Favorite/Interesting Architects: Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi. (not sure about Frank Lloyd Wright. Famous, but too full of himself.)

Favorite Artists: Renoir, Rodin, Degas, Monet, Manet, Seurat.

Favorite Authors: Ayn Rand, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare.

Favorite Books: The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand), Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), The Eight (Katherine Neville), The Deed of Paksinarrion (Elizabeth Moon), the Narnia series (C.S. Lewis), Dead Man Walking (Helen Prejean), and anything by Roahl Dahl. (book recommendations | books I've read)

Favorite Candy: Starburst, Reeses Pieces, Peppermint Patties, Butterfingers, Skittles.

Favorite Cities: Seattle, Vienna (Austria), San Francisco.

Favorite Colors: Green, blue, silver, black.

Favorite Drinks: Grape juice, raspberry juice, 2% milk, hot chocolate, cherry coke, Yeungling Lager, Heiniken.

Favorite Flower(ing Things): Roses, Weeping Cherry trees, Lilacs, Honeysuckle.

Favorite Foods: Pizza; grilled reubens; chinese food (particularly Sesame Chicken and egg rolls); shrimp; stuff with garlic; ham, egg & cheese bagel sandwiches; onion, cheese & tomato quesadillas; crab cakes.

Favorite Games: Monopoly, Scrabble.

Favorite Ice Cream: Edy's (Dreyer's) Espresso Chip, Edy's (Dreyer's) Whole Fruit Peach, Mint Chocolate Chip.

Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, Pretty Woman, Dead Poet's Society.

Favorite Musicals: Les Miserables, The Secret Garden, Guys and Dolls, The Music Man.

Favorite Music(al Artists or Groups): Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, Rockwell Church, Paula Cole, Barenaked Ladies, Tracey Chapman, Lauryn Hill, and almost any a cappella, including my old group, the Extreme Keys. You can check out my full music interests by looking at my CD collection.

Favorite Non-Power Tool: Hammer.

Favorite Power Tool: Circular Saw.

Favorite Shakespeare (Films and Literature): Mel Gibson's "Hamlet," Kenneth Branaugh's "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Twelfth Night."

Favorite Songs: Paula Cole's Ladder; Ani DiFranco's Both Hands, Untouchable Face, You Had Time, and 32 Flavors; Lauryn Hill's To Zion, Fiona Apple's Never Is A Promise; Rockwell Church's State I'm In, Back In Line, Geneva and Still Got Time; Indigo Girls' Closer to Fine, Galileo, and Thin Line; Sarah McLachlan's Ice Cream, Mary, and Good Enough.

Favorite Soundtracks: Les Miserables, The Secret Garden, Prince of Egypt.

Favorite Things to See: Art museums, zoos, famous buildings.

Favorite Words: Expound, Narcissistic, Idyllic, Mantra, Tainted, Myriad, Plethora, Facetious, Ideology, Former, Latter, Cohesive, Dichotomy, Intuitive.