Baseball, Golf, Poker, Travel, Sci-Fi, Stand-up Comedy.
I came in 4th in the Media/Celebrity Poker Tourney at the 2006 World Series of Poker, donating my $500 in winnings to Juvenile Diabetes Research.
Carolina Vs. UNC-Asheville
Comedy from Cheech & Chong, Firesign Theatre, National Lampoon, Alan Sherman, George Carlin, Bobby Slayton, Dennis Miller
I'd like to meet:
Bono. Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, John McEnroe, David Bowie, Neil Young, David Byrne, Warren and Jimmy Buffett, Bill Clinton, George Martin, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Steven Spielberg, Sandy Koufax, Eric Clapton, Michael Cricton, Willie Mays
Who I've already met: Dean Smith, Michael Jordan (for about 30 seconds) Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Peter Frampton, Nelly, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Berman, Chris Webber, Elton Brand, Stuart Scott, Jerry Stackhouse, Antawan Jamison, Joe Paterno, Jim Dulaney (Ex Tar Heel, Commissioner Big Ten)Rex Grossman, Elton John, Gayle Sayers, Bob Costas, Harold Ramis, Bill Pulman, Brian Eno, Neil Innes (The Rutles)
WANT TO BE IN MY TOP FRIENDS??
1) PUT ME IN YOUR TOP FRIENDS - OR
2) HAVE A HOT CHICK IN YOUR PROFILE PIC -OR
3) HAVE A UNC OR GREAT SPORTS MOTIF GOING
Music:
Pink Floyd, Greatful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Doors, Beatles, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Traffic, Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Talking Heads, Cream, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, ZZ Top, ELP, ELO, CCR, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, XTC, U2, Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic, Freddy Jones Band, Buffalo Springfield, The Hollies, The Byrds, Radiators, the Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Springsteen, Moody Blues, Smashing Pumpkins, String Cheese Incident, Allman Brothers, 13th Floor Elevators, The Seeds, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Weird Al Yankovic, Nirvana, The Replacements, the Clash, The Police, Mr. Blotto, Velvet Underground, Fleetwood Mac, John Lennon, Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, the Specials, Ramones, the Cars, Neville Brothers, Johnny Cash, Joe Jackson, Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Stripes, Arcade Fire, Sly & the Family Stone, Rare Earth, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Status Quo, The Misunderstood, etc.
Movies:
P ulp Fiction, Full Metal Jacket, any Mel Brooks or Woody Allen, Star Wars, Used Cars, Stripes, Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, Clockwork Orange, Silent Running, Harold & Maude, M*A*S*H*, Blame It on Rio, Altered States, Dirty Harry, Say Anything, Sicko, Farenheit 911, Die Hard, Minority Report, Anchorman,
Television:
Lost, Battlestar Galactica, 24, CSI, State of Mind, Weeds, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, World Poker Tour, ESPN//old: Get Smart, All in the Family, Hawaii 5-0, Star Trek, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Kojak, IronSides, Baretta, Mission Impossible, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, LA Law, Saturday Night Live (thru 1985)Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Midnight Special.
Books:
Great for cross-country plane trips. Some of the most recent things I've read: "Roses are Red" and "Violets are Blue" by James Patterson, "Cell" by Stephen King, "Spin" (an awesome sci-fi story) by Robert Charles Wilson, "Positively Fifth Street" by James McManus, "The Camel Club" by David Baldacci, "Crossing California" by Adam Langer, "Blindfold Game" by Dana Stabenow, "Baseball and the Media" by George Castle
Heroes:
Sandy Koufax, Dean Smith, Dr. King, my great-grandmother for having the foresight to leave Eastern Europe back in 1898, Alice B. Tolkas, Woodward & Bernstein, David Bowie ("We can be Heroes")
