Rank Anything You Feel Like Ranking

1. Sonia Sotomayer
2. Elena Kagan
3. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
4. Stephen Breyer
5. Anthony Kennedy
6. John Roberts
7. Clarence Thomas
8. Samuel Alito
9. Antonin Scalia

poor nino.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPG6OQy2iwI

It's missing the second Grandaddy IU record, but I'm cleaning my desktop notes

Here's the Cold Chillin' discography

1. Big Daddy Kane - It's A Big Daddy Thing (1989)
2. Kool G Rap - Live and Let Die (1992)
3. Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps (1989)
4. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane (1988)
5. Biz Markie - Goin' Off (1988)*
6. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches (1989)
7. MC Shan - Down By Law (1987)
8. Grand Daddy I.U. - Smooth Assassin (1990)
9. Marley Marl - In Control Volume 1 (1988)
10. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead Or Alive (1990)
11. Master Ace - Take A Look Around (1990)
12. Kool G Rap - 4, 5, 6 (1995)
13. Biz Markie - I Need A Haircut (1991)
14. Diamond Shell - The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell (1991)
15. MC Shan - Born To Be Wild (1988)
16. Genius - Words From the Genius (1991)
17. Marley Marl - In Control, Volume 2: For Your Steering Pleasure (1991)
18. Big Daddy Kane - Prince of Darkness (1991)
19. Big Daddy Kane - This Looks Like A Job For (1993)
20. Big Daddy Kane - Taste Of Chocolate (1990)
21. Biz Markie - All Samples Cleared (1993)
22. MC Shan - Play It Again, Shan (1990)
23. 2 Deep - Honey, That's Show Biz (1990)
24. Kid Capri - The Tape (1991)
25. Roxanne Shante - Bad Sister (1989)
26. TBTBT - Too Bad To Be True (1993)
27. Nubian M.O.B. - Nubian M.O.B. (1992)
28. TCF Crew - Come and Play With Me (1994)

• No. 1: The Dark Knight (2008)
• No. 2: Batman Returns (1992)
• No. 3: Batman (1989)
• No. 4: Batman Begins (2005)

3. Beats By Dre
2. Rusty nails in my ears connected by barbwire
1. Any other headphones

Iron Maiden's first 6 albums.

1. Number of the Beast
2. Piece of Mind
3. Killers
4. Powerslave
5. Somewhere In Time
6. Iron Maiden

Best 10 Breads

1. Naan
2. Montreal bagel
3. Biscuits
4. Pizza
5. Crepe (Swedish > French)
6. Cornbread
7. Donut
8. Papadum
9. Brioche
10. Malt loaf

Honourable mentions: pretzel (def. #11), laobing, roti, muffin, American pancake, banana bread, challah, crisp Scandanavian rye crisp bread, roti, scone.

Worst 10 Breads

1. Injera
2. Bannock
3. Melba Toast
4. Sliced whole wheat
5. Pita
6. Arepa
7. Matzo
8. That pathetic black bread they use for smoked salmon h'ors d'oeuvres
9. Sliced white
10. Pumpernickel

it's like you have perfect recall of every capital city but are somehow repping for like the capital of wales as the world's finest city. so much detail but like ... pumpernickel doesn't deserve just more formal credit than the montreal bagel? I would need just the most emotive backstory to understand it punching above its Actually Just A Small Bagel weight. I feel like I would even use your bold, impulsive ranking system, its broad church, to toast (ha ha) the maligned demotic breads you put in the second ten; like shitty sliced whole wheat is good when you need to be full, or is a canvas for soup; sliced white is good when it gummily forms to the contours of its filling.

enjera probably has to be its own thread

I get insomnia and spend a lot of time looking at the ceiling, ranking breads and eggs.

also: lists

Sliced whole wheat is probably underrated on this list when it comes to "accompanying squash soup" or "as a scoop for pate" but considering its bus-stop ubiquity I ranked it lower than the far less edible (but more easily avoided) itty bitty black bread salmon rounds.

Injera is clammy, sour corpse bread that cools too quickly on the table and absorbs liquid too readily to be used as a vehicle for anything. I would rather eat food off a wet paper towel (usually I just ask for rice instead)

Also New York bagels are just circular bread. Montreal bagels are fleshy, smoky, honey-boiled perfection, responsible for the fullness of Montreal bottoms.

