Golf and watching Golf.....watching Baseball...Football...Basketball...and above all , History ( I read everything about World War Two ).---------------- CLEAR NIGHT SKIES!!---------------- BASEBALL HAS SUCCESS AND FAILURES - IT HAS MOMENTS WHEN YOU STAND ALONE AND MOMENTS WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM - AND IT HAS AN ENDNG , NOT WITH A CLOCK LIKE EVERY OTHER SPORT , BUT A REAL ENDING !!
The Twelve influential people that escaped ATLANTIS before the Continent was destroyed , - JESUS the son of Joseph and Mary , the prophet Mohammad , Mary Magdalen the wife of Jesus and most likely the mother to His children , Nicolas Copernicus , Galileo Galilee , Stephen Hawkings , The Dali Lama , Kahlil Gibran , The Human Being Who Knows who Killed John F. Kennedy..."BECAUSE I KNOW , LEE HARVEY OSWALD DIDN'T DO IT!"......"AND....I'D LIKE TO MEET SOMEBODY , ANYBODY!! , WHO WILL DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE HUMAN BEINGS IN DARFUR!!!"..."FOR GOD'S SAKE"..."IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY , YOU ARE DAMNED TO REPEAT IT!!!!"
"JIMI HENDRIX" with MITCH MITCHELL and NOEL REDDING called the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" - Leslie West , Felix Pappalardi , Corky Laing , and Steve Knight Better Known as "MOUNTAIN" , FRANK ZAPPA , CREAM ( for the people who don't know....CREAM is Ginger Baker , Jack Bruce , and Eric Clapton ) , The ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND with Duane Allman and Barry Oakley , -- JEFF BECK !! -- , PINK FLOYD ( the PINK FLOYD with David Gilmour , Roger Waters , Richard Wright , and Nick Mason ) , BOB DYLAN , The WILD WOODY'S , ALVIN LEE = Ten Years After , Johnny Winters , CACTUS ( The CACTUS with Tim Bogert , Carmine Appice , Rusty Day , and Jimmy McCarty ) , Randy California of SPIRIT , TRAFFIC with Steve Winwood , Dave Mason , Jim Capaldi , and Chris Woods , Spencer Davis Group , Roger Daltry , Pete Townsend , John Entwistle , and Keith Moon = The WHO , FRANK MARINO , Burton Cummings with GUESS WHO , Pete Fountain , CAPTAIN GEECH and the SHRIMP SHACK SHOOTERS , The BEATLES , Nicky Hopkins , The DOORS , The Rolling Stones , Ron Wood , E.L.P. = Keith Emerson , Greg Lake , and drummer Carl Palmer , RANDY NEWMAN , Jimmy Page with LED ZEPPELIN , Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore , Drummer Ian Paice , and Jon Lord - better known as DEEP PURPLE , Eric Burdon and Chas Chandler of the ANIMALS , Justin Hayward with the MOODY BLUES , Mark Volman - Howard Kaylan better known as The TURTLES a.k.a. Flo and Eddie Inc. , Stevie Ray Vaughan , AC/DC , ZZ TOP , Louis Prima , Neil Young , Michael Stipe of R.E.M. , Donavan Leitch , Paul Williams , Chris Isaac , ROY BUCHANAN , Brian May of Queen , Mark Knopfler , Snuffy Waldren , Joe Walsh of the James Gang and Joe Walsh solo stuff - ( I'm not an Eagles fan )..CARLOS SANTANA , ALEX LIFESON of RUSH , MICK BOX of URIAH HEEP ,----JIM PONS ( bass player for the "TURTLES" AND "FRANK ZAPPA" )--- , The Oscar winning song "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova , Carly Simon , the B-52's & Kate Pierson , Joni Mitchell , Sheryl Crowe , Sarah McLachlan , Annie Lennox , Carol King , SADE , Anita Baker , Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham , Avril Lavigne , Allison Krause , CANNED HEAT with Bob the Bear Hite , Al Blind Owl Wilson , and HENRY VESTINE , The Yardbirds , Buddy Holly , Robert Leroy Johnson , T.Bone Walker , Muddy Waters , Albert King , Lead Belly , Charlie Bird Parker , Elmore James , John Lee Hooker , Edward James "Son" House Jr. , Bo Diddley , Johnny Cash , Jerry Lee Lewis , George Duke , Ramsey Lewis , Jean Luc Ponte , Stanley Clarke , Max Middleton , Drummer SCOTT FISHER , and Lyle Rogers & Chuck ( the Hawk ) Clarke , and so on and so