Nature Photography, writing and playing unusual acoustic music, harrassing my attack cats, fishing, organic gardening, taking care of my exotic fruit trees, reading historical novels and books on botany, crazy Everglades solo trips, canoeing, distance nature travel, Fakahatchee, dodging hidden alligators, not eating any meat that lives above water, not breaking strings on my mandolin, mocking morons, avoiding professional victims, a good cup of tea, hot peppers, hot sauce, acting like the hot pepper isn't hot with tears and sweat pouring down my face, Florida Panthers Hockey, Manchester United Football Club, being back home in Florida, being a native Floridian (where did everybody go?), eating shrimp :-), my nice collection of orchids, complaining about Pavel Bure leaving the NHL, my pet tarantula, and most of all, my beautiful wife, Galina.
My best band, The Shanklys, you guys should contact me, Arcade Fire, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Bic Runga, Les Negresses Vertes, Chicherina, La Volee d'Castors, Morcheeba, Minor Threat, Bloodhound Gang, LUSH, The Smiths, Black Flag, Craig Wedren, Shudder to Think, Innocence Mission, Shelleyan Orphan, Masha i Medvedi, Zemfira, Bob Marley, Paris Combo, Pixies, The Church, Replacements, Fiona Apple, The Chieftans, Azure Ray, They Might Be Giants, The Connells, Bel Canto, Damien Rice, Jacob do Bandolim, Violent Femmes, Frente!, Loquat, The Pogues, and who can resist Richard Cheese?
WAKING LIFE, Slapshot, Amelie, Super Troopers, Boondock Saints, Jaws, Braveheart, Timeline, all Kevin Smith movies, anything with Clint Eastwood, Last of the Mohicans, Europa Europa, Before Sunrise, Jean de Florette, Bpat, Bpat2, Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams, Animal House, Trainspotting, and Full Metal Jacket.
TV sucks. Sports only. Go Florida Panthers!!!
(Authors) RANDY WAYNE WHITE, Allan W. Eckert, Voltaire, James Alexander Thom, Carl Hiaasin, Martin Cruz Smith, Charles Bukowski, Edward Rutherford, Ken Follett, James Michener, WILBUR SMITH, Dan Brown, Leonard Cohen, John Tolland, Leon Uris, Ayn Rand, James Clavell, Morgan Llywellyn, Robert N. Macomber, and Patrick D. Smith.