In conversations that I have had, many people, especially soldiers and cadets, ask about my favorite books, movies, and other things. You have probably had this happen to you. I think the worth of a person lies in their tastes, interests, passions, and endeavors.

When I answer, I always try do so with a lot of thought and as seriously as I can.  This is serious stuff!

These are in no particular order.

Songs

Whiter Shade of Pale

Red Rubber Ball

Desperado

Your Song

You Don't Care Enough for Me to Cry

The Last Nail

Sweet Scarlett

Movies

The Wild Geese

The Great Waldo Pepper

The Wind and The Lion

The Godfather

The Ghost in the Darkness

The Man Who Would be King

Troy

Gladiator

Dances with Wolves

Jeremiah Johnson

The Last Samarai

Medicine Man

Creator

Somewhere in Time

Under the Tuscan Sun

Lost in Translation

Love Song for Bobby Long

Beckett

Cool Hand Luke

The Outlaw Jose Wells

Contact

Vanishing Point

Streets of Fire

The Changeling

The Big Chill

October Sky

Lawrence of Arabia

Breaker Morant

Bullet

Blazing Saddles

Midnight in Paris

Highlander

Silverado

Books

Discoverers

The Lords of Discipline

Stonewall in the Valley

Lee: The Last Years

Death in the Long Grass

Finding the Walls of Troy

The Old Man and the Sea

Scotch and Holy Water

Dune

Stranger in a Strange Land

Shows

Key West

In Search of the Trojan War

Jesse Stone

The Wire

Lost

Game of Thrones

The Tunnel

Black Adder

Authors

Marjorie Kennan Rollings

Arthur C. Clark

Ray Bradbury

Carl Sagan

Pat Conroy

Places

Izmir Turkey

Savannah Georgia

Charleston South Carolina

Key West

San Antonio

OBX

Cold Harbor Battlefield

Musicians and Groups

Bruce Springsteen

Dan Fogelberg

Kim Richey

Poco

Byrds

Buffalo Springfield

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

The Eagles

38 Special

Delta Rae

Paul Simon

Sweet Baby James Taylor

Sister Hazel

Cat Stevens

Radiohead

Hobbies

Photography

Astronomy

Battlefield Tours

Web Design

Artists

Rodin

Georgia OKeef

Ansel Adams