Greg of Planet Swank has listed his current favorite things. Ever prepared to follow the leader, I'll do the same now. My list is a lot longer than his, because I'm a much more reflective fellow than he is. (OK, the real reason is that I'm passing time waiting for a load of laundry to finish up. Yeesh....)
Movie, all-time: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Movie, Disney: Peter Pan.
Movie, Anime: Princess Mononoke.
Movie, Musical: My Fair Lady.
Movie, James Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Movie, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (Number 6).
Movie, Bogart: Casablanca.
Movie, Harrison Ford: Witness.
Movie, Errol Flynn: The Sea Hawk.
Movie, Ah-nuld: T2: Judgment Day.
Movie, Gene Kelly: Singin' In The Rain.
Movie, Monty Python: MP and the Holy Grail.
TV Show, Drama: The West Wing.
TV Show, Comedy: Friends.
TV Show, Reality: American Idol. (The only current one I like.)
TV Show, News magazine: CBS Sunday Morning.
TV Show, Kid's: Liberty's Kids.
Episode, Star Trek TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
Episode, Star Trek TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise".
Episode, The West Wing: "Celestial Navigation".
Episode, Friends: The one where Chandler proposes.
Episode, The X-Files: Three parter, "Anasazi"/"The Blessing Way"/"Paperclip"
Episode, ER: The one where Dr. Ross saves that kid from the drainage culvert.
Episode, The Simpsons: The X-Files parody episode.
Comedy Sketch, Monty Python: "Self-Defense against Fresh Fruit".
Comedy Sketch, SNL: 1988 Presidential Debate (Dana Carvey as George Bush, Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis, Tom Hanks as Peter Jennings)
Comedy Sketch, David Letterman: The Donut-o-pult. (This was a nightly series of gadgets designed to fling donuts into the audience. You had to be there, I guess.)
Character, The West Wing: Toby Ziegler.
Character, ER: Dr. Romano.
Character, Friends: Rachel.
Character, CSI: Katherine Willow.
Book, Fantasy, GGK: The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay.
Book, Fantasy, non-GGK: The Lord of the Rings, JRRT.
Book, Fantasy, neither of these guys: Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock.
Book, Arthurian: The Once and Future King, T. H. White.
Book, SF: Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
Book, Horror: The Stand, Steven King.
Book, Humor: Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Christopher Moore.
Book, History: Dungeon, Fire and Sword, John J. Robinson.
Book, Science: Cosmos, Carl Sagan.
Graphic Novel: Six From Sirius, Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy.
Manga: Lone Wolf and Cub, Kazuo Koike.
Graphic "Non-fiction": Pedro and Me, Judd Winick.
Classical Composer: Hector Berlioz.
Work by Hector Berlioz: Romeo et Juliet. (His third symphony.)
Film Composer, living: John Williams.
John Williams Filmscore: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Film Composer, dead: Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Korngold Filmscore: The Sea Hawk.
Classical Conductor: Sir Georg Solti.
Classical Recording, all-time: Wagner's Ring Cycle, VPO/Solti (Decca).
Rock Band: Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd Album: The Wall.
Van Halen Album: 5150.
Led Zeppelin Album: IV.
Chieftains Album: Fire in the Kitchen.
Rock Album, all-time: Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits.
Song, Pink Floyd: Mother.
Song, Van Halen: Right Now.
Song, John Denver: Looking For Space.
Beatle: The one with the mop-top.
"Golden Oldie": "Twistin' the Night Away", Sam Cooke.
Food, healthy: The biggest apples you can find. I mean, so big they could be mistaken for melons.
Food, non-heathy, savory: Buffalo-style chicken wings.
Food, non-healthy, sweet: Krispy Kreme originals, served hot. (They're still great even three days stale.)
Pizza Topping: Italian Sausage.
Salad Dressing: Poppyseed.
Ice Cream: Coffee Haagen-Dasz.
Candy, Bar: Skor; Almond Joy. (TIE)
Candy, Munching: Reese's Pieces.
Beverage, NA, Cold: Diet Pepsi.
Beverage, NA, Hot: Coffee, no milk, lots of sweetener. (I use either Splenda or sugar.)
Beverage, Alcohol: Cockburn's Ruby Port.
Beverage, Alcohol, non-wine: Sam Adams Cherry Wheat.
Color: Purple.
Animal, wild: Orca.
Animal, domesticated: Cat.
Cat, breed: Persian.
Color, Persian cat: Tortoiseshell.
Light source: Candle.
Bookstore, chain: Borders.
Bookstore, indy: Talking Leaves. (Buffalo, of course.)
City other than Buffalo: Minneapolis.
US President, all-time: FDR.
English Monarch, all-time: Henry V.
Spaceship, Fictional, Good Guys: The Millennium Falcon.
Spaceship, Fictional, Bad Guys: Borg Cube.
Spaceship, Real: Friendship 7. (John Glenn's Mercury capsule)
Shipwreck, Domestic: Edmund Fitzgerald.
Shipwreck, World: Titanic.
Natural Disaster, all-time: Mt. St. Helens, 1980. (At the time I lived 100 miles away, and thus I got to see the eruptions.)
Football Team: Buffalo Bills.
Buffalo Bill, active: Eric Moulds (wide receiver).
Buffalo Bill, all-time Jim Kelly (quarterback).
Baseball Team: Pittsburgh Pirates.
And, that's probably enough for now. Not exhaustive, but definitely exhausting.
The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer.
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