Ben understands social irritants while Alex appreciates social joys. Put them together and the results are, well… interesting. Join us as we tackle yet another obscure list thrown at us from the fedora. And in the process one listener learns the secret behind a pain free Enumeration.

Social Irritants

Benjamin’s List:
1. Not turning on your vehicle lights in the rain
2. Loud movie talkers
3. Tailgating
4. Not lifting the toilet seat in the men’s restroom
5. Car alarms

Alexander’s List:
1. Saying something when people sneeze
2. FaceBook
3. Unaware travelers
4. Force compliments
5. Nagging from the older set over social customs

Social Joys

Benjamin’s List:
1. The birth of a child
2. Mosh pits
3. Playing outside as a child
4. BBQs
5. The Olympics

Alexander’s List:
1. Playing games
2. Writing letters
3. Dining
4. Dancing
5. Laughing

Listen to Episode 17 – 44:25

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This week on Enumeration we tackle the subject of wizards, from the good to the bad. We asked Zachariah to join us in the studio and help weigh matters. Ever wonder the connection between Harry Potter and Aldoph Hitler? How about why elves are so lazy? Does Michael Gambon deserve an Oscar?? You’ll have to listen to the special edition to hear our thoughts on the matter (coming soon).

Good Wizards

Zachariah’s List
1. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
2. Gandalf the White
3. Merlin
4. Ged
5. Abhorsen

Benjamin’s List:
1. Merlin
2. Willow Ufgood
3. Gandalf the Grey
4. Samantha Stephens

5. Miracle Max

Alexander’s List:
1. Vivi
2. Zeddicus Zul Zorander
3. Jimmy Woods
4. Wizards of the Coast
5. Uncle Arthur

Bad Wizards

Zachariah’s List
1. Randall Flagg
2. Circe
3. Lord Voldemort
4. Maleficent
5. Morgan le Fay

Benjamin’s List:
1. The Grand High Witch
2. Rhea of the Coos
3. Severus Snape
4. Jafar
5. Princess Mombi

Alexander’s List:
1. Kefka
2. Saruman
3. Elphaba Thropp
4. Harry Potter
5. Shazam

Listen to Episode 16 – 44:52

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It’s an age-old question, in which Ben and I needed the help of a special guest to properly answer. So just what are the top 5 Nintendo and Super Nintendo games? We enumerated over this most delicate of matters for nearly two hours. How we managed to agree on a single cartage to represent each system is beyond me. Disagree with our choices? Get back at us.

Also, Ben would like to blame Andrew’s inability to hold a microphone for all those clicks and pops you hear. I agree. We love you anyway Andrew. Are you reading this?

Best Nintendo Entertainment System Games

Andrew’s List:
1. DuckTales
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
3. Metal Gear
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Paper Boy

Benjamin’s List:
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Mega Man 2
3. Contra
4. Duck Hunt
5. R.C. Pro Am

Alexander’s List:
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. The Legend of Zelda
3. Kirby’s Adventure
4. Final Fantasy
5. Kickle Cubicle

Best Super Nintendo Entertainment System Games

Andrew’s List:
1. Mortal Kombat 2
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time
3. Star Fox
4. Donkey Kong Country
5. Super Mario Kart

Benjamin’s List:
1. Secret of Mana
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Mortal Kombat
4. NBA Jam
5. Star Fox

Alexander’s List:
1. Final Fantasy 6
2. Super Mario World
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Chrono Trigger
5. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Listen to Episode 12 – 44:47

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PRINT IS DEAD!!! Or… at least quickly becoming extinct. Sad yet true. So deal with it. But never fear! The Internet is a vast chasm of comedy that could replace serious social commentary in print form. This week we enumerate on our Top 5 Funniest Websites and Top 5 Serious Print Publications. In the process discover we that Ben will never have the correct accent to be on Jersey Shore… His heart was broken.

Funniest Websites

Benjamin’s List:
1.) http://www.everythingisterrible.com/
2.) http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/
3.) http://oitcr.com/
4.) http://www.fmylife.com/
5.) http://xkcd.com/

Alexander’s List:
1.) http://www.youtube.com/
2.) http://www.uhhyeahdude.com/
3.) http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
4.) http://www.collegehumor.com/
5.) http://twitter.com/

Serious Print Publications

Benjamin’s List:
1.) Rolling Stone
2.) Entertainment Weekly
3.) Time
4.) Popular Science
5.) TV Technology

Alexander’s List:
1.) New Scientist
2.) Print
3.) The New York Times
4.) Lürzer’s Archive
5.) Cosmopolitan

Listen to Episode 10 – 44:45

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Welcome to 2010. Let the future begin! Kick this decade off right and set aside flying cars, hover boards, and space tourism for the moment to start with an awesome brand new episode. With the help of special guest host Jonathan from Chicago, we enumerate on our top 5 icky insects and top 5 cute and cuddly of the animal kingdom.

