Favorites

Some of the questions asked when I was contructing my profile were for my favorite this and favorite that.

Things like family, work, and religion are central to my life. So saying I love these things is obvious. Passion is a word I use for things that I really dig for no good reason. So what am I passionate about?

I love buffets! I am a gourmand. Most of the folks I know think I'm a gourmet. Which proves that most of the folks I know haven't the slightest clue what either is.

I love wargaming! I am not talking about the nauseating litany of 'shooter' video games out there. I'm not referring to paintballing. My game has a large map of the theater of operations, hundreds of counters representing the forces of various countries, and a computer that keeps track of the books.

I love natural hot springs! What could be better than a hike and a soak? Smelling like rotten eggs that's what.

I love dwarf bunnies! We have four of them.

I love muffeleta sandwiches, paella, and L and L Hawaiian barbecue!

I love growing vegetables and fruit! I generally dislike flowers since I cannot eat them.

I love popping zits!

I love reading and listening to the news! I'm a news junkie.


Now before I nod off to sleep, I'll try to deal with some of the other favorites I mentioned being part of the profile building process.

Movies: Some I enjoy because they were simply fantastic movies. Some are guilty pleasures. But if and of these movies are on I will always stop and watch. Casablanca.....One or two, but not three.....Full Metal Jacket.....Big Trouble in Little China.....Something about Mary.....Apocalypse Now......anything with Salma Hayek in it (sound turned off).

Books: The Glass Bead Game, The Tao te Ching, Parliament of Whores, The Mother Tongue

Music: This could easily turn into a rant. People try to portray themselves as cool in their musical choices. I have a decided bent towards classical music since that is the genre that I have been able to perform. One measure of how much we like a particular artist would be the number of songs that we know by heart. I'm not talking about being able to recognize a melody, or sing the chorus, but knowing every word and nuance. By that standard my favorite musicians are Beethoven, Frank Zappa, k.d. lang, Hank Williams, David Allen Coe, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Chris Ledoux, and (I'm gonna to Hell when I die for this) ABBA. One could presume that I am a country music fan. But everything I know is pre-Garth Brooks who single-handedly destroyed country music. If I were emperor, Garth Brooks would be the first to thrown in the stocks. I'd leave Tim Mcgraw only because he married so very, very well.