6 Cheap date ideas

1. The walking date ( as seen in half baked)
2. Picnic date (a time honored classic)
3. Home cooked meal ( decent cut of meat, potatoes, veggies ,cheap decanted bottle of wine)
4. Farmer's market lunch
5. Playing tourist ( get bad clothes, a camera, and walk around local sites)
6. Instant Ramen+ DVD rental ( for those of you still in school)

6 crappy black friday activities

1. dodging elbows at the outlet

2. finding creative uses for leftover turkey

3. listening to people talk about "cyber monday"

4. waiting in line to see a terrible movie

5. looking for parking

6. getting trampled at walmart

other than number 6 these are all just annoyanyces, but seriously, how ridiculous is it that someone lost their life because a bunch of assholes wanted a discount on some stuff that'll break in a year

6 Design blogs

1. MoCoLoCo
   
2. Core77
   
3. DesignObserver
   
4. DesignBoom 
   
5. Inhabitat
   
6. Designsojourn
   

6 great autumn sweets

1.) Apple pie

2.) Maple candy

3.) Cinnamon dusted doughnut holes

4.) Pumpkin pie

5.) Poached pears

6.) Hot, fresh pressed, unpasturized apple cider

6 ways to improve your life

1. Workout
   
2. Cook for yourself
3. Learn a language
4. Don't argue
5. Reduce your commute
6. Read More
   

6 things to be happy about

1. Declining home prices ( some people will be able to afford houses)
2. Computers cheap enough for almost everyone to get them
3. Bank bailout means the government gets debt for pennies on the dollar, might actually come out positive
4. The McRib is back
5. New administration coming, and Obama's in the lead (less evil)
6. COnsumers starting to get "scared straight" about finances

6 current bummers

1. Bank Failures
2. Religion Motivated Terrorism
3. Global warming
4. Oil Prices
5. Declining Science Education
6. High Consumer Debt

6 questions every man should prepare to dodge

1. Do I look fat in this?
   
2. Do you think she's pretty?
   
3. Where do you see yourself in a few years?
   
4. How many women have you been with?
   
5. Would you rather spend tonight with your friends?
   
6. What do you think you'd be doing now if we hadn't gotten together?
   

BTW this one is totally sexist, and a common stereotype, as a reader pointed out, but I'll leave it posted.

6 ingredients you should always have

1. Garlic or onion
   
2. Olive oil, bacon fat or butter
   
3. Wine (red or white)
4. Salt
5. Lemon
   
6. Honey

With these basic ingredients you can make a passable meal with the addition of almost any meat veggie and starch. They all keep for a hell of a long time

6 fresh ingredient dinner #1

1. Chicken breasts
   
2. Green Beans
3. Potatoes
4. Garlic
5. Lemon
6. Dried rosemary

I'm assuming every kitchen has salt flour and olive oil, but this is a suuuper easy, healthy meal that you can make in a few minutes

• Butterfly the chicken breasts so they're thin, dredge them in flour
• Heat a couple tablespoons of olive oil with dried rosemary in a pan until you can smell the rosemary toasting
• Brown the chicken for 2 minutes on each side on med-high heat, then cover on med-low heat until fully cooked
• Steam green beens until slightly tender but still crisp ( you can do this in the microwave if you want)
• chop potatoes into chunks after washing and brush with olive oil and minced garlic add a little rosemary if ya like, and roast the potatoes at 350 until they're where ya like 'em
• plate everything and serve with a little lemon
  

6 ways to sharpen your brain

1. Crossword Puzzles
2. Learn a language
3. Question Game (ala Rosencrans and Guildenstern are dead)
   
4. n-back game
5. Sudoku
6. Learn an instrument
   

6 good American regional foods

1. Rochester- The white hot, a personal favorite from my youth
2. Montreal -Poutine frenchfries with gravy and still squaking cheese curds
3. Louisville- Hot brown, some kind of smothered openface sandwich I have still yet to try, but hear are fantastic
   
4. Maine-Lobster roll, tons of lobster on a top split hotdog bun I like mine with butter mayo and lemon
5. San Diego- Carne asada fries, basically cheese fries topped with carne asada, never seen it anywhere else, but they're awesome
6. NYC- Pastrami on rye, just like some of the others, you can get it elsewhere, but it just ain't the same

Other honorable mention goes to the Po' boy, The memphis pulled pork sandwich (with slaw in it), Chicago, NYC, and neapolitan pizza, SF sour dough and cioppino, hawaiian loco moco, rochester garbage plate, etc.

