Just. Breathe.

I was reading a popular blog the other day and the topic was TV shows that the writer rated as most consistently funny. I was surprised at the ones I completely agreed with, as well as the couple that just didn't do it for me. So I wondered what my list would look like. Here, in no particular order, are the four shows that most often bring me to the bust-a-gut, can't-breathe-for-laughing state. 1. Friends Thursdays have never been the same since the friends moved on. Who can forget: "PIVOTTTTT!!" Smelly Cat Chick and Duck "Nipular area" "That's not even a WORD!" "Damn the jellyfish!" Janice "We were on a break!" Joey and the turkey Ross and the leather pants The Holiday Armadillo "How YOU doin'?" And the guest stars: George Clooney, Noah Wiley, Tom Selleck, Jill Goodacre, Jon Lovitz, Charlie Sheen, Teri Garr, Bruce Willis, Kathleen Turner, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Applegate, and on and on. ...

I was thinking the other day about catching up with old friends, say ones you haven't really talked to in 10 years or more. With Facebook, it probably happens a lot more than it used to. How do you decide what's worth sharing from your life, when minutiae is not really the point? So I started thinking of a top 10 list of those things that really define my life. Those things that, if Oprah asked me why I am the way I am, I wouldn't hesitate to list as the biggest influences on my life in the last 15 years or so. Some are obvious, I think...and I'll bet this list will change over time. But right now: 6. Changing jobs in 2005 5. Going to India in 2002 4. Deciding to go back to church in 1998 3. Reagann's birth in 1995 2. Daddy's death in 1999 1. Zac's death in 2002 Hm. Now that I actually write them down I can only come up with 6 real ones. That's something to think about. What will I add in the next 10 years? What will come off this list? Wha...