What is it with us and lists?!

Okay, I have to confess this post was inspired by two DVD received recently from blockbuster.com.

The first was "The Bucket List," which I'm sure all of ye socks have heard of and/or seen. You know the one with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Two old geezers find out they've got only a couple of months left on the planet and finally decided to live a little.

The second was simply called "The List," and didn't get much play in the "mainstream" media . . . probably because it had a Christian message at the end. It also suffered in the production budget department.

But, I digress.

My point in posting this entry is to pose the question to ye sage socks: What is it about our culture that makes us obsess with lists?

It seems like every day you see some new list come out either in print or on tv or on the internet or wherever. The 10 best places to retire . . . The 100 richest people in the world . . . The 50 most powerful people in Hollywood . . . 7 easy steps to improving your memory . . . blah, blah, blah.