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Sports
I don't have much time to watch sports on TV. But I watch water polo (live and in person) when my kids are playing it (which all but one do).
- golf
- motocross/supercross
- professional football
- drag racing
Music
I'm a music fanatic, and my tastes are all over the map. But the only instrument I play is the radio. (Although I hardly ever do that with my iTrip now.) Here is my Artist Top 40: (or check out the complete list of artists in my iTunes/iPod)
- The 77's
- Alison Krauss
- Bob Bennett
- Dave Brubeck
- Bruce Cockburn
- Buddy & Julie Miller
- Cassandra Wilson
- eastmountainsouth
- Emmylou Harris
- The Fairfield Four
- Fernando Ortega
- Gillian Welch
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, aka IZ
- John Mayer
- Johnny Cash
- Lost Dogs
- Lucinda Williams
- Mindy Smith
- Nickel Creek
- Norah Jones
- Over The Rhine
- P.O.D.
- Phil Keaggy
- Rosie Thomas
- Sergey Rachmaninov
- Steely Dan
- T-Bone Burnett
- TobyMac
- U2
- Van Morrison
Movies
I love movies. Well, I guess I love "story" more...a great one absolutely captures me. Regardless of the list below (which are my all-time faves), I'll always jump at the chance for a good chick flick. (sniff)
- 8 Mile
- About a Boy
- Amelie
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Batman Begins
- Big Fish
- Blazing Saddles
- Blues Brothers
- Braveheart
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Bruce Almighty
- Caddyshack
- Chocolat
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dave
- Dead Poets Society
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog
Story
- The Elephant Man
- Eulogy
- Field of Dreams
- Finding Neverland
- Forrest Gump
- Get Shorty
- Gladiator
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Holiday Inn
- Hook
- It's a Wonderful Life
- K-PAX
- The Legend of Bagger Vance
- Life is Beautiful
- Lord of the Rings series
- Lost in Translation
- The Matrix
- Michael
- Miracle
- Mona Lisa Smile
- Moulin Rouge!
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Napolean Dynamite
- Notting Hill
- The Princess Bride
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (and almost anything from the Coens)
- Office Space
- Pollyanna
- Sabrina (both)
- The Sandlot
- Schindler's List
- Secondhand Lions
- Serenity
- Sideways
- Signs
- Singing in the Rain
- Spanglish
- Star Wars (my wife's and my first date)
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Waiting for Guffman (and almost anything from Christopher Guest )
- Walk the Line
- Whale Rider
- Young Frankenstein
Food
Uh, I like food. I mean really like food. (Seen a photo of me lately?) Here are my fave cuisines, in order of preference:
- Mexican
- BBQ
- American (steak & potatoes, bay-bee!)
- Brazilian
- Chinese
- Irish
- Cajun
- Greek
- Italian
- Southwestern
- Peruvian
- Middle Eastern