on to exciting the audience with candles, Uggs, and trips to exotic destinations. Now, her website even conveniently catalogues her favorite things from the past three years into slideshow lists of items from watches to cameras. Lists have become a common thread in our lives from daily to-do lists to best-dressed lists. Personally, I have decided that I love a good list because of its easy to scan, easy to read nature; it is not like sitting down to read a sentence of Faulkner spinning the better half of a page. I hope that this blog will be a little piece of reading pleasure.
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