Thanks A Lot by Brandon Taper

I am thankful for…

  • One-star Amazon reviews
  • Martin Scorsese’s eyebrows
  • The expression “walking around money”
  • Harold and Maude
  • Eye-rolling
  • Florynce Kennedy’s fashion
  • Cornish game hens (because you look like a giant when eating one)
  • The typeface Wingdings
  • Crème brûlée
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s voice
  • Accidentally hanging up on someone
  • The smell of old books
  • The smell of new books
  • Basura, the Spanish word for “garbage”
  • Pomme de terre (“earth apple”), the French word for potato
  • Shirley Temples
  • Pretending the floor is made of lava
  • Randy Newman songs
  • Marcel Proust’s mustache
  • Victorian bathing machines
  • Most library patrons
  • When you smile