Opinions: 5 Lists for Your Edification

 by Daniel Wallace
 published on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

10 reasons sharks don't deserve all the positive PR they get:

1. The USS Indianapolis
2. Hundreds of replaceable teeth
3. Randy Fry
4. Blood sniffing
5. "Planet Earth" seal-killing videos
6. Great Whites grow to be so large that adult humans can be "mistaken" for prey
7. The Jersey shore in 1916
8. Motion-sensing capabilities
9. 25 mph
10. David Martin

10 cliches to stop using:

1. "I'm not gonna lie."
2. "What happens in _____ stays in _____"
3. "Whatev"
4. "Catch 22"
5. "Karma" (if it isn't really part of your beliefs)
6. "Hot mess"
7. "I'm starving."
8. "[x], but at the same time, [y]" as way to not fully admit you really chose [x].
9. "Fierce"
10. "Not gonna lie…" (I want it gone!)

10 books to read this summer:

1. "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
2. "Justine" by Lawrence Durrell
3. "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
5. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera
6. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
7. "Out of Egypt" by André Aciman
8. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson
9. "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
10. "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut

10 job possibilities for liberal arts majors:

1. Riverboat captain
2. Local politician
3. Cheese taster
4. Teacher
5. Tableside guacamole maker
6. Bluegrass music sensation
7. Day laborer
8. Life coach
9. Crop duster
10. Trail boss

10 things I learned at ASU:

1. Business is boring.
2. Smart is sexy.
3. Writing is hard.
4. Drunk is dumb.
5. Fit is fun.
6. Dance is good.
7. Grades are secondary.
8. Skateboarders crash at low speeds.
9. Professors are people.
10. Lists are nice.


I'm not gonna lie, Daniel Wallace is a senior. You can email him at: daniel.d.wallace@asu.edu.