Q is for Questionable Intentions

10 Shady Characters who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.

1. Billy the Kid
2. William "Devil Anse" Hatfield (with Randolph McCoy as VP)
3. Huck Finn's Dad
4. Benedict Arnold
5. Bonnie (with Clyde as VP)
6. Caligula
7. Machiavelli
8. Lizzy Borden
9. Mata Hari
10. Artemis Fowl

P is for Patriarch

10 TV Dads who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.*

1. Mike Brady
2. The Dad from Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home
3. Archie Bunker
4. Ward Cleaver
5. Reuben Kincaid (he was like the dad on the Partridge Family)
6. Howard Cunningham
7. Al Bundy
8. Tom Bradford (Eight is Enough)
9. Steven Keaton (Family Ties)
10. Hal (Malcolm in the Middle) - no last name given

*Before anyone brings it up, I already used Homer Simpson and Fred Flintstone in the C is for Cartoon Characters...

O is for Oscar the Grouch

10 Muppets who would make better presidents than Donald Trump

1. Kermit the Frog (w/Miss Piggy as secretary of defense "hiya!"
2. Bert (w/Ernie as his VP)
3. Gonzo
4. Snuffaluffagus
5. Beaker
6. Scooter
7. Animal
8. Elmo
9. Fozzie Bear
10. Grover

N is for Nest

10 Celebs with Avian-inspired names who would make better presidents than Donald Trump*

1. Charlie Bird
2. Big Bird
3. Captain Jack Sparrow
4. Larry Bird
5. Ladybird Johnson
6. Jay Leno
7. Carolyn Bird (w/Courtney as her VP)
8. Florence Nightingale
9. Christopher Wren
10. Robin Gibb

*Sure Court & Carolyn are celebrities! They've got the most famous Road Race party in town right?

M is for Monsters

10 Monsters who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.

1. Frankenstein's Monster
2. The Blob
3. Sullivan (w/Mike as VP)
4. The Abominable Snowman
5. Big Foot
6. The Loch Ness Monster
7. The Kraken
8. The Chupacabra
9. Smeagol w/Smaug as his VP
10. The Golem of Prague

L is for Literature

10 Children's Book Characters who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.*

1. Professor Snape
2. Amelia Bedelia (she was stupid but at least she could cook)
3. Ramona Quimby
4. Rhyme and Reason (with Tock as their VP)
5. Charlotte A. Cavatica
6. Pippi Longstocking
7. Willie Wonka
8. Frodo Baggins (with Sam as VP)
9. Mary Poppins
10. Tom Sawyer

*All of them should consider either Harriet the Spy or Flat Stanley as their head of the FBI.

K is for King

10 Kings who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.

1. King Kong
2. Carole King
3. Billie Jean King
4. Burger King
5. Martin Luther King
6. King Tut
7. Stephen King
8. King Herod
9. King Arthur
10. B.B. King

J is for Jocks

10 Athletes who would make better presidents than Donal Trump.

1. Rosie Ruiz
2. Hans and Franz
3. Tonya Harding
4. Pete Rose
5. OJ Simpson
6. Mike Tyson
7. Lance Armstrong
8. Hulk Hogan
9. Jesse Ventura
10. Rocky Balboa (with Apollo Creed as VP)

I is for Inanimate

10 Inanimate Objects that would make better presidents than Donald Trump

1. The Skin Horse (Velveteen Rabbit)
2. Herbie the Love Bug
3. The Tea Pot (Beauty and the Beast)
4. The Door Knocker (A Chistmas Carol)
5. Kit (Knight Rider)
6. Lightening McQueen (Cars)
7. Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors)
8. The California Raisons
9. Woody (with Buzz Lightyear as VP)
10. Stephen King's Christine. Because even a homicidal hot rod is better than Donald Trump for President.

H is for Horton (hears a Who)

10 Characters created by Dr. Seuss who would make better presidents than Donald Trump

1. The Lorax
2. The Spooky Green Pants with Nobody Inside Them
3. Yertle the Turtle
4. The Grinch (w/Max as VP)
5. Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose
6. Bartholomew Cubbins
7. Little Cindy Lou Who
8. The Cat in the Hat (with the Fish in the Bowl as VP)
9. Oobleck
10. Marco

G is for Girl Power

10 Kick-Ass Women who would make better presidents than Donald Trump
I couldn't decide between real or fictional so here's 5 of each

