Things I Like Vol. 20

Ten People/Places/Things That Rock My World:

1) the Paramount Theater, Asbury Park NJ
2) "Tougher Than the Rest" - live solo piano version - Bruce Springsteen
3) sunrise over the Manhattan skyline
4) Cerphe Colwell, one of the coolest DJ's ever
5) "FDR - A Presidency Revealed" - History Channel documentary
6) Julia Ward Howe
7) Walter Cronkite
8) The Great Unraveling - Paul Krugman
9) "Why Independent Record Stores Fail" - Marah
10) Prince

Hero of the Week (tie): Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, two great minds who saved America from disaster

Villain of the Week (tie): Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN), for showing America the depths to which politics can sink when personal agendas are allowed to prevail over the rule of law.