Things I think are Cool (Or… Is the word “cool” still cool?)

Posted on March 19, 2009

Renaissance festivals
Hot teas
Djembes
Mini Coopers
The word “cool”
Local coffee shops
Live blues music

Does this make me uncool?

What are some things you think are cool?

54 thoughts on “Things I think are Cool (Or… Is the word “cool” still cool?)”

tam on March 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm said:

not forgettin sumpin
a good deed not bragged about
you
my kids
hot chocolate

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 1:40 pm said:
  
  NOT forgetting? haha
  
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Marisa on March 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm said:

music festivals
paying with exact change
self-serve frozen yogurt
midnight movie screenings
local coffee shops (i stole one )

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Paloma on March 19, 2009 at 1:38 pm said:

buying a new CD and loooooving it.
organic animal crackers from Trader Joe’s.
the swish my blankets make when I turn back over after hitting snooze.
looking back on your day and smiling.

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 1:49 pm said:
  
  snooze is a beeeyoooteeeeful feeling
  
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Raquel TWG on March 19, 2009 at 1:51 pm said:

A vivid vocabulary
Crazy musical talent
Creativity
Eccentricity [yeah I like weird people]
Depth. Not like deep water. Deep people.
Good indie bands no one knows about
Apple products

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Scavenger on March 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm said:

whats a djembe?

ahh…….a 64 Pontiac GTO

Women shopping at supermarkets wearing stilletto boots.

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 3:03 pm said:
  
  Women shopping at supermarkets wearing stilletto boots.
  
  Well, thanks for your honesty…
  
  A djembe is an african drum. Makes similar sounds to congas and bongos, but is only one drum. Mind is safely and silently tucked away in my closet because my neighbors would call the police if I played it.
  
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Brad Ruggles on March 19, 2009 at 2:38 pm said:

Sorry…Renaissance festivals = not cool.

My list of cool:
Anything Apple
New music
Wordpress
Long bike rides in the summer
A good movie on a big screen in surround sound
Beautiful children
An amazing wife
New friends
Coffee

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jonsquared on March 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm said:

Things I find cool:

Mandy Thompson
Tammy Hodge
Craft Beer
Voodoo Doughnuts
AniBoom

(psst. Tammy, you’ll be first billing if I posted this comment on your blog. Shh, don’t tell Mandy…)

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 2:59 pm said:
  
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- tam on March 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm said:
  
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Shelly on March 19, 2009 at 3:03 pm said:

My cool radar:

gi-inc.’s new office(brick studio – 2 stories)
my newly discovered Diet Dr. Pepper cherry (I know – don’t hate)
Alison Krauss (as of lately)
HGTV (my fav. tv station now)
online automatic bill paying
my husband
theology

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 3:20 pm said:
  
  theology?
  *snort* *snort*
  
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Will on March 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm said:

Driving with the top down
Jam sessions
Cheerwine
Dukes Mayonaise
7 years of marriage (Mar 30)
My PowerBook G4
Reading a good book
When God whispers in your ear

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 4:02 pm said:
  
  You might want to explain to the ~~lesser beings~~ rest of the world what Cheerwine is!
  
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  - Will on March 19, 2009 at 4:18 pm said:
    
    For those non-Southerners in the crowd, Cheerwine is a cherry flavored soda that is kinda-sorta considered a delicacy (at least to me) – Ha, ha
    
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critzpastor on March 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm said:

My best friend/wife wrestling with our son every night at bed time
A birthmom who has the courage and love to place her soon to be born daughter in our family
Coffee, any way shape or size
Bike rides
Seeing the lights come on in the eyes of a student

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Joy Renée on March 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm said:

my cools:

opera.
ukuleles and the people who play them.
50% off (or more) sales.
world’s fairs.
bluegrass.
ben and jerry’s.
ball room dancing.
lip gloss.

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- tam on March 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm said:
  
  yes! lip gloss!
  
  i “forgot” that one
  
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- Louise on March 20, 2009 at 6:23 am said:
  
  B & J’s Phishfood. Sigh.
  
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  - mandythompson on March 20, 2009 at 8:22 am said:
    
    AMEN!
    
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Joy Renée on March 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm said:

oh yeah….
and me.
am i allowed to say that?
hahaha!

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 4:01 pm said:
  
  I asked for it.
  
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Ed on March 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm said:

Cool things (I won’t list all my cool friends, like you, because there are too many of them.):

Peppermint Ice Cream

Cherry Red Corvette

Any Van Morrison song (especially “Sweet Thing” and “Into The Mystic”)

Any child’s finger paintings

Dancing in the rain. (Except for the dancing part I can channel Gene Kelly.)

Wavy Gravey and his Camp Winnarainbow.

The “Special” Olympics

Physically disable surfers

Volunteering

(I’ll stop here, I could think of a 100 more cool things)

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 4:59 pm said:
  
  Speaking of: Why are all New Englanders addicted to Ice Cream? 10 months out of the year it’s TOO cold for ice cream!
  