1. Thelma (with Louise as VP)
2. Dana Scully
3. Sabrina Duncan
4. Flo (the Progressive Insurance gal)
5. Hermione Granger
6. Patty Smith
7. Betty White
8. Michelle Obama
9. Maya Angelou
10. Erin Brockovich

F is for Funnies

10 Comic Strip Characters who would make better presidents than Donald Trump

1. Linus VanPelt
2. Little Orphan Annie
3. Bill the Cat (Ack!)
4. Mike Doonesbury
5. Calvin (with Hobbs as VP)
6. Jason the geeky math brother from Fox Trot
7. Garfield (with Norbert as his VP)
8. Cathy
9. The talking amoeba in the Far Side
10. Dilbert

E is for (class of) Eighty Six

10 Members from my graduating class (FHS class of 1986) who would make better presidents than Donald Trump*

1. Craig Stevens
2. Clayton Jones
3. Gunnar Trumbull
4. Joanna Lowell
5. Troy Clarkson
6. Michael Moratta
7. Kristin Vokey
8. Sachi Shimomura
9. Jose Lima
10. Sandra Fetters

*I limited this to classmates who are still alive. I also have, sadly, several late classmates - all of whom also would have made way better presidents than Donald Trump.

D is for (gone to the) Dogs

10 Heroic Dogs who would make better presidents than Donald Trump

1. Balto
2. Barry the St. Bernard
3. Lassie
4. Buck (Call of the Wild)
5. Old Yeller
6. Luath & Bodger (the Incredible Journey)
7. Pongo and Perdita (101 Dalmations)
8. Searchlight (Stone Fox)
9. White Fang
10. Rin Tin Tin

C is for Cartoons

10 Cartoon Characters who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.
It was hard to limit it to 10, I'm sure I missed some worthy candidates.

1. Fred Flintstone (with Wilma as VP)
2. Homer Simpson (with Lisa as VP)
3. Scooby Doo (with Daphne as VP)
4. Elmer Fudd (with Yosemite Sam as his VP)
5. The Tasmanian Devil
6. Yogi Bear (because he's smarter than the average bear!)
7. Bugs Bunny (with Daffy Duck as his VP)
8. George Jetson
9. Beavis (with Butt-Head as VP) or vice versa, doesn't really matter.
10. Spongebob Squarepants

B is for Bodacious

10 Hot Actors who would make better presidents than Donald Trump.
(Hot to me that is, it's a relative term)

1. Christian Slater
2. Jeff Goldblum
3. John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons)
4. Nicholas Cage
5. Johnny Depp
6. Hugh Grant
7. Colin Firth
8. David Duchovny
9. Lawrence Olivier (Wuthering Heights)
10. John Cusack

A is for Anthropomorphic

10 Anthropomorphic Animals that would make better presidents than Donald Trump:

1. Frog (with Toad as VP)
2. Sylvester (when he was a rock)
3. Babar the Elephant
4. Lyle (the crocodile)
5. Olivia
6. Pete the Cat
7. Arthur Read (with D.W. as his VP)
8. Gerald (with Piggy as his VP)
9. the dad from the Berenstain Bears
10. The Cheshire Cat

Always on my Mind

It's time again for the A to Z challenge.
And while as a parent, I could tell you about how my eight-year old still wets the bed even with two alarm clocks, how his twin brother refuses to cut his hair or wear pants that don't look like clam diggers with holes in the knees, or how my 10-year old got a 67 on his quiz on nouns and verbs, despite special tutoring with Ed, this is what's been on my mind so I'm going to run with it.
These lists were fun to make.
Hope it's not too tedious.

song: Always on my Mind • artist: Willie Nelson

Can't Shake These Blues

Note to new parents:
Easter is a time when you must pick your poison.
Which will it be?
Put candy in the eggs and rot out their teeth.
Put money in the eggs and emphasize consumerism and commercial gain.
Put plastic crap in them and ultimately destroy the planet.
Damn You! Easter Bunny!

song: Can't Shake These Blues • artist: Chris Smither

To Love Somebody

Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker (or bumphah stickah if you live in MA) that proclaimed "I love my husband." Well the love was a red heart so technically it said "I heart my husband," but you get the drift.
Is this what it comes down to? We need a bumper sticker to proclaim our love - - for the person we married?
Of course you love your husband! Who says you don't?
Loving your husband is a given - the only thing that's new information here is that your husband is so insecure he needs his wife to declare his love for him on the back of her freakin' car.
Or maybe she's just really, really attractive and has to fend off unwanted advances.
"I love my husband."
so back off buddy!

song: To Love Somebody • artist: Bee Gees