Fitzy

Family!

Jeez, I’m still depressed from the last thread.

3 things I would eat though.
A HUGE T-Bone,My grandmothers brown beans, and fried ‘taters an’ onions .
Cain’t beat it.

Christy! Happy Thanksgiving. Am contentedly awaiting older egrDaughter and egrSon from afar.

Quite the merry crowd today at the pie shop. People were talking to strangers and enjoying even waiting in line.

Btw this pie shop is where the pumpkin muffins came from, and they do mail order. Just in case you want to treat yourself for Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I recommend celebrating the holiday by supporting Ciro Rodriguez for Congress in the runoff against Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla in Texas 23. This is our last chance at a Democratic pick up in 2006.

Unfortunately, the authors of SYFPH diaries at Daily Kos are not supporting Rodriguez. I guess they are not committed to electing Democrats. But we can. Donate to Ciro, or volunteer for his campaign. This race can be won, as Democrats received more votes in the open primary than Republican Henry Bonilla, who was the only Republican on the ballot. Bonilla also failed to clear 50% despite spending $2 million.

It’s only 5 am here so I can’t think of much but coffee, but Happy Thankgiving to Christie, Jane, Pach, Trex and all the FDL pups.

In an otherwise uneven piece at salon.com, Walter Shapiro has a nicely condensed paragraph about this holiday:

What is wondrous about Thanksgiving is that it is the only national holiday that has stoutly — very stoutly after dinner is consumed — resisted commercialization (buying a Butterball turkey is not the linchpin of capitalism), religious excess (the Puritans were not your typical evangelical voters) and jingoistic displays of patriotism (this is a day blessedly free of another Kate Smith rendition of “God Bless America”). In short, Thanksgiving appeals to our better angels, secular though they may be.

petedownunder @ 6

It’s only 5 am here so I can’t think of much but coffee, but Happy Thankgiving to Christie, Jane, Pach, Trex and all the FDL pups.

Pete, if it’s 5am then you are already in Thanksgiving! Hope it’s a good one.

Here is the location of the Larry Kissell Recount Fund via egrBlue.

I know people are pretty much tapped out, but if you can spare some funds they are in need.

Larry PERSONALLY loaned the campaign about $40,000. I hope we can help with the recount and with the debt. The N.C. Democratic Party, bless their hearts, have already coughed up the maximum allowed.

I’ve got Karen Carter on the page too, just scroll down to near the bottom.

On the topic of Thanksgiving,something failed on the power grid in our neighborhood and our house was without electricity from about 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time. I am thankful this happened today and not tomorrow, when it would have made a disaster of the Thanksgiving meal we will be preparing.

(Sorry, keyboard snafu posted too early)

1. – In your eyes by Peter Gabriel

2. – Say Anything
– Breakfast club
– Christmas Vacation

3. – Porterhouse steak with au-poive
– garlic mashed potatoes
– A pint.

4. – Antigua (Sandals)
– Marco Island, FL
– Lake Anna (20 years ago in my childhood)

5. – Pet Semetary
– The Hungry Catapillar (with my daughter)
– Ok, I don’t read much lately.

6. – House, I love the diagnostic angle.
– Seinfeld, one episode in particular
– Divorce court. (The judge kills me)

Fond memories of YK, Cruise Director Hardin Smith!
This is our family’s blended list, therefore there are unresolved ties that yield four choices:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
a. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
b. Doot-Doot (freur)
c. Let it Be (Beatles)
d. You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
a. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut
b. Koyanasquatsi, Life Out of Balance
c. The Hunger
d. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
a. Lobster newburgh
b. Turkey stuffing
c. Pecan pie

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
a. Hawaii
b. Puerta Vallarta
c. Nauset Beach, Cape Cod, Mass

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
a. WPITW (Olbermann)
b. Profiles in Courage (JFK/Sorenson)
c. A History of the World in Ten-and-a-Half Chapters, Barnes

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
a. Soap
b. Twin Peaks
c. Countdown

egregious @ 9

Here is the location of the Larry Kissell Recount Fund via egrBlue.

I know people are pretty much tapped out, but if you can spare some funds they are in need.

Larry PERSONALLY loaned the campaign about $40,000. I hope we can help with the recount and with the debt. The N.C. Democratic Party, bless their hearts, have already coughed up the maximum allowed.

I’ve got Karen Carter on the page too, just scroll down to near the bottom.

But what about Ciro Rodriguez? He is running against a Republican in a runoff on 12 DEC, and he can win this race based on the results of the open primary on election day. If we are committed to elected Democrats to the House, we have to support Ciro. The DCCC, the Texas Democratic Party, activist Latino organizations and local Texas Democrats are all supporting Ciro. We must too. Please add Ciro to your list. Besides, he is a true progressive Democrat. Let us be Democrats and let us support Ciro.

Thanks for the prompt Christy! Hope everyone has a happy and civil (in the real sense, not the Joe Lieberman sense) Thanksgiving.

Songs:
“Konstantine” by Something Corporate
“The Light & The Glass” by Coheed & Cambria
“Counting off the days” by …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Movies:
Boondock Saints, Good Will Hunting, Requiem for a Dream

Last meal:
Grandma’s matzo ball soup, ahi tuna sashimi, medium-rare filet mignon

Relaxing spots:
Waipio Valley, Hawaii; Lake Tahoe; Any coffee shop with free wifi, comfy chairs, and no incoming business calls

Books:
“The Rules of Attraction” by Ellis, “Upside Down” by Galeano, “For Common Things” by Jed Purdy

TV:
The Wire, Nip/Tuck, The West Wing

Here is the pie shop. The real down home stuff.

It was founded by a local woman who had retired and was looking for something to do. People had admired her baking, so she opened up a little shop to see if they would sell. HA!

Mail order pie…life is good.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Casablanca
Roman Holiday
Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Ok, so I don’t get out much!

Super idea Christy!

3 Songs-”Promised Land”-Bruce, “Come Back”-J Geils Band, “Irish Rover”-The Dubliners

3 Movies-”Lord of the Rings” (I consider it 1 movie)”Moonstruck” and “The Sting”

3 Foods-Steak, shrimp and Gazpacho

3 Books-Any Tolkien, any Clive Cussler, and anything by David Halberstam

3 TV Shows-Larry Sanders(the funniest show ever), MASH and Seinfeld.

3 Vacation spots-Galleon Beach, Antigua, Alta/Snowbird, UT, and Block Island, RI

A couple of months ago I ddn’t think I’d be alive today, so this is going to be a wonderful Thanksgiving in my home this year.

For those here who haven’t tried it yet, I’m engaging in a delightful bit of Holiday activism aimed at gently altering the course of Human Civilization by touching the hearts of others. Your help would be appreciated in passing this around to your friends and family.

Thanks.

May the Love that knows no Compehension find refuge in your hearts and in your homes forever.

A Christmas Card To The World

Twisted Martini @ 17

Super idea Christy!

3 Songs-”Promised Land”-Bruce, “Come Back”-J Geils Band, “Irish Rover”-The Dubliners

3 Movies-”Lord of the Rings” (I consider it 1 movie)”Moonstruck” and “The Sting”

3 Foods-Steak, shrimp and Gazpacho

3 Books-Any Tolkien, any Clive Cussler, and anything by David Halberstam

TV Shows-Larry Sanders(the funniest show ever), MASH and Seinfeld.

AhHAA! Another Cussler fan! Good man.

Songs:
Radiation Vibe, Superstition, Human Touch
Movies:
Coconuts (Marx Bros), Wizard of Oz, Twelve Monkeys
Dishes:
Prime Rib, Yorkshire Pudding, Creamed Spinach
Vacation:
Anywhere I can canoe
Books:
Bleak House, Gone with the Wind, Lose 200 lbs this weekend
TV: Twin Peaks, X-Files, Night Stalker

Louisiana Girl @ 13

egregious @ 9

Here is the location of the Larry Kissell Recount Fund via egrBlue.

I know people are pretty much tapped out, but if you can spare some funds they are in need.

Larry PERSONALLY loaned the campaign about $40,000. I hope we can help with the recount and with the debt. The N.C. Democratic Party, bless their hearts, have already coughed up the maximum allowed.

I’ve got Karen Carter on the page too, just scroll down to near the bottom.

But what about Ciro Rodriguez? He is running against a Republican in a runoff on 12 DEC, and he can win this race based on the results of the open primary on election day. If we are committed to elected Democrats to the House, we have to support Ciro. The DCCC, the Texas Democratic Party, activist Latino organizations and local Texas Democrats are all supporting Ciro. We must too. Please add Ciro to your list. Besides, he is a true progressive Democrat. Let us be Democrats and let us support Ciro.

I just got a letter from his campaign today and it says the runoff is tentatively scheduled for December 19th

Okay, here are my answers:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again. Lately it has been: Get Here by Oleta Adams; Desert Rose by Sting; and Natural Woman by Carole King. (No idea why, because they really don’t go together, but they’ve been my repeat choices lately on the iPod.)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over. Out of Africa, Spirited Away and Love, Actually (lately, it’s been comfort movies).

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal. Roasted garlic mashed potatoes with port wine sauce from Spago, my Granny’s homemade macaroni and cheese (if only to be able to eat with her one last time…miss her this time of year), and Granny’s yummy rice custard. (Mmmm…starch fest for me, I suppose. lol)

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited. Hilton Head in the winter; Disney World in the late Fall; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC pretty much any time.

5. Three books that you consider great reads. This one is tough, but I’m going to corss-genres here: Dune by Frank Herbert; any book in the George R.R. Martin Song of Ice and Fire saga; and pretty much anything by Dickens, although it is tough to beat Oliver Twist. But SO many more…

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present. The shows I miss: West Wing, MASH and All In The Family.

Great Questions
Songs: Moondance- Van Morrison
La Vien Rose- Edith Piaf
The Passenger- Iggy Pop
Movies: Dirty Rotten Scoundrals
Casablanca
A Christmas Story
Books : Confederacy of Dunces
Look Homeward Angel
Amphigorey

OfT:
Seeing [dangerstein] on FOX identified as a “Democratic Strategist” (ascribing racial and genderexpression stereotypes in this newly hyped unwed mothers study) makes me wonder — how can Democrats protect our brand from such poachers?

Coca-Cola would never let any ex-employee (who subsequently worked for Pepsi head-to-head against Coke!!) go on the teevee and be identified as a Coke Strategist.

Protecting brand identity is very important, and will only increase in importance as we go forward. Can’t we demand [dangerstein] shed OUR brand ID, encouraging him to adopt his own, perhaps “IDiot”?

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1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

- side 2 of Abbey Road
- “Biko”, Peter Gabriel
- “Crosseyed and Painless”, Talking Heads
- “Amelia” and “Song for Sharon”, Joni Mitchell

Cozumel @ 21

Louisiana Girl @ 13

egregious @ 9

Here is the location of the Larry Kissell Recount Fund via egrBlue.

I know people are pretty much tapped out, but if you can spare some funds they are in need.

Larry PERSONALLY loaned the campaign about $40,000. I hope we can help with the recount and with the debt. The N.C. Democratic Party, bless their hearts, have already coughed up the maximum allowed.

I’ve got Karen Carter on the page too, just scroll down to near the bottom.

But what about Ciro Rodriguez? He is running against a Republican in a runoff on 12 DEC, and he can win this race based on the results of the open primary on election day. If we are committed to elected Democrats to the House, we have to support Ciro. The DCCC, the Texas Democratic Party, activist Latino organizations and local Texas Democrats are all supporting Ciro. We must too. Please add Ciro to your list. Besides, he is a true progressive Democrat. Let us be Democrats and let us support Ciro.

I just got a letter from his campaign today and it says the runoff is tentatively scheduled for December 19th

I guess Gov. Perry will waffle until he and his cronies can find the worst day possible to hold the runoff. This is all the more reason for us to support Ciro, for we need someone who will challenge Republicans both in the House and in Texas. This is the real race of December, and all of us who are Democrats need to support him. Let us add another seat to the House, and let us be true Democrats.

1. “I Wanna Destroy You,” Soft Boys; “Cross Town Traffic,” Jimi; “We’re A Happy Family,” Ramones.

2. APOCALYPSE NOW, DOWN BY LAW, FIGHT CLUB.

3. Real southern-fried chicken, unagi sushi, and a big Harris Ranch tri-tip ‘cuz I can’t eat red meat anymore.

4. San Blas Islands (Panama), Prague, Edinburgh

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain; On The Road, Kerouac; The Last Investigation, Gaeton Fonzi [near-cracking of JFK assassination]. The 3 books that influenced my life the most.

6. I prefer not to think about this…

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Just My Imagination (Temptations)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
In My Life (Beatles)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Young Frankenstein
Some Like It Hot
Fantasia

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

B&J’s Cherry Garcia
HaganDaaz’s Dulce de Leche
Denali’s Moose Tracks

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Okracoke Island
Rocky Mountain National Park
Key West

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Devil in the White City (Eric Larson)
Mists of Avalon (Marian Zimmer Bradley)
Mallory’s Oracle (Carol O’Connell)

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Edward R Murrow’s See It Now
The Daily Show
Soap

Happy Thanksgiving to All

Movies (that must be watched at least once per year:
1. Braveheart
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Field of Dreams/Bull Durham/Tin Cup (pick-em)

Last meal (excluding my mother’s chili or pork roast?)
1. Big steak, lobster tails, baked (not nuked) potato, ceasar sald.

Music that I continue listening to:
1. Anything from the Grievous Angel album (Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris)

Best vacation spot (i.e. best beach) Siesta Key, Sarasota Fla.

Best on TV currently:
1. Studio 60
2. Deadwood
3. The Shield

Best on TV past:
1. West Wing
2. Sports Night
3. Soap

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

p.s. Guess who just finished getting his license back to practice law in IN?

3 songs
Dirty Laundry by The Eagles
Walk Away by Whatshername
Wildcat by Ratatat

3 movies
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Aliens
Jurassic Park

3 last dishes
meatloaf
mashed potatoes
corn on the cob

no vacation spots

3 TV shows
The original Saturday Night Live
Laugh-in
? Not a big series watcher

No vacation spots.

3 books
A Tale of Two Cities
Gone With The Wind
Lord of the Rings

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Turn out the Lights – Nelly Furtado
(What’s So Funny Bout)Peace, Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
Indiscreet

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Paella
Blackened mussels
tiramisu

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Ha! That’s funny.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

A Fan’s Notes – Frederick Exley
The Sportswriter – Richard Ford
All the Flashman books – George MacDonald Fraser

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Dick Van Dyke Show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
St. Elsewhere

1. I tend to listen to cds over and over, rather than certain songs. My current top three:
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection vol. 2
Virginia Rodrigues, “Nos” (wonderful Brazilian singer)
Madeleine Peyroux, “Careless Love”

2. Cars/Finding Nemo/Toy Story 2 (graphic artist by trade, I love Pixars animation)
Notting Hill
Ten Things I Hate About You

3. If I knew it was my last meal, I wouldn’t waste time eating, I’d want to be digging in my garden.

4. Kauai, Maui, Great Smokies National Park

5. I tend to get enthused about certain authors, my current faves:
Karin Lowachee
Carl Hiaasen
Tim Dorsey

6. I hate TV and rarely can be enticed to sit and watch it, I will sit still for most of the following:
The New Red Green Show
BlackAdder

My sister had a coworker who related that at family gatherings, always, always, one of his flock of sisters would end up locking herself in the bathroom to cry. His concluding statement has become a annual reminder to my extended family, “Remember, hon, it ain’t family less someones in the bathroom cryin!”

Cliff Varnell @ 27

1. “I Wanna Destroy You,” Soft Boys; “Cross Town Traffic,” Jimi; “We’re A Happy Family,” Ramones.

2. APOCALYPSE NOW, DOWN BY LAW, FIGHT CLUB.

3. Real southern-fried chicken, unagi sushi, and a big Harris Ranch tri-tip ‘cuz I can’t eat red meat anymore.

4. San Blas Islands (Panama), Prague, Edinburgh

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain; On The Road, Kerouac; The Last Investigation, Gaeton Fonzi [near-cracking of JFK assassination]. The 3 books that influenced my life the most.

6. I prefer not to think about this…

Apocalypse Now is definitely in my top 10. “Hearts of Darkness” a documentary that Coppola’s wife made during the shooting, is an awesome companion to the movie.

egregious @ 15

Here is the pie shop. The real down home stuff.

It was founded by a local woman who had retired and was looking for something to do. People had admired her baking, so she opened up a little shop to see if they would sell. HA!

