Gratitude List

There's nothing like a gratitude list to move on, get with the program, leave the blues behind…Here's mine for today:

1. Writing. Thanks, Sumerians, Phoenicians, Chaucer…
2. Internet. Thanks, Tim Berners-Lee
3. Really, really bad movies (to help appreciate the good ones). Thanks, Danny "Sunshine" Boyle.
4. NYT crossword. Thanks, Wil Shortz.
5. Sad, funny music. Thanks, Leonard Cohen.
6. Sunshine. Thanks, carbon resonance (and Fred Hoyle for explicating).
7. Being here. Thanks, 100% non-childless ancestors.
8. Prescription lenses. Thanks, Salvino D'Armate.
9. Vaio laptop. Thanks, Akio Morita.
10. Bicycles. Thanks, John Starley, John Dunlop, many more.