Ickiest Insects

Jonathan’s List: 1.) Maggots 2.) Bees 3.) Black Widows 4.) Cockroaches 5.) Baby Spiders

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Cockroaches 2.) Ticks 3.) Hornets 4.) Earwings 5.) Fleas

Alex’s List: 1.) Bed Bugs 2.) Praying Mantises 3.) Cockroaches 4.) Ticks 5.) Wasps

Cute and Cuddly of the Animal Kingdom

Jonathan’s List: 1.) Pomeranians 2.) Baby Polar Bears 3.) Dolphins 4.) Pink Fairy Armadillos 5.) Tapirs

Benjamin’s List: 1.)Kiwis 2.) Manatees 3.) Piglets 4.) Three Toed Sloths 5.) Loggerheads

Alex’s List: 1.) Slow Lorises 2.) Kittens 3.) Baby Seals 4.) Baby Chickens 5.) Koala Bears

Listen to Episode 9 – 44:24

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With the holiday season firmly behind us, we enumeration on our top 5 gifts received and our top 5 personally purchased products and in the process we manage to answer the ultimate question, “What’s more important: existence or waffle fries?”, the answer may surprise you. And what’s this? No Ghostbuster reference? It’s there, it’s just hidden.

Gifts Received

Benjamin’s List: 1.) The Gift of Life 2.) Diamond Heirloom 3.) 1990 Dodge Omni 4.) First Concert Tickets 5.) Garmin GPS

Alex’s List: 1.) Electric Toothbrush 2.) Sketch Books 3.) My First Bicycles 4.) Nintendo’s Game Boy 5.) Chick-fil-a Bobble Head

Personally Purchased Products

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Trip to Europe 2.) College Education 3.) Come As You Are CD Single 4.) Michael Powers Baseball Cards 5.) Skater Shoes

Alex’s List: 1.) iPod 2.) Mac Book Pro 3.) 4 MGP Canon Power Shot 4.) Clothing 5.) College Txt Books

Listen to Episode 8 – 45:16

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“As men get older, the toys get more expensive.” or so says, Marvin Davis, former owner of the Denver Broncos NFL Team. Although neither of us have a stake in a professional athletic franchise, this week we enumerate on our top five childhood toys and top five adult luxuries. Bonus, Alex gets “schooled” by a schoolteacher.

Oh, and we’re trying something a bit different during the holidays. Our lists will be “spelled out” as usual in about a week’s time. What can we say? Happy Holidays!

Listen to Episode 7 – 40:27

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WE’RE BACK!!! The adult responsibilities have subsided. Well, not really, but how could we stay away from you guys. To make up for missing last week, we have returned like gangbusters (or ghostbusters) with our top 5 Children’s Stories and our top 5 Literary Masterpieces. The question is, who is more well read. I’m telling you, now, I done good.

Children’s Stories

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls  2.) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien  3.) The White Mountains by John Christopher  4.) The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks 5.) The BFG by Roald Dahl

Alexander’s List: 1.) The Lorax by Dr. Seuss  2.) All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury 3.) The Ramona Quimby Series by Beverly Cleary  4.) The Sky is Falling, originally an old African fable 5.) Lose Now, Pay Later by Carol Farley

Literary Master Pieces

Benjamin’s List: 1.) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger  2.) Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut  3.) The World According to Garp by John Irving  4.) Watership Down by Richard Adams 5.) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Alexander’s List: 1.) Things Fall Apart by Achebe  2.) The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 3.) The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot  4.) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard 5.) The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass

Listen to Episode 6 – 44:54

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We survey the uncanny this week by enumerating on robots and puppets. Bracketing the discussion is, of course, your incredibly insightful listener feedback.

Robots

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Maria from Metropolis  2.) Nanobots  3.) Mega Man  4.) The Roomba 5.) Lego-Robot Bill & Ted

Alexander’s List: 1.) Data from Star Trek  2.) Asimo by Honda  3.) Andrew Martin  4.) The Roomba  5.) John Cavil of Battlestar Galactica

Puppets

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Your Standard Sock Puppet  2.) Marionette in Being John Malchovik  3.) Gabbo from the Simpsons  4.) King Kong  5.) Pigs in Space

Alexander’s List: 1.) Kermit the Frog  2.) Yukon Cornelius  3.) The Bronze Statute of Talos  4.) Slimer  5.) The Big Giant from The Berlin Reunion

Don’t forget about Listener Feedback, which might included such gems as Beauty and the Beast, Vicki from Small Wonder, and maybe even Big Bird’s imaginary friend Snuffaluffagus. Yeah, our minds were blown too. You guys are awesome!

Listen to Episode 4 – 35:45

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It’s a real tour de force of podcasting this week, as we tackle the best 80s Sci-Fi films and 90s Romantic Comedies. There’s also a whole slew of listener feed back. You guys are awesome. So what did we come up with?

80s Sci-Fi Films

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Return of the Jedi  2.) The Terminator  3.) The Abyss  4.) Enemy Mine  5.) E.T.

Alexander’s List: 1.) Back to the Future  2.) Empire Strikes Back  3.) Ghostbusters  4.) Dune  5.) Akira

90s Romantic Comedies

Benjamin’s List: 1.) Singles  2.) Groundhog Day  3.) Chasing Amy  4.) Clueless  5.) You’ve Got Mail

Alexander’s List: 1.) Sleepless in Seattle  2.) Groundhog Day  3.) The Bird Cage  4.) Threesome  5.) Pretty Woman

But which movies edged their way to the tiptop? The answers might surprise you.

And what did you, the listeners, have to say on the subject? Your thought provoking enumerations can be found after the break. Quality stuff guys. Keep it coming!

Listen to Episode 3 – 31:57

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