My first true love: sports.
Kobe Bryant, and in general, anyone of intelligence.
Diversity!
PoPo's Hall of Fame:
Bone Thugs, 2Pac, Eminem, Kanye, Jay-Z, LL, Billy Joel, Kapena, and Kalapana.
The Best of the Rest: R.Kelly, Luda, Nelly, Jack Johnson, 50, Ne-Yo, Musiq, almost anything from the '80s, Pharrel, Nate Dogg, Common, 112, Shaggy, Avant, Chris Brown, The Killers, Linkin Park, Fort Minor, Maroon 5, TLC, Aerosmith, Gorillaz, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Jodeci, 311, The Beatles, old-school Michael Jackson, and Iz.
A wider range of taste you will not find.
PoPo's Hall of Fame:
Memento, The Usual Suspects, Lucky Number Slevin, The Departed, Two For The Money, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, Casino, The Life of David Gale, Identity, and Rounders.
The Best of the Rest:
Fever Pitch, Transformers, The Prestige, Sin City, all 3 Pirates, Ray, Cinderella Man, Dogma, Top Gun, Blow, Pay It Forward, Catch Me If You Can, My Blue Heaven, Parenthood, Igby Goes Down, Basic, Snatch, Pleasantville, and anything & everything by Quentin Tarantino or Kevin Smith! SOUTHLAND TALES IN 2007...???
PoPo's Hall of Fame:
Lost, Heroes, Studio 60, ER, Friday Night Lights, and ALL UH, Mets, Cowboys, Lakers, Wolverines, and Penguins games.
The Best of the Rest:
Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Frisky Dingo, Around the Horn, The Apprentice, Law & Order (the original & SVU), Inside The Actor's Studio, Letterman, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Food Network, a lot of reality tv, and of course the staples...SportsCenter, Mike & Mike, and Best Damn.
RIP:
Arrested Development, Playmakers, and Politically Incorrect.
The DaVinci Code...Angels & Demons...Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...The Catcher in the Rye...One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...anything by Stephen King...and, of course, all 7 Harry Potter books.
hero: (noun) 1. a person or object of extreme admiration and devotion...often of great strength, divine ability, and other noble qualities.
My family, Magic Johnson, the '86 Mets, Barrack Obama, Pat Tillman, the '90s Cowboys, Michael J. Fox, the '80s Lakers, Omar Minaya, Donald Trump, the late '90s-thru-early '00s Lakers, James J. Braddock, Army Sgt. First Class Mike McGuire.
And...mister 81 himself...