User:Danaimband/Opinions

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Contents 1 Personal Favorites 1.1 Movies 1.2 Television Shows 1.3 Books 1.4 Magazines 1.5 Newspapers 1.6 Musicians 1.7 Game Shows 1.8 TV Stations 1.9 Places to go Shopping 1.10 People 1.10.1 Inventors 1.10.2 Politicians 1.10.3 Educators 1.10.4 News Anchors 1.10.5 Chefs / Cooks 2 List of Computers I have owned (in Order) 3 Personal Preferences 3.1 Food 3.1.1 Restaurants 3.1.2 Candy / Snack Foods 3.1.3 Beverages 3.2 Automobiles 4 See Also 4.1 Entertainment 4.2 Life

[edit] Personal Favorites

[edit] Movies

For a list of my favorite movies by year, including the 10 best movies I like, please see this list.

[edit] Television Shows

For a list of my favorite TV shows (ranked by year), please see this list.

[edit] Books

1. Year of Living Dangerously written by Christopher Koch
2. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie written by Laura Numeroff
3. The Spook Who Sat By The Door written by Ivan Dixon
4. Kiss of the Spider Woman written by Manuel Puig
5. Danny, the Champion of the World written by Roald Dahl

[edit] Magazines

1. Psychology Today
2. Omni
3. Billboard
4. PC Magazine
5. Architectural Design
6. The New England Journal of Medicine
7. Pro Wrestling Illustrated
8. South Carolina Magazine

[edit] Newspapers

1. The State - Columbia, South Carolina
2. The Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, North Carolina
3. The New York Times - New York, New York
4. The Times - London, England
5. The Register-Guard - Eugene, Oregon
6. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia
7. Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago, Illinois
8. The Seattle Times - Seattle, Washington
9. Detroit Free Press - Detroit, Michigan
10. Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville, North Carolina

[edit] Musicians

Musicians (and the best album(s) by the Artist)

1. Herbie Hancock - Perfect Machine
2. Chick Corea - Tap Step, Eye of the Beholder
3. Stevie Wonder - Journey through the Secret Life of Plants
4. Herb Alpert - Rise
5. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
6. Miles Davis - Water Babies, Bitches Brew
7. Elton John - Madman Across the Water
8. George Harrison & Ravi Shankar - The Concert for Bangla Desh
9. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
10. Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three...

[edit] Game Shows

1. Password (1961-1967) - CBS & (1971-1975) - ABC / Password Plus (1979-1982) - NBC / Super Password (1984-1989) - NBC
2. Concentration (1958-1973) & (1987-1993) - NBC ; (1973-1978) - SYN
3. Now You See It (1974-1975 / 1989) - CBS
4. Musical Chairs (1975) - CBS
5. Wheel of Fortune (Daytime Network Edition) (1975-1991) -NBC/CBS/NBC

[edit] TV Stations

(Cities Shown are by Markets/Links to City where broadcasted from)

1. WLTX - CBS - Columbia
2. WBTV - CBS - Charlotte/Rock Hill
3. KMTR - NBC - Eugene
4. KIEM - NBC - Eureka/Fortuna
5. KMAX - CW - Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto
6. KRCB - PBS - Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park
7. KQEC / KMTP - PBS/Ind. - San Francisco Bay Area
8. KOLO - ABC - Reno/Carson City
9. KSWT - CBS - Yuma/El Centro
10. KTVL - CBS - Medford/Klamath Falls

[edit] Places to go Shopping

• Wal-Mart Supercenter, Forest Drive, Columbia, South Carolina
• SouthPark Mall, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Fry's Electronics, Sacramento, California
• Coddingtown Mall, Santa Rosa, California
• Meadowood Mall, Reno, Nevada
• Publix, Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina

[edit] People

[edit] Inventors

• Ted Turner, creator of TBS, CNN, and co-owner of Ted's Montana Grill.
• Steven Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Computers.
• Robert Moog, inventor of the various MOOG synthesizers.
• Nolan Bushnell, inventor of the arcade game and first true video game, Pong.

[edit] Politicians

• Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina (2002-).
• Jerry Brown, former Governor of California (1975-1983), and former Mayor of Oakland, California (1998-2006), elected Attorney General of California in 2006.

[edit] Educators

• Jaime Escalante, former Mathematics teacher at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California, was the subject of the 1988 bio-movie Stand and Deliver.
• Joe Louis Clark, former Teacher and Principal of Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, was the subject of the 1989 bio-movie Lean on Me.

[edit] News Anchors

1. Darci Strickland , WLTX, Columbia, South Carolina
2. Dave McElhatton, KPIX, San Francisco, California
3. Susan Audé, WIS, Columbia, South Carolina
4. Dennis Richmond, KTVU, Oakland, California

[edit] Chefs / Cooks

1. Gordon Ramsay, a British-born chef, who's temperish-attitude towards his crew-chefs, made him eager to do his two reality shows in America and in Great Britain. He wrote several cookbooks based on his prized recipes.
2. Martin Yan, a Chinese-born chef, who's fast-paced cooking style on his PBS show Yan Can Cook, made him an internationally-recognized chef.

[edit] List of Computers I have owned (in Order)

• July 23, 1985-October 22, 1990 Apple Lisa
• August 18, 1990-March 9, 1991 Dell (80286)
• February 11, 1992-March 22, 1996 Televideo (8088)
• March 9, 1993-April 4, 1998 IBM PC-XT (8086)
• March 30, 1996-April 4, 1998 Acer (80386)
• April 16, 1998-February 9, 1999 IBM PS/2 (80286)
• September 9, 1999-October 4, 1999 IBM PCjr (8086)
• October 4, 1999-February 4, 2001 HP Brio (80386)
• August 22, 2002-November 11, 2002 Compaq Presario (80486)
• November 5, 2002-May 5, 2004 Compaq Presario Notebook (Pentium 4)
• May 5, 2004-August 9, 2005 HP Pavilion (AMD Athlon)
• August 9, 2005-April 30, 2006 Gateway Notebook (AMD Athlon)
• April 30, 2006-(present) Apple IBook (PowerPC)

[edit] Personal Preferences

[edit] Food

Preferences of Styles of Food (and major Restaurant):

1. Greek
2. Japanese - Benihana's of Tokyo
3. Italian - Romano's Macaroni Grill
4. Mexican - El Torito
5. Chinese

[edit] Restaurants

• Sonic Drive-In
• Chick-Fil-A
• Bojangles'
• Waffle House
• Romano's Macaroni Grill
• Whataburger
• Huddle House
• Ted's Montana Grill
• Ruth's Chris Steak House
• CiCi's Pizza
• Papa John's Pizza
• Cracker Barrel

[edit] Candy / Snack Foods

• Nerds
• Sour Punch
• Runts
• Fun Dip
• Beef Jerky
• Triscuit

[edit] Beverages

• Mello Yello
• Pibb Xtra
• Canada Dry Ginger Ale

[edit] Automobiles

• Hyundai Accent
• Kia Rio5
• Honda Fit
• Chevrolet Aveo
• Volkswagen Rabbit
• Nissan Versa
• Honda Element (smallest SUV, I would get)

[edit] See Also

[edit] Entertainment

• Movies by Decade

[edit] Life

• My Blog