| General | Free Enterprise, Republican politics, miniature short-hair dachshunds, ancient Roman history, iTunes + iPod, Phase 10, bariatric surgery, road-trippin', dreambuilding
| | Music | Smashmouth, Etta James, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna (old school), The Flamingos, Chuck Mangione, Mannheim Steamroller (it's not just for Xmas anymore!), Reel Big Fish, Django Reinhardt, The Beatles, Bette Midler, Sheryl Crow, Ok Go, Tenacious D, Brazil 66, Don Tiki, Eminem, The Goads, The Velvet Jones, Lee Press-on & The Nails | | Movies | Finding Nemo, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Cars, Spartacus, Ben Hur, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Charade, The (original Peter Sellers) Pink Pather, A Shot in the Dark, Amadeus, Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Rocky, The Incredibles | | Television | Scrubs, The Office (Dwight rocks!), HBO's Rome, Top Design, Top Chef, Project Runway, House, all 3 Law & Order shows, American Chopper, The Black Donnellys | | Books | "Hawaii" and "The Source" by James Michener, the entire Fox Trot and Calvin & Hobbes collections, "Shogun", "Exodus" by Leon Uris (powerful!), the First Man in Rome series by Colleen McCullough, "10 Stupid Things Women Do to Ruin Their Lives" by Dr. Laura, "Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies" (gotta love the Dummies series!), the entire Harry Potter series | | Heroes | My parents, Aunt Lisa, Ronald Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt, Julius Caesar |
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