Mail order pie…life is good.

omg egr, maple avenue, vienna!! megatons of nostalgia!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Whiskey in the Jar by various Irish bands.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Casablanca
Star Wars
The Man Who Would Be King

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Catfish Courtboullion from Dwyer’s Restaurant in Lafayette, LA
Steamed blue crabs with cider vinegar to dip the meat into
Homemade kobassy and sauerkraut
(dessert would be either sweet potato pie or poppyseed roll)

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Tortola
London
Dublin

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O’Brien
Beautiful Swimmers by William Warner

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
Life on Earth – David Attenborough’s series
Sopranos (some seasons better than others)
Homicide: Life on the Streets (the first season more so than the others)

Three songs:
Desolation Row, by Bob Dylan
Wild Age, by Warren Zevon
Complete Control, by the Clash

Three movies:
Duck Soup
Sleeper
Harvey

Three Books:
The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
Breakfast of Champions, by the incomparable Kurt Vonnegut
The Once and Future King, by TH White
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller (Okay, I cheated with four…)

Three meals:
Probably all pizza

Three vacation spots:
Santa Barbara
Hanover, NH
and I haven’t been to the third one yet

Three Shows
The Dick van Dyke Show
MASH — but only until Henry and Trapper leave
Seinfeld — Michael Richards notwithstanding

ooohhhh – Out of Africa – yes!

We eat together ( husband and almost 17 yr old daughter almost every night.And it’s always from scratch. My daughther is a vegan while my husband and I eat meat…This morning I baked brownies and homemade pumpkin pie and made her a pumkin pie that has no dairy. We have tofurkey for her for Thurs…. Stuffing will be made by her with seitan Its yummy even for those of us that eat the turkey

Songs..
Gimmme Shelter The Stone
Rosalita Bruce Springsteen
Some enchanted Evening form South Pacific

Movies..
The Godfather Pt 2
Almost all Hitchcock movies
Mccabe and Mrs Miller -Robert Altman

3 dishes
Yukon Gold MAshed potatoes ( serving them Tom
A big juicy steak,,, Porterhouse
Spaghetti and meatballs

Books…
Fanny by Erica Jong,,, beautiful words and a great heroine
Hamlet
Peoples History _ Howard Zinn

Tv shows

MASH…hands down
West Wing.
6 feet under

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Past…

Le Femm Nakita
The Prisoner
Twilight Zone

Present…

Countdown
The Daily Show
The Sopranos

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

a. Anything by Roy Orbison.
b. “Bernadette”
c. “Jewel of the Sea” (track 5 of “Atlantis”)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

a. “V for Vendetta”
b. “Remains of the Day”
c. “Lonesome Dove”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

a. My mom’s fried potatoes and onions (she died in 2003)
b. Huge banana split
c. Lemon scallops from Normandy Farm Restaurant in Maryland

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

a. Guantanamo Bay (seriously – we lived there for 4 years in the mid-to-late 60s; I cried for weeks when we came back to the States)
b. Catalina Island
c. Log cabin outside Helena, Montana

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

a. One Hundred Years of Solitude
b. Forever Amber (so sue me)
c. Marley and Me

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

I’m out of the loop here, as I haven’t watched TV shows in a lot of years.

1: Albums Really this time of year: Blue by Joni Mitchell, Just in Time For Christmas by Nancy Lamott, and Abby Road.

2. Stat Wars. Life of Brian. Casablanca.

3 Steak withs sides and banana cream pie for desert.

4. What’s a “vacation” and how do you “spot” one?

5. The Aquarian Gospel by Levi. Illusions by Richard Bach, and a toss up between Stranger in a Strange Land and The Prophet.

6. Smallville. It’s the best show on TV since the original Star Trek. Star Trek. Eureka.

Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
1) Have You Had Enough
2) The Internet is Not a Big Truck
3) Thick As A Brick

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
1) Secrets & Lies
2) The Color Purple
3) Sling Blade

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
1) Grouper in Pecan Butter w/ Muniere Sauce
2) Eggplant Rollatini
3) Zuppa DePesch

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
1) Martinique
2) Berlin
3) Lake Placid, NY

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
1) Anything by Stephen King
2) Anything by John Grisham
3) Anything Not by Rush Limbaugh & Bill O’Falaffel

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
1) I love Lucy
2) Sopranos
3) Six Feet Under

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

Three is hard, but I’ll try to follow the directions.

TV shows . . . Northern Exposure, MASH, and West Wing

Relaxing vacations spots . . . camping along the Northern California coast in October after all the tourists are home and the kids are in school; fishing off the dock at my parent’s home in Southern Illinois; Rocky Mountain National Park in February, during the week when no one else is there.

Songs . . . lots to choose from . . . how about Canadian Brass’ Saints Hallelujah! (listened to it just yesterday after seeing Wynton Marsallis lead the New Orleans-style funeral procession at Ed Bradley’s memorial service on C-SPAN!); Handel’s Messiah; and Jimmy Buffett’s Gypsies in the Palace. (Lots more to choose from, but these are a good three.)

Movies . . . Cinema Paradiso, Princess Bride, and Bull Durham.

Meal . . . an appetizer of potstickers and shu mai (with a good Gewurtramiener), a Chicago-style deep dish pizza for a main course (with a hearty Zinfandel), and after a break to cleanse the palate, a German himmeltorte for dessert (finished off with a nice port).

Books . . . This is the toughest, because I’ve got too many around to choose from. . . .Gotta have at least one science fiction book, so how about Stardance by Spider and Jeanne Robinson; The Language of Life by Bill Moyers; and the Bible. (surprise, surprise)

Wow, more mentions of “Soap” than I imagined there would be! Love it!

Ed*ard Teller @ 43

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

left
behind

Dune!

White Christmas
Back in the Saddle again
Jesus Loves the Little Children

How Green Was My Valley
Grapes of Wrath
The Bishop’s Wife

Pinto beans ‘n ham hocks, corn bread, greens
Buttered lobster, baked spud, veggies
BBQ gator tail, pan fries, Caesar salad

Cayman Islands
Roatan, Honduras
Copan, Honduras

How Green Was My Valley
Grapes of Wrath
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Olbermann
Have Gun Will Travel
Twilight Zone

Slowpoke (Neil Young)
Quiet City (Aaron Copeland)
Gates of Delirium (Yes)

LOTR (all three of them)
Wizard of Oz
Chinatown

Chocolate ice cream
Shrimp scampy
Grilled asparagus

Italy
Mexico
New York

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Skintight (Carl Hiaasen)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)

Seinfeld
Six Feet Under
The West Wing

1. Three songs

Brand New Day – Sting (Brand New Day)
Waiting in Vain – Annie Lennox (Medusa)
Time – Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon)

2. Three movies

Home for the Holidays (all the sad, funny, familial angst you could want without the airfare)
The Fifth Element (because love is redemptive)
The Matrix (because I want to kick ass like Carrie Ann Moss; I’d settle for being able to wear a shiny cat-suit like her)

3. Three dishes

As enjoyed at Emeril’s NOLA restaurant, on one of the very best chick-friend vacations I ever had:

Fire-roasted duck breast served with a nice shiraz
Garlic-mashed sweet and russet potatoes
Bread pudding with buttermilk ice cream

Honorable mention: Sesame-seared tuna roll at Cafe Appareil with a little zinfandel

4. Three most relaxing vacation

My folks’ place outside Marquette in the Upper Peninsula during the month of July (cheap, occasional guilt-trip, always someone ready to help with berry-picking or drinking margaritas while sitting on the beach on Superior’s shore);
Kailua-Kona Hawaii (expensive, but worth it, get a condo on the water and let the surf lull you to sleep);
My own whirlpool tub when the kids are staying overnight with friends (cheap, satisfying, good wine cellar in the basement)

5. Three books

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (reads like fiction);
Collapse by Jared Diamond (even my kids love it);
Toss up: Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott, or Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (because we need short, sweet, funny and good writing to punctuate our lives, like little chocolates from time to time).

6. Three shows

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos (always felt like I was both significant and insignificant at the same time when watching this show);
Northern Exposure (zen – no other television show ever really got zen like this one did);
X-Files (satisfies the tinfoil hatter in me, and Duchovny? Yum).

Honorable mention: any National Geographic special featuring Jacques Cousteau, because he was simply good for you and for the earth.

Happy T-Day, FirePups!

Always difficult for the humanities major to narrow things down to just three things. It’s a big world. :)

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Leo Kottke’s version of “Eight Miles High”
“Boogie Woogie Waltz” – Weather Report
“Dolphins” – Fred Neil

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

“Real Genius”
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
“Chinatown”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

The pu-pu platter from the now-defunct Pearl City Tavern.

The wienerschnitzel from Siechens in Wiesbaden.

My own chocolate and orange cheesecake.

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Never had the money and time together for a real vacation.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Ah, well, that’s tough to narrow down to three. Probably, Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (I might be the only person in the world who’s read it cover to cover three times), Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men and Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Can’t say about the present. No television. In the past, was always amused by “WKRP,” rarely missed “The Dick Cavett Show” when it was on, and I still think Edward R. Murrow’s “Harvest of Shame” was the best television documentary ever produced.

Oh wow, three per category is way too tuff so I’m goona cheat and just go with one per. And no laffin! I mean it!

Song: Layla. There’s one for the ages, Eric and Duane etal. There are some surprising connections behind the story.

Movie: No, not Citizen Kane, not Casablanca. Predator. Yeah, so sue me. Full length cartoon sans animation.

Last meal: Ham and beans with lotsa ketchup. Corn bread, spinach salad, sweat tea. Love them beans. Give me gas bad. Circumstances of the meal obviates the need to worry about that. Heh.

Relaxing vacation: Right here at home. Fun vacation, Pre Katrina Mardi Gras.

Great read: Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal. For reading during that relaxing vacation.

Tee Vee show: Twilight Zone. No contest.

Three songs (god, this is hard):
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Ring of Fire – Cash
Heavy Metal Drummer – Wilco

Three Movies
Pulp Fiction
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I’m counting that as 1)
High Fidelity

3 Dishes
Anything from Tanoshii in Chicago
Steak from Gibson’s
Something else from Tanoshii

3 vacation spots
I haven’t done a lot of vacationing except for Vegas, so I’ll go with 2 places I want to go to
Japan
Australia

3 Books
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Catch-22

3 Shows
Seinfeld
The Daily Show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Ed*ard Teller @ 43

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

right ahead? (opposite day)

“just one more little slice” of pie

It is important not to have a raggedy edge on the pie. If you see a rough edge, go ahead and take some excess pie out of the dish.

Re movies: Blues Brothers, because after each calamity they get up, dust themselves off, and set off again on their Mission From God.

1. I Can Only Imagine – Mercy Me
Who Am I – Casting Crowns
The Mountain of God – Third Day
2. Shawshank Redemption
Field of Dreams
Wizard of Oz
3. Lesa’s morning breakfast of Frosted Mini-Wheats, Strawberries, Milk, and LOVE.
Mom’s Thanksgiving Turkey, Dressing, and LOVE.
Lesa’s Mom’s Apple Pie and LOVE.
4. Newton Falls, Ohio – where I grew up
Bar Harbor, Maine
Savannah, GA and Tybee Island
5. I Love Lucy
Cheers
Seinfeld

I am a 54 year old survivor of lung cancer now for 4 years. This was very hard for me.

Peace and LOVE to all,
PJ

egregious — those pumpkin muffins were awesome. I may have to place myself an order for them for Christmas. :)

1. Songs
Eyes of the World – Grateful Dead
What’s Goin On – Marvin Gaye
Rastaman Chant – Bob Marley

2. Movies
The Princess Bride
Star Wars
any Chris Guest ensemble movies

3. last meal
crawfish monica
raw oysters (hey it’s my last meal!)
seared ahi

4. vacation spots
Tahiti (Moorea, Bora Bora, and Rangiroa)
Negril Jamaica
Molokai

5. books
any Tom Robbins
Sometimes a Great Notion

6. TV shows
MASH
Taxi
Daily Show

“And no laffin! I mean it!”

“Anybody want a peanut?”

The Princess Bride. How could I have forgotten?

OfT:
Hey, America, better wait to getcherself a Tahoe, Suburban or Corvette! Kerkorian starts to bail on his “investment” in GM:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01071.html

yup, oysters

I’m sorry, I missed the book thing.

5. 1984 – George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Animal Farm – George Orwell

Songs:
1. “Imagine” John Lennon
2. “Born to Run” Bruce Springsteen
3. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” U2

Movies:
1. Casablanca
2. Diner
3. Lord of the Rings

Meals:
1. Mom’s Brisket
2. The Traditional Tuscan Menu at L’Enoteca in Florence
3. Grandma’s potato pancakes

Vacation spots:
1. Portofino
2. Bali
3. Glacier National Park

Books
1. The Kite Runner
2. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
3. Catch-22
4. Into Thin Air

Current TV
1. The Sopranos
2. Rome
3. The Daily Show

Past TV
1. Hill Street Blues
2. Homocide: Life on the Street
3. Cheers
4. The Larry Sanders Show

Just for fun, a little poem:

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY, MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES ‘N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP,
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS,
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER
STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS.
Happy Thanksgiving!

I gotta go bake some pies, but I can try a few of the “best ofs”..

The song is Heaven, by Lennon
The movie is To Kill a Mockingbird
The dish is potato-leek soup (Irish at heart)
The relaxing vacation is Cape Cod, the most spectacular is San Francisco and North of Golden Gate Bridge
The book could also be To Kill a Mockingbird, but so as not to repeat it’s Pilgrim At Tinker’s Creek (Dillard)
And the show is M.A.S.H

Enjoy yourselves all ye Firedog Folks!

Patrick 4/4 @
45

Ed*ard Teller @ 43

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

left
behind

Bingo! Patrick 4/4 – “You’ll be left behind.” Scares the hell out of ‘em…

Wow! What a great thread! Hmmm, let’s see…

1. Not songs, but CDs. “So Far” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Goostly Psalmes” (Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800, and the Rachmaninoff Vespers.

2. Hopscotch, I have a HUGE collection of Christmas movies I’m just as likely to watch in August.

3. Eggplant parmigiana, fresh bay scallops the way my Uncle Harold cooked them, and just about any vegetable except okra.

4. Nantucket, Yosemite (well, back in the early 70’s before the air pollution) and Cornwall.

5. Fear & Loathing on the Campaing Trail ‘72, The Just So Stories and Stalkey & Company by Kipling, and Harry Potter.

6. Law & Order, The Story of English, and ???

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, pups!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Ain’t no Sunshine – Bill Withers
Only Daddy that’l Walk The Line – Waylon
We had it all – Waylon

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
The Jason Bourne Movies
Giant
The Trilolgy

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Meat Loaf
Scalloped potatoes
Green Beans

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Never had a relaxing vacation.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
Godfather
Tom Sawyer

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
NA

jeffreyw @
51

Oh wow, three per category is way too tuff so I’m goona cheat and just go with one per. And no laffin! I mean it!

Song: Layla. There’s one for the ages, Eric and Duane etal. There are some surprising connections behind the story.

Movie: No, not Citizen Kane, not Casablanca. Predator. Yeah, so sue me. Full length cartoon sans animation.

Last meal: Ham and beans with lotsa ketchup. Corn bread, spinach salad, sweat tea. Love them beans. Give me gas bad. Circumstances of the meal obviates the need to worry about that. Heh.

Relaxing vacation: Right here at home. Fun vacation, Pre Katrina Mardi Gras.

Great read: Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal. For reading during that relaxing vacation.

Tee Vee show: Twilight Zone. No contest.

“If it bleeds, we can kill it.” “Ain’t got time to bleed.”

Where else to you get Apollo Creed, Jesse the Body and Aganold together in one sitting?

Meant Imagine, by Lennon (sloppy work)

movies:

Usual Suspects
Babette’s Feast
Le Diner des Cons

meal:

butter lettuce salad with Stilton cheese, pears, and grilled walnuts
duck confit with polenta
a good red wine

Ed*ard Teller @ 63

Patrick 4/4 @
45

Ed*ard Teller @ 43

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

left
behind

Bingo! Patrick 4/4 – “You’ll be left behind.” Scares the hell out of ‘em…

and “shit out of luck” has too many words…

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Norwegian Wood
Heart of Mine (hate to say it but Norah Jones version is phenomenal)
Powderfinger (Margo Timmins version)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Casablanca
North by Northwest
The Seven Samarai

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Lobster Thermador
Imperial Mock Duck (Thai)
Blackened Catfish

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario
Winter Park, Colorado
Banff National Park of Canada

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Dune
The Story of Philosophy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

M*A*S*H
All in the Family
South Park

1. Songs
Bruce Springsteen, “The River”
The Association, “Cherish”
Dolly Parton, “These Old Bones”
(I don’t suppose compositions by Mozart or Haydn count as “songs”?)

