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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 10:24 PM
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What are you a fan of?
Not according to popular myth, anyonce who sings MACARTHUR PARK, but other stuff.

Just some stuff:


Star Wars
Star Trek
The new BSG
Frontline
Sixty Minutes
Portishead
Sade
Jack Kirby
Steranko
Adam Hughes
Monty Python

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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:33 PM
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1. here goes
Star Wars
Star Trek (but I never go into DS9)
Lost
X-Files
Harry Potter
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
New England Patriots
Arkansas Razorbacks
UNO Privateers
U2
REM
The Waterboys
A whole bunch of 80s music you've never heard of
alt country
Irish music
"Coast To Coast AM" before George Noury screwed it up
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Lincolngirl Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:47 PM
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2. OK
Edited on Wed Nov-19-08 11:48 PM by Lincolngirl
Star Wars,
Some Star Trek,
Frontline,
Charlie Rose,
News Hour,
Dexter,
Old Punk,
Orange Gatorade,
Monty Python,
Family Guy,
Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Diet Coke,
Good Fiction

Edit for Coen Bros Movies

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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:47 PM
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3. Let's see:
Movies:

Die Hard
James Bond
The Big Lebowski
Apatow flicks (40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad, etc)

TV Shows:

Seinfeld
The X-Files
Jackass
Monk
Psych
24
The Simpsons
Family Guy
South Park
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Music:

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too many to name. So here is a short list:

George Clinton
Frank Zappa
James Brown
The Flaming Lips
Gogol Bordello
Flogging Molly
The Roots
Dream Theater
Opeth
Iron Maiden
Tool
Pink Floyd
The White Stripes
Bob Marley

Sports:

Lakers, Ducks, Kings, Angels, Dodgers, UCLA, Chargers, pretty much any and all LA / San Diego teams
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:53 PM
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4. I'm a simple kind of man
Fan of:

*Music*
Beastie Boys
Rise Against
RATM
AC/DC
etc

*TV*
Top Gear
Graham Norton
Two and a Half Men
Letterman, Colbert and Stewart
30 Rock
Whale Wars, Dogtown

*Personal*
Fast cars I'll never be able to afford
Natural female breasts with "interactive" nipples
Hitting the gym
Stealing dogs

Lots more, but I'm keeping it brief.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:54 PM
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5. Here are some of mine
Sleeping
Eating
Sex
Van Morrison
The Wizard of Oz
Legal Mystery/Thriller novels
Medical Mystery/Thriller novels
Pixar films
Humor
Laughter
Breathing
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:00 AM
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9. you forgot to add...
BACON!!!!!!

:rofl:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:19 PM
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14. LOL
I knew it was you...

and Bacon is covered under eating!

:P
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:52 PM
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17. Are you sure about that?
I saw a Jerry Springer episode once and Bacon was most definately not for eating, in fact that episode was the reason I stopped watching Jerry Springer, everyone has a breaking point I guess :rofl:
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:13 AM
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6. I share a couple of yours:
Monty Python
Star Wars

House
Neil Finn/Crowded House
Wooden alphabet blocks
Yardsticks
Old wind up non-working alarm clocks
Bartenders Best Ever Kickass Mudslide
Reusable cloth bags
Clotheslines
Campfires
Loons
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:34 AM
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7. kitties
uninterrupted sleep
dogs that snore in their sleep
my saturn
the little snorting noise flvegan makes when he laughs
hot baths
lemon sorbet
chipotle parma
tote bags
chocolate vitasoy
my red bamboo/cotton blend concert t shirt
the vegan pumpkin pies the food co-op has this time of year
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:40 AM
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8. 5
Edited on Thu Nov-20-08 12:41 AM by enigmatic
Curling:
/
Shortwave Radios:

Bukowski:

Slint:

Bernie Kosar:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:08 AM
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10. OK, here is a random list
Men who wear flannel shirts and workboots
black skirts and high heels
Aveda hair products
Christopher Moore
Warren Zevon
Beer
Yoga
Accents (since I have been told mine is Palinesque I am considering adopting a new one)
The East Coast
My faded old blue jeans
Pink Nail Polish
How my son looks when he is sleeping
Gallows Humor
Dirty Jokes
Paddy Punk
Black turtleneck sweaters
My Birckenstocks
Anais Anais perfume
Being in the north woods of WI
Snow
Ireland
Rebels of any kind
Bad Boys
The smell of Linseed Oil
Sex
Laundry

