David's lists of things that he felt were worth writing down somewhere to share with others, even though most people will never see them (or care)

David's favorite catchphrases

1) What are you, an idiot?

2) That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. (said slowly, with a pause after "That")

3) And you're telling me this because?...

4) That's nice, so what's your point?

5) Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

6) I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

As you may have guessed, David is not a real people person.

David's favorite movies

What do I look like, Siskel and Ebert? It's pretty hard for me to pick out the movies I like the best, I've seen an awful lot of good ones, however, it's easier for me to tell you:

Movies I wish I'd never seen

1) The October Brigade

2) Timerunner

3) Gone With the Wind

4) Stargate

5) Batman Returns

6) The Lost World:Jurassic Park

I can also name a few

Movies I'm glad I haven't seen

1) Anything with Tim Allen

2) Anything with Ellen Degeneres

3) Anything with Roseanne Barr/Arnold/-

4) Anything with Tom Arnold, and without Arnold Schwartzenegger

5) Robocop III

Well, now that I've thought about it, I still can't name my all time favorite movies, but I can name a few

Movies I thought were pretty cool

1) The Professional

2) Lawnmower Man

3) Highlander

4) Tron

5) Sleeper

6) Bananas

7) Shallow Grave

8) Quigley Down Under

9) Blade Runner

10) Lord of Illusions

11) Heat

12) Goodfellas

13) Wallace and Gromit

14) A Fish Called Wanda

15) 2001

16) Oh Brother, Where art thou?

And in the same vein,

TV shows that I thought/think were/are pretty cool

1) Newhart

2) The Bob Newhart Show

3) Quantum Leap

4) The Prisoner

5) All Star Treks except Voyager

6) Babylon 5

7) Nash Bridges (first 2 seasons only)

8) NYPD Blue

9) Seinfeld

10) The Tracy Ullman Show

11) It's Garry Shandling's Show

12) The Larry Sanders Show

13) Duckman

14) The Tick (animated)

15) Batman, the Animated Series

16) The Kids in the Hall

17) Mr. Show with Bob and David

18) Family Guy 19) Futurama OK, let's shift to something a little more sophisticated,

David's favorite foods to stick up his nose

What? OK, Rasputin says I can't do that, so how about

My favorite authors

2) Mark Twain

3) James Michener

4) Larry Niven

5) Ben Bova

6) Terry Pratchett

7) Douglas Adams

8) Orson Scott Card

9) Harry Turtledove

10) Arthur C. Clarke

11) Robert Heinlein

12) Ray Bradbury

And not just my favorite books, but

Books that Changed my life, and that I feel everyone should be forced to read, instead of that Catcher in the Rye nonsense.

1) Orion series - Bova

2) Foundation series - Asimov

3) Ender's Game - Card (don't bother with Xenocide or Children of the Mind)

4) Starship Troopers - Heinlein

5) The Covenant - Michener

6) The Source - Michener

7) Accidental Empires - Cringely

8) Hucklebury Finn - Twain

9) The Guns of the South - Turtledove

10) Worldwar: In the Balance - Turtledove

11) Utopia - Roger MacBride Allen

12) I, Robot - Asimov

13) The Past Through Tomorrow - Heinlein

14) The Bicentennial Man - Asimov

15) The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco Well, now that you've wasted all your time here, go see something useful over at Rasputin's links