| 1 | Tom Waits |
| 2 | Carey Mulligan in “An Education”. |
| 3 | the possibility of someone smart being elected president in 2008 |
| 4 | Studio 60 |
| 5 | Bon Ivor’s “Flume” |
| 6 | Nikon Digital SLR cameras |
| 7 | fried eggs on Saturday morning |
| 8 | movie: Pan’s Labyrinth |
| 9 | ratchet sets |
| 10 | rechargeable battery powered drills |
| 11 | the stick shift standard transmission |
| 12 | the satisfying resolute click of a key being pressed on a 15-year-old Northgate computer keyboard, or an IBM model “M”. |
| 13 | the original Minolta 70-210mm f2.8 lens |
| 14 | curried chicken |
| 15 | the Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich |
| 16 | Linux |
| 17 | Jennifer Connelly in “Once Upon a Time in America”. |
| 18 | Peter Sellers, especially in “Dr. Strangelove” |
| 19 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 20 | Hockley Valley, Ontario, in the fall |
| 21 | blizzards with clingy snow |
| 22 | driving through Hastings, Ontario |
| 23 | Algonquin Park |
| 24 | Bob Dylan |
| 25 | Apple pie a la mode |
| 25 | Tiger ice cream |
| 26 | The film “Rashomon” |
| 27 | community theatre |
| 28 | Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall |
| 29 | PBS’s Frontlilne |
| 30 | High Definition and Surround Sound |
| 31 | peaches |
| 32 | strawberries |
| 33 | Keira Knightly not getting breast implants. |
| 34 | Director Werner Herzog |
| 35 | Jon Krakauer |
| 36 | Ozu’s films |
| 37 | Greta Gerwig |
| 38 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 39 | Buster Keaton |
| 40 | Pierre Trudeau |
| 41 | ice bergs |
| 42 | the Jetcycle, only available in Newfoundland |
| 43 | Stanley Kubrick |
| 44 | shelties |
| 45 | the drive from Banff to Jasper |
| 46 | E.B. White |
| 47 | Larry Marshall as Simon Zealotes in “Jesus Christ Superstar” |
| 48 | Jules et Jim |
| 49 | Jean Seberg, especially in “Breathless” |
| 50 | MySQL databases: efficient, stable, and free |
| 51 | Arcade Fire |
| 52 | Lea Seydoux |
| 53 | Wes Anderson |
| 54 | balsamic vinegar salad dressing |
| 55 | Lightwave 3D |
| 56 | the Minolta 50 mm f1.7 lens, on a Sony Nex 7 camera |
| 57 | The Sony VX-2000, in it’s day, a terrific video camera |
| 58 | the Sony minidisc, in it’s day, a terrific audio recorder and I’ll be damned if I can believe how long it would run on that tiny little battery. |
| 59 | blueberries |
| 60 | the massive, belching, bleeping, monstrous “Big-Boy” UP 4023, 4-8-8-4 ALCO Steam Locomotive, or this one, a similar model. |
| 61 | The 1987 Toyota 4Runner with the standard stick shift, before they ruined it by making it bigger and bigger. |
| 62 | PBS News Hour |
| 63 | West Wing, especially the first 4 seasons written by Aaron Sorkin |
| 64 | Alice Munro’s short stories, especially “Who do you Think you are?” |
| 65 | oral sex |
| 66 | the bikini |
| 67 | San Francisco |
| 68 | The Musee Mecanique in San Francisco |
| 69 | Robert Duvall |
| 70 | Rutger Hauer as the dying android in “Blade Runner”, and his beautiful final speech: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…” |
| 71 | “Anchorage”, the song by Michelle Shocked |
| 72 | “Silence is Golden”, weirdly beautiful, by the Tremeloes |
| 73 | Bob Dylan doing “Just Like a Woman” in an Italian accent at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in February 1974, with the Band. |
| 74 | The Band, especially “Stage Fright”. and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, and “Cripple Creek”: if there’s one thing in the whole wide world/I sure do like to see/It’s when that love of mine dips her donut in my tea”. |
| 75 | The guy who gave Bob Kelly a job after the scandalous reckless prosecution of the Little Rascals Day Care case in North Carolina. |
| 76 | Judy Collins doing “Someday Soon”. |
| 77 | Keith Richard still being alive |
| 78 | Ofra Bikel, documentary film-maker |
| 79 | The Roches singing the Hallelujah Chorus on PBS. |
| 80 | The Roches singing “The Hammond Song” |
| 81 | The Poppy Family– Susan Jacks– singing “A Different Drum” |
| 82 | MOMA (New York City) |
| 83 | Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos |
| 84 | The movie “Wings of Desire” by Wim Wenders |
| 85 | The Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany |
| 86 | Wenceslaus Square, Prague, and that crazy clock |
| 87 | The movie “Amadeus” |
| 88 | Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. |
| 89 | battery powered drills |
| 90 | Tombstone Park, Yukon, Canada |
| 91 | the drive from Banff to Jasper, Alberta, Canada. |
| 92 | wooden toboggans |
| 93 | The Shaw Festival production of “Lady Windemere’s Fan”: the most nearly perfect play I have ever seen. |
| 94 | “Our Town” by Thorton Wilder |
| 95 | “Girl From the North Country”, the musical. |
| 96 | Drones |
| 97 | Zebs’ General Store, North Conway, New Hampshire |
| 98 | Fall in New Hampshire, especially near Lincoln and Mount Washington: the leaves! |
| 99 | Bernie Sanders |
| 100 | Fresh cut French fries |