Ten times four things

OK, so it’s a day late to be a Friday Ten (more observed in the skipping than the posting), but it is a ten. And it’s the Four Things meme that’s been going around. No one’s tagged me (that I’ve noticed), but I’ve really liked reading other’s lists, so I just decided to do it.

Four jobs I’ve had:

1. boll-weevil trap checker
2. account executive compensation specialist
3. deli counter clerk
4. editor

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. Top Hat (really, anything with Astaire and Rogers)
2. Philadelphia Story
3. Bringing Up Baby
4. The Thin Man

Four books I could read over and over

1. The Lord of the Rings  by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Little, Big by John Crowley
3. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
4. Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Four TV shows I love:

1. Lost
2. Stargate SG‑1
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Four places I’ve lived:

1. Brawley, California
2. Blokzijl, Overijssel, Netherlands
3. Camden, New Jersey
4. Dorchester, Massachusetts

Four places I’ve vacationed:

1. London
2. Key West
3. Grand Tetons
4. Montreal

Four of my favorite dishes:

1. chicken tikka masala
2. potato (potato salad, potato pancakes, aloo chat, . . .)
3. cheese
4. dark chocolate

Four sites I visit daily:

1. Pepys’ diary
2. Astronomy picture of the day
3. Guardian Unlimited
4. Wim van der Meij Etsen’s photoblog

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. London
2. Lerwick, Shetland
3. Amsterdam
4. Forbidden City

Four bloggers I am tagging:

1. docsmartypants
2. black thorn
3. not-so-fresh
4. insert your name here