▼ swearing

▲ "portland, oreg."

▼ phrase: "Who'da thunk it?"

▲ car talk

▲ not-from-concentrate orange juice

▲ letterpress

▲ mazes

▲ word: numismatics

▲ the sound of a coach's whistle

▲ mario kart 64

▲ astoria, oregon

▲ caves

▲ wheelies

▲ making a half-court shot

▲ music: weezer (blue album), weezer

▲ making lists

▲ woodcut illustrations

▲ stone stairways

▲ classic cartoon sound effects

▲ "wiggly" roads

▲ happy little fat dogs

▲ the smell of carbonless copies

▼ word: nosh

▲ shortcut keys

▲ music: the chemical brothers

▲ grandparents' travel trailer, circa 1982

▲ tv: "macgyver"

▲ sweet navel oranges

▲ craftsman-style houses

▲ grilled cheese sandwiches

▲ waterfalls

▲ large-format photography

▲ t-shirts from small, unknown businesses

▲ old telephones

▲ unimog trucks

▲ model train layouts

▲ wax seals on old letters

▲ mochi ice cream

▲ little green army men

▲ word: bauxite

▲ watching the odometer roll over

▲ film: waking ned divine

▲ word: gumption

▼ wendy's embarrassingly yellow napkins

▲ word: genuflect

▲ actor: donald sutherland

▲ the turners

▲ "doy!"

▲ scott's drawings of trucks

▲ german road-sign font

▲ date stampers

▲ lexan water bottles (e.g. nalgene, lifeline)

▼ well-intentioned, but unnecessary, courtesy

▼ last-second lane mergers

▲ calling a wool cap a "joe cap"

▲ confirmation numbers

▲ film: the truman show

▲ cobalt blue

▲ truck stops

▲ word: sluice

▲ tahoma bottled water

▲ book: the brothers k

▲ getting carded

▲ music: moby

▲ snickerdoodles

▲ direct deposit

▲ freezing rain

▲ kettle chips