Aerosmith, Beastie Boys, Boston, Jimmy Buffet, Glen Campbell, Tracy Chapman, Elvis Costello, Neil Diamond, Sherman Ewing ("undiscovered" friend of mine from my Manhattan days), Green Day, Guns n Roses, Jay-Z, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, the Killers, Lemonheads, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Roy Orbison, the Outfield, OutKast, Ozzy, Phantom of the Opera, the Pixies, Poison, Queen, the Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Scorpions, The Shins, Smashing Pumpkins, Sponge, Bruce Springsteen, The Strokes, System of a Down, U2, Violent Femmes, The White Stripes, The Who, John Williams
Movies
"Old School"..."Running on the Sun"..."Saint Ralph"..."The Usual Suspects" (which is one of the usual suspects itself I suppose)..."Reefer Madness" (camp classic)..."Million Dollar Baby"..."Rudy" (yes, more than one person has remarked that I look and act like the leading actor)..."The Breakfast Club"..."E.T."..."Star Trek" II, IV, etc. (it's true that the evens are the better ones - and no, I do not speak Klingon nor do I have any ambitions to speak anything other than the Queen's English and maybe the King's Spanish)...the Mel Gibson "Shakespeare" (he was a classically trained actor before "Lethal Weapon")..."A Beautiful Mind"..."One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"..."Dead Poets Society"..."Little Man Tate"..."Collateral"..."Hoosiers"..."Friday Night Lights" (that was my high school - yes, they nailed it)..."Seabiscuit"..."Good Will Hunting"..."Schindler's List"..."Stalingrad"..."The Shawshank Redemption" will always be a true classic..."Match Point"..."Pride and Prejudice" (really)..."Stranger Than Fiction"..."The Departed"..."Man of the Year"...
Television
Sunday morning talk shows if I'm not out running...Football in season (Go Buffs/Dallas Cowboys!)...the better episodes of "The Simpsons"..."Band of Brothers" is the best miniseries ever...Watching all of the following through Netflix: "Lost"..."The Dead Zone"..."Entourage"..."Rome"...
Books
Sitting on the right half of my living room bookcase (i.e., the books that I've actually read):
"I Am Charlotte Simmons" by Tom Wolfe..."Europe's Last Summer" by David Fromkin..."Paris 1919" by Margaret MacMillan..."Primary Colors" by Anonymous (later outed as Joe Klein, formerly of Newsweek and now of Time)..."The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth..."On Writing" by Stephen King..."The Great Influenza" by John Barry..."A History of Warfare" by John Keegan..."The Competitive Runner's Handbook" by Bob Glover (highly recommended)..."A Peace to End All Peace" by David Fromkin (again)..."Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris..."Robert Kennedy: His Life" by Evan Thomas..."Timeline" by Michael Crichton..."Boxers for Dummies" (ie, Boxer the breed of dog)..."Meditation for Dummies"..."The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris (Bio vol. no. 1)..."The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James..."War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy..."Rabbit, Run" by John Updike..."How to Buy Stocks, Eighth Edition"..."Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood Anderson..."The Sermon on the Mount" by Emmet Fox..."Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis..."Only Yesterday" by Frederick Lewis Allen..."Krakatoa" by Simon Winchester
Heroes
None...we're all mortals
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About me: Hello there. I moved to Boulder from Manhattan to enjoy the great running trails and the stunning views. I've run 10 marathons, including a 50-miler ultramarathon and the Boston Marathon, but I'm sort of over the competitive running thing (even if I'm training for the Boulder Marathon to stay fit). I sold the Upper East Side apartment down the street from the Guggenheim four years ago and gave notice at the corporate job to move out to Colorado and start my own web business. The site's traffic continues to climb (1, 000 visitors a day and growing).
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Caught me online. Sounds like a big "congrats" is in order. Feel free if you feel like calling. I'm in for the night with opening night of Red Wings hockey. :)
First off, I dunno what genre Jimmy Buffet fits under but it sounds suspiciously like country. And that, I am morally against. Shame on you. Two.. ah crap lost my train of thought.
Hey Just Bill,Hey, I just realised that i got hacked. If i did send you anything you know what to do. Tell 10 of your friends. Just kidding. Hope your having a great week. Dani