Papadums are not bread.

Also I think you're being unfair to injera. I'm not keen, but an entire cusine is pretty much based around it so I suspect the problem is with me and not the bread itself. And pita is excellent, can't beat a bit of pita and humus.

All your other worst breads I agree are a bit yuck. Fuck pumpernickel, like chewing on a tire or something.

What's the name of that Turkish flatbread with sesame seeds on it? I love that.

fresh french tradition baguettes have become one of all time favourite foods

Yes, has to be super fresh though.

Best bread ballot poll on ILE anyone?

re: sesame + pita, you are perhaps thinking of zatar? sumac plus sesame? delicious. The condemnation of pita was rooted in an [word that means an evaluative process that glorifies one at the expense of the other] of the spreads and "dishes" that flatbread is assorted with, hummus etc., spreads that will always be close to my fridge but accompanied by better breads. Crackers, even. Pizza + zatar is an especially brilliant combination. Breads in this ranking were filtered by "list of breads" according to wikipedia, papadums made the wiki cut, and papadum is great, also wanted to give props to an unleavened bread in the face of my fu to matzo

If naan loses any bread poll I will just

I was thinking of pide actually. Not tried zatar, sounds yum.

Countries to which I have not been, ranked in order of how much I want to travel there:

1. South Korea
2. Taiwan
3. China
4. Slovenia
5. Ethiopia
6. Argentina
7. Bulgaria
8. Croatia
9. Lebanon
10. India

Countries on a list of “disputed countries” that I had not heard of until compiling the above list:

Akrotiri?
Ashmore and Carier Islands?
Bassas da India?
Bouvet Island?
British Indian Ocean Territory?
Christmas Island?
Clipperton Island?
Coral Sea Islands?
Dhekelia?
Glorioso Islands?
Jan Mayen?
Juan de Nova Island?
Mayotte?
Navassa Island?
New Caledonia?
Niue?
Paracel Islands?

1. Having money.
2. Not having money.

key centers:
Ab
F#
B
G
Db
Eb
E
D
C, F (tie)
A
Bb

♫ otm ♫

tracks
albums
bands
artists that are not bands

xp I sometimes wonder if my ear's preference for songs in Ab and F# is rooted in a history of most recorded music being in Bb, A, C and D.

alban berg
arnold schoenberg
anton webern

1. Erosphère
2. L'Expérience Acoustique
3. Tremblement De Terre Très Doux
4. Jeîta Ou Murmure Des Eaux
5. Grande Polyphonie
6. Camera Oscura - Espaces Inhabitables
7. La Forme Du Temps Est Un Cercle

G5+1:

US
Britain
China
Germany
France
Russia

1. Movies
2. On The Way To The Peak Of Normal
3. Canaxis
4. Rome Remains Rome
5. Full Circle
6. Les Vampyrettes
7. Plight & Premonition
8. Good Morning Story
9. Der Osten Ist Rot
10. Clash
11. Flux + Mutability
12. Moving Pictures
13. Linear City
14. Time And Tide
15. La Luna
16. The New Millennium
17. 21st Century
18. Snake Charmer

19. Radio Wave Surfer

1. The Phantom of Liberty
2. The Exterminating Angel
3. El (This Strange Passion)
4. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
5. The Milky Way
6. Un Chien Andalou
7. That Obscure Object of Desire
8. Simon of the Desert
9. Los Olvidados
10. Belle de Jour
11. l'Age d'Or
12. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
13. Viridiana
14. Mexican Bus Ride
15. Land Without Bread
16. Diary of a Chambermaid
17. Tristana

1. Blaze in the Northern Sky
2. Under a Funeral Moon
3. Panzerfaust
4. Transylvanian Hunger
5. Goatlord
6. Hate Them
7. Soulside Journey
8. F.O.A.D.
9. Ravishing Grimness
10. Black Flags & Dark Thrones
11. Underground Resistance
12. Sardonic Wrath
13. Plaguewielder
14. Circle the Wagons
15. The Cult is Alive

