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1000 Awesome Things
1000awesomethings.com
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A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things
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#47 Nice cops

AWESOME! Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet

23 h ago 1 person likes this

#48 The moment you realize your headache is finally gone

Head Factory is a busy place. Seeing, swallowing, smelling, hearing, thinking, breathing — yes, it’s a 24/7 triple-shift work-around-the-clock type of place. And the foreman of Head Facto...

1 day ago 2 people like this

#49 Super Fast Group Clean-Ups

Everybody loves turkey dinner. Nobody loves the massive spread of crusty dishes, gravy boats, and sticky-smeared cutlery afterwards. It looks like hours of work for the poor soul stuck with doing it ...

2 days ago 3 people like this

#50 Birth

It’s how you got here. It’s how everybody got here. AWESOME! Photo from: here

5 days ago 1 person likes this

#51 Finally figuring out how your hotel shower faucet works

The hotel shower faucet is a 7:00am Brain Teaser. You strip down and peel back the flimsy white curtain to size up the challenger and you find it staring back at you — a clump of shiny dials an...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

#52 Homemade coupons

AWESOME! Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet

08 feb 12 1 person likes this

#53 Watching your favorite movie with someone who hasn’t seen it before

Do you remember the first time? Were you leaning back in red plushy tundra at the theater, twisted like a mummy under a basement blanket, or by yourself with headphones on a long-haul flight? Where w...

07 feb 12 2 people like this

#54 Getting a needle

It’s the battle of the bugs. When I was a kid I was deathly afraid of needles. Nothing was scarier than getting jabbed by some lady in blue smocks. And I mean nothing, too: not crackly furnace ...

06 feb 12 1 person likes this

#55 Thick milkshakes and greasy fries at an old diner

Milkshakes must be made from just ice cream and milk and poured from a giant metal cup into a really heavy glass. The metal cup should have more milkshake left over and get all frosted up before you ...

03 feb 12

#56 Lineup friends

Have you ever waited in a really long line? I’m not talking five minutes getting to the bathroom at half-time, ten minutes sock-slipping in airport security, or even fifteen minutes outside the...

02 feb 12 1 person likes this

#57 Taking all the free stuff from hotel rooms

AWESOME! Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet

01 feb 12 5 people like this

#58 When the band comes out for an encore

What a show. Flashing lights, sweaty shirts, and screaming crowds get loud while guitars jam, voices scream, and everyone sings along. Now the song’s all gone and we’re suddenly left with...

31 jan 12

#59 Big hair

“Look down,” Leslie said. “All the men are bald.” We were sipping paper cups of water during intermission at a play last night and she was looking over the railing into the in...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

#60 When someone guesses you’re way younger than you actually are

I have an addiction. Whenever I’ve been hanging out with a toddler for over twenty minutes I always have to ask them to guess my age. I can’t explain this terrible disease other than to s...

27 jan 12

#60 When someone guesses you’re way younger than you actually are

27 jan 12

#61 Surprise wildlife sightings

I was driving up Neon Light Alley yesterday. Whipping up suburban roads I was high-tailing my way to a greasy lunch with some pals from the office. Photocopier fumes, blinking red lights, and pressin...

26 jan 12 1 person likes this

#62 Spinning in an office chair for no reason

AWESOME! Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet

25 jan 12 2 people like this

#63 Shaving breaks

When I first started shaving I had a brief honeymoon phase where I actually enjoyed it. Yes, The Wolf Man walked into the bathroom and a few minutes later out popped a fifteen year old babyface weari...

24 jan 12

#64 Popping a big zit

You know you love it. When those red bumpy mountains erupt out of the ground called Your Face, you suddenly notice them in the mirror and cast an evil eye. “Bastard, I’m gonna get you,...

23 jan 12 1 person likes this

#65 Dads

My dad was born in 1944 in the village Tarn Taran in India. He lived in a small clapboard house on a sandy sidestreet and shared a tiny bedroom with his three brothers and one sister. He was only thr...

20 jan 12 2 people like this

#66 The Sun

Thanks for heat, life, and pretty sunsets. AWESOME!

19 jan 12 1 person likes this

#67 When cats do stupid things

AWESOME! Illustration from: Monsieur Cabinet

18 jan 12 5 people like this

#68 The Honor System

I grew up riding shotgun a lot. My dad was a teacher so summers were spent fiddling with the radio dial as we dropped my mom off to work, took my sister to swimming lessons, and waited in bank lineup...

17 jan 12 2 people like this

#69 Games you made up when you were a kid

Let’s turn off the TV, put away the board games, and toss the deck of cards in the trash. Yes, it’s time to play all the made up games you played as a kid. Let’s chat about some of the greatest: • Er...

16 jan 12 3 people like this

#70 When someone compliments you in front of someone you like

Also great if it’s your boss, teacher, or mom. AWESOME! Photo from: here

13 jan 12 5 people like this

#71 Making a wish

Blowing out candles is pressure. Lights are off, song is over, and a standing circle of everyone you know crowds around as you sit facing a giant cake covered in a flaming forest of candles. Someone ...

12 jan 12 1 person likes this

#72 Finding an old toy from your childhood

AWESOME! Illustration by: Monsieur Cabinet

11 jan 12 4 people like this

#73 Foods that no one can eat gracefully

Welcome to Taco Night. Personally I’m going to go ahead and say potluck tacos are my favorite meal these days. I convinced my family to have Christmas Tacos a few years back — complete wi...

10 jan 12 1 person likes this

#74 Feeling your boyfriend or girlfriend smile while kissing you

Smooch, smooch, smooch. Yes, nothing says love like locking lips. And whether it’s between snoozes on the futon, in the back row at the movies, or swinging from the top of the Ferris wheel, it&...

09 jan 12 7 people like this

#75 Pulling a big clump of hair out of the drain

Admit you like it. We all know slippery soap suds, rogue belly button lint, and assorted leg hair goes down smooth. But our long hippie head hair sure gets the bathtub traffic jamming and our tubs sl...

06 jan 12

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