My Favorite Things

A brief assortment of random lists:

Favorite Ang Lee Movies

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


2. The Ice Storm


3. Brokeback Mountain


4. Lust, Caution


5. Hulk

Favorite European-born NBA Players

1. Drazen Petrovich


2. Dirk Nowitzki


3. Toni Kukoc


4. Arvydas Sabonis


5. Detlef Schrempf

Favorite Contemporary Lyricists

1. Jeff Tweedy - Wilco


2. Sam Beam - Iron and Wine


3. Black Thought - The Roots


4. Alan Sparhawk - Low


5. Undecided - open to suggestions

In the midst of the celebration of deception that occurs annually at this arbitrary point on the calendar, I often think of the story of Gimpel the Fool.

"It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil."

The Best of alpha charlie bravo presents a fawning ode to the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament:

Love and Basketball
3.18.2004