I like…

Kind people not mean people
Honesty not flattery
Good books not mediocre ones
Outside not inside
Bare feet not shoes
Mild weather not hot or cold
Sugar not artificial sweeteners
Soccer not football
NL not AL (but no Mets)
Farmer’s Market not the grocery store
Running not shopping
The Dark Knight not Mamma Mia
Rachmaninoff not Mozart
Mac not PC
CNN not Fox (except Fox Soccer Channel)
Mixed company not girls night out
Jesus not James Dobson
C.S. Lewis not Ayn Rand
Dogs and cats
Bookstores (new and used) and libraries

I like fall, thunderstorms, theatre, good food, good movies, clever humor, crude humor, singing (on stage, in the studio, and in the shower), and most of all my INCREDIBLE family (which includes my best friends).

Being from California, but living in Texas
Blogging & Facebook
Regular Coke & DP (I know, not good for me…)
Taco Bueno over Taco Bell
Whataburger over McD’s or BK
Iron Works BBQ (Austin)
The Dodgers, not the Giants
Vin Scully
The Lakers, not the Celtics (still sad right now…)
The Raiders, not the Broncos
Halberstam’s books on sports
Anything by WFBuckley
The Beatles
60s Rolling Stones, but not so much thereafter
“My Hero” by Foo Fighters
Spider-Man & Batman over Superman
Going running, but not making myself get up and do it
My wife’s cooking!
Just sitting & talking with my wife
How our 3 year-old son fell in love with the movie “Cars”
Hearing our 1 year-old son talking in his crib, but not when he was supposed to sleep another hour! LIFE Groups
Muleshoe, TX (lived there for 4 years)
Monday Night Football
Being prepared, but not getting prepared
Slow-paced vacations over fast-paced vacations
“Days of Elijah”
“This is My Father’s World”

Actually Tom T. Hall’s ‘little baby ducks’ song played in my head all day yesterday after I started reading this blog, but it was my dad’s voice that my memory heard singing it. He’s been gone since 1981…I still miss him. Thanks for the words, Jim.

And thanks for this blog idea, Mike.

First thing that came to my mind reading this.
Actually got to go with the pie (pecan while it’s hot) AND ice cream (Blue Bell vanilla)

I like…

Cubbies not, well anyone else
NL not AL
Facebook not MySpace
grace not legalism
Matrix not ridiculous Matrix 2 (so bad I never saw 3)
old school video games with two buttons or less not post 1990 systems
classic rock not the new stuff called rock
LSU Tigers not PAC 10 schools who think they could compete in SEC
standards not automatics
stairs not elevators
PBS not Cartoon Network
crunchy bacon not limp bacon
ice cream from a little creamery down in Brenham, TX (okay, so I pretty much like all ice cream, but no one else is Blue Bell)
fried okra and pickled okra not boiled okra
woods and streams not sun and sand
laid back vacations not tightly schedules ones
Star Wars not Star Trek
Bo and Luke not Vance and Coy
Mustangs not minivans
western boots not ropers
going on and on not keeping it brief

I used to be on board with hating the Yankees, but that’s replaced now with the Mets. And since I was just sitting in the Yankees dugout yesterday morning, I have a newfound appreciation for the franchise.

E, G, Nathan and Zoe

http://www.matthewsblog.waynesborochurchofchrist.org

I like:

Pens that write not pens that don’t
Coffee not tea
Dr. Pepper over anything else (most especially Dublin’s)
Spring in Texas Fall in New England
snow skiing not water skiing
Pulled Pork not chopped beef
Italian Sausage spaghetti not chicken spaghetti
Abuelo’s not Pancho’s
books
warm blankets on cool nights
time spent with family and friends
prayer
books
learning about a good book from a friend
sharing a good book with a friend
movies (but not usually movies of my favorite books)

I like early mornings not late nights
I love Auburn football not Georgia, LSU and definitely not Alabama!
I love sweet tea over coffee
I like trips to the mountains over trips to the beach (but I love seafood! Crab legs and shrimp!)
I like ESPN over Fox Sports
I like the movie Forest Gump over any other movie.
That’s all I’ve got to say about all of that!