comedy, writing, food, rambling, people, erudition, astronomy & physics, traveling, Romanticism, politics, character, music, dogs, absurdity, journalism, subtlety, deviance, friendship, regionalism, loafing, social science, Expressionism, wryness, cogitating, laughter, family
Tucker Carlson, because he could use a swift shot to the groin, and I think I'm a good man for the job.
Summer listening: Aaron Copland, The Roots, The Pistoleros, Igor Stravinski, Regina Spektor, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Edvard Grieg, The Notwist, Micah P. Hinson, The Constantines, Pearl Jam, The Thermals, Beck, Bob Dylan
Top ten, or so: The Jerk, My Cousin Vinny, Bananas, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Birdcage, Office Space, The Godfather, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Caddyshack, Network, Mr. Saturday Night, Duck Soup
As of late, mostly PBS documentaries
Summer reading list: Nathanael West's "Day of the Locust" and "Miss Lonelyhearts," John Fante's "Ask the Dust," and John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces"
William Thomas Taylor III