List O' Favorites

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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1)Favorite Serious Movie? Braveheart
1a) Favotite action movie? Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phanton Menace
1b) Favorite movie of any genre? Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phanton Menace followed closely (if not equivalently) by SW:ESB, SW:ANH and SW:RoTJ.
2)Favorite Comedy? I hate to admit to this but Happy Gilmore
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? Robotech
4)Favorite Current Band? New Order
5)Favorite Band Ever? New Order
6)Favorite Book? The Kyokushin Way or Advanced Karate
7)Favorite Sport? sport martial arts
8)Favorite Actor? Harrison Ford
9)Favorite Actress? Meg Ryan
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? Master of Orion 1 but maybe MOO2
11)Favorite School Subject? Machine Intelligence
12)Favorite Type of Food? Hot, spicy rice maybe hot, spicy chicken wings
13)Favorite Animal? My kitty
14)Favorite Cartoon? Robotech
15)Favorite Drink? Diet Pepsi
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Fundy National Park including The Rocks which are nearby. Maybe, the St. Louis arch … it is pretty nifty.

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1)Favorite Serious Movie?-don’t watch serious movies. Last one I saw and enjoyed was “Meet Joe Black”
2)Favorite Comedy? - Ace Venture:Pet Detective
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? Pop-Up Video (is that lame or what?)
4)Favorite Current Band? - not a band, but jazz pianist/singer Diana Krall
5)Favorite Band Ever? Boston (if I’ve got to pick a band)
6)Favorite Book? “Mere Christianity” or “The Screwtape Letters” by CS Lewis (going by books I’ve read the most number of times)
7)Favorite Sport? softball or horseback riding to play; I enjoy watching diving or gymnastic
8)Favorite Actor? Johnnie Depp
9)Favorite Actress? Don’t have one
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? Don’t play 'em
11)Favorite School Subject? Western Civilization in high school; turned me on to history
12)Favorite Type of Food? cereal (kids types) or in the restaurant category: Japanese
13)Favorite Animal? Tie between cats and horses
14)Favorite Cartoon? Fox Trot
15)Favorite Drink? Non-alch: Squirt Alch: Alabama Slammer
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Crater Lake, Oregon or any Lake Michigan beach in Michigan

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1)Amadeus
2)Airplane and UHF
3)The Simpsons
4)Barenaked Ladies, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith, Jars of Clay
5)See above.
6)Fiction: *On the Beach,*by Nevil Shute.
Nonfiction: Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer.
7)Horse racing and grand-prix show jumping. Football’s pretty cool, too.
8)Um…no real preference.
9)No real preference here, either.
10)Galaga, Frogger, and Centipede. Yep, it’s been a while.
11)High School: AP English, Creative Writing College: Christian Ethics and Social Issues, Philosophy, and Methods of Social Research.
12)Shrimp (scampi, fajitas, whatevah), crab legs, lobster. Shellfish, shellfish, shellfish!
13)Horse (Andalusian, Fresian, thoroughbred, Morgan, and Quarter Horse are my fav. breeds)
14)Once again: The Simpsons. Well, and Animaniacs. And Family Guy.
15)Midori Sour and a Starbucks or Gloria Jean’s Caramel Mocha.
16)Yosemite.

I just could pick one for many of these. :slight_smile: MMmmm…caramel mocha. Think I’m gonna go on a coffee run…

“Me fail English? That’s unpossible!”

“English? Who needs that? I’m never going to England.”

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This is a good thread.

1.“The Year of Living Dangerously”
2. “National Lampoon’s Animal House”
3. X-Files
4. Hard one–Matchbox 20
5. Led Zeppelin
5. Lonesome Dove
6. sport–to watch or do? any water sport
7. Brendan Fraser (on a purely physical attraction basis) Paul Newman (on a personality/politics basis)
8. Joan Cusack
9. ??? Video games don’t appeal to me.
10. English (Things to do with reading, which I love.)
11. Mexican
12. Cat
13. “The Simpsons”
15. Iced tea–I drink it constantly with fresh lemon and no sugar.
16. Monterey, California
8.

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1)One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
2)right now, it’s Eric the Viking
3)Mr. Show with Bob and David
4)Joe Satriani
5)na
6)can’t read
7)track and feild, la cross
8)Anthony Hopkins
9)right now, Natalie Portman
10)Earthworm Jim
11)science and drama
12)Wendy’s Spicey Chicken Snadwich
13)as long as it doesn’t shit on me…
14)The Tick
15)Pepsi with lime
16)Crater Lake, Oregon

