Lists of 2014

Things that irritated me:

• Rob Ford (a repeat offender)
• Christy Clark (ditto)
• Ice bucket challenge
• Jian Ghomeshi
• Greenpeace

Things that inspired me:

• Chris Hadfield
• My aunt, for getting through and over DLBCL
• Humans of New York
• Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers
• #illridewithyou

Things that amused me:

• Hadfields’ “In Canada”
• Jimmy Fallon’s lip sync contests
• Facebook quizzes

Things that made me sad:

• Malaysia Airlines – both of them
• Ukraine and Russia, Syria, ebola in Africa, Isreal and Hamas, ISIS, Venezuela
• Robin Williams
• James Foley
• Cpl. Nathan Cirillo
• #bringbackourgirls
• Rob Deverall

Things that entertained me:

• Penny Dreadful
• Tim’s Vermeer
• Coach
• Serial
• The New Yorker

New (or renewed) discoveries:

• RM Patterson
• Egg salad