A Few Top Fives

MOVIES

1. Lonesome Dove (technically a mini-series)
2. Castaway
3. The Way
4. The Big Year
5. The Right Stuff

SONGS

1. Hotel California (the acoustic version on Hell Freezes Over)
2. I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
3. All My Hope is in Jesus (Crowder)
4. I Believe in a Hill Called Mt. Calvary (Gaither Vocal Group)
5. Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)

ACTORS

1. Tom Hanks
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman
3. Robert Duvall
4. Morgan Freeman
5. Leonardo DiCaprio

ACTRESSES

1. Jessica Lange
2. Julianne Moore
3. Meryl Streep
4. Octavia Spencer
5. Jodie Foster

BOOKS

1. Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
2. Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
3. Chesapeake by James Michener
4. Somebody Told Me by Rick Bragg
5. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony  Bourdain

PLACES I’VE BEEN

1. Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
2. Kneeling at the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3. Isle of Palms, South Carolina
4. Any sunset in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador
5. Yellowstone National Park

SPORTS MOMENTS I WITNESSED LIVE

1. Mohammed Ali lighting the torch in the 1996 Olympic Games
2. 1980 Miracle on Ice
3. Reggie Jackson’s 3 home runs in Game 6, 1977 World Series
4. Jack Nicklaus Masters Champion 1986
5. #6 Auburn beats #1  Alabama in Iron Bowl Fiasco

FAVORITE SUPERBOWL SNACKS

1. SONIC cheesesticks w/Route 44 Diet Dr Pepper w/cherry
2. Doritos w/Velveeta/Rotel cheese dip
3. Hot Chicken Dip
4. Giant Gyro
5. Little Smokies

THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

1. You’d be hard pressed to find more of an expert on professional wrestling during the 1980s.
2. I like Michael Bolton’s music.
3. I cry pretty frequently.
4. If it’s a working day inside involving heavy writing I’ll walk outside for a breath of fresh air and a reset at least twice a hour.
5. Ninety percent of my shirt wardrobe is in the guayaberas style.

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