Blog: 13 Fortunate Things

In order to counteract the very “Friday the 13th” Friday I'm having, here is a list of 13 random fortunate things:

1. A foresighted genius once looked at a pile of rotting fruit beneath the cacao tree and decided to try adding sugar
2. Someone then got peanut butter on said chocolate
3. They put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp
4. A visionary at HBO said, “Let's do a show about nekkid vampires.”
5. Nicklas Lidstrom took off his shirt for Cafe magazine
6. They sell booze on airplanes
7. In the Bay Area, one is rarely more than a block or two away from a decent cup of coffee
8. Free delivery and free egg roll with orders over $25
9. In spite of being born 18 years and half of a continent apart, I met and married my husband
10. Corsets went out of style as everyday underwear
11. I no longer wear my hair like I did in ninth grade
12. The ubiquity of Ugg-style boots in malls across the US means this horrific fad has officially peaked and may now begin to fade into shameful footwear history
13. Tomorrow is Saturday