2. Movies
“2001″ (at least 7 times)
“Galaxy Quest”
“Wizard of Oz” (there is ALWAYS something new to see in it)

3. Last meal
Vegetable soup
Moroccan chicken
Ann Amernick’s caramels

4. Vacation spot
Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon!

5. Books
“Tristram Shandy” by Laurence Sterne (hilarious)
“Perfume” by Patrick Suskind (hypnotic)
“Into the Heart of Borneo” by Redmond O’Hanlon (fascinating and funny)

6. TV shows (I rarely watch)
“Arrested Development”
“I, Claudius”
“The Vicar of Dibley”

Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

1)Love and Affection / Willow (Joan Armatrading)
2)Someone Like You / Moondance (Van Morrison)
3)Jungleland / New York City Serenade (Bruce)

And that’s as much narrowing it down as I can do. :)

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
John Lennon, #9 Dream
Billie Holiday-just about anything
Shocking Blue, Acka Raga

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Wings of Desire
My Favorite Year
Chicken Run

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Biftec de Chorizo from Argentina
Gnocchi with shaved Truffles
flourless chocolate cake

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Lesvos, Greek islands
Goa, India
Tuscan countryside

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Liebowitz
The Lord of the Rings trilogy

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
The Colbert Report
The Twilight Zone
Wiseguy

Sorry if this is old news, but Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth has herself a new job:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01258.html

susan @ 73

Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Liebowitz

Wow, I haven’t read that in 30 years. i liked it – except the convertin’ the jews part.

TeddySanFran @ 47

Dune!

Hey, don’t go dissen Frank Herbert’s classic until you’ve tried it. It’s a SF classic, not to mention an incomparable study of various human psyche. Just because your guy David Lynch ruined the first movie attempt (I noticed you chose Twin Peaks).

great thread, all.

Let’s see…

3 songs – “As” by Stevie Wonder,”Elements” Suzanne Sterling, “Imagine” John Lennon

3 movies – “Hairspray”, “Lord of the Rings”, “Eve’s Bayou”

3 books – “Lord of the Rings”, The Harry Potter Series, Anything by Jane Roberts/Seth

TV shows – Star Trek (esp. Voyager), Dr. Who, Medium

Well guess that shows what a big ol nerd I am… ah well back to work…

1. Oye Como Va (Santana), Because (Beatles), Don’t Advertise Your Man (Bonnie Raitt)

2. MASH; Bell, Book and Candle; Dr. Zhivago

3. Enchiladas w/ red chili and a fried egg on top; garlic chicken; chocolate cake w/ ice cream.

4. Jemez Wilderness; Chincoteague Island; Grand Canyon

5. The Moonstone; Reading Lolita in Tehran; The Wind in the Willows.

6. The Prisoner; The Medium; The Man from UNCLE.

I don’t like popular music; I don’t watch movies or television other than documentaries. I eat the same things every day; and none of the books I love would be considered “great reads.”

How about a quiz for those of us who love your blog but are not participants in the popular culture?

Tammy Duckworth has a head start. This woman already belongs to the ages. Most of us have to die first. I like Duckworth. A lot.

johnSwifty @ 76

TeddySanFran @ 47

Dune!

Hey, don’t go dissen Frank Herbert’s classic until you’ve tried it. It’s a SF classic, not to mention an incomparable study of various human psyche. Just because your guy David Lynch ruined the first movie attempt (I noticed you chose Twin Peaks).

Again, yet again!! — my enthusiasm translates in the toobz as sarcasm, for which I accept full responsibility. I love Dune. I’ve read all the sequels, and the odd Young-Herbert-penned prequel as well. Still can’t decide between the “Blond Dune” and the “Dark Dune” movie versions. But they are both worth watching, although SciFi has butchered the “Blonde Dune” version and I encourage all to avoid the result. The butchered version includes storyboard-like panels and narrative transitions that (a) give too much away and (b) corrupt the sequence.

I too am an unashamed Dune fan.

Wow. I see a lot of people had my TV pics. Back in the day when families really used to gather around the TV and watch together. Anyway, here are my picks:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

I don’t want to set the world on fire – the Ink Spots
7 Little Indians – John Hiatt
If I Had a Boat – Lyle Lovett

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Casablanca
To Catch a Thief
The Usual Suspects

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Foie Gras (I know, I know)
Mahi mahi chowder
Fillet au poive, rare

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Bermuda
Hawaii (sailing around Oahu)
Eleuthera

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

The Power of Myth – Joseph Campbell
The Portable Jung
The Gnostic Gospels – Elaine Pagels

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

All in the Family
M*A*S*H
St. Elsewhere

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
a. Time has come today (Steve Earle cover, though I like the original, too.)
b. Various things from Tommy
c. Tangled up in blue-Bob Dylan/Love minus zero (live version from 1975 Rolling Thunder tour) Bob Dylan. (tie)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
a. Ben Hur
b. Lawrence of Arabia
c. The Empire Strikes Back

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
a. home-made chicken and dumplings
b. mulled cranberry sauce with ginger (making it right now…mmm)
c. chocolate cake

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
a. Sarasota, or Ft George Island, Florida
b. the coast around Vera Cruz, Mexico
c. Washington DC at Thanksgiving, when nobody is at the museums.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
a. Is Lord of the Rings one book or three? Tolkein thought of it as one, so I’m calling it one.
b. Archaeological Survey of the Lower Mississippi Valley by Phillips, Ford, and Griffin
c. Harry Potter 3 or 4

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
a. Star Trek
b. Firefly
c. The better seasons of West Wing

Longtime lurker finally jumps in . .
1. Songs: Hey Jude (Beatles), Train in Vain (Clash), You’re With Stupid (Aimee Mann)
2. Movies: Roman Holiday, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Princess Bride
3. Last meal: Sauteed Scallops, New England Clam Chowder, Pasta with pesto
4. Relaxing vacations: Nova Scotia, Bermuda, Outer Banks NC
5. Books: Anna Karenina, Portrait of a Lady, Franny and Zooey
6. TV shows: I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, Daily Show

Katherine @
82

I don’t like popular music; I don’t watch movies or television other than documentaries. I eat the same things every day; and none of the books I love would be considered “great reads.”

How about a quiz for those of us who love your blog but are not participants in the popular culture?

Great idea!

omg StE!!

1. Three songs…
*-”Last To Know” by Ajeandro Escovedo performed by the Jayhawks.
*-”Who Wants To Live Forever” by Queen
*-”Dog & Butterfly” by Heart

2. Three movies…
*-”Spirited Away”
*-”Chinatown”
*-”The Heiress”(1949-Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift)

3. Three dishes…
*-rare Prime Rib with lots of horseradish
*-Corn on the Cob(grilled in the husk)
*-my mother’s potato salad

4. Three most relaxing vacation…
*-Escalante country(southern Utah)
*-Laramie Peak
*-staying home and working in my garden

5. Three books…
*-”Persuassion” by Jane Austen
*-”Big Trouble” by J. Anthony Lukas
*-”The House Of Mirth” by Edith Wharton

6. Three shows(TV)…
*-”The Wire”
*-”I, Claudius”
*-”The Daily Show”

Songs:

I Will Survive–which I will drop whatever I am doing and immediately start to sing, much to the embarassment of my children.

Warning: I’m sorry about the link. I just couldn’t help it. :)

Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

1) Casablanca / Top Hat (my own personal Ring-in the-New Year double-feature tradition)
2) My Cousin Vinnie (Cracks me up. Every. Single. Time.)
3) Love Among the Ruins (Hepburn and Olivier — and absolutely brilliant in every way)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving firedoggers!!! My favorite holiday of the year, bar none!

Our family is back in the midwest so we always do T-Day for the other stragglers like us who don’t have family around. Just yesterday another family of 4 asked if they could still come (of course!) and today we have added 1 more person. That makes 11 adults and 4 kids.

Football (my Lions are great at losing every year), the smell of turkey roasting, everything else that goes with the meal, friends, drinks, and the best damn apple pie in the world.

Peace to you all.

vacation spots:

- hanging out every summer chez the in-laws in coastal Brittany
- the Amalfi Coast and Capri
- trecking across the granite slopes of the High Sierra to camp at Lewis Lake

Songs
Extraordinary Machine-Fiona Apple
Tears in Heaven-Clapton
Ruler of My Heart-Irma Thomas

Movies
The Fifth Element
Pulp Fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird

Dishes
Gumbo
Pho
Tuna Casserole

Vacations
Destin, Florida
Eagles Mere, PA
Fishing anywhere

Books
Confederacy of Dunces-John Toole
Naked-David Sedaris
Kate Vaiden-Reynolds Price

Shows
Countdown
Deadwood
The Wire

Ed*ard Teller @ 64

Patrick 4/4 @
45

Ed*ard Teller @ 43

OT, but funny:

My wife has a new job mentoring intern student teachers. She works with eleven of them. One teaches at a public grade school full of fundamentalist and evangelical kids. Some of these kids don’t seem excited about their studies, cause – ya know – Jesus is coming back real soon.

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

left
behind

Bingo! Patrick 4/4 – “You’ll be left behind.” Scares the hell out of ‘em…

And, it’s a double entendre. :)

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again. a)”Over and Over” by Erin Bode, b) “In Liverpool” by Suzanne Vega, c)anything at all by Led Zeppelin. I hate this category, because there’s such a vast, rich cornucopia of music to love.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over. a)”Pride and Prejudice” either the Colin Firth or Keira Knightley versions — they’re my wife’s favorites actually, but I enjoy them too; b) The Lord of the Rings (yeah, I’m a LOTR geek too; c)any anime by Miyazaki. I hate this category as well, Hitchcock, Bogart, Hepburn, John Ford, Scorsese, Altman, where to stop?

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal. Yikes. Today, I guess I would want Liver n’ Onions, fried okra and collard greens. I’m feeling particularly southern today.

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited. Chicago, Illinois (on July 4); Mackinac Island, Michigan; Grafton, Illinois (you had to be there).

5. Three books that you consider great reads. a)Lord of the Rings (again); b)Moby Dick (worth the effort); c)Summer of ‘49 by David Halberstam

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present. a)The X-Files (and its like-minded predecessor, The Twilight Zone); b)Monty Python (inspired lunacy); c)The Fugitive. I don’t watch much tv these days.

The article goes on to discuss the potential fiscal viability of a dysfunctional family problem-solving chatroom for holiday emergencies…

We’ve already got one. I come here for emergencies.

rufo_firenza @ 90

Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

3) Love Among the Ruins (Hepburn and Olivier — and absolutely brilliant in every way)

Love that to death – but wasn’t it made for TV – not that that’s a bad thing – but I worry about category creep: Next thing ya know we’re eating our favorite movies and watching our most relaxing vacation spots.

Katherine @ 80

I don’t like popular music; I don’t watch movies or television other than documentaries. I eat the same things every day; and none of the books I love would be considered “great reads.”

How about a quiz for those of us who love your blog but are not participants in the popular culture?

Wow. Christy said nothing about “popular music” in posing the quiz. Why would you exclude your documentary teevee shows or movie choices? Eating the same things everyday certainly doesn’t exclude choosing something different — or even the same — for one’s last meal. Why would your book choices not be considered great reads, and how could we even consider them such without knowing what they are?

How can we know you, especially after we’ve told each other — and you! — so much about ourselves, if all we feel is that we’ve somehow made you unwelcome by participating joyfully with our pixel-friends here?

Wow.

1. Three songs
Mark Isham “On the Threshold of Liberty”
Roy Harris – Third Symphony
Randal Thompson – “Frostiana”
(I don’t have recordings of these anymore – I hear them in my head)

2. Three movies
Armageddon 1998 (Willis, Thornton, Buscemi, Taylor, Affleck
“Samurai Story” (with Toshiro Mifune)
any Godzilla film

3. last meal.
Sashimi
Teppan Yaki (steak and lobster)
Green Tea Ice cream

4. vacation spots
Point Lobos CA
Yosemite CA
our honeymoon in Kingston ON Canada

5. Three books
“Markings” Dag Hammarskjld
“Lord of Light” Roger Zelazny
“Lord of the Rings”

6. Three shows
“Star Trek” x 5 (”Enterprise” was the best – episode “Carbon Creek”)

Items mentioned variously above which I forgot, but heartily approve of:

1. Springsteen – The River and Rosalita
2. Fear and Loathing (but in Las Vegas)
3. Taxi, MASH, WKRP
4. Lonesome Dove, V for Vendetta, Princess Bride, Out of Africa

Also I should have fit in somewhere:
Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Matrix (first)

Songs: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Sledgehammer, On the Road Again

Movie: Nashville, Almost Famous, It’s a Wonderful Life

Food: Chile Verde, Brownies, Angelfood Cake

Vacation: Yellowstone in Winter

Books: Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Mother Night, The Phantom Tollbooth

TV: Freaks and Geeks, SpongeBob Squarepants, I’ll Fly Away

Mel at 90,
I, Claudius! I loved that. Also The Forsyte Saga and Upstairs, Downstairs.

1. Get Down Tonight, KC and the Sunshine Band
Subterranean Homesick Alien, Radiohead
Hey Hey What Can I Do, Led Zeppelin

2. Apocalypse Now (Redux)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

3. Thanksgiving Dinner
Kung Pao Chicken
Eggs Benedict

4. Traverse City, Michigan
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Estes Park, Colorado

5. History of Western Philosophy, Betrand Russell
The Shining, Stephen King
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

6. All in the Family
Seinfeld
Soap
(all old TV choices, but I got rid of cable about three years ago)

Crap, I can’t believe I forgot Lord of Light, I Claudius, and Casablanca. I’m a fool!

Mel at 90 — The Wire is the best show in tv right now, hands down. Exceptional writing, great characters — always well done storylines. Just high quality stuff.

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Citizen Hardin Smith and the Firepup Patriots:

3 Songs: “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, “Imagine”, “Alice’s Resaurant”

3 Films: “Citizen Kane”, “MASH”, “Crash”

3 Books: “Grapes of Wrath”, “Huckleberry Finn”, “Ulysses” (the original greek but not in Greek)

TV Shows: “MASH (original cast first please), “Columbo”, “Welcome Back Kotter”

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and…

KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER

1. “Crane Wife 1 and 2″ by The Decemberists, “World on Fire” by Sarah McLachlan and “Pussy Control” by Prince.

2. All Dogs Go to Heaven, Terminator 3 and Dangerous Liaisons.

3. Chicken tenders, red beans and rice and my grandma’s biscuits.

4. Sanibel Island, the Outer Banks and home.

5. Beloved, Paradise Lost and Lolita

6. BattleStar Galactica (the new one), Weeds and Firefly. In that order. :)

1. Caribbean Wind by B. Dylan
California Roll by L. Rittenour
Fooled Around and Fell in Love by E. Bishop

2. Last of the Blond Bombshells
The orginal “Godzilla, King of the Monsters”
Arsenic and Old Lace

3. Fresh cracked crab with SF sourdough and
Castroville artichokes.

4. Barre de Navidad, Mexico
Audrey’s house east of Lake Shasta.
Crete.

5. Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge,
The Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell,
all of the Ellis Peters “Cadfael” novels.

6. Babylon 5
M A S H
first four seasons of the West Wing.

To all in the FDL community – Have a Happy, and Safe holiday!!!

I watched too much TV as a kid, hardly any since; can’t comment much on current shows.

Three books that you consider great reads.

1) Carol O’Connell mysteries (The Kathy Mallory series or Judas Child — I pick one up and the rest of my life goes on hold until I’m finished.)
2) Fannie Flag books (Always a hoot. Just wish there were more.)
3) To Kill A Mockingbird (In a class by itself.)

Lists are cool.

Songs: Adagio for Strings (Barber), Layla, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Movies: Cassablanca, Godfather II, The Name of the Rose
Dishes: Oysters, rock shrimp, lotsa lotsa beer
Relax: Door County WI, Ft DeSoto Beach FL, Smokey Mtns
Books: All the King’s Men, Nixon Agonistes, anything by Carl Hiaasen
TV: Hill Street Blues, Andy Griffith (w/B Fife), Deadwood

Katherine at 82 — it doesn’t have to be something popular now. I mean, hello, I picked a Dickens book as one of my faves, and I swear I’m one of the nerdiest people that I know. It doesn’t have to be a pop song — I could have just as easily selected a Bach cello concerto or some DeBussy or Mozart for that matter, but I picked the three repeats of the last week or so for my tunes.

Truly, this isn’t a “who is coolest” kind of thing. More of a “what do YOU like” sort of thing. The overlap is fun — but it is the differences that are even more fun, I think.

For Katherine @ #82

3 songs:
“Ann Street” by Charles Ives
“Zur Rosenzeit” by Edvard Grieg
“Eclipse” by Charles Mingus

3 movies:
“Come, See” – “Sanjo the Bailiff” – “Dr. Strangelove”

last meal – I’ll skip it, thanks…

3 relaxing vacations:
my back yard and the lake
my front yard
riding my bike anywhere away from crowds

3 books:
The Civil War by Shelby Foote
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Leaves of Grass

3 TV shows:
Last show I watched more than once in a while – Hill Street Blues

Christy Hardin Smith @ 102

Mel at 90 — The Wire is the best show in tv right now, hands down. Exceptional writing, great characters — always well done storylines. Just high quality stuff.

Battlestar Galactica. I’m with the Orange Overlord on this one, sorry, Redd!