If you have any personal faves put em in the comments

6 can't miss iPhone apps for productivity

1. Jott- runs my life
   
2. Dial Zero- gets me to cust service faster
   
3. Grand Dialer- lets me use a single phone number for everything
4. Sketches-take and markup pictures
   
5. VNC- remote system access
   
6. Page Once- keep all of your info acessible
   

6 essential numbers to have in your phone

1. local cab company
2. free information line ( goog, or free 411)
3. ICE ( in case of emergency)
4. delivery food (other than pizza)
5. florist ( if you're a guy or a girl, the ability to send out a last minute gift is important)
6. the folks ( call em once a week, it'll make em happy)

There are plenty of others that almost made the list like sig-O, car service, AAA, etc. For my money these are the important ones

6 Science teacher desk to

1. Newton's cradle
2. "floating" top/pen
   
3. Drinking Bird
4. Radiometer
5. Hand Boilers
6. Gyroscope

collected observations over the years

6 Uber Geek Skills That Can Be Learned In A Day

1. Solving a Rubix Cube
2. Memorizing Pi to 10 Decimal Places
3. Programming a Ti-82/3
4. Compiling a Linux kernel
5. Basic Math on a Slide Rule
6. RSA Cryptography

6 Animal Condiments

1. Ham Powder
2. Bonito Flakes
3. Bacon Salt
4. Pork Sung
5. Shrimp Paste
6. Bacon Bits ( the real thing)
   

6 Pies

1. apple
2. rhubarb
3. pecan
4. pumpkin
5. blueberry
6. steak and kidney

Threw the last one in there to keep ya thinkin, honorable mention to chicken pot, key lime, pizza, and of course banana cream

6 geek loves

1. Dungeons and Dragons
2. Star Trek
3. Magic Cards
4. World of Warcraft
5. Casemods
6. Star Wars
   

Collected in conversations

6 things you learn in operations

1. Don't starve the bottleneck
2. L = λ W ( thanks John Little)
   
3. Manage the bullwhip ( reduce information latency)
4. Variability Causes congestion
5. Real problems are often NP Hard, use a heuristic or simulate the hell out of it
   
6. Forecasts are always wrong, good forecasts are just less wrong and for a near horizon

Some of these you learn in school, some of these you learn on the job. Real world learnings that almost made the cut are below

• Grads students are cheaper to hire than undergrads or consultants and produce better work
  
• Real supply chain optimization is an exercise in contracts not math
• No one really cares about the best solution, any improvement is met with praise
• Performance Metrics only have to be representative, not truly meaningful, if they are truly meaningful and not deftly named they'll never get monitored
  

6 Songs for sporting events

1. Garry Glitter-Rock and Roll part 2
2. Survivor- Eye of the tiger
3. Queen- We Will Rock You
4. House of Pain-Jump Around
5. M/A/R/R/S- Pump up the volume
6. Blur- Song 2

Some songs just make you want to out box Dolph Lundgren to win the cold war, or perform some other sports feat. I wrangled up a few of them, but leave your favorite sports jams in the comments and if we get another 6 I'll toss up another 6thing

6 fun things to see on the freeway

1. enthusiastic singers
   
2. knuckle deep nose picking
3. bad car decorations (flames on a PT cruiser)
4. obvious road head
5. asian women covered up (including full welder face visor)
6. super multi-taskers (phone, coffee, cigarette, razor/makeup, screaming kids)

Submitted by IY over email

6 Artists to drop everything to listen to

1. Massive Attack
2. DJ Shadow
3. Boards of Canada
4. Royksopp
5. Air
6. Stereolab

submitted by J over email, but I have to confess, I haven't heard any Royksopp. Guess I better start

6 belgian beers to knock your socks off

1. Houblon Chouffee
2. Corsendonk
3. Bokrijks kruikenbier
4. Chimay blue
5. Duvel
6. Rochefort 10

Submitted by Jolly Jack over email. To mention your own favorites please use the comments

6 types of crab

1. blue
2. dungeness
3. peeky toe
4. king
5. stone
6. rock

Courtesy of recent menu research

6 social networks

1. six degrees
2. friendster
3. myspace
4. tribe
5. linked in
6. facebook

6 hot sauces to perk up a dull meal

1. Tapatio
2. Frank's Red Hot
3. Cholula
4. Sriracha
5. Tabasco
6. Crystal

1 and 4 are my personal favorites, but I've relied on all the others at one time or another :). Andy ( over email) likes #2 the best on pizza

6 Anachronisms for a sketchy/shady guy

1. Rake
2. Libertine
3. Knave
4. Roué
5. Scalawag
   
6. Varlet

I found tons of these, but the ones listed above were less oft heard in regular conversation than some of the others.

6 80's cartoon catchphrases

1. Thunder thunder thundercats hoooo!
2. I have the power!
3. Go Joe!
4. Cowabunga!
5. Aye Carumba!
   
6. G0 Go gadget!
   

6 Cool things about raising chickens

1. Eggs every day
2. Weed eaters
3. Fertilizer
4. Your own backyard show to watch
5. Compost machines
6. "Winner Winner..."

