The problem with the greatness of 5ives.com is that it just makes me want to bogart the idea and make my own lists. So, for better or worse, I did.

Five California towns whose names could also be used for comic book superheroes/supervillains.

1. Temecula
2. Azusa
3. Yucaipa
4. Torrance
5. Cabizon

Five fake car names.
1. the Nissan Insipid
2. the Kia Basura
3. the Ford Behemoth
4. the Chevy Eucharist
5. the Toyota Chlamydia

Five fantastic rhymes.
1. contemptible snob/commendable job (Fiona Apple, “Get Him Back”)
2. edifice/Aeschylus (Common Market, “My Pathology”)
3. cornucopia/porn utopia/warm fellopia (MC Paul Barman, “Cock Mobster”)
4. faze me/paisley (Saul Williams, “Black Stacey”)
5. smirkin’ jocks in khaki slacks/birkenstocks and hackey sacks (MC Paul Barman, “MTV Get Off the Air, Part 2″)

Five California towns whose names would be terrible for movie femmes fatales.
1. Loma Linda
2. Glendora
3. Petaluma
4. La Verne
5. Livermore

Five heroes discovered on public transit.
1. The girl shouting “I will mess you up to-night! TO-NIGHT!” on her cell phone. (Kennedy Plaza, Providence.)
2. The guy in the matching sweatshirt and hat, both reading “SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR BURGER.” (The bus mall, Portland.)
3. The woman who sang Soft Cell’s version of “Tainted Love” and pulled the stop request wire for the “beep beep” part. (Northeast Weidler Avenue, Portland.)
4. The guy who told my friend he’d give her his credit cards, his checkbook, and his social security number if she’d just acknowledge that they were made for each other. (33rd and Alberta, Portland.)
5. The guy with the iPod headphones plugged into a cassette walkman. (Thayer Street, Providence.)

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