Three songs
1. Pointer Sisters, “I’m So Excited”
2. Michael Jackson, “Another Part of Me”
3. Sara Vaughn, “Copacabana”

Last Meal
1. Boneless Sirloin
2. Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
3. Baked Alaska

Relaxing Vacations
1. Jamaica Inn, Jamaica
2. Kona Village, Hawaii
3. Wailea, Maui

Three Books
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett
3. The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Three Movies
1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Laura
3. Waking Ned Devine

Three TV Shows
1. Mystery–Miss Marple series with Joan Hixson
2. Masterpiece Theater–Heat of the Sun series
3. A & E–Horatio Hornblower series

Looking at this list, it appears that any shipwrecked group of FDLers would soon commence to fighting over the dog-eared copy of Lord of the Rings pulled from the wreckage.

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Citizen Hardin Smith:

Isn’t it interesting to place the answers to those questions to the Firedoggers who wrote ‘em? What a great excercise Redd…yer a pretty smart broad!

KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE YER PROZAC, THERE’S STILL 2 MONTHS TO THE NEW CONGRESS!!!

1. Three songs (impossible):

Blue In Green (Miles Davis)
What Is Hip? (Tower Of Power)
Love And Consequence (Shelby Flint)

2. Three movies (again;impossible):

Lawrence Of Arabia
Spinal Tap
633 Squadron

3. Three dishes:

Cheeseburger & Fries w/1000 Island
Penne Pesto
Trader Vic’s Crab Rangoon

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited:

Chautauqua,Boulder,CO.
Hana, Maui
Santa Ynez Valley

5. Three books (impossible):

On The Road (Kerouac)
Waiting For The Barbarians (Coetzee)
Lindbergh (Berg)

6. Three shows:

Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
MST3K

I guess I’m the lucky one. I just made a huge pot of Granny’s beans.Be very glad you are not going to be close by soon. *G*

3 books.
anything Cussler.
I still love ‘The Swiss family Robinson’.
The Foxfire Book. (Christy,or any one with ancestors from the south would enjoy it)

Music?
UFO Live,Pink Floyd Live,Judas Priest Live.

Vacations.
Oregon Coast
Oregon Coast
Oregon Coast.

Movies
As Good As It Gets.
Lord of the Rings.
Harry Potter.

Feel free to giggle at will.

And…….

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Songs ‘52 Vincent-Richard Thompson
To Lay me down – Grateful Dead
If I needed you – Townes van Zandt

Movies-Derzu Usula (kurosawa)
Marx Brothers
Casablanca

last meal- Mussels Normandie
Cassoulet with plenty of duck
Pecan pie
Actually, i could go on and on, am I allowed to just eat myself to death?

Most relaxing vacation spots – i’m probably doing it wrong but vacations rarely leave me relaxed.

Great reads – Where the rivers flow north -Mosher
Anything (that’s not a book title) by Anthony Burgess
A dictionary (unabridged) to go along with Burgess’s works

TV shows – I Love Lucy
The Daily Show
The old Twilight Zone

But this intern has come up with a four-word phrase which seems to work every time.

“You’ll be blank – blank-.”

any guesses on the other two words?

I’m putting my money on “left behind”.

NorskeFlamethrower @
116

1,338 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Hardin Smith:

Isn’t it interesting to place the answers to those questions to the Firedoggers who wrote ‘em? What a great excercise Redd…yer a pretty smart broad!

KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE YER PROZAC, THERE’S STILL 2 MONTHS TO THE NEW CONGRESS!!!

Norske,

First time we’ve been here simultaneously for awhile.

CONGRATULATIONS, Gramps! More family.

Christy – Thanks for making this more than just a place to get information and reinforce opinions, but for making this a real community. Anyway, here goes:

1 – Songs
a) You’re Gonna Make me Lonesome When You Go – Madeleine Peyroux
b) If I had a Boat – Lyle Lovett
c) Beyond Compare – Maude Maggart

2 – Movies
a) Tootsie
b) Shawshank Redemption
c) Pump up the Volume

3 – Food!!!!
a) New York Steak, Medium Rare
b) Poached wild salmon
c) Homemade mocha-chunk ice cream

4 – Vacation Spots
a) Vancouver Island, north of Sooke (which is 35 miles NW of Victoria)
b) Kawaii
c) Porto Ercole, on the southern Tuscan coast of Italy

5 – Books
a) Essays of EB white
b) Any baseball book by Roger Angell
c) A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson

6 – TV
a) Hill Street Blues
b) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
c) The Simpsons

cleter @ 113

Looking at this list, it appears that any shipwrecked group of FDLers would soon commence to fighting over the dog-eared copy of Lord of the Rings pulled from the wreckage.

LOL! A possible out: memorize a chapter each, have a retelling competition around the campfire. Extra points for dramatic excess.

Patrick 4/4 at 97:

Yep. Love Among the Ruins was an absolutely exceptional ‘made for TV’ movie. Still a movie, though. Plus, I have these for my best shows on television (which, by ’shows’, I took to mean ’series’):

1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Seasons 1 – 5
2) The City Gardener (BBC)
3) Denver Broncos games (a bit of a ’show’ fudge I know, but still ‘must see tv’ for me) :)

TeddySanFran @ 84

johnSwifty @ 76

TeddySanFran @ 47

Dune!

Hey, don’t go dissen Frank Herbert’s classic until you’ve tried it. It’s a SF classic, not to mention an incomparable study of various human psyche. Just because your guy David Lynch ruined the first movie attempt (I noticed you chose Twin Peaks).

Again, yet again!! — my enthusiasm translates in the toobz as sarcasm, for which I accept full responsibility. I love Dune. I’ve read all the sequels, and the odd Young-Herbert-penned prequel as well. Still can’t decide between the “Blond Dune” and the “Dark Dune” movie versions. But they are both worth watching, although SciFi has butchered the “Blonde Dune” version and I encourage all to avoid the result. The butchered version includes storyboard-like panels and narrative transitions that (a) give too much away and (b) corrupt the sequence.

I too am an unashamed Dune fan.

Well, ok then. And I liked Eraserhead but man Lynch just didn’t get herbert much. Still, what was that line Cage used to say about his jacket in Wild at Heart? Something about an expression of individuality? I ran around spouting that for weeks.

1) U2 – With or Without You
AC/DC – Back in Black
Linda Rondstat and James Ingraham – Somewhere Up There

2) The Princess Bride
Gone with the Wind
Casablanca

3) Steak – rare
My grandmother’s cheddar mashed potatoes
My mom’s cabbage rolls

4) Assateague Island, MD
Wood’s Canyon Lake, near Christopher Creek, AZ
My aunt’s lake

5) The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
Forever – Pete Hamill
Any of Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” books

6) The West Wing
Stargate SG-1
The Wonderful World of Disney

wow

1,338 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Ed*ard Teller:

Backatcha big guy…your work up there in the tundra was magnificent and is REALLY gunna pay off in ‘08. Those rugged individualist, rational libertarians up there are gunna kick some ass in ‘08 I betcha.

Please tell me yer workin’ on a “major theme” piece a music…or do ya have the time with everythin else goin’ down?

KEEP THE FAITH AND LISTEN TO BRAHMS!!

did I just see a Mark Isham/Group 87 reference at 99 ? Wow that’s esoteric and very hip !

I love this kind if thread.

Three songs (these tend to rotate out monthly):
Staring at the Sun (TV on the Radio)
Anthems for a 17-Year Old Girl (Broken Social Scene)
Do the Earth (Guided by Voices)

Three movies:
2001: A Space Odyssey (I finally “got it” on the sixth viewing)
Psycho (as much comedy as horror)
Magnolia

Three dishes:
Steak, any variety
Salvadoran food
Half-smokes from Ben’s Chili Bowl in DC

Three most relaxing vacation spots:
Eagle Beach, Aruba
Bandon, Oregon
Oaxaca City, Mexico (sadly, used to be…)

Three books:
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West (Cormac McCarthy)
Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
(some more – Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami)

Three TV shows (I’m a littles surprised at the “no TV” sentiment from many – it’s a resurgent medium, and pretty consistently eclipses current American cinema):
Deadwood (THE elegy for our country)
Battlestar Galactica (the current version)
BBC’s Alan Partridge series (any incarnation)
(some more – Arrested Development, Mr. Show with Bob and David)

Ok then…

songs
Beeswing – Richard Thompson
Day in the Life – Beatles
Making Plans for Nigel – XTC

movies
Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Bedazzled (Cook and Moore version of course)
Third Man

Last Meal
Entree – Yabbies
Main – Steak Bearnaise(blue) and frites
Dessert – Tart Tatin

Relaxing Vacations
Cairns
Normandy
Rome

Books
Ulysses – James Joyce
At Swim Two Birds – Flann O’Brien
Auto Da Fe – Elias Canetti

TV
Prisoner – Patrick McGoohan
Callan – Edward Woodwood
Spooks – BBC

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

“My Funny Valentine”

“I Never Has Seen Snow”

“Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love”

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

Cleo From 5 to 7

Good News

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Meatloaf

Grilled Salmon

Chateaubriand

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Palm Springs

Elko Nevada

Jamaica (no longer applicable due to institutionalized homophonbia)

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

A la recherche du temps perdu

The Man Without Qualities

The Recognitions

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Kukla Fran and Ollie

Mr. Adams and Eve

The Jack Paar Show

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

“Honky Tonk Heroes” Waylon Fuckin Jennings
“Road Scholar’ Lee Roy Parnell and the Hot Links
“Maybe Someday Baby” Delbert McClinton

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
“Apocalypse Now”
“Eldorado”
“The Godfather”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Barbecued Pork Ribs
Carnitas Burrito
Barbecued Lobster

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Eagle Lake, CA
Schafer Meadow Airstrip, Montana
Island of Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
“Heart of Darkness”
“This Wheel’s on Fire, the Story of The Band”
“The Old Man and the Sea”

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
“The West Wing”
“Star Trek Deep Space Nine”
“Law and Order”

1. Songs
Bruce Springsteen, “The River”

For me, that’s a separate category — songs I can’t listen to over and over. It’s a great song — no question. Lyrically, I find it almost painful. That’s what Springsteen was after, of course. I wouldn’t change a note or a word, but I couldn’t listen over and over again. It’d be like having the Zapruder film on a tape loop.

Another one is “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” by The Jam. Paul Weller wants to shake you up with that one — and by god, he does it in spades.

bcinaz @ 105

The orginal “Godzilla, King of the Monsters”

You mean the original Japanese (no Raymond Burr)?

YEAH! IKKAN!

“Bedazzled (Cook and Moore version of course)”

the Leaping Nuns of St. Beryl’s..yes….

Music : at this specific time of year I love George Winston’s December (especially while driving to a family holiday function)

Movies: Field of Dreams, Shawshank redemption..

Food: Belgium beef stew, maine Lobster roll and Sam Adams (this is treated as sustanance and not a beverage in my home)

vacation : Montauk NY, BarHarbor Me., Any West Indies cruise.

Books: The teamates, Best and brightest,(halberstam) and yes I loved the Divinci Code.

T.V: Sorpranos, NYPD blues, NFL

Wow… Great idea for a pre-holiday thread Christy. Since I only really have time for one post before launching into a whirlwind weekend myself, this way I get to make it a good one.

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

*Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
*Kid Rock – Bawitdaba (great work out song)
*Anything at all from Pink Floyd, Enya, AC/DC, Bob Seger or Yo-Yo Ma.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

*Empire of the Sun
*Anna and the King
*Gandhi

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

A giant buffet of freshly sliced tropical fruit and pastry breads with an assortment of light cheeses, all served with Champagne, iced mint tea and chilled spring water

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

*Pohnpei
*The island of Molokai in HI
*An uninhabited Cay in the Indonesian archipelago

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

*Musashi
*An Unfinshed Life about JFK.
*Anything from Hemingway.

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

*The Daily Show
*60 Minutes
*The noble spirit of the “true” journalists of character throughout TV’s life. Murrow, Cronkite, Rather… Too many to name all.
*ANYTHING by Aaron Sorkin!

Well, that’s quick and crude and probably offers a confusing look into a slightly “off” person such as I am. I’ll check back in shortly to offer hellos to everyone and to read what I’m sure is great stuff about my friends above.

And I Give my Thanks to all of you.
Nate

Still, what was that line Cage used to say about his jacket in Wild at Heart? Something about an expression of individuality?

Sailor: “Hey – my snakeskin jacket! Thanks, baby. Did I ever tell you that this here jacket for me is a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?”

Lula: “about fifty thousand times…”

wow– just got back online. we are having a really awful conversion from Adelphia to Comcast up here since the 9th. ick.

1. Three songs– Three Little Birds, Moonshadow, Peace Train

2. Three movies– It’s a Wonderful Life, Wallace and Gromit, Finding Nemo

3. Three dishes– My grandmother’s fresh fried flounder, Mom’s stuffing, crusty french bread with stinky cheese.

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots– Jamaica, Denmark, the Outer Banks.

5. Three books– To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sound and the Fury, A Confederacy of Dunces

6. Three shows– Monty Python, MASH, Masterpiece Theater

Roddy McCorley @ 133

Another one is “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” by The Jam. Paul Weller wants to shake you up with that one — and by god, he does it in spades.

haven’t heard that one, but it reminds me of another great Jam song: “Going Underground”. Weller did a couple of pretty good Beatles covers: Sexy Sadie and Don’t bring Me Down.

Christy,
What a great thread! I love reading everyone’s choices.

Here’s mine:
1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Enya “Only Time”
Indigo Girls “Closer to Fine”
U2 “One”

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Holiday Inn
Laura
To Kill a Mockingbird

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Steak
Coconut cream pie
Pecan pie

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Kauai Hawaii
Sun River Oregon
Monterey California

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye
Outlander [Not quite “great”, but really fun]

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
St. Elsewhere

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Babson @ 130

Ok then…

songs
Beeswing – Richard Thompson
Day in the Life – Beatles
Making Plans for Nigel – XTC

Great song and group (XTC)!! Lemons and Oranges one of my favorite albums.

3 songs
James Taylor’s “You gat a friend”
“The secret of Life” and “close you eyes”

3 movies
“Star wars” “sound of music” “meet me in St. Louis”

3 Dishes
” broiled lobster” “Corn on the cob” “choclate dipped strawberries”

3 Vacation spots

“anywhere you can sail to from Long Island (inlcudes Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, etc.”

The Adirondacks especailly arounf Lake Placid

Lindesfarne –It’s a little island off the coaust of Northumbria in GB

3 books

Any of the original Nancy Drew books (not the gastly new ones)

Any Harry Potter

PK Bothas “the Power of One”

3 TV shows

Upstairs/downstairs (on PBS)
Bill Moyers (I forget the name of the show, now it has David Brancacchio)
Electric Company (it was a kids show) or Mr. Roger’s neighborhood

Yes, i am nostaligic for childhood. I alwys get that way during the holidays

NorskeFlamethrower @
128

1,338 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Ed*ard Teller:

Backatcha big guy…your work up there in the tundra was magnificent and is REALLY gunna pay off in ‘08. Those rugged individualist, rational libertarians up there are gunna kick some ass in ‘08 I betcha.

Please tell me yer workin’ on a “major theme” piece a music…or do ya have the time with everythin else goin’ down?

KEEP THE FAITH AND LISTEN TO BRAHMS!!

Norske,

I’ve been invited to write monthly colmns for http://www.frontiersman.com/ and http://www.insurgent49.com . I finished one article – about Governor Sarah Palin’s hopes to include creationism in the classroom, in light of the Jones decision (Dover, PA) last December. The other one, about the July-August Lebanon oil spill, is quite long and detailed, but is coming along.

I’m working on four commissions, “Westchester Suite” for trumpet, French horn, trombone and organ; “Winter Songs,” for soprano, violin, clarinet and piano; a trombone quartet; and an octet for the Sitka School District.

I’m almost ready to put up a web site so I can share my music with friends here. A great book for getting a site going – if you’re Mac-based – is “Podcasting and Blogging with Garage Band and iWeb” by Robin Williams and John Tollett.

Songs
1. Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
2. Karma Police (Radiohead)
3. Two More Bottles of Wine (Emmylou Harris)

Movies
1. Soapdish
2. LOTR Trilogy
3. Raising Arizona

Meals
1. Bucatini Amatriciana
2. Kumomoto Oysters on the half shell
3. Lobster Roll

Vacation

1. Provincetown, MA
2. Panarea (off the coast of Sicily)
3. Ourzazarte (Morocco)

Books
1. White Noise
2. Madame Bovary
3. To the Lighthouse

TV
1. The Comeback (RIP)
2. BattleStar Galactica (scifi series)
3. My Life on the D-List

you calmed me down (annie lennox with paul simon doing backup)
first we take manhattan (leonard cohen)
i’ve got the world on a string (sarah vaughan oscar peterson and joe pass, plus everything else on that album)

shoot the piano player
mona lisa
repo man

oysters on the half shell at the mohawk tavern in monroe, la.
fish baked in a brown paper bag at some restaurant in shreveport, la.
papardelli with a good chianti to wash it down at ciao europa on 54th? in nyc, or lamb and mashed potatoes and a good red at the louvre restaurant in paris.

yalta, the crimea in spring, or st. petersburg in february
sagre de cristo mountains listening to the coyote howl
porto in march or santorini in april

beyond belief v.s. naipaul
the museum of unconditional surrender dubravka ugresic
vow to poetry anne waldman

twin peaks
mash
thehoneymooners

OK here goes.