on and so on.... Oh......I can't forget about drummers Gene Krupa , Buddy Rich , Mitch Mitchell ( The Jimi Hendrix Experience ) , Lawrence "Corky" Laing , Billy Cobham , Chester Thompson , Carl Palmer , Aynsley Dunbar , Terry Bozzio , Neil Peart , Nick Mason , Carmine Appice , Ian Paice , Cozy Powell , Jim Gordon , and John Bonham --------- JEEEZUS H. CHRIST!!!!!!!.....JIMI HENDRIX , Noel Redding , Randy California Wolfe , Chas Chandler , DUANE ALLMAN , Barry Oakley , FRANK ZAPPA , FELIX PAPPALARDI , ROY BUCHANAN , RICHARD WRIGHT , JIM MORRISON , Stevie Ray Vaughan , COZY POWELL , John Bonham , Keith Moon , John Lennon , George Harrison , Tommy Bolin , Janis Joplin , Lonesome Dave Peverett , Bob the Bear Hite , Henry Vestine , Jim Calpaldi , Chris Woods , Ric Grech , Bo Diddley , and ...Along with Gene Krupa , Buddy Rich , Buddy Holly , Johnny Cash , T. Bone Walker , John Lee Hooker , Muddy Waters , Elmore James , Edward James "SON" House Jr. , Lead Belly , Albert King , and MR.ROBERT LEROY JOHNSON..................THEY'RE ALL DEAD!!.....Thanx to recording materials they will live FOREVER !!!
ALL MOVIES NEED TO BE VIEWED IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! K-PAX ---- O'BROTHER WHERE ART THOU ---- TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE ---- SAVING PRIVATE RYAN ---- THE GOOD SHEPHERD ---- ASSES OF FIRE starring Terrance and Phillip --- "AMERICAN BEAUTY" --- "JUNO" --- LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE --- The Cidar House Rules --- That Thing You Do --- - DANCES WITH WOLVES --- CASABLANCA --- SOUTH PARK-Bigger-Longer & Uncut --- TRAINING DAY --- American Gangster --- JFK --- BOBBY --- TOPPER --- QUILLS --- A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE --- AMADEUS --- RAISING ARIZONA --- CRASH --- PULP FICTION --- SYRIANA --- A FEW GOOD MEN screenplay by Aaron Sorkin !!! , CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR screenplay by Aaron Sorkin!!! , - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN --- Children of Men , LITTLE BIG MAN , PANIC , The COOLER , IRONMAN , CHAPLIN , RICHARD III , "ONCE" , APOCALYPSE NOW ,- "THE WAR" - "JAZZ" - "BASEBALL" - "THE CIVIL WAR" - "UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE and FALL of JACK JOHNSON" all 5 are by KEN BURNS ! - , The Silence of the Lambs , The Unbearable Lightness of Being , The QUEEN , GOSFORD PARK , REMAINS of the DAY , FIELD of DREAMS , MR.BROOKS , My Cousin Vinny , Before The Devil Knows Your Dead , GALLANT HOURS starring James Cagney as Adm. William F."Bull" Halsey , Letters From Iwo Jima ,- The FUGITIVE -, KING KONG the 1933 version , DIE HARD , The French Connection -,- INHERIT THE WIND -,- REIGN OVER ME -,- Capote -,- INFAMOUS , ----- THE DEPARTED , ----- , Goodfellas , ZODIAC 2007 , WHY WE FIGHT , FOG OF WAR , TEAHOUSE of the AUGUST MOON , ALL THE BOURNE FILMS , Atonement , The Last King of Scotland , Hotel Rwanda , Catch a Fire , The Painted Veil , A History of Violence , EASTERN PROMISES , Hustle & Flow , Constant Gardener , Mrs. Henderson Presents , BEING JULIA , BEING THERE , HEAVENS ABOVE , The DAY the EARTH STOOD STILL , The THING From ANOTHER WORLD , The MIST screenplay and producer Frank Darabont , THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION screenplay by Frank Darabont , THE GREEN MILE screenplay and producer Frank Darabont , The Majestic produced by Frank Darabont , The Salton Sea produced by Frank Darabont , COLLATERAL executive producer Frank Darabont , BABEL , Paul Newman in HOMBRE , COOL HAND LUKE , The HUSTLER , CAT on a HOT TIN ROOF , The VERDICT , SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME , HUD , and THE RACK , -- John Wayne , Lee Marvin , & Jimmy Stewart in The MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE = ( when the Legend becomes