My interests are like most peoples. I'm interested in the happiness and well being of my family and friends. I'm also interested in the same for myself. More particular interests of mine include reading, history, money, drinking, Wisconsin, girls, travel, stories (telling and hearing), haiku, good laughs and good times. The Rose Bowl Parade 2003!
Ron Chernow, Ken Lewis, Ken Thompson, Charles O. Prince, Richard Kovacevich, Michael Perry, Sandy Wiel, Your Sister, Jack Davis, Jack Welch, all the Thundercats, every US President, Alan Greenspan, Evel Knievel, Hulk Hogan, Brett Favre, God (a.k.a. Jesus, Yahweh, Alah, Lord, Savior, Holy Ghost, etc.) Joe Buck, Falcor, Ned Yost, William Gates, Every US Senator, Every Wisconsin Representative, you, and many more. So if you know any of these people, please feel free to arange a meeting." border=0
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My favorite music is live music! I love to go to a show! I've checked out the SS crew, Pepper, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Paul Simmon, Rusted Root, O.A.R., Dave, Ben Harper and Jack Johnson, G-Love and Special Sauce, Poison, Oz Fest, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Diffie, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Beach Boys, System of A Down, Lynard Skynard, George Thurogood, Steve Miller Band, Pixies, and many more.
I love Kung-Fu movies! I also have a weak spot for romantic comedies. Some of my favorite movies are: Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Drunken Masters, Dragon Masters, 50 First Dates, About a Boy, Family Man, Raging Bull, Taxi, In Good Company, Hitch, Rushmore, Tommy Boy, Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, Dirty Work and Kane.
Sopranos, The OC, Real World, 8th and Ocean, Baseball Tonight, Friday Night Fights, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Family Guy, Entourage, Nip/Tuck, Saved By The Bell, Cartoons in general, and the History Channel.
I have come to the realization that I won't be able to read every book I would like, so I have started to work on a priority list. Here are some titles I have read.The Illiad, The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Tsun Tzu, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Candide - Voltaire, War and Peace, Choke, Fight Club, Ismail, The Rain Maker, The Portable Machiaveli, The One Minute Golfer, George Washington (bio.), John Adams (bio.), Thomas Jefferson (Auto-bio and selected works), George W. Bush (bio), Ronald Reagan (bio), Lyndon Johnson (an oral bio), FDR (bio), The House of Morgan (bio, One of my favorites by Ron Chernow), The Death of the Banker, John D. Rockefeller (bio), Alfred Hitchcock (bio), Whithering Heights, Dante's Inferno, Passage to India, Arabian Nights, Old and New Testament (King James), Jimmy Carter - Living Faith, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Old Man and the Sea, 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Walden's Pond, The English Patient, Jurasic Park, Sphere, Congo, The Firm, Don Quixote (one of the funniest books I've read), Meaningful Life: Logotherapy - Victor Frankl, Briar Rabbit (my favorite kids book), The Boss (bio. of Richard Daly), The Republic, Secrets of Professional Turf Betting, Soros on Soros (auto-bio), The Lord of the Ring, The Wind in the Willows, ...There are a lot more, but this is a decent sample. I like biographies, especially about US Presidents. I plan on reading one about every US President. I also like fiction, obviously. If you've got any recommended reads or old books you want to get rid of, let me know.
My parents, grandparents, misc. family and friends, teachers, construction workers, military men and women, working class stiffs, Farris Bueller,