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"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.
Brown paper packages tied up with strings.
These are a few of my favorite things."


Don't be afraid of those who sing songs from the "Sound of Music". We don't bite; really, we don't. We just happen to like music that's made with a lot of real craft -- and I mean skill, not cheese.

Seriously, though... my taste in all areas is somewhat eclectic. I basically sample from everything and celebrate my personal favorites from each plate. Below is only some of my menu.

Authors I Love And Recommend
(Or Books I've Read More Than Three Times)

• Anne McCaffrey
• Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds
• Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Elizabeth Lowell
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", Gulliver's Travels
• Judith McNaught
• Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
• Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
• Sheri S. Tepper
• Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon
• William Goldman's The Princess Bride
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Movies I'd Like In My Collection

• E.T.
• Gigi
• Gone With the Wind
• Grease
• Groundhog's Day
• Jurassic Park
• My Fair Lady
• Schindler's List
• set: the Star Wars trilogy (Episodes 4, 5, and 6)
  (I do not want Episode 1; that was horrible)
• set: the three Indiana Jones movies
• Shakespeare in Love
• Silence of the Lambs
• The Mask
• The Matrix
• The Princess Bride
• The Sixth Sense
• The Wizard of Oz
• Toy Story 2
• True Lies
• Willow
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Music I'd Play, Sing, Or Dance To Over And Over Again

• "Ain't Misbehavin'"
• almost anything by Alanis Morissette
• anything by Gershwin
• anything by Mozart (especially "Turkish March")
• anything by Scott Joplin (especially "Maple Leaf Rag")
• Depeche Mode's "Somebody"
• Harry Connick Jr.'s "Here Comes the Big Parade"
• Lou Bega's "Mambo No.5"
• Macy Gray's "I Try"
• "Maybe" (song from Annie)
• Santana's "Smooth"
• "Say A Prayer For Me Tonight" (song from Gigi)
• Smash Mouth's "All Star"
• swing music
• the entire soundtrack of The Mask
• The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
• "When She Loved Me" (song from Toy Story 2)
• "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (song from My Fair Lady)

People I Admire

• Abraham Lincoln
• Angelina Jolie
• Audrey Hepburn
• Christiane Amanpour
• Cokie Roberts
• Dr. Seuss
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Harrison Ford
• Jeff & Jer's Showgram
• Joe Fiennes
• M.C. Escher
• Norman Rockwell
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Sean Connery

Miscellaneous

• art supplies
• black cats
• clam chowder
• computer stuff
• dancewear
• how-to books
• Japanese food
• Lego's
• new clothes
• office supplies
• puns (good ones, mind you)
• tropical fruits
• stuffed animal toys
• surprises
• sweets

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