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Happy New Year! 5×5 for 2012
Jan2012

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I typically talk about my favourite apps or video games, movies or music. This year, I thought I’d offer a list of five top fives that generally won’t involve sitting in front of a screen.
 

Non-Catan board/card games worth playing!

  1. Dominion
  2. Ticket to Ride
  3. Agricola
  4. Apples to Apples
  5. Illuminati
 

Magazines worth browsing!

  1. The Economist
  2. Sun Magazine
  3. Wired
  4. Make
  5. Monocle
 

Books worth reading!

  1. Freedom
  2. American Born Chinese
  3. Room
  4. Fun Home
  5. Shortcomings
Sour candy worth eating!

  1. Sour Jujubes
  2. Sour Wine Gums
  3. Dino-sours
  4. Sour Skittles
  5. Sour Jelly Bellies
 
 

Best gifts given in 2011!

  1. Google Chrome frisbee
  2. Photo-video montage
  3. Kid’s first nerf gun
  4. Reader’s first graphic novel
  5. Stanford fleece (for mom!)

5 Comments on “Happy New Year! 5×5 for 2012”

  1. 1 Sam said at 7:13 pm on January 2nd, 2012:

    Sour candy is the best!

  2. 2 Mikamika said at 12:01 am on January 3rd, 2012:

    Puerto Rico and Diplomacy are also real good

  3. 3 James Winsom said at 3:33 pm on January 5th, 2012:

    What about sour patch kids?

  4. 4 Natalie said at 12:29 pm on January 6th, 2012:

    where’d you get the Chrome frisbee?

  5. 5 eliot said at 12:32 pm on January 6th, 2012:

    @Natalie: from the Google store in Mountain View.

    @James: also good! But I figured that most people would already know about SPKs.

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