One quarter italian, three quarters stallion
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Passion. Learning. Diplomacy. Cooking. Eating. Watering holes. Traveling. Beaches. Small-batch bourbon. Hiking. Distinction. Music from the GUT. Pasta. Executive and legislative powers. Beachfires. Cenotes. City running. My perimeter game. NFL Sundays. Wakeboarding. Snowboarding. Biking. Bowling. Diving. Mass transit. Creativity. Efficiency. Authority. Legacies. Myth. Public-works projects. Policy-solutions. Seahawks season ticket holders. Organization. Clean energy. Building consenus. And stackin chips.
Humorists, jesters, and the occasional benefactor
Tier 1: Van Morrison. Jimmy Buffett. and Aaron Copeland.Honorably Mentionable: Springsteen, Taj Mahal, John Williams, Tribe, Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Counting Crows, Jimi, Blackalicious, CCR, Ellis and Wynton Marsalis, Basie, Broken Social Scene, Bob and Toots, Naughty By Nature, Paul Simon (post Garfunkel and pre-98), Daylight Basement, Tupac, Bruce Hornsby, OAR, Matisyahu, Michael Jackson (pre Neverland), Rod Stewart and Elton John (but only their work from the 70s), Blue Scholars, Louis Prima, Postal Service, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis (and the News), Bobby Darin and Jamiroquai.
American Beauty. JFK. Wonder Boys. Fog of War. The Last Waltz. Do the Right Thing. Lebowski. Napolean Dynamite. Primary Colors. Amistad. Swingers. Bob Roberts. Rudy. Trainspotting. Office Space. Dumb and Dumber. Love Actually. Godfather I & II. Top Gun. Shawshank Redemption. The Lion King. Jarhead. The Blues Brothers. Friday. Back to the Future I. Outside Providence. Darwin's Nightmare.
A few exceptions to an otherwise general disregard for network and cable programming: West Wing (The Sorkin Years), Charlie Rose, In Living Color, Fresh Prince, NFL Sunday Countdown, The McLaughlin Group, Wonder Years, Almost Live, The Office (BBC version), and cool programs on Demand. And...Season 1 of the OC.
After a double major in English and philosophy, three years of creative destitution in law school and then the BAR, I have developed a modest hostility to the written word. A few of my favorites nevertheless:Guns, Germs and Steel, A Pirate Looks At Fifty, For Common Things, The Future of Freedom, People's History of the US and A, Utilitarianism, Midnight in the Garden of Good Evil, Self-Reliance, Kennedy and the Promise of the 60s, Leaves of Grass, Power of Myth, John Adams, A Walk in the Woods, Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72.I generally avoid fiction; a few exceptions: Samual Clemens. The Great Gatsby. Grisham. Catcher in the Rye. Robinson Crusoe.
Jimmy Buffett, Bill Clinton, and Jesus (the "India" years). Also John Adams, and his son, JQ. Michael Jordan.Mia famiglia.Kudos and a special thumbs up to: Jim McDermott, Robert McNamara, and Jim Mora, the new Seahawks defensive coordinator. Welcome home, Jim.