The way new markers smell, the composition of pop rocks, swiss bank accounts, phenomena, the universe, screenplays, botched diamond heists, my tatooo gun, my craving for travel & new experiences, caffeine, the letter S, shiny objects, snooze buttons, Stoli, single-malted Scotch, Playboy, and good ol' tomfoolery!
Seriously: Family & friends, my husband, guitar & tatoo gun, working out, WWII fighter planes, testing my will, the outdoors, adventure, art, laughter, music, comedy, reading, challenges, all sports (baseball mainly), history, culture.....loving life!!
GIVING PRAISE TO THOSE I'D WISH TO OF MET IN THE SPORTS WORLD:
Satchel Paige,
Jimmie Foxx,
Lou Whitaker,
Mark Belanger,
Henry "Hank" Aaron,
"The Flying Dutchman" - Honus Wagner,
Roger Maris,
"The Rajah" - Rogers Hornsby,
"The Splendid Splinter" -Ted Williams,
Jackie Robinson,
Mickey Mantle,
Carlton Fisk,
Steve Garvey,
Whitey Ford,
Willie Stargell,
"The Iron Horse" – Mr. Lou Gehrig,
"The Georgia Peach" - Ty Cobb,
"Stan the Man" - Stan Musial,
Bobby Doerr,
Frankie Frisch,
"Mr. Cub" - Ernie Banks,
"Lefty†Grove,
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson,
Roberto Clemente,
Rod Carew,
Joe Morgan,
"Pie" Traynor,
Brooks Robinson,
"Hack" Wilson,
Billy Herman,
"Cyclone" Cy Young,
Nolan Ryan,
Ron Guidry,
Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski,
Wade Boggs,
Roger Clemens,
"The Big Puma" - Lance Berkman (again) so I'd have something better to say – I turned into a dunce instantly like “elf-and-magic!â€
"The Bulldog" - Orel Hershiser,
Ozzie Smith,
"Highway to Helton" - Todd Helton,
Greg Maddux,
"Fat Albert" Albert Pujols,
Ryne Sandberg,
Tony Gwynn,
Cal Ripken, Jr.,
Kevin Millar,
Jim Edmonds,
Scott Rolen,
Iván "Pudge" RodrÃguez,
Jason Varitek,
Omar Vizquel,
Cecil Cooper,
Mike Mussina,
Andruw Jones,
Turk Wendell for sure!
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"Knowledge has three degrees—opinion, science, and illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition." ~~Plotinus (204-270 C.E.)
Very hard to even begin to eclipse the range I have here, music's a big part of me. Sometimes too many is still not enough. I enjoy everything from Handel, Purcell, and Dvorak to Soundgarden, Guano Apes, and RATM. Everything from Beasties, Madlib, and Mos Def to Dead Can Dance, Holly Golightly, and Juliette & the Licks on through to Seger, Tito & Tarantula, The Eels and Archie Bronson Outfit to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Buddy Guy.
I enjoy a lot of Indie Labels when it comes to music and movies. It seems there is a broader spectrum of artists in their raw element and true nature of expression and free ability before major labels come into play.
Vaudeville, Indie films, classic westerns, huge fan of the classics, need not forget Sci-Fi & Horror
QUICK RUN AT SOME:
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly, The Guns of Navarone, The Magnificent Seven, The Street Fighter, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Stark Trek The Wrath of Khan, Coffy, Bottle Rocket, the original Pink Panther movies, Rushmore, 300, The Burbs
Any Romero, Sergio Leone, Wes Anderson, or Tarantino film..............definitely others, but these were the first to come to mind.
I enjoy movies that can hit me in the face with some genuine writing because I miss good storylines.
I'm a sucker for movies that take a chance to be different ..........offer me some pineapple when the rest are serving meat and potatoes.
Ghosthunters, The Henry Rollins Show, LA Ink, The Shield, History Channel, Sportscenter, and miss series shows like Voyagers, Buck Rogers, and The Secrets of Isis.
Ghost Hunting, My Life With Groucho/Growing Up With the Marx Brothers, Black Coffee Blues, I Am Legend, The Kid Who Climbed Everest, The Labyrinth of Solitude, Leaves of Grass, A Clockwork Orange, Last Voyage of the Lucette, Facing the Frozen Ocean, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, The Zapatista Reader (Thanks Adam!), The Art of Living (Epictetus)
The Marx Brothers by far!
Some other cool people:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ernest Shackleton, Joseph Kittinger, Pericles, Walt Whitman, Sonny Chiba, Florenz Ziegfeld, H.G. Wells & Mr. Kotter.