Things that rule: The billion + year old universe Innovation Language Actual Nature, and natural occurring oil Empathy Changing one's mind Any natural drug Alcohol Ally's 'Pony' commercial (because of the sincerity of the girls) Beauty e Trade Commercials Stride Gum (and its commercials) The Colbert Report Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Thoughtful and considerate people Contrarianess Honesty Reality & Fantasy Not knowing (but curious) Being wrong (but trying) Karma based judgment Belief Intellect and emotion Subjective Objectivity Idealism and pragmatism Coffee & Hot Cocoa Straightforward advertising Music Movies Flossing | Things that suck (serious ass): Productivity and efficiency in the context of unreferenced perfection blinding and blind to reality Bureaucracy Mindlessness Theoretical BP, Shell, and Chevron. Not as much for being huge horrible hypocritical corporations, but for using sappy cliché piano chords in their pretentious PR commercials about saving the environment Revenge Flaky, fluttery people All synthetic drugs People who can't handle alcohol Ally as a bank, for GMAC thinking that changing its name to Ally gives it a clean slate Skin Deep beauty (and all its exploitative manifestations) Coca-Cola Commercials Verizon Wireless CNN One Tree Hill: Season 3 and beyond Non-thinking and inconsiderate people Conformity Cleverness Misguided ideology Sure (but wrong) Criticizing failure Hierarchy based judgment The ends justifies the means Organized religion Ignorance and entropy Using "It's all relative" as a way of waving off differing perceptions Pluralism Apple Energy drinks All infomercials Exploiting music Fake lighting and gloss Root canals |