Songs
1) Here comes the Sun (Beatles)
2) Puttin’ on the Ritz (Fred Astair)
3) ? too many ties

Movies
1) Wizard of Oz
2) Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
3) Woody Allen’s Love and Death
[so many movies, so few places]

Books:
Proust (A la recherche du temps perdu
Dostoievski Brothers Karamazov
Jane Smiley: Moo

Last Meal
A perfect fish soup
Squab (rare), with petits pois
Baked Alaska, like the kind they do at La Coupole in Paris (why not? It’s the last supper)

Best vacation spots

Tonga and Western Samoa (1981)
Cinque Terra (1993)
Thassos (1978)

susan- Great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeAyiRQxSAM

whooops: the tv shows

Archie Bunker
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Seinfeld

Songs:
Bach/Brandenburg Concerto #2 Allegro
Santana/Black Magic Woman
Led Zeppelin/Babe I’m Gonna Leave You

Movies:
Casablanca
Chocolat
Volcano (LA in ruins! Yes!)

Last Meals:
Lasagne
Any good vegetarian curry
Lasagne

Vacations:
Bali
Penang (island off Malaysia)
Grayton Beach FL (my sister’s beach house)

Books:
A Year in Provence
Dune
My Name is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)

TV (hard to pick just 3):
The Rockford Files
Babylon 5 (an inspired epic)
MASH
(honorable mentions: Ghost Whisperer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly)

3 Songs: No Man’s Land, versions by Eric Bogle and June Tabor; Spanish Bombs, the Clash; Return of the Grevious Angel, Gram Parsons

3 Movies: Godfather 2; Casablanca; The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

3 Dishes: Filet mignon, rare, steamed aspargus, roast baby potatoes

3 vacations: Jackson Hole (Skied all day, ate, slept), Stowe, VT (ditto), Sicily (10 day car trip)

3 books: The Long Goodbye, Chandler; A Savage War of Peace, by Alistair Horne; Remembrance of Things Past, by Proust

3 TV shows: Prime Suspect; The Daily Show; Mythbusters (they blow s*** up!)

Hi, y’all… I lurk mostly but decided to come out and play for once. All of these choices are subject to change depending on whim and mood, but this is what crossed my mind today.

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

- Home at Last: Steely Dan
- Enough to Be On Your Way: James Taylor
- Hey Papa: Terence Boylan

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 version)
- The Princess Bride
- The Freshman
for lagniappe:
- The Godfather

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

- my homemade chicken noodle soup
- shrimp with linguine and alfredo sauce
- an absolutely divine crab and cheese thing I had once at Cliff House in San Francisco.

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

- San Francisco
- Taos, NM
- Pagosa Springs, Colorado

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

- Busman’s Honeymoon, Dorothy L. Sayers
- My Name is Legion, Roger Zelazny
- Among Friends, M F K Fisher

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Ouch, because I grew up without a TV and don’t watch it now. Past shows I remember:

- Star Trek (the original series)
- T.H.E. Cat (my love of jazz started here.)
- Twilight Zone

1. Three songs:

In My Room by the Beach Boys
Let it Be by George Harrison
Anything by Paul Simon

2. Three movies:

I’m not a movie buff

3. Three dishes:

Pork Chops
Pork Chops
Pork Chops

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited:

Aruba
Greece
Canadian Rockies

5. Three books:

The Things They Carried (O’Brien)
Any book by Thomas Merton
Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das

6. Three shows:

Seinfeld
Countdown
Sex and the City

Jack

hpschd @ 134

bcinaz @ 105

The orginal “Godzilla, King of the Monsters”

You mean the original Japanese (no Raymond Burr)?

YEAH! IKKAN!

Messed up the title: the 1954 version dubbed in Eng. with Raymond Burr “Godzilla: King of All Monsters”

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

punaise @ 155

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

Cosmic forces?

punaise at 155 — because I have an evil streak? *g*

Here’s a little “getting to know you” quiz for us all:

Cool.

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Easier to list performers: Louis Armstrong, Paul Simon, Sting/The Police, Enya, The Beatles.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

“Casablanca”
“Lord of the Rings”
The (original) “Star Wars” trilogy

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Pizza (pepperoni, sausage, extra cheese, mushrooms, onions)
Bacon cheeseburger, sides of onion rings and coleslaw
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

I don’t get a lot of vacations. The Netherlands has to be on the list, though.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and sequels) by Douglas Adams
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tain translated by Thomas Kinsella (reading it right now for my Celtic Archaeology class next semester; it really is a pretty fun, fast paced read for a translation of an oral epic)

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

“M*A*S*H”
“Last of the Summer Wine” (Never heard of it? You poor sucker.)
“Kung Fu”

punaise @ 153

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

Sorry, we’re already working on this list. We don’t have time for that one.

I’m trying to finish up work for the day, so I’m a little short of 3, but off the top of my head:

Songs:
“Reconsider Me” — Warren Zevon
“I Will Remember You” — Sarah MacLachlan
“Moving Right Along” — The Muppets

Movies:
“The Princess Bride,” “Casablanca,” “The Lion in Winter”

Meal:
Oh, there are too many!

Relaxing vacation spots:
Mont St. Michel, France
Lily Pond in Maine, where we went when I was growing up

Books:
“Little, Big,” by John Crowley, my favorite book.

TV Shows:
“American Gothic”, “Babylon 5″

punaise @ 155

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

Crushing deadline around my neighborhood means you can leave when all the grapes have been smashed, and not a minute sooner.

OT but funnnny.

http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/

1.)Three songs: “Guided by Wire”- Neko Case, “Boy from Tupelo”- Emmylou Harris, “California Stars”- Billy Bragg and WILCO
2.)Three movies: “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Great Escape”, “Lost in Translation”
3.)Three dishes: Macaroni and cheese, fois gras, pan seared scallops topped with creme fraiche and caviar.
4.) Three Relaxing vacation spots: San Gimignano, Italy; Lake Powell, Arizona; Santa Fe, NM
5.) Three books: “Pride and Predjudice”, “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Remains of the Day”
6.)Three TV Shows: “Star Trek-the original”, “Dead Like Me”, “Deadwood”

3 of my favorite songs
Black Magic Woman .. Santana
La Realite .. Amadou & Miriam
Les Flamme d’enfer .. Beausoleil

3 movies
Tootsie
Galaxy Quest
Wall Street

3 Dishes
Bangers and mash
Veal Cordon Bleu
Something (anything) Tandoori

Vacation Spots
Cabins at Nagarkot Nepal (overlooking everest), we went there for first light 2000, very quiet (sans the new years event) and has a view that never quits.
Phuket .. Thailand
Agra .. love the taj

3 Books
The Ring Trilogy
The Right Stuff
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

3 TV shows
Seinfeld
Saturday Night Live (with Belushi and Akroid)
The Daily Show (Jon Steward)

Happy Thanksgiving all -)

La Traviata
Goldberg Variations, Glen Gould
Carly Simon – Good Bye

Antigua
Il des Saintes, Guadeloup
Atlantic Ocean 23� N sailing

Thai Crispy Red Snapper w/ chile sauce
Sushi (eel, yellow tail, scallop)
grilled veggies

Gabi Gashi Gabi Gan
Missing
Gone With the Wind

GEB – Godel Escher & Bach
Any John McPhee
War and Peace

Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Masterpiece Theatre

Louisiana Girl @ 13

egregious @ 9

Here is the location of the Larry Kissell Recount Fund via egrBlue.

I know people are pretty much tapped out, but if you can spare some funds they are in need.

Larry PERSONALLY loaned the campaign about $40,000. I hope we can help with the recount and with the debt. The N.C. Democratic Party, bless their hearts, have already coughed up the maximum allowed.

I’ve got Karen Carter on the page too, just scroll down to near the bottom.

But what about Ciro Rodriguez? He is running against a Republican in a runoff on 12 DEC, and he can win this race based on the results of the open primary on election day. If we are committed to elected Democrats to the House, we have to support Ciro. The DCCC, the Texas Democratic Party, activist Latino organizations and local Texas Democrats are all supporting Ciro. We must too. Please add Ciro to your list. Besides, he is a true progressive Democrat. Let us be Democrats and let us support Ciro.

I have a policy not to ask people here to go over to my blog for egrBlue when the candidate is available here at FDL BlueAmerica. Ciro Rodriguez is already on the FDL list.

Thanks this season to firedoglake. While taking a break from holiday preparations, here are my picks:
3 songs:
“In My Life,” by the Beatles.
“Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Les Miserables
“Dancing in the Dark” by Springsteen
3 movies:
“Casablanca,” “Lord of the Rings,” “It’s a Wonderful Life”
3 dishes:
Spaghetti with homemade sauce from scratch, Maryland crab cakes, and French (not freedom) apple pie
3 relaxing vacation spots:
Venice, Italy; St. Thomas; the Outer Banks
3 books:
“Remembrance of Things Past” by Proust, “Pride and Prejudice” by Austen and John Irving’s “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” one of the most powerful anti-war novels you will ever read.
3 shows:
“Law and Order” with Orbach, “Hill Street Blues” and the little-watched “I’ll Fly Away.”
Happy Thanksgiving to all.

You know what gets me reading these lists?

How many of those choices where on my own list that I had to winnow down to 3. Or how many of those choices I hadn’ thought of under the pressure of the moment but now would ammend my list to include.

It is amazing what similar tastes this group has, coming as we do from all over the world and such different backgrounds.

Kindred spirits and all.

Oh gosh, how could I forget?

“Ann of Greengables”

Thanks Christy for this– no wonder we love it here! Such fine folks all around.

Can you imagine how the the wingers would answer these?

(I am sorry if I am not being properly thankful for my “brothers and sisters of the backwash”

if that was too latte drinking elitist and mean?)

Nate @ 135

*Musashi

Go Rin No Sho?
The 5 volume series by Yoshikawa?
a different one?

Songs: “American Pie” by Don MacLean, “Vienna” by Billy Joel, “Learning from Falling” by Lamya

Movies: Lawrence of Arabia, Broadcast News, Princess Bride

Last Meal: Herbed beef stew, gorgonzola twice-baked potatoes, fresh summer peaches topped with crumbled amaretti cookies and real whipped cream. Washed down with a nice bottle of Brunello (with the meat) and a glass of Bonny Doon Vin de Glaciere dessert wine with the peaches.

Vacation spots: Moorea, Peter Island, Grandmother & Granddaddy’s cabin in Anniston Alabama (sadly, it doesn’t exist anymore).

Books: The Republic by Plato, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Harry Potter

TV shows: Carol Burnett Show, ABC’S Wide World of Sports, Sesame Street

grayslady @114
Dorothy Dunnett– YES!

Thanks Christy, that was fun

but I forgot

The Old Man and the Sea (How did I forget
that one!).

Jack

Bay State Librul @ 173

Thanks Christy, that was fun

but I forgot

The Old Man and the Sea (How did I forget
that one!).

Jack

fantastic book!

Christy (and Jane, and all contributors,) you give us so much. I’ll be thinking of you when I take a bite of that turkey tomorrow and being thankful for the community you’ve created here.

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

My favorite song, Elvis Costello’s version of “My Funny Valentine”

“Respect”, Aretha Franklin

“Clair de lune,” Debussy

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

My favorite: “It’s A Wonderful Life,” complete with a box of Kleenex
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
“High Fidelity”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Pizzeria Pagliacci’s Pagliaccio salad — it’s the crack of salads
fettucine carbonara
Ben & Jerry’s Dublin Mudslide

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Cannon Beach, OR
Cannon Beach, OR (do you sense a trend here?)
Hanalei Bay, Kauai

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

“Little Women”
“Into Thin Air”
anything by Carl Hiaasen

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present

“The Daily Show”
the late, lamented “Sports Night”
the late, lamented “Action”

looseheadprop — can you imagine the party we’d have if we could get a critical mass of FirePups together for massive pot-luck?

[sigh]

Songs:
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk- Rufus Wainwright
One of These Things First- Nick Drake
Promises- The Cranberries

Movies:
Blade Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Natural Born Killers

Last Meal:
Fugu
Pad Thai
Coquilles St. Jacques

Relaxing Vacation Spots:
Orcas island (San Juans)
Forked Lake (The Adirondacks)
Bahia Honda State Park (Middle Keys, FL)

Books:
Steppenwolf- Hesse
Chaos- Gleick
Manufacturing Consent- Chomsky

TV Shows (I am violently allergic to ads, so the recent ones I just watch on DVD)
M*A*S*H
Firefly
New Battlestar Galactica

primordial ooze — I take it you’d consume the fugu last, yes?

heh.

Rayne @ 178

primordial ooze — I take it you’d consume the fugu last, yes?

heh.

Not necessarily. Badly-prepared fugu takes a few hours to do you in, doesn’t it?

1,338 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ AND AND ON AND…

Citizen Ed*ard Teller:

Wonderful, the ensemble pieces, especially the “Westchester Suite” and “Winter Songs”, are most interesting because of the instruments. I for one look forward to hearin’ ‘em and I am so glad yer doin chamber and small ensemble stuff…wish we had ready access to “new” music without havin ta wade thru all the piles of horseshit jest to find the pony. again, have a wonderful Thankgiving and…

KEEP THE FAITH, WHEN IT’S ALL OVER THAT’S ALL WE’RE LEFT WITH ANYWAY!!

CNN will run a companion piece to this thread, the worst political missteps of the year. Here are my picks:

Allen’s Macaca moment
Burns’ dis of the firemen
Bush in Viet Nam saying we should have bombed more

I’m going to ignore any thing Iraq, fish in a barrel thing.

We had a bunch of comments stuck in moderation purgatory — no idea why. But if everyone will refresh at some point, you’ll get them. Sorry about that, gang — missed them for a little while there…

angie @ 168

Thanks Christy for this– no wonder we love it here! Such fine folks all around.

Can you imagine how the the wingers would answer these?

(I am sorry if I am not being properly thankful for my “brothers and sisters of the backwash”

if that was too latte drinking elitist and mean?)

Could probably have some fun making up lists for them, once this one has run its course. :)

Rayne @ 175

looseheadprop — can you imagine the party we’d have if we could get a critical mass of FirePups together for massive pot-luck?

[sigh]

Probably have to develop some bad habits… like bulemia….

1]Imagine
Georgia
Purple Haze
2]Casablanca
GodfatherI
Shaft
3]NY Steak
Chili
Bacon and eggs
4]Boundary waters mid-fall
Black Hills late spring
Iowa ragbrai
5]The Sun Also Rises
Catcher in the Rye
Stranger in a Strange Land
6]The Honeymooners
Andy Griffith [Barney episodes]
Twilight Zone

EvilDrPuma @ 156

TV
“Kung Fu”

YES!

and there was a harpsichord in the sound track!

jeffreyw @ 185

CNN will run a companion piece to this thread, the worst political missteps of the year. Here are my picks:

Allen’s Macaca moment
Burns’ dis of the firemen
Bush in Viet Nam saying we should have bombed more

I’m going to ignore any thing Iraq, fish in a barrel thing.

And Bush remarks aren’t a fish in a barrel thing? 8-P

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Impulse – Theresa Russell, Produced by Sondra Locke
The Net (some scenes shot in Cozumel)
Against All Odds (some scenes shot in Cozumel)

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Cozumel
Cozumel
Cozumel

; )

Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Since my family all live in ‘distant’ locations that tend to be my vacation spots:

1) My brother’s — which, by definition, means spending time out in his boat fishing for something…anything. Doesn’t really matter, since the important part is just spending the time with him and my niece and nephew.
2) My mom’s — which, by definition, means making sure beforehand that she has a list of chores ready for me that she can’t do for herself. Gives me a huge amount of pleasure to do them — and keeps me laughing whenever she tries to ‘help’ by offering (unsolicited) advice on the best way to do whatever.
3) My sister’s — which, by definition, means sipping wine and chatting and laughing with her while playing card games or watching movies (and still laughing) with my other niece and nephew until, literally, the sun comes up.

hpschd @ 190

EvilDrPuma @ 156

TV
“Kung Fu”

YES!

and there was a harpsichord in the sound track!

Now that you mention it, there was, wasn’t there?

The toxin in Fugu is apparently produced by a Vibrio strain commonly resident in the intestine, and taken up and stored by the fish.

Death generally occurs in 4 to 6 hours. Plenty of time for dessert, although your lips might be numb.

Babson @ 131

songs
Beeswing – Richard Thompson

Oh yeah! And I’d like to propose a new catagory: Favorite songs about motorcycles

For which there is no better than Vincent Black Lightning 1952

And it looks like Casablanca is pulling the lead for film votes.

Primordial Ooze @ 195

The toxin in Fugu is apparently produced by a Vibrio strain commonly resident in the intestine, and taken up and stored by the fish.

Death generally occurs in 4 to 6 hours. Plenty of time for dessert, although your lips might be numb.