OK, I'll stop now, I seem to like a whole bunch of crap :)
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:12 AM
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11. Some of mine
Music - a short list

Frank Sinatra
The Beatles
Elvis
Simon And Garfunkel
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Beach Boys
Bruce Springsteen
Cheap Trick
Kay Hanley/Letters To Cleo
The Cars
Abba
The Bangles
Madonna
The Corrs
A Fine Frenzy
Sarah McLachlan
Michelle Branch
Alanis Morissette
The New Pornographers
The Indigo Girls
The Pierces
Pearl Jam
R.E.M.
U2
Patsy Cline
Merle Haggard
The Dixie Chicks
Garth Brooks
Aretha
Luther Vandross
The Supremes
Loreena McKennitt
Beetoven
Mozart

Some others:

Music in general (lots to list)
The Simpsons
Harry Potter series
The Young And The Restless
Winter weather blogs
Coast To Coast AM/paranormal/GhostHunters
Christmas
John Grisham
The Philly pro teams
Penn State football
Star Wars
Mexican food
Italian food
Good sleep
Dogs
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 10:34 AM
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12. Let's see
Gavin & Stacy
World Of Warcraft
Seether
sex
Californication
reading
alcohol
Rabbit
Indian food
Dexter
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 10:47 AM
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13. a smattering
The Pixies and their derivative acts
Radiohead
The Chevy HHR
Wood stoves
MrsCoffee's chicken enchiladas
Coffee
Really Marge motels
Firefly/Serenity
Fisher Stevens on a skateboard
Creedence
Flaming Lips
Led Zeppelin
Beastie Boys
The Coen Brothers
Al Pacino
Tina Fey
William Gibson
Richard Brautigan
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Massive Attack
The Bundesliga
Houston Astros
Texas Longhorn football

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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:28 PM
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15. I'll try and list
Reading: History (US and Ancient Greece mostly), Science Fiction, Mystery (Noir style usually)

Science Fiction in general

Learning about different Philosophies


TV Shows: Star Trek (all of them but mostly TOS), New BSG, Firefly, MASH, Farscape, NYPD Blue, All in the Family, Daily Show, Cobert Report, Kitchen Nightmares, Mythbusters, SurvivorMan

Music: Celtic, Rock (70's and 80's mostly)

People: Humphrey Bogart, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, John Steward, Lincoln

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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:50 PM
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16. Whataburger
Whataburger Double Meat & Cheese w/ Bacon
Sonic's Foot Long Chili Cheese Coney
Mom's (my mom, not some franchise-- I hope) Meatloaf

The Beatles
Springsteen
The Proclaimers
Billy Joel
Spyro Gyra
Stan Kenton
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky

The Office
Lost
Babylon 5
This Old House
Horatio Hornblower mini-series

20th Century European History

Manners & Civility

Weekend Camping Trips (and especially waking up w/ the sun and having a cuppa joe as it rises)

Rainy Weather

Silly lists on DU when I should be working

Dogs

Big Cats

Big, fat Stephen King novels






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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:54 PM
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20. Yes, Stephen King
Should have put him on my list, too.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:49 PM
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18. I am a fan of...
Punk rock
Post-punk
Hip-hop
David Lynch
Zombies
Green tea
Sleep
Ghosts
Lost
Tattoos
Piercings
Znet
The Mighty Boosh
Horror movies
General weirdness
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 02:53 PM
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19. Among other things, I am a fan of:
Arsenal!
LOST
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
30 Rock
Maradona
Radiohead
Sunset Rubdown
Mogwai
Andrew Bird
Muse
The Beta Band
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers

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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 03:36 PM
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21. a fan of
Elmo, because of my daughter.
the animals in Brainy Einstein
Wood fires in the fireplace on cold nights
Single malt scotch
Thai curries
Soukous music from the Congo
Zouk music from the French Antilles
Various latin music styles from all over
Classical music
Old school funk
Seasonal changes
Episcopal church politics, better than sports
Art of all kinds

and a bunch of other stuff.
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