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Personal Favorites...

Color - Red

Food - Italian

Flower - Roses: Old English and Floribunda

Pet - Dogs. They love me now matter what I look like in the morning.

Dog Breed - Miniature Schnauzer

Artist - Jan Van Eyck

Music - Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Buddy Guy. Rock: KISS (who I have seen in concert 32 times since November, 1978), Classical: Sharon Isbin, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Instrumental Piano: Liz Story

Authors - D.H. Lawrence, Kate Chopin, P.G. Wodehouse, Stephen Ambrose, Simon Winchester, Virginia Woolf

Short Story - Irwin Shaw's "The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"

Euphemistic Acronym - FUBAR. And no, the "F" doesn't stand for "fouled."

Vices - Chocolate Chip Cookies (no nuts please, I'm allergic to the @#&%*@ things); hot tubs/jacuzzis surrounded by scented candles; luxurious hotel suites with spectacular views; quality men's clothes and shoes.

Camera - My trusty Canon AE-1 35mm SLR. Since April, 1979 it has not let me down once.

Style of men's suit: Nothing can touch a well-tailored double breasted men's suit. Nothing.

Bass Guitar - Of the seven I own, my favorite is a 1988 Peavey Foundation. Passive electronics, P/J pickup configuration, white finish, bolt-on neck, i.e. basic, basic, basic. But it fits like a glove.

Music Venues - Toss-up between Reunion Arena in Dallas, or the Ford Center Arena in Oklahoma City. 20,000 capacity each with superb acoustics. As a small venue, Tulsa's Brady Theatre is my local favorite.

Movies - All Time Favorite: Metropolis (German, 1925)**

Other Big Favorites: A Trip To The Moon (French, 1902)**

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German, 1919)**

Nosferatu (German, 1922)**

The Patsy (1928)**

Marty (1955)**

12 Angry Men (1957)**

Patton (1970)**

Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring (French,1986)**

Babette's Feast (Danish, 1987)**

Radio Days (1987)**

Delicatessen (French, 1991)**

Saving Private Ryan (1998)**

Gosford Park (2001)**

The Hours (2002)**

Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)**

Downfall (2005)**

**Films with links to detailed reviews regarding content.

Best snippet of wisdom from an old yearbook...

Jeff...I know you sit back and quietly laugh at how silly they all sound. I hope you'll work quietly to help those of us who talk too much and work too little.

Firsts...

Car - 1979 Camero Z-28

Camera - Kodak 110 Instamatic (don't laugh, it worked!)

Computer - A 486 Hewlett Packard hooked to the internet with a screaming 9600 modem (circa January,1995)

Music Lessons - On an electric Lowrey Organ.....UGH!!!

First Bass Guitar - My beloved Peavey I mentioned above.

Tornado - December 5, 1975 at Tulsa, OK

Storm Chase - March 15, 1982

Time I realized I was TRULY an adult - When I became a father.

Time I knew I was stronger than I ever gave myself credit for - When the person who gave me life, my mother, passed away in October, 2002.

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