“Want fugu!”
–Homer Simpson

EvilDrPuma says
November 22nd, 2006 at 1:11 pm*

And Bush remarks aren’t a fish in a barrel thing? 8-P

Ya got me there. Strike Bush add Carville.

johnSwifty @ 198

And it looks like Casablanca is pulling the lead for film votes.

Best…American…movie…ever.

DefJef @ 167

Goldberg Variations, Glen Gould

1955 or 1981?

I prefer the 1955 version

Emerging yet again from lurkerdom, and late to the thread:

Music
1 Concerto in D major for trumpet, strings & continuo – G.P. Telemann
2 Sanvean – Lisa Gerard/Dead Can Dance
3 All of “So” – Peter Gabriel
Movies
1 The Lion in Winter
2 LotR – the trilogy (the extended version, of course)
3 Little Women (the ’94 Gillian Armstrong version)
Food
1 Perfectly cooked, rare beef tenderloin
2 Equally perfectly prepared mashed potatoes, with lots of salt (thus precipitating the event that renders the meal “last”)
3 A solid slab of chocolate
Vacations (nothing here – I specialize in fraught vacations)
Books
1 Emma (with Persuasion as an Austen back-up choice)
2 Lindsey Davis’s Marcus Didius Falco series
3 My Traitor’s Heart – Rian Malan
TV
1 West Wing – even the crappy seasons
2 Babylon 5 (great secondary characters and really cool ships)
3 I’ll Fly Away (with bonus early Sam Waterston)

A happy Thanksgiving to all! May your celebratory dinosaur descendant or functional equivalent thereof be tasty…

jeffreyw @ 181

CNN will run a companion piece to this thread, the worst political missteps of the year. Here are my picks:

Allen’s Macaca moment
Burns’ dis of the firemen
Bush in Viet Nam saying we should have bombed more

I’m going to ignore any thing Iraq, fish in a barrel thing.

Deadeye Dick Cheney shooting an old man in the face and then trying to hush it up (was that within the past year?)

Hastert’s handling of Foley

Bush barnstorming the country for Republican congressional candidates

I need to add book #3 to my list (@58) to include David James Duncan. Loved both The River Why and The Brothers K. Haven’t seen them mentioned.

punaise @ 156

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

You work???!!!

EvilDrPuma @ 197

johnSwifty @ 198

And it looks like Casablanca is pulling the lead for film votes.

Best…American…movie…ever.

I noticed the “American” caveat; of course that begs the question….

johnSwifty @ 205

punaise @ 156

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

You work???!!!

damn. busted.

Deadeye Dick Cheney shooting an old man in the face and then trying to hush it up (was that within the past year?)

Past the use by date I think, but too good to pass on.

Hastert’s handling of Foley

Ding Ding!

Bush barnstorming the country for Republican congressional candidates

A little diffuse, but good.

punaise @ 155

how come Christy always does these fun list thingies when I happen to have a crushing deadline at work?

Hey YOU! Back to work!!
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(it’s his mirror because he’s self-employed :)

johnSwifty @ 192

Babson @ 131

songs
Beeswing – Richard Thompson

Oh yeah! And I’d like to propose a new catagory: Favorite songs about motorcycles

For which there is no better than Vincent Black Lightning 1952

Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf?

Hastert’s fondling of Hadley?

Oooh, happy, off to the airport to get egrDaughter :) :) :)

neurophius @ 207

Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf?

CLASSIC! Nice one!

Bush kneads Angela?

Hey YOU! Back to work!!
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(it’s his mirror because he’s self-employed :)

technically, that job falls to my upside-down alter-ego 3sivund, but thanks for the nudge!

Bush barnstorming the country for Republican congressional candidates

A little diffuse, but good.

The one he appeared for two days before Election Day, a ten-year incumbant, lost soundly.

My first impulse when Bush came to town was to come up with some kind of community cleansing ceremony to disperse the smell of sulfer.

Then I thought, no, let the smell of sulfer stay to remind them.

Incumbent

This is the first time that I’ve ever commented on FDL, but I am a long time visitor to this site. Seems I always find something interesting and informative (and often funny)from all the wonderful writers and commenters of this site. Thanks so much for all that you do. I’m having a hard time focusing on work today (my mind keeps wandering towards tomorrow) and this thread made me smile — I am the youngest of ten, so you can imagine how holidays were when I was growing up. At any rate, here’s my first contribution to the FDL conversation.

Three songs: Lonely Teardrops – Jackie Wilson, Claire de Lune – Claude Debussy, Keep Me God – Iris DeMent

Three movies: Any of the old, old Cary Grant movies, Little Big Man, Dances With Wolves — because of its incredible cinematic beauty. The photography of that film just swept me away.

Three dishes: Would hate for it to be only three. My mother passed away in 1985 on Mother’s Day and when I think back to all the wonderful meals she prepared for her family, this is one that I always come back to. I picture a cold, windy, winter day and coming in the front door after school and she would have pinto beans with ham hock simmering away on the stove and then that night we would have those beans and ham with her pan fried potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, and sweet iced tea. And if we were lucky,she would serve her absolutely incredible apricot pie.

Three vacation spots: They were all unplanned, sort of spur of the moment trips. We just wanted to get away and we had just a lovely time. Half Moon Bay, California — just a beautiful spot on this planet, San Francisco — love the city and we took the Wine Country Tour and just loved it, and Cape Canaveral, Florida — didn’t do anything, but sat on the beach looking out at the ocean and was just hypnotized.

Three books: Really hard to narrow this down to three – Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Growing Up by Russell Baker.

Three TV shows: I don’t know about the best, but I enjoy The Closer (although I haven’t seen it in a while…has it been cancelled?) and Good Eats by Alton Brown — he’s such a quirky personality and I always learn something from his show, and it’s hard to beat Countdown with Keith Olberman.

Sorry for such a long-winded post on my first time out. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you at FDL!

Welcome, Pegleg. Come back often.

johnSwifty @ 196

Babson @ 131

songs
Beeswing – Richard Thompson

Oh yeah! And I’d like to propose a new catagory: Favorite songs about motorcycles

For which there is no better than Vincent Black Lightning 1952

I don’t want a pickle/ just want to ride on my motorsickle

Just jumping in to recommend the last fiction book I read, which was one of the best I’ve read in years:

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem.

3 songs: L. Armstrong, ‘Wonderful World’; Roberta Flack ‘First Time’; John Coltrane ‘Africa Brass’ Movies: ‘V fer Vendetta’; ‘Whale Rider’;’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ they’re on the shelf. Last Meal: Jalapeno Bread Loaf, A Cuban Bowl, Margaritas. Vacate: Cannon Beach, Oregon(2 weeks caretaking my son’s place convinced), Summer Lake Hot Springs(.com) check it out! (best HS water any where & in the desert). Steens Mts, Oregon where you can meet the local ranchers at Alford Hot Springs. Books; Anything by Arturo Perez-Reverte; Halprine’s ‘Memoirs In an Ant-Proof Case’ very funny; ‘Moby Dick’. TV? All of K.O.’s Commentaries, ‘Colbert Show’ & All of Peter Falk in ‘Columbo’ series. Have a great ‘holidaze’ and remember America would be thought better of if we all could cut our consuming habits etc. etc..

I’ve been really busy this week, and can’t even decide what my three favorite foods are. But, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I just saw this at a site for aircraft modeling (of all things), “A tribute to the Lebanese from a senior UN official”:

I left Beirut last week feeling that in the few short months I was the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, I witnessed the Lebanese people in their very best light. Lebanon was my 11th assignment to a humanitarian emergency. It is from that perspective that I judge recent events in the country and how its people responded to the war with Israel.

When I arrived in July, with the conflict raging, 1 million people – nearly a quarter of the country’s population – were in flight, living in areas away from the fighting and the air and artillery assault on their communities, to the safety of Beirut, North Lebanon or Syria. Only weeks later, with the cessation of hostilities on August 14, these same people were on the move again, this time in a rush back to their homes, so many of which were unfortunately found damaged or destroyed.

To my mind, the most intriguing thing about this large-scale migration was just how orderly and without incident it was. What other country could experience such a mass movement of its citizens in the heat of war and have virtually no incidence of hunger, malnutrition or deadly disease? In my experience, it’s simply unprecedented.

It often amazes me that people assume that the malevolance and hatred we see on TV or read about in the newspapers is somehow typical of a country. It’s almost always not. Usually, most folks seem to want what we do – safe places for our kids to play, work that satisfies at least some or our needs, friends and family. The stuff we read about is the exception, not the rule.

Have to go now, but I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving.

angie @ 170

Thanks Christy for this– no wonder we love it here! Such fine folks all around.

Can you imagine how the the wingers would answer these?

(I am sorry if I am not being properly thankful for my “brothers and sisters of the backwash”

if that was too latte drinking elitist and mean?)

Ahhh a challenge! The possible winger answers are:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Anything by Iron Maiden

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Mad Max
Beyond Thunderdome
All the “Lethal Weapon” movies

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

T-bone
Porterhouse
Pork

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Vegas!

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Sports Illustrated.
Readers’ Digest
Fountainhead (but haven’t read it all just yet)

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Anything with Ron Silverman in it.

1. Three songs: Varen (Grieg); Bredon Hill (Vaughan Williams); Beau Soir (Debussy); In My Life (Beatles – and just as good as the first three); honorable mention – They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Gershwin/Astaire).

2. Three movies: Lord of the Rings (Part 1); The Big Sleep (would have said Casablanca except everybody else did); Grave of The Fireflies (actually, that’s a cheat because I saw it once, it was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, and I’m not strong enough to watch it again); so the third movie is Dr. Strangelove.

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal: Ribs, boiled slaw, Haagen Daazs Vanilla (or B&J Cherry Garcia, but HD got there first).

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited: my Grandparents house; old Mauna Kea hotel on the Big Island; at a friend’s cottage ‘up north’ in Ontario.

5. Three books that you consider great reads: Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez, and thanks to a previous lister for reminding me about Marquez); anything by Cordwainer Smith; any Jeeves story (Wodehouse).

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present: House; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Farscape (nobody’s mentioned this because few have seen it, but all you Star Trek/Babylon 5/Galactica etc. fans are barking up the wrong tree. This is the best Sci-Fi series of all times in every parallel universe that has ever existed. Yeah, it’s good. Battlestar Galactica – sheesh, what a crock [no offence].).

Kudos to Primordial Ooze for suggesting Fugu for the last meal – no shit, Sherlock! To NormalLiberal for My Traitor’s Heart (how could I have forgotten?). To all who mentioned Confederacy of Dunces (the author’s tale as strange as his only book).

This ‘contest’ is unfair. After reading everyone else’s lists as a memory aid, I could make a Top 30 in each category, no problem. Truly we have much to be thankful for, and we’ll take care of the rest Real Soon.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Firepups – getting ready to leave for WV & dreading a long rainy ride – hope you all enjoy the bird!

Pegleg– welcome to you and all the new commenters today.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

I hope we can make sure that all others all over the globe have the wealth and comfort we have in friendship, soon.

Argonaut @ 222

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present: House; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Farscape (nobody’s mentioned this because few have seen it, but all you Star Trek/Babylon 5/Galactica etc. fans are barking up the wrong tree. This is the best Sci-Fi series of all times in every parallel universe that has ever existed. Yeah, it’s good. Battlestar Galactica – sheesh, what a crock [no offence].)

I’m there with you. Any show with Australian women, preferably blue, rises to the top. My only problem is the blue lady appeared in “Road Warrior” with Mel, so that’s a tough row to hoe. She couldn’t handle the makeup (and lack of hair) after a while though.

1. Songs: Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits; Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Henry Purcell), esp by Kings Singers; John Dowland’s Lachrymae (Flow My Tears), esp by Daniel Taylor

2. Movies: Princess Bride, Perfectly Normal, Prodigal Boxer

3. Dishes for last meal. Hmm, I’d like best to get a pile of ingredients and see what I could figure to do with them. But if someone else is cooking, then Grapfruit (room temp, no sugar), ratatouille on polenta, bleu cheese and pears for dessert. Innis and Gunn to drink.

4. Relaxing vacation spots: Key West, FL; Outlet Beach Prov Park, ON; Anaheim, CA (OK, it was the circumstances, not so much the place)

5. Books: The Oddysey, Homer; Lord of The Rings, Tolkien; Deptford Trilogy, Robertson Davies; Space Trilogy, C S Lewis.

6. TV shows: Dark Star, Daily Show, Twelve Kingdoms

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Imagine by John Lennon
Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
Much of the Indigo Girls’ work

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

The Verdict, by Sidney Lumet, starring Paul Newman and others

Apocalypse Now, by Coppola

And, sure, why not, Casablanca

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

KC Strip steak medium rare
Fresh Asparagus
Pecan pie

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

The Oregon coast
Paris
Machu Picchu

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway
Magister Ludi or the Glass Bead Game by Hesse

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
The Defenders (mid-60’s, I think)
CNN evening news with Aaron Brown (alas, no more)

hpschd @
174

Nate @ 135

*Musashi

Go Rin No Sho?
The 5 volume series by Yoshikawa?
a different one?

Definitely the five-book but I prefer it in the traditional 1,000 page hardback. Yoshikawa’s book “Taiko” was also marvelous but I prefer the life lessons from Musashi.

1. Third Stone from the Sun by Jimi…. good cover by Stevie here.

(What were the other questions?)

Primordial Ooze @
181

Movies:
Blade Runner
Pride and Prejudice
Natural Born Killers

Brown-noser! :)

Songs:
1. Badlands–Bruce Springsteen
2. Clampdown–The Clash
3. Get Up–Sleater-Kinney

Movies:
1. Before Sunrise
2. Goodfellas
3. The Shawshank Redemption

Dishes:
1. Venison stew served over a bed of polenta
2. Dungeness crab
3. Risotto milanese

Vacation spots:
1. Barra de Navidad, Mexico
2. Maui
3. Firenze (Florence)

Great reads:
1. Guns, Germs & Steel–Jared Diamond
2. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt–Edmund Morris
3. The Dred Scott Decision–Don E. Fehrenbacher

Three shows:
1. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
2. Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries)
3. The Amazing Race

Happy Thanksgiving!

cleter @ 113

Looking at this list, it appears that any shipwrecked group of FDLers would soon commence to fighting over the dog-eared copy of Lord of the Rings pulled from the wreckage.

No, we’d take turns reading it aloud.

The three political missteps of the year:

a) Pelosi choosing Murtha instead of Hoyer, and undermining her girly “leadership” irrevocably.

b) Kerry saying that only stoopid people go to Iraq, insulting our troops.

c) And, of course, Bill Clinton for all the terrible things that have happened.

That’s all I have to say, and I only said it ‘cos I’m deep in EPU territory.

*Ducks and runs for cover*

:^)

OK Nate, I’m busted.

OK, here goes, even though I don’t post here often. Consider me as you would that cousin who lives in Belgium…

1. “Like To Get To Know You” – Spanky & Our Gang
“Subway To The Country” – David Ackles
“God Only Knows” – Beach Boys

2. “Cool Hand Luke”
“Planet Of The Apes” (original version)
“The Omega Man”

3. Roast Beef hoagie with lettuce, onions, hot peppers and horseradish; Steamed rice; Boston creme pie (with a dark beer to chase it all down)

4. Any three beaches I’ve ever visited along the Eastern seaboard, excluding Myrtle Beach.

5. “Chilly Scenes Of Winter” – Ann Beattie
“Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas” – Hunter Thompson
“The Subterraneans” – Jack Kerouac

6. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
“The Prisoner”
“Quincy” (guilty pleasure; “It was MURDER!”)

May everyone have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

J. P.

NorskeFlamethrower @ 114

1,338 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Hardin Smith:

Isn’t it interesting to place the answers to those questions to the Firedoggers who wrote ‘em? What a great excercise Redd…yer a pretty smart broad!

KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE YER PROZAC, THERE’S STILL 2 MONTHS TO THE NEW CONGRESS!!!

Wow, comment 230 and counting. And I swear I have never seen 2/3 of the posters before. Hi Guys, good to see you! So, Christy, just do one of these contest/surveys for your holiday in Jan and we’ll run on automatic until you get back!

Primordial Ooze @ 237

OK Nate, I’m busted.

I’m just jealous that I didn’t think of it first. :)

HotFlash @ 235

cleter @ 113

Looking at this list, it appears that any shipwrecked group of FDLers would soon commence to fighting over the dog-eared copy of Lord of the Rings pulled from the wreckage.

No, we’d take turns reading it aloud.

Or simply quote it to each other, once the pages crumble into dust.

Peterr @ 235

HotFlash @ 235

cleter @ 113

Looking at this list, it appears that any shipwrecked group of FDLers would soon commence to fighting over the dog-eared copy of Lord of the Rings pulled from the wreckage.

No, we’d take turns reading it aloud.

Or simply quote it to each other, once the pages crumble into dust.

Then we could start on the Space Trilogy :)

Primordial Ooze @ 232

OK Nate, I’m busted.

punaise,

damn. busted.

What is this?

Whats My Line?

