Askville Interests

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I know. I really do. I'm too excited about Askville right now.

But I'm bored, so I thought I'd post the personal details that it managed to evoke from me. I'm going to use this to update my profile here, come to think of it.

The entries aren't sorted within category, by the way.

Interests: reading, Computers, Music, Books, Science Fiction, writing, Cooking, children, Video Games, roleplaying games, RuneQuest, maintaining my website, D100, Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying System, Armenian Genocide, red hair, Fantasy, blogging, LiveJournal, science, RPGs, Barbecue, Grilling, Politics, liberal politics, political & consumer activism, public transportation, commuter rail, Mental Illness, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, Nintendo Wii, NPR, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Boston Red Sox, Religion, atheism

Favorite Music: They Might Be Giants, Stan Ridgway, oingo boingo, bach, P.D.Q. Bach, Beethoven, 80's era music, The Beatles, XTC, New Wave, Video Game Music, The Police, 10000 Maniacs, Peter Gabriel, THOMAS Dolby, The Cars

Favorite Movies: The Third Man, Robocop, Commando, The Princess Bride, Casablanca, Blade Runner, The Lathe of Heaven (original version), Aliens, D.O.A. (original version)

Favorite TV Shows: The Prisoner, SCTV, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Fawlty Towers, MST3K, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Star Trek (the original series), Monty Python, The Goodies, The Rockford Files, Doctor Who, Saturday Night Live (original cast), Maniac Mansion, H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Max Headroom, Get A Life

Favorite Books: Kim (Rudyard Kipling), Lord Of The Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Dune, Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, The Chronicles of Prydain, Lord of Light, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Catcher in the Rye, The Instrumentality of Mankind, Norstrilia, The Portmanteau Book, The Adventures of Phunsi, Mister Penny, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Sandman, Omac, Grimjack, Badger, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Miracleman, Watchmen, The Wind In The Willows, Superstoe, The Funco File, The Bridge of Birds, I Claudius, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley's People, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Fabulous Clipjoint

Places I've Visited: Venice, Switzerland, London, Italy, New England, Detroit, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas City, Canada

Favorite Roleplaying Games: RuneQuest, D100, Basic Roleplaying, Call of Cthulhu, D&D, Hackmaster

Favorite Board Games: Dune, Stellar Conquest, Vampire Lords

Favorite Video Games: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64, Diablo II, Legend of Zelda, Warcraft, Arcanum, Bonk's Adventure, Military Madness, Bomberman, Diablo

Favorite Foods: hamburgers, Armenian food, Chocolate, ice cream, slush, hot dogs, french fries, spaghetti and meatballs, meatball subs, grilled deviled roast beef sandwiches, potato chips and ketchup

Favorite Restaurants: The Beef Barn, Chelos, Vinny T's, Uburger, The Castle, Cafe Marliave, Bellingham Palace, Ideal Pizza, Destino's, Roy Rogers, IHOP, New York Weiners

Favorite Authors: Lawrence Watt-Evans, Fredric Brown, Steven Brust, Rudyard Kipling, David Brin, Cordwainer Smith, Isaac Asimov, John le Carré, J. D. Salinger, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Moore, Robert Sheckley, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut