24 Trivial Things I’m Thankful For
November 24th, 2009 - Uncategorized - 19 Comments »If you're new here, click here to subscribe. And click here for The Essentials.
I have so many things to be thankful for. I’m married to an incredible woman. I have two healthy, wonderful boys. I couldn’t dream up a better extended family. I get to do what I love for a living (or so I hope). Life is great.
In addition to all of the things that really matter, there’s a whole list of trivial things that I’m thankful for:
1. DVR – Quite possibly the greatest invention of the decade.
2. iPhone – I will never own a different phone. I know, I know – Verizon’s service is better. Doesn’t matter.
3. Free Internet at Starbucks – Here’s how. This has enabled Starbucks to become my second office.
4. David Sedaris, AJ Jacobs, and Simon Rich – My three favorite comedy writers at the moment. They have made reading as exciting as TV for me, which is saying a lot.
5. Twitter – I can’t believe I was once in limbo as to whether or not I should do it.
6. Hulu.com -
7. Online Bill Pay – Why would anyone still write checks?
8. My White MacBook
9. Reduced Fat Cheez-Its – The single greatest salty snack in America.
10. Google Reader – Thanks Josh. This has revolutionized my time on the internet. What is it, you ask?
11. Movie Theater Popcorn – Worth every penny (all 700 of them).
12. Craigslist – The Stantons have turned selling stuff on Craigslist into a part-time job, and it’s paying off.
13. Home Haircuts – Saves us from having to spend the kind of money Tripp spends on haircuts.
14. Advil – This might be the sole reason I’ve made it through a month of running.
15. Public Library – Did you know they have free books there?
16. Fat Tire
17. Gmaps Pedometer – This site tracks mileage for us runners (I’ve been waiting to publicly call myself that).
19. Starbucks Red Cups – These have a tremendous impact on my psyche during the winter months.
20. Texting – My personal favorite way to communicate.
21. Christmas Music
22. Barnes & Noble – The one store I could browse around for an entire day.
23. Blogging Friends – Specifically, Bryan Allain, Tripp Crosby, Jon Acuff, Kevin Keigley, Lacey Keigley, Everett Bracken, David Robertson, and Philly Osborn.
24. Loofas
What trivial things are you thankful for? Do tell.
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Google docs. Such a convienient solution to the problem of the most up to date version of the file you are working on always being on the other computer/memory stick.
Cheap iced coffee. God's best gift to Singaporean students i'm sure
Post it notes. How did anyone ever study without them
Audiobooks- Great for days when listening seems less straining than reading.
Tyler,
Thank you for articulating my heart in soooo many ways. We're like… thankfulness twins.
Creepy, isn't it?
David
Coke Machines – what did people use to do when they were thirsty and wanted to pay any amount for a coke? I'd give the machine 4 bucks if it asked….. (must be hard to get cokes to the Atlanta airport)
HDTV – imagine TV in "standard def"…gross
Spotify! It's so easy to get access to all the music you want!
Education paid by the government. (live in Norway. yay)
Free health care (still live in Norway. still yay)
Nice list. I agree with numbers 1-8 (and some more, but I'm too lazy to go back and look at which ones).
free refills on beverages
extension cords
flat screen HDTV
FlashForward
iTunes
Blogs
Man Club
Woohoo! GoogleReader!
Did you know about the Snow Leopard skin for G reader?
It makes it an even more pleasurable experience.
I second the following:
Twitter
Home Haircuts
Fat Tire
Pandora (I still don't have the hang of Last.fm, though two accounts were created for my music by other people, which is cool)
Barnes & Noble
Loofas.
I will add:
Wordpress and it's extentions
dropular.com
yayeveryday.com
tr.im
Sharpie Pens
The freedom of time to make this comment so incredibly long.
Goodbye.
Having my team (GT) actually be good at college football
Sidewalks
Driving against traffic to get to work
Non-$4.19/gallon gas
I am thankful for Evernote – that program is the single biggest factor to me having any organization to my life – try it and you'll put it on your list next year!
I am also thankful for TVs undying loyalty to airing MASH 2-3 hours a night even though its really old.
I am also thankful for beards. How else can a man easily let everyone else know he's manly and at the same time have to shave less?
http://tylerstanton.com/2009/11/06/the-weekly-six...
check out #3
Moisture-Wicking T-Shirt
Podcast (Francis Chan, Jentezen Franklin, Andy Stanley, Erwin Mcmanus, Craig Groeschel)
All things Google (Reader, Docs, etc…)
Fat Tire
Pandora
The sport of Badminton
A smokin hot wife!
there is no way fat free cheez-it’s are superior to cheddar cheese pretzel combos.
I am thankful for my reasonable judgment concerning snack selection.
If you like tracking your miles, check out mapmyrun.com. Really good.
I'm thankful for a lot of the same things you mentioned.
BOB strollers
treadmills
target
porch furniture
liberty school
curious george and elmo
Love your list!
We are thankful for the same trivial things, and I'm thankful for that.
And I value you more as a person because of it.
I'm also thankful for dumb things like sitting around an analyzing the redemptive qualities for T.V. shows with friends.
I'm thankful for toilet paper. Whoever invented that should have a holiday in their honor. At one time in history people used shells. Shells I say.
I'm thankful for the inventor of the saying righty tighty lefty loosey. That guy has saved us all from a lot of confusion.
I'm thankful for the fact that my wife sends birthday cards to my friends and family. Without her not many people would get b day love.
I installed IntenseDebate on my WordPress blog, and now I am adding it to my list. If only the user base was larger, then it would be perfect.
melatonin (sleep is possible again!)
flavored coffee creamer
tide to-go stick