Okay, I thought about it…

6. Combat
The Prisoner
Sopranos

On the way to that Thanksgiving dinner: Although we often talk about someone looking like a “deer frozen in the headlights,” it’s important to remember that this time of year the real deer aren’t very frozen and have developed an apparent ability to fly. Deer are fearless this time of year. The deer that almost flew through my windshield and how you can keep it from happening to you. You can’t be too careful. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

“My Little Town” Simon and Garfunkel
“Rio” Duran Duran
“Atomic” Blondie

“Amadeus”
“The Fifth Element”
“The Breakfast Club”

Tacos
Fried pork chops, rice, cream gravy, corn, and yams.
Rasberry sorbet

“Me Talk Pretty One Day” David Sedaris
“Survivor” Chuck Palaniuk
“The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy” Anthony Burgess

The Simpsons
M*A*S*H
Mystery Science Theater 3000

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Bodhisattva – Steely Dan
Piece of My Heart – Erma Franklin
Sugar Coated Love – LuAnn Barton

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Princess Bride, Last of the Mohicans….hmm..

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Salmon sashimi, carpaccio, baked macaroni & cheese

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Mount Desert Island ME, my own backyard when my next door neighbors are gone, Montauk in March

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Anything Ray Bradbury, Richard Dawkins and Parable of the Sowers Octavia Butler

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

M*A*S*H, Homicide, Deadwood

Neurophius @ 219 and Angie @ 227, thanks for the welcome.

1. Unsatisfied-the Replacements
Side of the Road-Blue Rodeo
Via Chicago-Wilco

2. That Thing You Do
Dazed and Confused
Sixteen Candles

3. Cheeseburger
Pizza
Tacos

4. don’t really vacation

5. Learning How To Die-Greg Kot
Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer
Our Band Could Be Your Life-Michael Azerrad

6. Twin Peaks
The Wire
The X-Files

Lists!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again (I interpret “song” broadly):
a. Ornithology (Charlie Parker)
b. St Louis Toodle-oo (Louis Armstrong)
c. Suspicious Minds (Elvis)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
a. L’Avventura (Antonioni)
b. Mama Roma (Pasolini)
c. Demoiselles de Rochefort (Demy)

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
a. BBQ
b. Langres cheese
c. Mexican beer

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
a. Naflion (Greece)
b. Big Bend (TX)
c. Knoydart (Scotland)

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
a. Tristram Shandy (Sterne)
b. White Noise (Delillo)
c. Society of the Spectacle (Debord)

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
a. Buck Owen’s Ranch Party
b. The Prisoner
c. Buffy

Ok, probably in epu territory but:
1. 3 songs:
Blondie Heart of glass
Stevie Nicks Rhiannon
U2 Vertigo
2. 3 movies:
Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars (all)
Eyes of Laura Mars
3. 3 last dishes:
Roast beef
Scalloped potatoes
Cocunut pie
4. 3 Vacation spots:
New Orleans
Apache Junction, AZ
Toledo Bend lake, LA
5. 3 Books
Harry Potter series (read with the kids)
Eragon series
Rendavous with Rama
6. 3 tv shows
Highlander
La Femme Nikita
Toss up Sopranos and Sex and the City

Whoops, St Louis Toodle-oo is Duke, not Louis. And I’m not so sure about Buffy…

1. Freedom 90 / Welcome to the Jungle / Back in Black

2. Gladiator / Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton!) / Lonesome Dove

3. Mac & cheese / baked beans & hot dogs / BBQ ribs

4. I’m not a vacationer. I can’t relax when I’m away from home. I was bored in Montreal after 3 hours.

5. Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series / James & the Giant Peach / Lonesome Dove

6. Boston Legal / House MD / Combat!

Oh, I’m so looking forward to going back and reading these! Christy, great idea.

1. Songs
Calling All Angels, kd liang.
Spirit voices – Paul Simon (Rhythm of the Saints)
Canyon Suite – Paul Winter Consort

2. Movies
Into the Night
The Full Monty
Batman Begins

3. Vacation spots
Any river in any canyon
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Oahu, the whole island

4. Last meal
Bloody steak
white hominy
blueberry pancakes from the Peach Cafe

5. Books
The Bean Trees – Barbara Kingsolver
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All – Alan Gurganis
Titan, Demon, Wizard – John Varley (Gaia trilogy)

6. Three shows
First season of the John Laroquette show
West Wing
Soap

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Firedoglake is one of my biggest gratitudes.

Three songs to listen to again: Three I dug out this weekend – Beating Heart-Maire Brennan, Closer to Free-BoDeans, Desert Rose-Sting

Three movies to watch again: Fish Called Wanda, Out of Africa, Never Ending Story

Three dishes for last meal: Fresh homeade bread with butter, Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food icecream, fresh sweet carrot juice

Three relaxing vacations- ever!: A cabin in the mountains The Ozarks, Rocky Mountains , Smokey Mountains

Three books that changed me: Temple of My Familiar-Walters, Soul of a Citizen- Loeb, Shadow Dance-Richo

Three present TV shows: Rescue Me, West Wing, The Closer

Long time reader and lurker. I had to join in this one time and post mine, although I am so late to the party. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

That’s Entertainment – The Jam
Beautiful Day – U2
Concerto In A Minor For Four Harpsichords – Bach

Diva
Gosford Park
The Motorcycle Diaries

Beef Carpaccio
Fresh grilled Squid with lemon pasta
Salad with grapefruit & avacado

British Virgin Islands (sailing)
Puglia, Italia
Chesapeake Bay, MD

Henderson The Rain King – Saul Bellow
West with the Night – Beryl Markham
Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman’s Last Journey

MASH
Prime Suspect
Coupling (British sitcom)

There is no way i can read through everyone else’s responses, so here goes :

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

- A Sorta Fairytale – Tori Amos
- Believe – Savatage
- Mr Jones – Counting Crows

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

- Searching for Bobby Fischer
- Goodfellas
- Star Wars

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

- My mother’s curry
- My fiancee’s home-made pasta
- My own pizza recipe

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

- Port Douglas, Australia
- Cradle Mountain, Australia
- Rignano, Italy

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
Laws of Our Fathers – Scott Turow
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Forever Knight
Murder One
The West Wing.

Enjoy!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

I’ll cheat here and go with entire scores over songs: the scores to Sweeny Todd, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical Once More With Feeling, and Cyrano (the 1973 Christpher Plummer version).

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Olivier’s Richard III, A Tale of Two Cities (the Ronald Coleman version), Them.

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Crab Cakes, Coconut Soup, Bananas Foster,

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

I don’t vacation to relax. My three favorite vacation spots are London, London, and London.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream, George RR Martin’s ongoing A Song of Ice and Fire, and Twain’s Innocents Abroad.

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Buffy/Angel (cheating again, but I consider both shows a meta-show called The Buffyverse), Monty Python, St. Elsewhere.

Happy Thanksgiving to the Blues and Confusion to the Reds.

Oh, how could I have forgotten Buffy on my list of tv shows? Bad me!

I will cross-post this to my blog, too fun! And no one over here will read my answers anyway, but here goes:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square-Manhattan Transfer; Teresa Stratas singing anything by Kurt Weill; Act I and Act III of Der Rosenkavalier.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over. Rear Window, An American President, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal. Prime Rib, Key Lime Pie, Onion Rings (the skinny kind).

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited. Rome, my mother’s house, Cape Cod.

5. Three books that you consider great reads. A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, The Lymond Chronicles.

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present. Sports Night, The West Wing, Prime Suspect.

This was fun! I don’t spend as much time doing these things as I did pre-children, but I would experience them all again in a heartbeat. Thanks for asking!

Late movie revision: “The Dead,” directed by Huston after Joyce. Great story, great movie. I think I’ll replace Dr. Strangelove on my list…….

Madison Guy @
245

On the way to that Thanksgiving dinner: Although we often talk about someone looking like a “deer frozen in the headlights,” it’s important to remember that this time of year the real deer aren’t very frozen and have developed an apparent ability to fly. Deer are fearless this time of year. The deer that almost flew through my windshield and how you can keep it from happening to you. You can’t be too careful. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

For my hunter friends:

If you mount deer whistles on your pick-up truck, and put ‘em on backwards, does it attract deer?

1. Songs: Windows of the World – Dionne Warwick, I never loved a man – Aretha Franklin, & a slight cheat the song cycle Die Schone Mullerin recorded by Fritz Wunderlich
2. Movies: Casablanca, Victor/Victoria, All that Jazz
3. Oysters Mosca, Perfect Prime Rib, Flourless Chocolate Torte with Orange & Raspberry sauce
4. Vacation spots: Ocracoke, NC; Isla Mujeres, Mexico, log cabin in upper Michigan on a lake in winter
5. Lord of the Rings, Battle Cry of Freedom, Montaigne’s Essays

Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
1) A Dulcimer’s Fantasy
2) The Diver
3) Band of Horses

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
1) Take the Money and Run
2) Monty Python’s Holy Grail
3) Groundhogs Day (get it?)

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
1) General Tso’s Chicken
2) Haddock Francaise
3) Hot Brownie a la mode (vanilla)

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
1) Alexandria Bay, NY
2) Grand Canyon National Park
3) Any Hawaiin Beach

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
1) The Bible for Dummies
2) The Quoran for Dummies
3) Webster’s Dictionary for Dummies

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
1) Antiques Road Show
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm
3) Texas Hold Em Poker

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!! This is my favorite holiday.

Songs:
Masters of War- Dylan but performed by Eddie Vetter
London Calling – Clash
Baby Love – Taj Mahal

Movies:
Casablanca
Field of Dreams
Apocalypse Now

Dinner:
An aged filet in bernaise sauce and a nice bottle of pinot noir.

A T-Bone Steak at Gene & Georghetti’s with a couple of three Labatt’s Blue. All you coming to Yearly Kos here in Chicago, G&G is the premier steakhouse in town.

Pheasant in a plum sauce as prepared by the chef at Bridges in Vancouver BC with a nice chardonnay or chablis.

Relaxing Vacation:
Bora Bora – French Polynesia (don’t take the kids if you know what I mean)

Las Mananitas, Cuernavaca Mexico. The best filet bernaise I ever ate.

Barcelona Spain. A great waterfront and a true city for artisans.

Books:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Dee Brown

Of Wolves & Men – Barry Lopez

Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

TV Shows:

Monty Pythons Flying Circus

The Ed Sullivan Show. (yeah that Ed Sullivan. PBS runs a best of series sometimes and I highly recommend it)

The Dick Cavet Show.

Well there you are. Thanks for the little homework assignment Christy. All these places and things bring back wonderful memories.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Mommybrain says:
November 22nd, 2006 at 3:12 pm *

First season of the John Laroquette show

Good one!

Enzymer @ 263

1. Songs: Windows of the World – Dionne Warwick, I never loved a man – Aretha Franklin, & a slight cheat the song cycle Die Schone Mullerin recorded by Fritz Wunderlich
2. Movies: Casablanca, Victor/Victoria, All that Jazz
3. Oysters Mosca, Perfect Prime Rib, Flourless Chocolate Torte with Orange & Raspberry sauce
4. Vacation spots: Ocracoke, NC; Isla Mujeres, Mexico, log cabin in upper Michigan on a lake in winter
5. Lord of the Rings, Battle Cry of Freedom, Montaigne’s Essays

Isla Mujeres….. I was there with my wife in like 1984 and there was only one hotel at the time. Talk about having an entire island to yourself. Snorkelling at El Garrafon was great.

If you mount deer whistles on your pick-up truck, and put ‘em on backwards, does it attract deer?

Don’t know, but if you put the pink bunny’s batteries in backward he will die in bliss.

Um, I forgot Black Coffee recorded by kd lang. That makes 4 but who’s enforcing #’s.

TV shows: Civilisation, Poirot series, Six Feet Under

flatford39 @ 264

Enzymer @ 263

1. Songs: Windows of the World – Dionne Warwick, I never loved a man – Aretha Franklin, & a slight cheat the song cycle Die Schone Mullerin recorded by Fritz Wunderlich
2. Movies: Casablanca, Victor/Victoria, All that Jazz
3. Oysters Mosca, Perfect Prime Rib, Flourless Chocolate Torte with Orange & Raspberry sauce
4. Vacation spots: Ocracoke, NC; Isla Mujeres, Mexico, log cabin in upper Michigan on a lake in winter
5. Lord of the Rings, Battle Cry of Freedom, Montaigne’s Essays

Isla Mujeres….. I was there with my wife in like 1984 and there was only one hotel at the time. Talk about having an entire island to yourself. Snorkelling at El Garrafon was great.

Snorkelling at El Garrafon was great

Ha! Been there, done that. In fact that’s what made me want to get certified in Scuba, which I did ; )

What fun! Thanks Jane – You’re the best.

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Black Cadillac Roseanne Cash
Let’s Fall in Love Diana Krall
Anything by Three Mo’ Tenors (Dixon, Cook & Young)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
The Birds
Young Frankenstein
Bull Durham

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Tuna on wheat with alfalfa sprouts
Heirloom tomatoes with basil and balsamic vinegar
Papusas

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
Cortona, Italy
Grand Lake, Michigan (it’s a childhood thang)
Santa Monica, California

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
Kalki
Catcher in the Rye
One Hundred Years of Solitude

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
Green Acres/Petticoat Junction
Sex in the City
Homicide: Life on the Street

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
- “You Turn Me On (I’m a Radio)” Joni
- “Yellow Moon” the Neville Bros
- “Ain’t Talkin’” from the new Dylan

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
- “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou”
- ” Dr. Strangelove”
- “Moonstruck”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
- gumbo, oyster dressing, and pork chops from Eddie Bacquet’s in New Orleans

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
- New Orleans
- St. George Island, Florida
- Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
- any of the first 4 or 5 Tom Robbins.
- Cold Mountain
- Player Piano

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
- Seinfeld
- West Wing (pre-Jimmy Smits)
- Sex in the City

Oh, and have a great Thanksgiving, FDL-ers! We have some extra stuff to be thankful for this year, and the lefty blogosphere helped make it happen.

elisha @ 254

Concerto In A Minor For Four Harpsichords – Bach

YES! 4 at a time!

Stunning, really; not a bad list among them, and many had choices that made me go doh! This was an extremely demonstrative exercise, showing how similar and broad the tastes are of those who gravitate here.

Cheers Christy, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. God Bless us, every one!

Enzymer @ 261

a slight cheat the song cycle Die Schone Mullerin recorded by Fritz Wunderlich

Oh yes – best Schubert ever. They both died much too soon.

punaise @ 144

Roddy McCorley @ 133

Another one is “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” by The Jam. Paul Weller wants to shake you up with that one — and by god, he does it in spades.

haven’t heard that one, but it reminds me of another great Jam song: “Going Underground”. Weller did a couple of pretty good Beatles covers: Sexy Sadie and Don’t bring Me Down.

It’s about an immigrant — Pakistani, I believe, since “Paki bashing” was popular at the time it was written — who gets stomped late at night while waiting for a train. The thugs take his keys and wallet, giving them not only his money but his home address. As he loses consciousness, if not his life, his last thoughts are that when his wife hears the door open “she’ll think it’s me.”

It’s really quite harrowing. But the thing is, it’s a totally kick-ass record!

1. Anything by Van Morrison. Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together. Don McLean’s Crying.

2. Citizen Kane. Desk Set. To Kill A Mockingbird.

3. Last meal? Please repose the question in a way that makes for a more healing imagining.

4. Floating down the Nile in Egypt. Martha’s Vineyard. Fair Hope, Alabama.

5. Fifth Business. Initiation. Anything else by Robertson Davies.

6. Sports Night. Last four weeks of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. West Wing. Honorable mention: The Daily Show.

happy thanksgiving — Great thread

I cant narrow it down to three–I unfortunately dont repeatedly do more than listen to songs and food over and over these days but when I do here they are

Books: Love in the Ruins-Walker Percy, The Life and Times of Michael K -JM Coetzee, Revere Beach Boulevard-Ron Merullo
Honorable mention: Confessions of Zeno-Italo Svevo

Songs: Just my Imagination-The Tempations, Lovesick Blues-Hank Williams, Canadian Railroad Trilogy-Gordon Lightfoot
Honorable mention: Body and Soul-Coleman Hawkins

Movies, The Deer Hunter, Harvey, Night of the Iguana
Honorable Mention: Fargo

TV shows: The Dick Van Dyke Show, In Living Color, Frontline-PBS
Honorable mention: Classic Fights – ESPN classic (especially the old fights)

Foods: Boiled Lobster butter, cut up greens and cucumbers, and a couple ears of corn
butter panfried fresh water fish (trout, perch) and a couple ears of corn
Piles of various kinds of spicy Chinese food
Honorable mention: piles of various kinds of spicy Indian food

You need a nice bottle of local wine to go with the Crab and sour dough.

bcinaz @ 110

1. Caribbean Wind by B. Dylan
California Roll by L. Rittenour
Fooled Around and Fell in Love by E. Bishop

2. Last of the Blond Bombshells
The orginal “Godzilla, King of the Monsters”
Arsenic and Old Lace

3. Fresh cracked crab with SF sourdough and
Castroville artichokes.

4. Barre de Navidad, Mexico
Audrey’s house east of Lake Shasta.
Crete.

5. Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge,
The Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell,
all of the Ellis Peters “Cadfael” novels.

