These are a few of my favorite things on TV
Television shows
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#1 (CBS)
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#2 (Comedy Central)
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#3 (PBS) Intelligent, entertaining, and only slightly biased reporting of weekly events on "The Hill" and at the White House. Hosted by equally intelligent and entertaining Gwen Ifill.
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#4 (E!)
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(ABC)
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#6 and 7 (Comedy Central) It's truly amazing how both these guys continue to be so funny day after day.
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Sports |
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Click on the fan at left to go to the Raiders web site.
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UCLA BRUINS!
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  Howie
Long and Marcus Allen. Two of my favorite Raiders of all time. |
You know you're getting old when you can't identify a single, contemporary song. I think I'm stuck in the 50s, 60s, 70, 80s, and some 90s a few 00s. At least that's all I listen to on Sirius satellite radio these days.
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Books (they share a common
theme)
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 Richard Dawkin's best
selling indictment of religion. It's primarily a defense of Darwin's account
of evolution and how alternative "theories" are justifiably hogwash but it
also includes a well-argued justification for atheism. |
 Stephen
Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow explain the creation of the Universe. The TV
show "Curiosity" has a segment aired in early August 2011 that pretty much
proves the universe created itself with NO NEED for supernatural entities. |
 Another indictment of
religion from an historical, philosophical perspective. The subtitle--How
religion ruins everything--is a good gauge of where Hitchens is coming from. |
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Movies (contemporary)
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 The
theme should give a hint as to why this is one of my favorite movies of
recent years: "PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS. GOVERNMENTS
SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THEIR PEOPLE." |
 Based
on Hunter S. Thompson's book, the movie is a hilarious look at drug use by a
couple of wild and crazy guys. |
 Brokeback
Mountain is surely one of the great recent movies and the late Heath
Ledger's performance among the best in recent memory. |
 Woody
Allan at his best. Sexy, mature, intelligent modern story telling. |
 An antidote to the
Christian-influenced Narnia movies. In this movie the "Magesterium" (aka the
Catholic Church) are the bad guys, very bad guys. |
 Almodovar
is one of the finest directors in the world. This set contains some of his
best including Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Bad
Education.
Also check out Volver with the talented and beautiful Penelope Cruz..
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Movies Actors
Actresses
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 Daniel
Craig. Casino Royale, The Mother, The Golden
Compass, |
 Nicole
Kidman. The Golden Compass,
Moulin Rouge, To Die For, The Hours, |
| Christian Bale. The Dark Knight, The Prestige, The Machinist, |
 Julianna
Moore. Penelope
Cruz
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Freshest, funniest
grossest comedy on TV (for now).
More
irreverent, un-PC, funny business from a sharp and sharp-looking lady.
The
Raiders have REALLY sucked the last several years. Will 2011-12 bring a
change?
