about everything except contemporary pop and country (which is really just twangy pop and not at all close to actual country music)
Movies
i don't watch movies too much these days
Television
intelligent sketch comedy/sitcoms (.g. mr. show, ucb, arrested development, home movies), engaging and creative serial dramas (e.g. big love, friday night lights, veronica mars, lost)
Books
if i had finished half the books i've started i would have read twice as many books as i have
Heroes
my grandfather, Diego J. Perez-Stable
when you grow up with a real person like him around, there is no need for superheroes
Fun Baseball Blurbs in Honor of today's Cubs festivities
"Noise pollution can't be that much of a problem. There's nothing to cheer about."--State rep. John F. Dunn, arguing for the installation of lights at Wrigley Field
"There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help."--Bill Buckner
"You get tired of looking at garbage in your own backyard."--Cubs manager Lee Elia in 1983 about why the Cubs got rid of so many players. Elia was fired later that same season.
"The Cubs were taking batting practice, and the pitching machine threw a no-hitter."--Radio deejay
"The only bad thing about being released by the Cubs is that they made me keep my season tickets."--Ken Rietz, ex-Cub third baseman
"One thing you learn as a Cubs fan: When you bought your ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."--Joe Garagiola
"The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street--a lot of singles, but no action."--Garagiola again
Did you hear about the new Cubs soup?
Two sips and then you choke.--Old joke
"The latest diet is better than the Pritikin Diet. You eat only when the Cubs win."--pianist George Shearing