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  1. Favourite Serious Movie: The Devil’s Advocate
  2. Favourite Comedy: My Name is Trinity
  3. Favourite TV Show: Everybody Loves Raymond
  4. Favourite Current Band: ???
  5. Favourite Band Ever: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  6. Favourite Book: Clockwork Orange
  7. Favourite Sport: Golf
  8. Favourite Actor: Jack Palance
  9. Favourite Actress: ???
  10. Favourite Video Game: Duke Nukem
  11. Favourite School Subject: English
  12. Favourite Type of Food: Seafood
  13. Favourite Animal: Dogs
  14. Favourite Cartoon: Tom Slick
  15. Favourite Drink: Caffiene Free Diet Coke
  16. Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place: Blueridge Mountains
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1)Favorite Serious Movie? On the Waterfront
2)Favorite Comedy? Cabin Boy
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? Simpsons
4)Favorite Current Band? Morphine/Chas Gayle
5)Favorite Band Ever? Bad Brains/Coltrane
6)Favorite Book? Catcher in the Rye
7)Favorite Sport? Swimming
8)Favorite Actor? Marlon Brando
9)Favorite Actress? Bette Davis
10)Favorite Video Game? Tetris
11)Favorite School Subject? Literature
12)Favorite Type of Food? Italian
13)Favorite Animal? Dogs
14)Favorite Cartoon? Tom Tomorrow
15)Favorite Drink? Caffreys/Guiness
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? San Francisco
Fun to read and fun to compile

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Doctor Jackson -

Your favorite all time band isn’t Rush? I’m disappointed! :slight_smile:

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Falcon, I think Doctor Jackson has his priorities straight. FREEBIIIIIRRRD!!!

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1)Favorite Serious Movie? - Chinatown
2)Favorite Comedy? - Amazon Women On The Moon
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? - NOVA
4)Favorite Current Band? - Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band
5)Favorite Band Ever? - The Grateful Dead
6)Favorite Book? - The River Why
7)Favorite Sport? - NASCAR
8)Favorite Actor? - Jack Nicholson
9)Favorite Actress? - Faye Dunaway
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? - Pong (I haven’t played a video game in years)
11)Favorite School Subject? - Philosophy
12)Favorite Type of Food? - Lasagna
13)Favorite Animal? - Suricates
14)Favorite Cartoon? - The Simpsons
15)Favorite Drink? - Beer!!!
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? - Trinty Alps/Trinty River (Northern California)

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Serious Movie: Lion in Winter
Favorite Comedy:depends on mood, but right now I would watch My Favorite Year again.
Favorite TV show all time: Simpsons or MASH
Favorite Current Band: None. They all suck. Yeah, I’m old and opinionated, bite me.
Favorite band ever: Does Sinatra count?
Favorite Book: too many to pick, so it’ll be the one I’m reading now: The Godfather.
Favorite sport: Volley ball
Favorite Actor: Peter O’Toole or Michael Caine or Kevin Spacey
Favorite Actress:Anne Heche or Joan Cusack
Favorite video game: none.
Favorite School subj: Creative writing.
Favorite food: ice scream
Favorite animal:horses
Favorite cartoon: Simpsons
Favorite Drink: tea or frangelico
Favorite Scenic: Coastline in Monterey CA
Favorite Historic: Brandenburger Tor, Berlin
Favorite Geographical: New Orleans.

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  1. Favourite Serious Movie: The Devil’s Advocate
  2. Favourite Comedy: My Name is Trinity
  3. Favourite TV Show: Everybody Loves Raymond
  4. Favourite Current Band: ???
  5. Favourite Band Ever: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  6. Favourite Book: Clockwork Orange
  7. Favourite Sport: Golf
  8. Favourite Actor: Jack Palance
  9. Favourite Actress: ???
  10. Favourite Video Game: Duke Nukem
  11. Favourite School Subject: English
  12. Favourite Type of Food: Seafood
  13. Favourite Animal: Dogs
  14. Favourite Cartoon: Tom Slick
  15. Favourite Drink: Caffiene Free Diet Coke
  16. Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place: Blueridge Mountains

The reason gentlemen prefer blondes is that there are not enough redheads to go around.

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Oh c’mon Strainger! Freebird or 2112? Easy choice… (Hmm, how long until the Skynyrd fans jump all over me…) :wink:

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OK, here goes…

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  3. “MAS*H”
  4. Indigo Girls
  5. The Beatles
  6. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
  7. American football
  8. Gene Hackman
  9. Jeanine Garofolo
    10)Centipede
    11)Geometry
    12)Italian (pasta)
    13)cats
    14)“Daria”
    15)Coke and Bourbon
    16)Chicago/Chicago/Chicago

Well that wasn’t so hard, except that I probably misspelled “Jeanine”.

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1)Favorite Serious Movie: The Color Purple
2)Favorite Comedy: Clerks
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time: Seinfeld
4)Favorite Current Band: none
5)Favorite Band Ever: none
6)Favorite Book: The Stand
7)Favorite Sport: none
8)Favorite Actor: Nicholas Cage
9)Favorite Actress: none
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system): none
11)Favorite School Subject: biological and cultural anthropology
12)Favorite Type of Food: steak well done
13)Favorite Animal: cats
14)Favorite Cartoon: none
15)Favorite Drink: Dr Pepper
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place: Dunno. I have never been anywhere before!