Bigger than the Facts , Print the Legend ) , It's a Wonderful Life , The Bishops Wife 1948 , Sunset Boulevard , Stalag 17 , Lawrence of Arabia , The Bridge on the River Kwai ,- REDS - , Doctor Zhivago , -- The HBO SERIES "ROME" starring Ciaran Hinds as Giaus Julius Caesar , James Purefoy as Mark Antony , Polly Walker as Atia of the Julii , Kevin McKidd , Ray Stevenson , Lindsay Duncan , Max Pirkus as Giaus Octavian the younger , Simon Woods as Giaus Octavian Caesar , Kerry Condon , Indira Varma , and Lyndsay Marshall as CLEOPATRA- --- The AVIATOR , SHOPGIRL , "12 ANGRY MEN" , The OXBOW INCIDENT , The DEFIANT ONES , IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT , THE BEDFORD INCIDENT , [ and FIVE of SYDNEY POLLACK Films that have Robert Redford in starring roles - JEREMIAH JOHNSON , OUT OF AFRICA , THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR , HAVANA , and THIS PROPERTY CONDEMNED ] , The Gunfighter , The Devil Wears Prada , AWAKENINGS , Patch Adams , The Family Man , Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid , 21 GRAMS , Little Children , THE CINDERELLA MAN , Napoleon Dynamite , Friends With Money , MICHAEL , The FIFTH ELEMENT , Amistad , Amazing Grace , Citizen Kane , RKO 281 , The PRINCESS BRIDE , Walk the Line , BEN HUR: a Tale of the Christ 1959 , Melinda and Melinda , The Skeleton Key , WALL STREET , RENDITION , Vice Versa , The BIRDS , North By Northwest , ALL ABOUT EVE , Follow the Sun , Farewell to the King , Thank You For Smoking , Sweeney Todd the demon barber of Fleet Street , Edward Scissorhands , Medicine Man , The African Queen , Lord of War , De TWEELING a.k.a. - TWIN SISTERS , DARK BLUE WORLD , DOWNFALL , Pans Labyrinth , La Vie En Rose , "APOCALYTO" , SOLARIS the 1972 version and the George Clooney version , The House of Sand , House of Sand and Fog ( two totally different Films ) , BIG FISH , RAY , The Hunt for Red October , Battleground , CRIMSON TIDE , MINORITY REPORT , FARGO , The Hudsucker Proxy , FROM HELL , BLOW , Finding Neverland , Boogie Nights , DAVE , The Usual Suspects , L.A.Confidential , Meet Joe Black , Contact , JAWS , Empire of the Sun , Schindlers List , THE PIANIST by ROMAN POLANSKI and ROSEMARY'S BABY by ROMAN POLANSKI and CHINATOWN by ROMAN POLANSKI , TOY STORY 1 , Finding Nemo , Shrek 1 , ( not Shrek 2 or 3 ) , CARS , Happy Feet , OVER THE HEDGE , Seven Days in Tibet , 12 Monkey's , Galaxy Quest , Something the Lord Made , To Kill A Mockingbird , The Blue Max , Lifeboat , MASTER and COMMANDER:the Far Side of the World , SIGNS , The LADY in the WATER , THE HAPPENING , TOMBSTONE ... and ... WYATT EARP , VAL KILMER in WONDERLAND and TOMBSTONE , 3:10 to YUMA -( Glen Ford and Russell Crowe versions ) , For Whom the Bell Tolls , Sergeant York , HITCH , Enemy of the State , LAST of the MOHICAN'S , The Road to Perdition , BLADE RUNNER , The Wizard of Oz , Slaughterhouse Five , SINGING In The RAIN , The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , ADAPTATION , Interview with a Vampire , FIGHT CLUB , On the Waterfront , Back To The Future , PEE WEE's BIG ADVENTURE , BEST IN SHOW , For Your Consideration , Kirk Russell as Captain Ron , Kirk Russell's role in Executive Decision , NATILIE PORTMAN in the films - LEON the PROFESSIONAL , HEAT , BEAUTIFUIL GIRLS , MARS ATTACKS , COLD MOUNTAIN , GARDEN STATE , CLOSER , V for VANDETTA , The OTHER BOLEYN GIRL , GOYA'S GHOST , The DARJEELING LIMITED , and her "STAR WARS" role , Dakota Fanning in the films "Taken" , Man on Fire , and War of the Worlds , - Pirates of the Caribbean the curse of the Black Pearl --( the next two pirate films are TERRIBLE!! .... the Graphics are Fantastic , but the Screenplays SUCK!! ) , Groundhog Day , SCROOGED , The Majestic , Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events , Gandhi , Memoirs