Sports, primarily Utah Jazz basketball and Oakland A's baseball. The former because I'm a glutton for punishment, and the latter because I have a damned cool Oakland A's hat. I also like reading news and analyzing periodicals for whether or not they've made their mark. Niche publications are especially fun to me. Economics. Holy shit, I never knew what a dork I could become. There's nothing cooler to me now than sitting down and reading Hayek or a 20-page Gary Becker paper. I like making 3 dimes out of nickel. To me, the thrift store or a yard sale is heaven. I also like to write, to speak, and basically make an ass out of myself in public whenever possible. My house. It's so fun owning a home. Grr, I need to put pics of it up here. And if the unfortunate circumstance ever occurred that I was on a deserted island, I would have to have Ray Bradbury books, Lambic beer, my Andrew, and my infant.
Alfred Marshall. I learned in econ that he invented the downward sloping demand curve. I'll never pass up an opportunity for a nap.God. That should be obvious.Bill Clinton. He's just a wonderful speaker and conversationalist. However, it'd need to be in a Hillary-free setting. If I wanted Dueling Banjos, I'd just go back to Livingston Academy, where that's the fight song.Johnnie Walker. Is that a real person? It's subpar scotch for the most part. But he'd be very cool to sit on the front porch and drink with; I'm sure of it.
All kinds. Benny Goodman, Pearl Jam, Morphine, B Movie Heroes, ZZ Topp, Janis Joplin, Blind Melon, Loretta Lynn, Sister Hazel, Nirvana, Toad the Wet Sprocket, No Doubt (Before Gwen Stefani was a whore), Perry Como, The Cranberries, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Sophie B. Hawkins, Johnny Paycheck, Ben Kweller, Heart, Candlebox, Third Eye Blind and other mid to late '90s era rock. (Sad, but true).
Narnia, anything Adam Sandler-guilty pleasure, Rocky movies-except for 5 and I haven't seen number 6 yet. Far Out Man, Airplane, Madagascar, Citizen Kane, Harrison Burgeron, Flight of the Navigator, Bitter Blood, and anything that makes me chuckle and think at the same time.
TV will own your soul if you let it. If it ain't Sportscenter or the bottom ticker on CNN, it ain't worth watching. OK, and South Park. And since having a baby, I've developed a scary love for the Hallmark channel. Elisea and I watch Little House on the Prairie and 7th Heaven reruns like they're going out of style.
Anything by John Steinbeck, Ray Bradbury, Ludwig von Mises, Steven Levitt, F.A. Hayek, the Wall Street Journal, or the words on the back of a cereal box.
Ron Paul. Probably won't win anything, but keeps trying for something good for America. That's just really heroic.John Stockton. If you can race up the court and shoot a three in those short shorts, you are a hero in my book. So what if he can't do a crossover?