1. Vinterskugge
2. Høstmørke

dammit Total Death in between Soulside Journey and FOAD

1. The La's
2. BBC In Session
3. Callin' All
4. Lost La's 1986-1987: Callin' All
5. Lost La's 1984-1986: Breakloose

My March round-up

1. Perigourdine (crisp lettuce, walnuts, duck gizzards, vinegar)
2. Niçoise
3. Papaya salad (and all other Thai salads)
4. Slaw, pref. English style with the celeriac and fennel
5. Eggplant
6. Fattoush
7. Yuppie salad (you know, like arugula and halloumi)
8. Russian carrot salad (with the dry-roasted coriander seeds)
9. Gado-gado
10. Tabbouleh

Runner's Up: Chop, Cobb, Caprese, bean, avocado, quinoa

Walk of shame: Greek, "Russian" (on a tapas menu), Waldorf, wedge

Disqualified: macaroni, larb, fruit, Jell-O, crab, chicken, tuna, etc.

1. Donald Sinden
2. John Bardon
3. Rev. Ian Paisley
4. Some bloke out of Primal Scream

Beethoven Symphonies

1. #5 in C minor
2. #7 in A major
3. #6 in F major "Pastoral"
4. #9 in D minor "Choral"
5. #3 in E-flat major "Eroica"
6. #8 in F major
7. #4 in B-flat major
8. #1 in C major
9. #2 in D major

Finest Skit TV Shows ranked 3 ways

Skit TV Shows by Audacity of Innovation:

1. Monty Python
2. SCTV
3. Saturday Night Live
4. Kids in the Hall
5. Mr. Show

Skit TV Shows by Average Quality

1. The Kids in the Hall
2. SCTV
3. Monty Python
4. Mr. Show
5. Saturday Night Live

Skit TV Shows by Quality of Top Material

1. Mr. Show
2. SCTV
3. The Kids in the Hall
4. Monty Python
5. Saturday Night Live

Subjective Winner Based on Subjective Rankings:

1. SCTV (12 points)
2. The Kids in the Hall (10 points)
3. Monty Python (10 points)
4. Mr. Show (8 points)
5. Saturday Night Live (5 points)

invisible world
imaginary world
visible world

Finest Skit TV Shows are obviously The Kenny Everett Video Show and Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, very poor

Mother of All Saints
Lovelyville
I Hope It Lands
Strangers from the Universe
Wormed by Leonard
Bob Dinners etc
Tangle

soref, thanks for the belligerent tip, I did some watching on YouTube. The Everett stuff I saw was warmed over Python, other than getting real pop musicians in the skits ("bring a celebrity in to do jokes about their own celebrity" is the only thing that has kept Saturday Night Life-Support from flatlining altogether). I'll keep watching Holt, most of the jokes are incomprehensibly local for me, but I'll try. They tried to sell Tracey Ullman in America once upon a time, but I get now that Holt is the original.

Being trapped in my USA worldview, I conclude that Canadians made the two best sketch shows, & that Monty Python travels pretty well across time & space, considering. I can't imagine either of the shows you mentioned crossing the Atlantic or even the English Channel. Not that it should matter to you, of course - being objective about comedy is a joke.

Worst 10 Breads

1. Injera

WHAT?! Take that back!!!!

sorry, I didn't mean to sound belligerent, agree that the idea of objective opinions about comedy is silly, and that those two shows are maybe quite location specific and maybe era specific in their appeal (though I'm sure I remember a few US ilxors talking about Acorn Antiques? I like the idea of that having a cult following in the states)

It's all cool! Victoria Holt is obviously good stuff, although a lot of jokes are going to go right past me. And at the very least I need to see the Kate Bush skit on the K.E. show (I do already know the one she did with Rowan Atkinson on his tv show, the song with "do bears la la la....").

A REAL list of best breads

1. croissant, filled with chocolate
2. garlic bread
3. scallion pancake
4. focaccia
5. injera
6. flour tortilla
7. pocketless pita/middle eastern flatbread
8. donut
9. sourdough
10. bagel
11. croutons
12. soft pretzel
13. naan
14. baguette
15. english muffin
16. bread
17. waffle
18. pancake
19. biscuit
20. cornbread

xp Kate Bush skit can be seen at 6:49 here:

http://youtu.be/lXtXkf4ObP4