6. Babylon 5
M A S H
first four seasons of the West Wing.

To all in the FDL community – Have a Happy, and Safe holiday!!!

From a 77 year-old:
As Time Goes By
Have You Had Enough?
There’s No Business Like Show Business

Lobster with butter
Kentucky tomatoes in August
Sweet corn on the cob

Gone With the Wind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Casablanca

Key West
any beach, anywhere
car trips with friends

Mash
Seinfeld
The Sopranos

Gone With the Wind
In Cold Blood
Comfort Me with Apples

Harvey was a Great Movie! I recommend people who havent seen it rent a copy. Good relaxed laughs and social perspective.

Roddy McCorley @ 36

Three songs:
Desolation Row, by Bob Dylan
Wild Age, by Warren Zevon
Complete Control, by the Clash

Three movies:
Duck Soup
Sleeper
Harvey

Three Books:
The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
Breakfast of Champions, by the incomparable Kurt Vonnegut
The Once and Future King, by TH White
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller (Okay, I cheated with four…)

Three meals:
Probably all pizza

Three vacation spots:
Santa Barbara
Hanover, NH
and I haven’t been to the third one yet

Three Shows
The Dick van Dyke Show
MASH — but only until Henry and Trapper leave
Seinfeld — Michael Richards notwithstanding

. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

“Ticket to Ride”
“Rio”
And borderline “song”: “Dias Irae” from Mozart’s Requiem

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

“Fellowship of the Ring”
“Trois Coleurs: Rouge” (aka “Red”)
“Casablanca”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Pumpkin Soup
Veal Cordon Bleu
Pecan Pie

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

This question makes me sad. Makes me realize how few vacations I’ve taken in my life, and how frenetic those few have been.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

“The Making of the Atomic Bomb” (if you have even the slightest interest in this, and in these days of proliferation, you probably should) (Rhodes)
“Possession” (Byatt)
“Skin Tight” (Hiaasen)

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Law & Order (original; Jill Hennessey was the best ADA)
West Wing
Newhart (the later one, in the Vermont hotel)

Just now getting to this thread, and I’ve been getting the biggest kick out of reading other’s choices in the comments. So now I’m in the mood to share…

Songs -
Tear in Your Hand, Tori Amos
The Witch’s Promise or The Whistler, Jethro Tull
Coyote, Joni Mitchell

Movies -
The In-Laws
The Milagro Beanfield Wars
Buckaroo Banzai (I don’t even know the whole title to this goofy movie, but I love it.)

Food -
Chilled red grapes
King crab legs with real butter
Cinnamon & sugar baked on flaky pie crust pastry

Places -
Taos, New Mexico
Jerome, Arizona
San Juan Capistrano, California
(You said “relaxing” – for stimulation I would leave the country, but for relaxing I need to be close to home!)

Books -
Laurel K. Hamilton’s 3 (so far) Meredith Gentry series books
Frank Herbert’s Dune
Anything by Terry Pratchett

TV shows -
Twin Peaks
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

And I even have a bonus “family-angst” story. The last time I saw my sister, who lives about 8 miles from me, was when hubby and I were down there for my niece’s 8th birthday on Oct. 14. We had a lovely visit, which abruptly took a turn for the worse when, on our way out to the car, I mentioned that I’d turned my car – a VW Jetta station wagon – into a cliche by plastering 3 (liberal, naturally) bumper stickers on the back of it. One of them said “Blind Faith in Bad Leaders is Not Patriotism.” Well, she started quoting ‘facts’ at me like: “The Dow is over 12,000! The deficit is going down.” (To which I probably responded, “So what?” and “No, it’s not.”)
Anyway, the very last words I heard my sister say were, “Rush was Right!” before she did a graceful and emphatic 180-degree pirouette and stomped into her house.

Luckily, we don’t traditionally spend Thanksgiving together, but this does not bode well for Christmas… ;}

Now that that’s done, back to reading the rest of the comments! I *needed* this tonight!

Great topic and I’m making my lists before I read the other ones. I started a cold last and god dammit that’s such college stuff–get sick after the last final–and I’m 56 now. Worked like a dog today and I get 4 days off now with Thanksgiving dinner at the Sheraton Palace in San Francisco, a first: first time in 56 years I’ve gone to a restaurant for Thanksgiving AND I LOVE IT!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Mondnacht–Schumann
Ich grolle nicht–Schubert
Morgen–Strauss

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Casablanca
All About Eve
Maltese Falcon

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Raw oysters
Escalloped potatoes made with full cream
This Beijing style chicken wing dish 80% of which is composed of dried red chiles and a bit of Schechuan pepper corns. To die for!
4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
I seldom have time to relax on vacation.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
Kavalier and Clay
The Red and the Black–Stendahl (you should read it)
His Dark Materials (triology)–Pullman

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Angels in America
Any Julia Child Series
The Dick Cavett Show

Now to finish my therapeutic bottle of red and read the entries.

montysano @
272

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
- gumbo, oyster dressing, and pork chops from Eddie Bacquet’s in New Orleans

Oh man you got me there. I used to cross from Carrollton, pickup my friend who grew up on Florida Ave & go eat there. Especially the oyster dressing and porkchops. I also loved Eddie’s Shrimp Creole. Alas for the late great New Orleans neighborhood restaurants. I hear one of his son’s is reopening a place on Esplanade, Lil Dizzy’s.

Hello, all. I got such a kick out of reading through all the replies — and was so inspired by the veritable spectrum of choices — that I decided to leave my very first comment here at FDL.

Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again:
1)”An Innocent Man” (Billy Joel)
2)”Ride Away” (Roy Orbison)
3)”On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (John Barry; main title theme to the 1969 James Bond movie of the same name)
Honorable mentions: “Witness” (Sarah McLachlan), “All These Things That I’ve Done” (The Killers), “The Show Goes On” (Bruce Hornsby & the Range)

Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over:
1)Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma)
2)Ronin (John Frankenheimer)
3)Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)

Three dishes you would choose for your last meal:
1) New England clam chowder
2) Crab cakes with garlic mashed potatoes (although French fries will do in a pinch), broccoli, and coleslaw
3) A steak sandwich with Whiz, extra meat, and fried onions
And to drink? Ideally Canadian Club and ginger ale but a plain old Dr. Pepper will more than suffice in the absence of the hard stuff.

Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited: Christ, I haven’t taken a vacation since Bill Clinton was president but here are some places I’ve been that I remember with fondness:
1) Williamsburg, VA
2) Sea Isle City, NJ
3) Anywhere on Sicily (since when I was there I traveled all over the island)

Three books that you consider great reads:
1)Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John le Carre)
2)The Tears of Autumn (Charles McCarry)
3)Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)

Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present:
1)I Spy
2)Secret Agent (aka Danger Man)
3)The West Wing

To all my new friends, a very happy and safe Thanksgiving.

If anyone’s still looking or cares:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Mary Alice @ 281

From a 77 year-old:
As Time Goes By
Have You Had Enough?
There’s No Business Like Show Business

Lobster with butter
Kentucky tomatoes in August
Sweet corn on the cob

Gone With the Wind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Casablanca

Key West
any beach, anywhere
car trips with friends

Mash
Seinfeld
The Sopranos

Gone With the Wind
In Cold Blood
Comfort Me with Apples

Golly Mary Alice,

Ethel Merman’s version of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” crossed my mind as well. Capote’s “In Cold Blood” is also a good read. I can remember it vividly and I read it in 1968.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People – Lenny Bruce
You Are The World – J. Krishnamurti
Taxi Driver Wisdom – Risa Mickenberg

Oops. Let me try that again.

If anyone is still looking or cares:

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
a) Graceland – Paul Simon
b) A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
c) any heartfelt love song, any genre
d) Not Ready to Make Nice – DChix

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

a) any three by David Lean – especially Lawrence and Bridge
b) almost any three by Orson Wells
c) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

a) seafood gumbo
b) pot roast (properly done) and the rest
c) spice cake

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

a) my grandparents’ house(s) (either pair of them)
b) the Out Island Inn (Bahamas)
c) under the covers

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
a) The Right Stuff
b) The Tin Drum
c) Peter the Great
d) way too many to name

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
a) All in the Family
b) the Andy Griffith Show (the Barney years – like someone else already said)
c) much of PBS and some of C-SPAN

music: Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey, Replacements’ Unsatisfied, Susana Seivane’s Tres Muineiras
food: romaine salad w/red wine vinagrette, slightly overripe tomatoes and cured olives. LJ’s baby back ribs. Olneyville Square’s New York System weiners (all the way).
movies: Eat Drink Man Woman, Alien, Python’s Holy Grail.
vaca: St. Croix Camp screenhut at dusk, loons calling. Smallmouth bass fishing on small water just about anywhere. Any beach at 5am in good weather, especially when stoned.
books: John Gierach, The View from Rat Lake. Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles. Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker.
t.v.: Green Acres. M*A*S*H*- the McLean Stevenson years. Frasier.

@ enzymer #286

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
– gumbo, oyster dressing, and pork chops from Eddie Bacquet’s in New Orleans

Oh man you got me there. I used to cross from Carrollton, pickup my friend who grew up on Florida Ave & go eat there. Especially the oyster dressing and porkchops. I also loved Eddie’s Shrimp Creole. Alas for the late great New Orleans neighborhood restaurants. I hear one of his son’s is reopening a place on Esplanade, Lil Dizzy’s.

I’m glad to hear one of the Bacquets is opening a place and wish them all the best.

Alas for the late great New Orleans restaurants

Alas for the late great New Orleans neighborhoods. I’m sure the ‘hood where Eddie’s was is a ghosttown now. What’s been lost there is truly incalculable.

Well, this is the first Thanksgiving where my family is not getting together and going separate ways. We really use to have a blast getting together and being stupid trying to crack each other up and telling funny stories and incidents. Talking over each other and showing off.
Not this year. I guess we are burned out on each other.
One sister is going to her husbands and my 2 brothers are going with thier wives to thier families.
The other sister wants to go to a restraunt and so her, my mom and my daughter and son in law are going there. I chose not to because I had visions of the ending of A Christmas Story when the dogs got the turkey and the family went to a chinese restraunt for dinner. Just couldn’t handle that.
So, my son is cooking, which is great cause he’s a great cook and my hubby, me and Eric are having a small quiet holiday at home.
I do plan to spend the weekend as far away from stores as possible cause I just cannot see acting stupid and going this weekend. Besides, I do my xmas shopping on the internet.
I’ll probably finish a couple paintings waiting.
so, happy holiday everyone.

Three songs: Losing my Religion by REM, I Will by the Beatles, Song of Bernadette by Leonard Cohen sung by Jennifer Warnes

Three movies: Dr. Zhivago, A Fish Called Wanda, The Wizard of Oz

Three dishes: Summer Tomato/Mozzarella Cheese/Fresh Basil Salad, Zabaglione, Lobster (seems to be a popular choice!)

Three most relaxing vacation spots: Maui, Valle Versasca in Ticino Switzerland, Cliffs of Moher in Ireland

Three books: Green Mansions by WH Hudson, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Christy By Catherine Marshall

Three television shows: Sky King, Chiller Theater, I Love Lucy

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Ray Davies – Waterloo Sunset
Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
Allman Brothers – Little Martha

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Fandango
Raising Arizona
A Fistful of Dollars

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Fried Shrimp Po-Boy
Chile Relleno with cream sauce and pecans
Barnes Barn Bar B Q, Rocky Face, Georgia

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Costa Rica
Geneva, Switzerland
Santa Fe, NM

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy O’Toole
Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy
Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Ed
The Daily Show with John Stewart
“Hogan!”

I’ll take a shot at the wingnut version ; )

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Bad Boys – Theme song from COPS
Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard
It Ain’t No Rag – Charlie Daniels

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Birth of a Nation
Dr. Strangelove
Faces of Death

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Triple Cheeseburger, Super Scoop of Fries, Diet Coke
Super Scoop of Fries, Triple Cheeseburger, Diet Coke
Diet Coke, Triple Cheeseburger, Super Scoop of Fries

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Couch
Sofa
Lounge Chair

5. Three books that you consider great reads.6.

Ann Coulter – High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ann Coulter – Treason
Ann Coulter – Slander

Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Leave it to Beaver
Father Knows Best
Dragnet

1. Michelle Shocked, Willie Nelson – Teatro, Emmielou Harris – Quarter Moon in a 10 cent town

2.The Women, Serenity, Kill Bill

3. Portugese stewed chicken, carbonara, Chocolate cake

4.

5. anything by Charles De Lint

6. Daily Show, Farscape, I love Lucy

Augmented4th @
285

Great topic and I’m making my lists before I read the other ones. I started a cold last and god dammit that’s such college stuff–get sick after the last final–and I’m 56 now. Worked like a dog today and I get 4 days off now with Thanksgiving dinner at the Sheraton Palace in San Francisco, a first: first time in 56 years I’ve gone to a restaurant for Thanksgiving AND I LOVE IT!

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
Mondnacht–Schumann
Ich grolle nicht–Schubert
Morgen–Strauss

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
Casablanca
All About Eve
Maltese Falcon

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
Raw oysters
Escalloped potatoes made with full cream
This Beijing style chicken wing dish 80% of which is composed of dried red chiles and a bit of Schechuan pepper corns. To die for!
4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
I seldom have time to relax on vacation.

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
Kavalier and Clay
The Red and the Black–Stendahl (you should read it)
His Dark Materials (triology)–Pullman

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Angels in America
Any Julia Child Series
The Dick Cavett Show

Now to finish my therapeutic bottle of red and read the entries.

so now we can call you “diminished fifth” ……..

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.
(a) “Sky Giant” Transglobal Underground (Natasha Atlas!)
(b) “Love, Serve, Remember”- John Astin
“Why have you come to earth, do you remember?
Why have you taken birth, do you remember?
To Love, serve, remember.”
(c) “Si, mi chiamano Mimi – La Boheme (Puccini)

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.
(a) “My First Mister”
(b) “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
(c) “Enchanted April”

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.
(a) Thai Yellow Curry
(b) Greek mixed vegetables
(c) Georgian “lobio,” apple pie or chocolate ice cream

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.
(a) Kauai
(b) Sedona, AZ
(c) Death Valley, CA

5. Three books that you consider great reads.
(a) “The Brothers Karamazov” – Dostoevski
(b) “Cosmos and Psyche” – Richard Tarnas
(c) “Nadabrahma, the World is Sound” – Joachim Berendt

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.
(a) “Star Trek, the Next Generation” & “Voyager”
(b) Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown”
(c) “The West Wing”

Great idea and thanks for asking!

Hi Peony,

You know, I’ve been checking back for hours, this thread will *not* go EPU. I love reading what people like. I see the same things show up over again, but always mixed with things I don’t know (have to check them out). It’s like a kaleidoscope.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Ok, joining late ‘coz of time zones…. :)

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Cold Cold Ground – Tom Waits
Talula – Tori Amos
Star Witness – Neko Case
4th at no additional charge: Clampdown – The Clash. And lately my iPod is roasting itself playing Yo La Tengo’s latest over and over and over and over….

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

Monty Python’s Life of Brian
V for Vendetta
Harold and Maude

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

Boiled lobster with an NZ sauvignon blanc
Blackened parrotfish
Scallops steamed over vermouth

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Baja Peninsula
Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)
Amsterdam

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

“Kafka on the Shore” – Haruki Murakami
“Moby Dick” – Herman Melville
“The Blind Assassin” – Margaret Atwood

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

Haven’t owned a TV for years, and haven’t missed it. Though M*A*S*H was an important part of my childhood.

“so now we can call you “diminished fifth” ……..”

I would call that Be-Bop. This thread will never die. Bird Lives !

1. Three songs you can — and do — listen to again and again.

Peter Gabriel, “In Your Eyes”
Dixie Chicks, “Goodbye, Earl”
Melissa Etheridge, “I’m the Only One”

2. Three movies you can — and do — watch over and over.

“Lord of the Rings” trilogy (does that use up my three?)
“A Man for All Seasons” (the GOOD one with Paul Scofield)
“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (I cry every time, even if I just come in at the end)

3. Three dishes you would choose for your last meal.

All-you-eat Dungeness Crab
Scalloped Potatoes
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake

4. Three most relaxing vacation spots you’ve ever visited.

Wow, this question made me realize I have not taken enough relaxing vacations! But I’d say

Provincetown, MA
San Gimignano, Italy (a brief respite in an otherwise hectic trip)
Devil’s Lake, Oregon

5. Three books that you consider great reads.

“A Prayer for Owen Meany”, John Irving
“Bel Canto”, Ann Patchett
“Jane Eyre”, Charlotte Bronte

6. Three shows that you consider the best on television, past and present.

I’m breaking this down into two categories:

Miniseries – “Jewel in the Crown,” “Lonesome Dove,” and “Prime Suspect”

Series – “MASH,” the original “Star Trek”, and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”