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Art
My favorite art came from the 30s and 40s in America, from the Regionalist, Social Realist, and Magic Realist schools. Some of these works portayed a fantastic depth of feeling.
- Peter Blume (especially The Rock and The Eternal City)
- Grant Wood's lesser-known works (like Death on the Ridge Road)
- Edward Hopper (post-1926)
- an O. Louis Guglielmi painting the River
Architecture
- Frank (Lloyd Wright) - the reinventor of Taoism
especially:
- The Mile High
- The Oak Park Home and Studio
- Fallingwater
- Team Zoo
- That big fish Frank Gehry did
- Gehry's Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain
- Santiago Calatrava's unbuilt Caballeros footbridge
Books
- Flow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - insights into the peak experience of life)
- The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff - layman's guide to Taoism told thru Winnie the Pooh)
- Yes I Can (Sammy Davis' 1964 autobio)
- Peak Performance (Charles Garfield - sport psychology)
- Tao Te Ching (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
- Hang Time (Bob Greene's Michael Jordan bio - hey, I'm from Chicago)
- Mental Toughness Training for Sports (James Loehr - sport psych that applies to life)
- The Prehistory of the Far Side (Gary Larson - MUCH better than the standard cartoon book)
- Zen in the Martial Arts (Joe Hyams - life lessons from a martial artist)
- Walt Disney: An American Original (Bob Thomas)
- Woody Allen's trilogy (before he became an intellectual, he was actually very funny)
- A Day With Wilbur Robinson (William Joyce - a kid's book, but very strange)
- June 29,1999 (David Wiesner - a kid's book but funny)
Food
- Chicago hot dogs
- sushi and Japanese food
- pasta (fettucine alfredo in particular)
- bagel dogs
- Haagen Dasz Rum Raisin
- Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- dreamsicles & fudgesicles
- movie popcorn (the unhealthy kind, like God intended popcorn to be made)
Movies
Music
Sports
To Play
- Football
- Racquetball
- Squash
- Walleyball
- Bowling
To Watch
- Basketball
- Football
- Tennis
Things I Love to Do
- Complain (for no good reason)
- Philosophize
- Drive aimlessly
- Hang out in coffeeshops (even though I'm a tea drinker)
Things I Hate
(If you are a woman who also hates these things, I'll marry you right now.)
- Beer
- Parties
- Camping
- Thrill Rides
TV
- David Letterman
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Northern Exposure (If I ever meet one of those CBS weasels...)
- Picket Fences
- I'll Fly Away
- Ellen
- Friends
- Mad About You
- The Simpsons
- Seinfeld
- The Highlander
- Wild Palms (miniseries)
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