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”

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.

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.

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.

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!

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” ……..

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

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

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!”

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