Reading, SINGING, RUMMIKUB, tennis, softball, golf, PING PONG (don't laugh - it's a great game!), cultural anthropology, rollerblading with my doggie, concerts, travel, anything active (love horseback riding but very few livery stables around anymore) yet actually taking the time to lie in the sun and soak "It" all in. Red Wings hockey has been a lifelong passion for me. I'm a big Lions fans as well, but I wish they'd stop sucking! Also, DEEEE-TROIT BASKETBALL! I'm a professional reader (newspaper copy editor), but do it for fun and knowledge as well. Chris Rock tells it like it is! I would like to do more traveling in this year, down South and perhaps to Europe (I have a great friend in Bremen, Germany and would like to visit neighboring counties, including the "homeland" - Poland).
I'd like to meet:
She will want to be my best bud - my partner in both crime and charity.
Music:
A truly awesome video of my favorite Pogues song - "Misty Morning Albert Bridge". WHOO-HOO!These are two of my all-time favorite Pogues tunes, live recordings!! Enjoy!!The Pogues on "Saturday Night Live" - St. Patrick's Day 1990THIS SONG ROCKS! Michael Penn's No Myth!!! I saw him at St. Andrew's Hall in 1990, when this song came out! ENJOY!I play the clarinet and love to sing!I was in a polka band during my college days, singing the English stuff. I was also a D.J. at the Biergarten in Dearborn (1998-2004), where I met some of my best, dearest friends to this day! It was a real lovefest there every Thursday and Saturday nights - everyone knew everyone and the place was routinely filled with smiles, singing and the occasional "Coyote Ugly-esque" table dancing. Favorite songs were "requested" by eye contact!U2 is my favorite group, period. Bono is an amazing, soulful singer and lyricist. Love traditional Irish folk (Chieftains)! Groups/artists I've enjoyed in concert include U2 (Pop Tour, 1997 and 2005 Tour twice), Oasis (2005), Coldplay (2005), REM, Michael Penn, World Party (they're back!), the Cranberries, B52's, Ziggy Marley, Stevie Wonder (at Grant Park in Chicago at the Taste Fest!), Sophie B. Hawkins (brilliant), Michelle Shocked (1989 - Captain Swing!), Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cracker (they kicked-ass through "Eurotrash Girl"!), The Roots, Nine-Inch Nails, Sarah McLachlan, Bare Naked Ladies, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Santana, Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, Genesis, Moody Blues, Garth Brooks, Carole King, Neil Young, Flogging Molly, Queen, ZZ Top, Temptations, Four Tops, Rusted Root, Natalie Merchant (truly incredible), Pretenders, Pogues (I recently saw them in March 2006 in Atlantic City), Fine Young Cannibals, UB40, Robert Cray, Blondie, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eurythmics, Outkast, Moby, Wilco, Prince (a religious experience!), Garbage (St. Andrews Hall!), Tom Petty, Blues Traveler, the Go-Go's, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen (four frickin' hours!), etc., etc., etc.... Many more to see (Al Green!)! Wish I'd have seen the Beatles, Ramones, Clash, Elvis, James Brown, INXS (10-year Anniversary of Michael's death this year).
Movies:
Most recent favorites: Stranger Than Ficture (ROCKS!), V For Vendetta, The Illusionist, Invincible, Glory Road.Love comedies and "transformational" movies: Blues Brothers, Groundhog Day, Powder, Batman Begins, Meet Joe Black, The Fugitive, The Bishops Wife, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Trading Places, Austin Powers, About A Boy, Miracle on 34th Street, Nurse Betty, The Professional, Almost Famous, Dirty Work, Field of Dreams, A Few Good Men, Old School, Shawshank Redemption, Gladiator, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rocky, Grease, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fate Is The Hunter, Manhunter, Blazing Saddles, Bourne Identity, Kill Bill (I and II), Braveheart, Team America World Police (wow), Farenheit 911, 21 Grams, The Crow, City of Angels.................
Television:
HBO'S "JOHN FROM CINCINNATI" ROCKS!!!La Femme Nikita is my all-time favorite! Daily Show and Cobert Report. South Park and Family Guy. Discovery and History Channels. MTV and VH1 true video channels. Tennis and NFL Channels. Want to get boxes set of "24".
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SNL because of amazing skits like this!!!
Books:
The Price of Loyalty - Paul O'Neill. Crime against Nature - Bobby Kennedy Jr. Any Hemingway. Bible!
Rudyard Kipling's words to live by below:
Heroes:
Mom. She left us in 2003, but she gave more to so many than anyone will ever be able to calculate. She was so selfless and considerate, thoughtful and witty - a career recycler and smile-generator. She will always be in the "Friend" space of my heart, as my best friend ever.
My dad (Walter) and mom (Helen) were my first and all-time largest heroes, exposing me to the Catholic church, music (clarinet lessons) and sports (any I ever fancied), all on the very modest means provided by Dad's letter carrier salary. My mom spent countless winter night-time hours watering our snow-covered backyard lawn for our yearly ice pond, which was the hit of the neighborhood, with rubberband-attached plastic bread bags covering her hands and feet to protect from freezing water splashes. My dad got me started in baseball by soft-tossing balls to me against our garage door when I was around five.
My three-sport (baseball, football, basketball) high school coach Bob Shoemaker was also a large positive influence in my athletic and academic endeavors. He remains one of the most successful, respected and prolific high school basketball coaches in Michigan as well as a very dear friend.God, first and last!.......................................................
.....Also, the elephant below! :)and of course, Weird Al! ::))
