SO I've decided

Tonight is as good a night as any for a list.

Actually, several smaller lists.

List number one is the beautiful list of 15 scientific names of plants, all of which are cool. (*and most of which I have used for herbological things...)

Cicuta douglasii (poison, mainly... but cool... never touched or seen this in the wild)
Betula papyrifera (my favorite of herbal smokes... can you smell Methyl Salicate?)
Juglans nigra (The finest of black tea substitiutes...)
Larrea tridentata (This one is for the Texans out there)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus (so I lie... it's just nice to look at)

Taraxacum officinale (from common pest to powdered beauty)
Plantago lanceolata (kinda funky, but nice... another lawn-impliment)
Quercus alba (warm biscuits, anyone???)
Artemisia nova (quite convinced that this is one of my most calming scents....)
Juniperus communis (well... maybe besides this one)

Rosa alba (teas... but this is not really any fun for the guesser)
Salix babylonica (the old classic... medicine for headaches)
Mentha piperita (this one grows right outside of my front door and makes a beastly cup o' tea)
Allium vineale (this one could be my favorite wild find EVER... excellent with fresh lake trout)
Artemisia absinthium (one word says it all... for all my herbal liquour fans out there... never seen this in the wild.)

Okay....
kudos to those of you who could recognize some of those with the hints (actual awe distributed to those who didn't need the hints!)

Second list - People I don't look like:
(*a hint to the savvy - the second time through read this one out loud as fast as you can... it is MUCH more enjoyable)

Jerry Garcia
Tristan Tzara
Pope John Paul II
Batman (*subject to scrutiny... he DOES wear a mask, people...but I'm going to guess that if you could see my chin poking out of that mask it would be described as more hairy than chiseled)
Don Simon
Pamela Anderson
The Hypnotist on my Phone
Trey Anastasio
Bruce Lee
Tate McLane
Frederic Douglas
Felix Klein
Chili Alice Betchkal
Arun Ram
Karl Marx (although I sorta wish I did)
Joeseph Haydn
Joeseph Stalin
Jack Frost
Whitney Houston (???)
Sean Connery
Steve Molitz
Owen Wilson
The Chick who works at Mother Fool's Coffeehouse
King Louis IV

damn... this isn't quite as much fun as I had previously thought... SO (!) the punchline....



Have a good night, yodel tranqutefier lively.