Quick mental checklist / Donald Sowald

OK. Time to go. . .

Got my wallet? Check.

Got my keys? Check.

Phone? Check.

Adequate shoes? Check.

iPod? Check.
Gum? Check.

Hair look OK? Check.

Lights? Check.
Cupboard? Check.
Refridgerater magnet? Check.
Cleaning supplies under the sink? Check.
Surge protector? Check.
Grocery bag (paper)? Check.
Grocery bag (plastic)? Check.
Tuxedo? Check.
Frying pan? Check.
Encyclopedia set circa 1975? Check.
Unmatched sock? Check.
Keyboard? Check.
Jump rope? Check.

Seat belt? Check.

Eyeglass repair kit? Check.
Wicker basket? Check.
Generic tube? Check.
DVD of "Tears of the Sun" starring Bruce Willis? Check.
Chicken wire? Check.
Map of Eurasia?
Small intestine? Check.
All-you-can-eat shrimp? Check.
Rainbow? Check.
Doing the robot? Check.

Smell of bacon in the morning? Check.

Trip to the zoo? Check.
Truth serum? Check
Hymnal? Check.
McDonalds' 'Over 8 Billion Served' sign? Check.

Moxie? Check.

Gymnasium? Check.
Asian American? Check.
Unfinished basement of the house I grew up in? Check.

Complicated system of levers and pullies? Check.

Ricky Henderson? Check.
Helicopter? Check.
Daylight savings time? Check.
'The News' from 'Huey Lewis & The News'? Check.
Saber-toothed tiger? Check.
Merger between Burlington Coat Factory and the C.I.A? Check.
Trigonometry? Check.

Weather? Check.

Lewis and Clark expedition? Check.
Walking in on parents having sex when I was 8? Check.

Ego? Check.
Id? Check.
Curvature of spacetime? Check.

Wormhole? Check.

Molecular breakdown and reconfiguration? Check.

and I'm off!