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pastortee on March 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm said:

Cool, clean, crisp air
Hotsprings
Lava
Jugglers
Candy Stripers
Honesty
Epistemology

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Toby aka Pastor T on March 19, 2009 at 5:16 pm said:

That login is from many moons ago and I have no idea how it got logged in. Hmmmmm

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 6:56 pm said:
  
  I think many moons are cool.
  
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edfromct on March 19, 2009 at 5:16 pm said:

Mandy, indoors it is never to cold for ice cream.

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 6:55 pm said:
  
  Right. But all the ice cream shoppes DO NOT have sit down areas inside. You walk up to the building and there’s an open window where you order. Then you stand outside or shiver in your car & eat it.
  KUH-RAY-ZEE
  
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Heidi on March 19, 2009 at 5:49 pm said:

coffee
girlfriends
mid day texts
cherry lifesavers
Isaac’s “I love you to the galaxy mama”
bookstores
Rain on my window
beach
Pink Floyd
Random hug

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TheNorEaster on March 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm said:

Ice.
Snow.
Frost.
Winter.
Standard Time.

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 6:57 pm said:
  
  That’s just depressing…
  
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Marisa on March 19, 2009 at 6:31 pm said:

Naps. Long naps.

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katdish on March 19, 2009 at 6:42 pm said:

Jesus – I’m not just saying that. I really think he was the coolest person ever. Notwithstanding the fact that He is the Son of God. He was super compassionate to those considered to be unacceptable and broken, and really stuck it to the self-righteous pharisees and teachers of the law. I want to be more like Him.

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- mandythompson on March 19, 2009 at 6:56 pm said:
  
  Didn’t know you had a serious side, Kat!
  
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Erin on March 19, 2009 at 8:08 pm said:

Djembes are way cool!

(If you thought it was questionable to say cool… I just said “way cool”)

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Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect on March 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm said:

I have no creative thoughts right now, but I had to chime in anyway…

I love Ren Fests…but I don’t think they’re actually cool.

Coffee shops and live blues, though? Very cool.

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Dan on March 19, 2009 at 10:26 pm said:

book stores
guitar stores
pretty much anything i can’t afford right now
pizza & mountain dew
AND – MARCH MADNESS BABY!!!

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Sarah Markley on March 19, 2009 at 10:52 pm said:

i get so freakin intimidated when there are like 40 comments b/c i think nothing i can say will be anything different.

but…

i love lucy
irish music
apples already sliced up
running socks
jasmine
Burberry Weekend perfume
my new canyon running trail
big bathtubs
monterey, calif.
purple toenail polish
low-fat popcorn

and…i could never forget
cherry farm creamery (walk up window is COLD!)

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Sarah Markley on March 19, 2009 at 10:54 pm said:

i love lucy
pre-sliced apples
running socks
monterey, calif.
purple toe-nail polish
feet that AREN’T broken
low fat popcorn
my new canyon running trail
happy pants
irish music

and…
cherry farm creamery

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- mandythompson on March 20, 2009 at 11:42 am said:
  
  Happy pants? What are happy pants? Did I miss something?
  
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Mark Thomas on March 20, 2009 at 12:04 am said:

I think there should be an asterisk by “djembes”

Djembes are only cool in culture-appropriate music. Not in worship music.

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mandie on March 20, 2009 at 2:22 am said:

I agree on all of them.
Especially djembes.

Things I think are cool…
1. Cameras (like the Canon 5D Mark II, I’m praying for).
2. hmm…it’s late…and apparently that’s all I can think of right now. I guess we know what is important in my world. : )

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Renee Little on March 20, 2009 at 11:28 am said:

When my son falls asleep on my chest
A good greasy slice of Pizza
A wet lick from my Lab at 5 am to help wake me up
Hanging out with my sister
Warm balmly summer nights
A fun and thought provoking blog!

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- mandythompson on March 20, 2009 at 11:44 am said:
  
  I’ve never quite understood what the word “balmy” means. But I guess it has positive connotations…?
  
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katdish on March 20, 2009 at 11:49 am said:

mandy,

balmy = not Boston in March

balmy = 77 sunny, gorgeous degrees in Houston

(I’ll let you curse me under your breath now…)

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- mandythompson on March 20, 2009 at 11:51 am said:
  
  Even if I scream, you won’t hear me.
  
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Paloma on March 20, 2009 at 6:21 pm said:

reading in a squishy chair, with a blankie, by a window with a slight breeze.

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Paloma on March 20, 2009 at 6:24 pm said:

[add to above]… with a warm, perfectly doctored up cup of coffee.

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gitz on March 22, 2009 at 4:40 pm said:

sitting by a lake at sunset with a fire pit in front of me roasting marshmallows.

hearing little people giggle.

taking a good photograph.

confidence that permeates the room without intimidating.

sydney bristow in “Alias”

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Cindy Beall on March 22, 2009 at 9:51 pm said:

I like djembes, too.

And a mean Excel Spreadsheet.

Ahhh, that’s right.

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alece on April 12, 2009 at 8:03 pm said:

lazy mornings
perfect pairing of acoustic guitar and percussion
the wonder that is the internet
spoon rings

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