of a Geisha , The ENGLISH PATIENT , FORREST GUMP , The Young Lions , From Here to Eternity , JUNEBUG , ISHTAR --( I know what you're thinking , but ISHTAR is really worth the view if just for Elaine May )--- anything with Geoffrey Rush --- anything with William H. Macy --- and anything with Gene Hackman , Kevin Spacey , Chris Cooper , and Philip Seymour Hoffman , "I Heart Huckabee's" , "The Greatest Game Ever Played" , "FRIDA" ,-- "MILLIONS"-- , and of coarse --"PARENTHOOD" - AND!!!!!!Every WOODY ALLEN FILM!!!!!! Anything by STANLEY KUBRICK - AND!!!!!!! anything by Joel and Ethan Coen - AND!!!!!!! anything by Robert Altman - AND - All Mike Nichols Films - "Can't forget Sydney Pollack Films and Sydney's acting roles" - every Tom Hanks Film since 1992 , CHARLES CHAPLIN in the films "The KID" , "The CIRCUS" , "The GREAT DICTATOR" , Awe Hell Every Chaplin Film -- P.S.... in my opinion "DANCES WITH WOLVES" and "TEAM AMERICA - WORLD POLICE" are the finest films ever made by the Motion Picture Industry !!!!! The concept of K-PAX is BRILLIANT!!!!--George Clooney's role as Ulysses Everette McGill is one of Hollywoods finest performances!!-- Marisa Tomei's role as Mona Lisa Vito is one of Hollywoods finest Performances!! - AND anything MERYL STREEP performs is Pure Magic - AND!! - "PEARL HARBOR" - REALLY DID SUCK!!! ( MICHAEL BAY - "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??!!" --- JESUS H. CHRIST - "PEARL HARBOR" was pure CRAP!!!" P.S. WE LOST A BEAUTIFUL LADY JUNE 17,2008....CYD CHARISSE ONE OF THE LAST GREAT HOLLYWOOD DANCERS , PASSED AWAY....SHE WILL BE MISSED.
SPORTS NIGHT by Aaron Sorkin!!! , SOUTH PARK , The SIMPSONS , The Dick Van Dyke Show , Barney Miller , NOVA , Latenight with Johnny Carson , Fraggle Rock , PEE WEE's Playhouse , Seinfeld , Taxi , Saturday Night Live , All in the Family , Green Acres , The History Channel , The National Geographic Channel , McNamara's Band , and Lidsville. ( I really loved Lidsville !! )
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut , Tom Clancy , Stephan King , Tom Wolfe , Truman Capote , Stephen E. Ambrose , and James Bradley , Elmore Leonard , John Grisham , Chinua Achebe , Ernest Thompson Seton ,...also Ayaan Hirsi Ali who wrote "Infidel" , Christopher Hitchens who wrote "God is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything" and Dee Brown , and Towellee who wrote "A Million Little Fibers"
"CHAS CHANDLER" - , Dr. Vivien T. Thomas , Dr. Alfred Blalock , Rodney Dangerfield , Dutch Politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Judas Iscariot , Thomas Paine , George Washington , John Adams , Daniel Shays , Alexander Hamilton , Frederick Douglass , Olaudah Equiano , William Wilberforce , John Brown , Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberland , Dr. Jack Kevorkian , Michael Schiavo , Nicolas Copernicus , Galileo Galilee , Mahatma Gandhi , All of the Little Rock Nine , Medgar Evers , Martin Luther King Jr. , Nelson Mandela , Ida B. Wells , Tommy Smith and John Carlos , Paul Rusesabagina , Patrick Chamusso , Everyone who was connected with the Underground Railroad , the Crew of APOLLO ONE --- Gus Grissom --- Ed White --- Roger Chaffee ----- APOLLO EIGHT because they SAVED the year 1968 ---- ( actually all of N.A.S.A.'s Astronaunts )--- Russian Astronaunts - Yuri Gagarin the First man in space , Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space , The Passengers of UNITED FLIGHT 93 , Andy Kaufman , Bob Zmuda , Julius Stroh , AND!!!!!!! Pee Wee Herman ....... OH !!!!...I can't forget Matt Stone and Trey Parker!!.......P.S. Did I mention my personal savior Julius Stroh?......P.P.S.-- HOLY FAW KINN GUACAMOLE!!!..."ALL OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS , WE IMMAGRANTS TRUELY LOVE YOUR LAND!!...."SO LONG AND THANX FOR ALL THE FISH"