1-5 from Y over email 6 from my stomach

Brief Hiccup

You may have noticed that monday's post was held. I was deciding whether or not to continue the blog since 6things.blogspot.com was pointed out to me. It far predates this blog and has a similar (the same) format, but I'm thinking I'll keep this around since the idea is to be more community submission based. I will also keep the twitter stream and add a little more color to the site

6 Annoying popular baby names

1. Madison
2. Parker
3. Ireland
4. Braxton
5. Peyton
6. Jackson

6 Ways to pwn n00bs irl

1. "free banner": insults on iphone delivered across the room
   
2. pie in face
3. steal parking spot
4. Write PWND backwards on forehead with sharpie
5. hook up with n00bs mother
6. Orchestrate takeover of n00bs company and lay off entire group

Derived from 5 different IM conversations and personal delivery of #1 to demonstrate 1337 sklz

6 anchor spirits for a home bar

1. Vodka
2. Bourbon
3. Tequila
4. Rum
5. Gin
6. Scotch

Some of you may wonder about having bourbon and scotch, but trust me it's key. Scotch begins to extend into the next level of beverage from your basic mixable staples, but it's key to set your bar up at the right level

6 types of valves

1. Globe valve
2. Gate valve
3. Ball valve
4. Throttle valve
5. Check valve
6. Butterfly valve

Thanks to B over email

6 aperitifs

1. Campari Soda
2. lillet w/ twist
   
3. Dubonet
4. Sweet Vermouth
5. Pimms Cup Cocktail
6. Kir Royale
   

6 Songs for the afternoon

1. Feist-My Moon, My Man
2. Kish Mauve- 2 Hearts ( not Minogue vocals)
3. Goldfrapp-Strict Machine
4. Prototypes - Je ne te connais pas
5. Hot Chip- Over and Over
6. Flobots- Handlebars

And as a bonus...a muxtape link 6thing.muxtape.com

6 motorcycles that make you look like a badass

1. MV Agusta F4 1078
2. Moto Guzzi Griso
3. Ducati 1098
4. KTM Super Duke
5. Triumph Street Triple
6. Harley-Davidson Night Rod Special

Submitted by Aaron over email

6 Awesome TV Themesongs

1. The A Team
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3. GI Joe
4. Knight Rider
5. MASH
6. The Simpsons

Sent by B over email

6 Awesome Summertime Venues in LA

1. Armand Hammer Museum (Also I Like to Rock series every Thurs in July)
2. Hollywood Forever Cemetary (movies on Saturday evenings by Cinespia)
3. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (Shakespeare in Topanga Canyon)
4. Hollywood Bowl (Awesome concerts all summer long)
5. Santa Monica Pier (Twilight Dance series every Thurs through the summer)
6. W Hotel pool (Free movies every sunday night)

Over email from pshazz

6 bay area dessert cravings

1. ice cream@ici
2. passion fruit tart@bouchon
3. cream puffs@beard papa
4. beignets@piperade
5. froyo@fraiche
6. scones@tartine

From alice via IM

6 euphemisms for taking a crap

1. Dropping the kids off at the pool
2. Bombing the oval office
3. Growing a tail
4. Baking brownies
5. Making room for lunch
6. Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl

Courtesy of a conversation with Scott years ago

6 online sources of fun with popular music

1. Tune Up Media
2. Pandora
3. CD Baby
4. Bootie SF
5. Art of the Mix
6. Indiefeed (blog, and podcast, free on iTunes)

Anonymous submission over email

6 vegetarian sources of complete protein

1. Spirulina
2. Chlorella
3. Buckwheat
4. Quinoa
5. Amaranth
6. Hemp Seeds

Submitted by the 'Shaan

6 sites for the unabashed gossip whore

1. Defamer
2. DListed
3. TMZ
4. Egotastic
5. The Superficial
6. Perez Hilton

Sent from Julie

6 ways to view The Auto Gallery without going to their actual site.

1. Yelp
   http://www.yelp.com/bi...
2. Flickr
   http://www.flickr.com/...
3. Picasa
   http://picasaweb.googl...
4. YouTube
   http://www.youtube.com...
5. FaceBook
   http://www.facebook.co...
6. MySpace
   http://www.myspace.com...

From JayChan via yelp. A little odd, but hey I'm seeking submissions

6 yuppie favorites

1. Film Festivals
2. Back-packing
3. Cinco De Mayo
4. Philanthropy
5. Starbucks
6. Refinancing properties

Courtesy of Jack
(sent in as 6 things white people like)

6 punchlines without their jokes

1. "those aren't buoys"
2. "assume a chicken is a sphere in a vacuum"
3. "moby pickle"
4. "pope goes the easel"
5. "it was the cookie"
6. "footprints in the butter"
   

6 cult movies for the summer

1. Army of Darkness
2. Six String Samurai
3. Planet Terror
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. The Warriors
6. Clash of the Titans
   

6 refreshing late summer drinks

1. Caipirinha
2. Gin and Mosambi (indian sweet lime or limetta)
3. Shandy ( beer and lemonade best with a Hefeweizen)
4. Vodka, Grapefruit, and Pineapple
5. Campari Soda
6. Tom Collins
   

6 meals to eat in dallas

1. Brisket Hash @ Breadwinners
2. Hamburger @ the Angry Dog
3. Tasting Menu @ Abacus
4. Ribs @ Jaspers
5. Shrimp&Grits@Hatties
6. Cowboy Ribeye@any good steakhouse
   

First 6 thing: six places to learn what's up

1. Newsmap
2. Digg
3. Drudge Report
4. Wall Street Journal
5. CNN
6. Slashdot