PART I

In no particular order, things that make the world go 'round:

Hot showers with good water pressure
Coffee ice cream
Swivel chairs - comfortable ones
J. R. R. Tolkien
Olive oil
Laughing until your face hurts
Fast computers
Crossword puzzles
Pride in one's own work
Running water
Garlic
Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G minor - No. 40 too
Thunderstorms
A kind word
Hardwood floors
Fireworks
Ocean sounds - not on tape, and minus the fake whalesongs
Red beer
Guitar solos
Direct flights
The Hunt For Red October
Good writing
Loon calls
Homemade cookies
Well-behaved automobiles
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ
Fresh snow
Leg room
Chainsaws
Herb gardens
Dire Straits
Sunsets on water
Big pickup trucks
Cool stationery
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, 1st movement
Taut jib sheets
The smell of sawdust and diesel
Fire
Quiet
Barn smell
Coffeehouses
Firm mattresses
Earth tones
Montana
The Microsoft Excel Sort Data and PivotTable functions
Cleanroom gowns - fashion trend of the future, minus the blue plastic foot covers
Card games
Fresh air
Getting lost but ending up somewhere better than your original destination
Freshly Zamboni'ed ice
Christmas morning
The Princess Bride
Chocolate
Old comfortable clothes
Honesty
Foreign languages
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
IBC root beer
The bowline
Calligraphy
Oak leaves
Risk - the board game
Whitewater rafting
Friendship
Sharp skates
Leatherbound journals
Boondock Saints
Fresh-cut hay
Humor
Goalie pads
Pasta with butter
Chocolate-covered espresso beans
Leaving work early on Friday afternoons
Friendly antagonism
Butterfly chairs
A sense of accomplishment