Hannah Barbaric, Superchunk, Cincinnati Rollergirls, Gem City Rollergirls, Ohio Rollergirls, Rollergirls in General, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Reds, Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, Writing, Teaching, Movies, Music, Books, Sports, Poker, Politics, and GOLF. I am always golfing. Rolling Rock! All Hail the 33! Loyal Order of Quad Skaters, Find a Ref a Friend!
Those people down there... down there in that box... I love those freakin' people!
Superchunk, Guided By Voices, Archers of Loaf, Wilco, The Roots, Jurrasic 5, Jay Z, Tupac, Aimee Mann, Elvis Costello, Weakerthans, Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Bach. Rock, Indie, Punk, Hip Hop, Pop, Old School Country, Americana, Jazz, etc.
Star Wars (Not the Prequels), Magnolia, Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Godfather, Godfather II, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, LOTR, Apocalypse Now, The Jerk, Caddyshack, Charade, Double Indemnity, Bladerunner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Field of Dreams, etc.
TV rots your brain...
But, I really like "The Office"
Knockout Artist/Harry Crews, Jesus' Son/Denis Johnson, White Noise/Don Delillo, First Course in Turbulence/Dean Young, The Intuitionist/Colson Whitehead, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas/Raoul Duke, Catcher.../JD, Airships/Barry Hannah, 60 Stories/Donald Barthelme, Civilwarland in Bad Decline/George Saunders, Pastoralia/George Saunders, WH Auden, Raymond Carver, Annie Proulx, e.e. cummings, Henry Miller, Amber Dermont, Michael Dumanis, Marc McKee, Murray Farish, Eric Shade, Viet Dinh, Tracy Jo Barnwell, Adam Zagajewski, Antonya Nelson, Gregg Spence, et. al.
My Mom, Ted Kennedy, Pete Rose, Muhammad Ali, Harry Crews, Han Solo (he f@*#ing shot first), Superchunk, Ferris Beuller, Eddie Murphy, Bill Hicks, George Saunders, Tiger Woods, Ann Calvello, Roxy Rockett, Princess America, Beyonslay, Sadistic Sadie, Hannah Barbaric.
The trick is to get back up off the mat--over and over until they get sick of knocking you down.