Family, what little I have left is important to me. My father and 2 brothers, My 2 canine kids, Cami & Otto, are about the only beings that can make me glow an honest smile. And of course my nephews and nieces, but they are all too far awayAlso, dolphins, the ocean, which I will hopefully one day live close to before I become one with it when my ashes are put to sea. I do like comic books and the artwork, but I've been out of the fold for quite a few years, some of my favs are... Spider-man, Batman, X-Men, The Maxx, Aquaman, Dawn, Lady Death, Vampirella. Some of my fav. artists were/are Jack "King" Kirby, Stan "The Man" Lee, Bob Kane, Steve Ditko, Steven Hughes, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Sam Kieth.Obviously, I love music. It truly is an expression of the soul, an outlet to vent emotion, with exception to the candy coated crap pop radio tries to shove down our throats. While I prefer metal, I do listen to different genres. I'm not into modern day rap, though some of the old school stuff is good (Run DMC, P.E., L.L., The Beasties) or the whiney emo crap. What else, hmmm... the Dodge Charger, not the crap they tried pumping in the mid '80's or the imposter that Chrysler is pushing todya, but the ones that tore it up, '68 through '74, Challengers, playing guitar when I can (grr never so it seems), going to concerts, drawing, tattoos & the artwork that ppl canvas the human body with, pin-up girls & the artists, Frazetta, Elvgren, Vargas, Olivia. The pinup queen Bettie Page & the Eternal Goddess, Norma Jean/Marilyn Monroe.BEER... some of my favs... Guiness, New Castle, Killean's, Yuengling Black & Tan, Belhaven, ABC's Scottish Ale, Delirium Nocturnum, Anchor Steam, Hamm's, PBR, MGD, Amber Bock. Not to forget my 2 buds, Jack (Daniels), Jim (Beam) & Crown Royal, Cutty Sark, Sailor Jerry's Rum. Cabo Wabo.... MAS TEQUILLA!!!
Metal (Black, Doom, Death, Symphonic/Female fronted,) True Punk (not today's posie-poseur emo-screamo wannabe punk and metal and yet be pitied), no rap, no techno/trance shit either, the repetitive focal thump is as annoying as an alarm clock is every morn, little bit of country (with major exception to the girlie-men Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney). Everyone knows the real cowboy is Chris Gaines.
Too many to list. The ultimate of all movies the original Star Wars eps 4-6, Tombstone, A Christmas Story. Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Pauly Shore, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Clint Eastwood, Arnold, Johnny Depp, Humphrey Bogart. Obviously Drew & Marilyn. Tim Burton films are all great. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Pumpkinhead.
Don't watch much of the tele, if I do: Battlestar Galactica, Deadliest Catch, Dog the Bounty Hunter, The Shield, Rescue Me, WWE, Three's Company, Dukes of Hazzard, Scooby Doo (originals), Family Guy, King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Sarah Silverman, South Park, Miami Ink, L.A. Ink. Good Eats, Nigella, Paula Dean, Rachel Ray, Unwrapped and the Crocodile Hunter.
"A Salty Piece of Land" by Jimmy Buffett "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis "Wither" by John Pasarella I don't really read much, don't have the time now.
All who have passed away, Mom, Nana & Paw Paw, Grandma & Grandpa I now appreciate all the hard work they did fixing up and running their homes as Kari & I have a "castle" of our own. My Dad. Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie, Rex and Phil for carrying the metal banner when metal "wasn't cool".Steve Irwin for his enthusiasm and devotion to the animals and his family that he loved. A true loss in the fight for conservation of endangered and mislabled animals. R.I.P. Steve-o, hopefully Bindi will continue to carry the torch age she grows.Bettie Page, Norma Jean. Stewie Griffin and his unrelenting quest for world domination; Scooby Doo and the meddling kids for solving all of those quirky mysteries that the sheriff's could never figure out; Last but not least, Luke Skywalker for learning the ways of the force, destroying the Death Star and saving countless galaxies from the evil empire.