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1)Favorite Serious Movie?
Saving Private Ryan
2)Favorite Comedy?
Harry and the Hendersons (cheesy, I know, but I laughed till it hurt.
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time?
Science Fiction Theater (circa 1960)
4)Favorite Current Band?
What is considered “current”?
5)Favorite Band Ever?
Dire Straits
6)Favorite Book?
Any of the dozen or so early books by Larry Niven
7)Favorite Sport?
To play or to watch?
Going by “to watch”: Formula 1 racing.
8)Favorite Actor?
Sam Elliot
9)Favorite Actress?
Hmmmm… I need to think about that one.
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)?
Solitaire
11)Favorite School Subject?
Calculus
12)Favorite Type of Food?
Plain, very basic stuff.
13)Favorite Animal?
Aside from my two dogs (my best friends), I would say any bird of prey.
14)Favorite Cartoon?
Disney cartoons featuring Goofy
15)Favorite Drink?
In general or alcoholic?
Squirt(don’t say ANYTHING ya’ deves). I don’t/can’t drink any alcohol.(and don’t really miss it, either!)
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place?
Scenic: North rim of Grand Canyon
Historic: Site on Cape Cod where Marconi’s antennas were. Rather barren now, but a significant step toward the “wired” society we live in now.
Geographical: Meteor crater, Arizona (whatta bang that musta been!)

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“Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.”~~G.K.Chesterton 1908

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Serious Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Comedy: Bull Durham
TV Show: Northern Exposure
Current Band: Dave Matthews
Band: Grateful Dead
Book: Skinny Legs & All (Tom Robbins)
Sport: Deep sea fishing
Actor: John Cusack
Actress: Susan Sarandon
Video Game: Myst
School Subject: Literature & Fiction
Type of Food: Lebanese
Animal: Otter
Cartoon: Ren & Stimpy
Drink: Hard apple cider
Place: Lahaina, Maui

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1)Favorite Serious Movie?Spinal tap
2)Favorite Comedy?Rutles
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time?Leave it to Beaver-it was my preview of America, before getting here.
4)Favorite Current Band?Rutles
5)Favorite Band Ever?Rutles/Da Yoopers
6)Favorite Writer: Gogol
7)Favorite Sport?Bicycling
8)Favorite Actor?Tommy, on Rugrats
9)Favorite Actress?Diana Rigg (an early crush)/Debbie, on Thornberries
10)Favorite Video Game. Lego chess
11)Favorite School Subject? none.hated gym.
12)Favorite Type of Food? restaurant food
13)Favorite Animal?none
14)Favorite Cartoon? Thornberries
15)Favorite Drink?none, but water will do
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Upper Peninsula:lack of history.interesting dialect.

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  1. Serious movie- * Casablanca * (classic Bogie and Bergman)

  2. Comedy- * Animal House *

  3. TV Show- * Hill Street Blues *

  4. Current band- Sawyer Brown

  5. Favorite Band- what else ? The Stones

  6. Book- John Steinbeck’s * Cannery Row *

  7. Sport- Baseball (Go Braves!)
    8 Actor- Willem Dafoe

  8. Actress- Anne Archer

  9. Video Game- the “Final Fantasy” series on Super Nintendo

  10. Favorite school subject- smoking in the parking lot and hotwiring cars (repressed Catholic school education)

  11. Food- Steak, beef, dead cows, moo!!

  12. Animal- Dogs (Nature’s original ass-kissers)

  13. Cartoon- * South Park *

  14. Drink- Vodka collins

  15. Scenic place- Mt. Fujiyama on a spring
    morning

    Historical- Cemetary Ridge, Gettysburg

    Geographical area- Andalusia, Spain

“…send lawyers, guns, and money…”

 Warren Zevon
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1)Favorite Serious Movie? --The Shawshank Redemption
2)Favorite Comedy? --When Harry Met Sally, PCU (for straight comedy, not romantic)
3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? --ER, The Simpsons
4)Favorite Current Band? --Alice In Chains
5)Favorite Band Ever? --The Rolling Stones (yeah, they’re still current, but they’ve been around longer)
6)Favorite Book? --The Prince of Tides
7)Favorite Sport? --Football (American)
8)Favorite Actor? --Steve Buscemi, Ben Stiller
9)Favorite Actress? --Janeane Garofolo
10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? --FF7
11)Favorite School Subject? --English
12)Favorite Type of Food? --Indian, Thai
13)Favorite Animal? --Buffalo
14)Favorite Cartoon? --The Simpsons
15)Favorite Drink? --Long Island Iced Tea
16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? --Fancy Gap, VA