Personal Interests
Interests
{Things about me, }
Musical interests: Classical the usual Composers Bach, Beethoven, Handel, except for seasonal Handel.  Mozart, Ravel, Strauss, Phillip Glass

Instrumentalists; Pitcarin, Yo Yo Ma,

Eras of Music: most recents 1940's, 1980's, some 1960's (mostly late).

Radio Programs, listening: NPR,

Television; PBS

Books that should be made into movie/miniseries ; Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall.  Embarrassment of Riches -Simon Schama
Reading Materials: Magazines,; Mother Jones, Rolling Stone,

Books; Royal  Panoply-Carolly Erickson
Selective in subject , An Incomplete Education, The Cambridge Factfinder,
passion in the areas of the legal arena, when the need arises. Language books, cultural books.
Question ; Manikin, Mannikin, or Mannequin? A:manikin little man Dwarf  Mannequin a form representing a  human figure ......spell it right I sign it

TV Programs; Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth is hysterical!  History Detectives, Antiques Roadshow

Series; History of Britain -Simon Schama  , Underground Cities History Channel

Shows worth mention; Boudica Warrior Queen, Last Stand of the 300, Hippies

Videos format either VHS, or DVD; Many , worth mentioning, An Inconvient Truth, March of the Penguins, Rabbit Proof Fence, Gandhi, Malcolm X, Hoffa, Napoleon (Able Gance's interminable meaning in length), Kingdom of Heaven, The Queen, Marie Antoinette, (wow, too many shoes)  La Cage aux Folles, Flash Gordon, This is Spinal Tap, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena,,Brokeback Mountain, Amadeus, South Park season series. Pirates of the Caribbean curse of the black pearl, dead man's chest, at world's end. The Red Violin, Elizabeth the Golden Age. Tutankhamen, The Other Boleyn Girl/woman, Persepolis, The Kite Runner, Power of Art,The Wicker Man,  The Merchant of Venice, The Wizard of Oz,

The Rough Stuff; Gladiator, Troy, Pirates the two so far, Godfather serises,. Devil's Advocate, Dracula, Mummy, Interview with a Vampire,Arny stuff, The 300

Musically; Peter Gabriel, Abba,Queen, U2, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Styx, ELO

Games; Battleship, Trivial Pursuit, Chess,Pirate's Dice which doubles as Pirate's Yahtzee,Pirate King. Me, and my partner wanted to play Yahtzee, so we used the pirates dice as Yahtzee Dice we are so inventive......

Most liked Color: or as the guy at work to me said it isn't a color it's a shade.  Black, why? never thought about it.

Choice of T-shirt; V-tees, why gives my beard room to grow....A-Tshirts, in Black not the white,regular crew t-shirts, boring. (for me anyway).

Choice in Brand of Sneaker; New Balance one's made in USA, Walking style. Have both one pair in black and one pair in white.Very comfortable, and highly recommend them.

Most often worn Brand of Jeans; Levi-Srauss 505's..

Hobbies; don't know what they are so get back to the list someday.

He is a fire horse, must have been a handful for the parents, grandparents, and teachers...sometimes he wonders if anyone understands.?


Silly Books; Thinner by  Richard Bachman, Needleful Things (and the movie on VHS format),

Curreht work; Research (legal) employment, educational.
Do you Remember? Rotary Dial telephones, LED digital wristwatches, prices on cans of food in grocery stores,Moxie, Buster Brown shoes,Mailpouch tobacco outdoor thermometers, Coal furnaces in private homes,Featherticks, Wash machines with rollers, lard, Saturday night radio programs, L.Welk television show, Hee Haw,

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