Thing 4: Podcast Subscription Syncing

I listen to a lot of podcasts, on a lot of different hardware. I use Radiotime via our Sonos system (which I do love dearly, in general), I use Stitcher both in the Sonos and in my Nexus S, and I also use Google Listen because it has different queueing & offline capabilities than Stitcher. I set these three systems up at different times, so I subscribe to a slightly different list depending on what I was thinking about at the time I set each system up (science! pop culture! storytelling!).

So this is the Thing That Should Exist is: a way to export, import and/or sync lists of podcasts across all these different platforms. At the moment, there's no good way to make sure RadioTime, Stitcher, and Google Listen all have the same list.

This should not be so hard. Come on, universe, get on that!

Thing 3: Jesus Christ, Superfrog

This one is not my idea--this is the superlative Glen Weldon's idea, forged in the fires of college (as are many Things That Should Exist), and first brought to my attention on the most happily entertaining podcast ever, Pop Culture Happy Hour.

But come on. Jesus Christ, Superfrog? Kermit as Jesus, obviously. Piggy as Mary Magdalene. The Count as whatsisface, the guy who washes his hands. Bert and Ernie as Caiaphas and Annas. Robin as the Apostle Peter. Gonzo as King Herod. Sweetums as any angel, at all. Possibly doubled, as the ones announcing the resurrection to Mary the mother of James and Piggy/Magdalene. (Is that even in the musical? Doesn't matter. Sweetums needs to be an angel, period.)

Doesn't this story just CRY OUT for large, Muppety choruses a la the wedding scene in Muppets Take Manhattan, exuberant or mournful as the case may be?

More (but not enough, because nothing short of THE ACTUAL SHOW PLUS DVD EXTRAS would be enough) here.

PLEASE UNIVERSE PLEASE. Although, in this case, "universe" should possibly be pronounced "Jason Segal."

Thing 2: Breakfast Tapas Restaurant

Brunch is a great meal, but I wish a slight modification would become canonical--or at least open a branch near my house! I always have difficulty deciding between sweet and savory brunch food; if you order both, you generally get INHUMAN amounts of food. I would like brunch restaurants to adopt the tapas, or small-plate, approach: instead of deciding between four ginormo blintzes and the world's largest omelet, I would like to have four tiny blintzes (or, you know, one regular-size blintz) and one tiny omelet.

This wouldn't even require a change in cookery, menu, kitchen, anything--just food size. Come on universe, you can do it!!

Thing 1: ID Slot/Armband Link Phone Case

Okay, so Casemate has had the idea to make a phone case that has a slot for an ID, credit card, or a little cash. And this is awesome.

Many, many case makers have also made phone cases that can slot onto a little belt clip. Which is not particularly awesome for me, since like lots of women I don't often wear belts, but is probably awesome for people who do. I do exercise, though, in ways that make a phone-armband very handy, so I want a case that can be slotted onto an armband. Currently, all the armbands that I can find involve putting the phone into a case ON the armband--which, if your phone is already in a case, is cumbersome and unnecessary and inelegant.

Preferably? Ideally? I want a case that uses the slot that fits onto the armband, as a tiny wallet-slit for ID/CC/$$.

MAKE THIS HAPPEN, UNIVERSE.