Things I Like Vol. 3

Ten People/Places/Things, etc. That Rock My World

1) "American Routes" with Nick Spitzer-syndicated radio show on NPR
2) the DePatie/Freling Christmas TV specials: "Santa Claus is
Comin' to Town" and "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer"
3) It's a Wonderful Life - film by Frank Capra, song by John Eddie
4) the Pageant of Peace on the National Mall in Washington DC
5) the Beatles--now and forever
6) A Christmas Carol - novella by Charles Dickens,
dramatization by Patrick Stewart
7) Fat Fish Blue-restaurant/blues club, Cleveland OH
8) Squad Five-O - the best American band
that (almost) no one has heard of
9) Priceline.com - making cheap travel possible for music fans nationwide
10) Southwest airlines - ditto


Hero of the Week:

-John Lennon - if you don't know why this man is
my hero, why are you reading this?


Villain of the Week:

Tie:
-former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and former
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge -- for waiting
until after they had officially resigned from office
to tell us the ugly truth about our woeful national
(in)security situation