Last Books Read

I read 6-7 books a week, some for work, all for pleasure.

Non-Fiction:
Technical and/or Professional

Non-Fiction:
Other

I've been re-reading In Cold Blood and Elie Weisel's Night, not because Oprah or anyone else said I should, but because I absolutely believe that there are some books you should read at 20, and read again when you are older.

• Ordinary Heroes (Scott Turow)
  I liked this book a lot
• The Broker (John Grisham) um...
  At least he stopped whining about
  not liking the law? C
• Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) Read the book because it's good. See the movie because it's pretty
• Wicked and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Gregory Maguire) These are such great fun. I love the idea of turning a story we all think we know on it's ear.

• I'm an absolute software junkie.  My new favories are both freebies:
• Picasa 2 from Google
• Smart FTP

 

• Cheeseburgers
• Dark Chocolate
• 1905 Salad with Turkey at Columbia on Sand Key
• Movie Theatre Popcorn
• Citrus (any kind, any way)
• Fresh Strawberries

• The History Channel
• Six Feet Under reruns on HBO
• The BBC version of The Office
• Extras on HBO
• A & E Biography
• Monty Python reruns on BBC America ("SPAM, SPAM, SPAM....")
• Kevin Smith Films especially Dogma and Clerks

Favorite Recent Aquisition

I haven't bought a lot of important stuff lately-- probably pictures of the guys and Julie, Brennie and Olivia.

• Photo safari with a friend
• Got rid of some unnecessary stuff cluttering up my life

in February

• Trip to Butterfly Rainforest.

• My sons. Two really awesome men. (I'm proud to know you, guys!)
• Brendan and Olivia- I'm loving watching you grow up
• My brothers. The absolute best of their generation.
• My "sisters born of another mother." You know who you are. You've always been there when I really needed you. You are one of the great gifts of my life.

• Capote
• Good Night and Good Luck
• The Smartest Guys in the Room

• War of the Worlds (a classic becomes tripe, and Tom Cruise makes money on the deal)

Favorite Films of All Time
(in no particular order)

• Citizen Kane
• Casablanca
• 2001
• North by Northwest
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Lion in Winter
• Star Wars
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• The Big Chill (best movie soundtrack!)
  

Favorite Films(continued)

Musical

• Singing in the Rain
• An American in Paris
• Invitation to the Dance
  • When it comes to dance films, you're either an Astaire person or a Kelly person. I'm a Kelly person.

Comedy

• Young Frankenstein
• Blazing Saddles
• When Harry Met Sally
• Men in Black
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• The Producers  (the original)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Animation
(each for reasons of its own)

• Fantasia (the original ---IMHO, the best animated film ever made)
• Aladdin (hysterically funny)
• Toy Story (groundbreaking)
• Lion KIng (beautiful)

Fact-Based Films That Aren't Perfect But Make You Think

• Good Night and Good Luck
• Capote
  Schindler's List
• Amistad
• The Mission
• Reversal of Fortune
• Malcolm X
• Fat Man and Little Boy
• Tora! Tora! Tora!

• Boston-- LOVE IT, always have, always will.

• Anywhere I have to go on US AIR.  Most useless airline on the planet.  But my Christmas Torture Tour was the nadir.
  
  On my Holiday excursion home, I was 12 hours late arriving, 24 hours late coming home, my luggage was lost and delivered to me 3 days later with the wheels broken off.