CatCareMan

Like everyone else here, an eclectic mix. Rock from the late sixties to early eighties, classical music, blues, Chinese classical music, jazz, Tuvan throat singing, folk music of many nations, Klezmer, Jimmy Buffett, ...

Farscape, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dirty Jobs, Boston Celtics basketball games (I was 20 years in Boston), Extreme Homes, Junk Yard Wars

The Lord of the Rings (extended versions), Hot Fuzz, Casablanca, Kung Fu Hustle, Unforgiven, Twelve Angry Men (the old one, with Henry Fonda), Shall We Dance? (the Japanese version), John Waters: This Filthy World (his live, one-man show), ...

Guns, Germs, and Steel _______________________________________________________ A Short History Of Nearly Everything _______________________________________________________ Eats, Shoots, and Leaves _______________________________________________________ The Loom of Language _______________________________________________________ Code Complete

My father, about his wife: "She's not perfect, but she's perfect for _me_." _______________________________________________________ "Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett _______________________________________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain _______________________________________________________ "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it -- even if I have said it -- unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - The Buddha _______________________________________________________ "'Better to have loved and lost ...'? Yes, it is, but that loss part is quite unpleasant." - Me