I’ve kinda been waiting for this one… Thanks Stephanie for tagging me!

Four jobs I’ve had
- roofer during a hot Texas summer
- Waiter at “Hennington’s” in Granbury, TX
- fixer-upper of messed-up data for the BNSF railroad
- resident computer geek for JW Operating of Longview TX

Four movies I could watch over and over
- Lost in Translation
- The Princess Bride
- Fiddler on the Roof
- The Thomas Crowne Affair

Four books I could read over and over
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Orthodoxy (Chesterton)
- the Manifold series (Stephen Baxter)

Four places I have lived
- Fremont, NE
- Granbury, TX
- Longview, TX
- Hiawatha, IA

Four TV shows I watch
- House
- MI-5 (Spooks for you British types)
- Hustle (a new show on AMC, also by the BBC)
- pretty much any sports

Four places I have been on vacation (ok, so I haven’t traveled much)
- Destin, FL
- Estes Park, CO
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA

Four websites I visit daily other than email
- The Drudge Report
- CNN
- National Review Online
- Opinion Journal

Four favorite foods
- Enchiladas
- Sesame Chicken
- Pizza
- a good steak

Four places I’d like to be right now
- not at work
- at home with Becky and Laura
- at my favorite coffeehouse with a good book and my laptop
- on vacation someplace warm and slow-paced

Four bloggers I’m tagging
- Ryan
- Aaron
- Rebecca
- Dana

I’ve kinda been waiting for this one… Thanks Stephanie for tagging me!

Four jobs I’ve had
- roofer during a hot Texas summer
- Waiter at “Hennington’s” in Granbury, TX
- fixer-upper of messed-up data for the BNSF railroad
- resident computer geek for JW Operating of Longview TX

Four movies I could watch over and over
- Lost in Translation
- The Princess Bride
- Fiddler on the Roof
- The Thomas Crowne Affair

Four books I could read over and over
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Orthodoxy (Chesterton)
- the Manifold series (Stephen Baxter)

Four places I have lived
- Fremont, NE
- Granbury, TX
- Longview, TX
- Hiawatha, IA

Four TV shows I watch
- House
- MI-5 (Spooks for you British types)
- Hustle (a new show on AMC, also by the BBC)
- pretty much any sports

Four places I have been on vacation (ok, so I haven’t traveled much)
- Destin, FL
- Estes Park, CO
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA

Four websites I visit daily other than email
- The Drudge Report
- CNN
- National Review Online
- Opinion Journal

Four favorite foods
- Enchiladas
- Sesame Chicken
- Pizza
- a good steak

Four places I’d like to be right now
- not at work
- at home with Becky and Laura
- at my favorite coffeehouse with a good book and my laptop
- on vacation someplace warm and slow-paced

Four bloggers I’m tagging
- Ryan
- Aaron
- Rebecca
- Dana

I’ve kinda been waiting for this one… Thanks Stephanie for tagging me!

Four jobs I’ve had
- roofer during a hot Texas summer
- Waiter at “Hennington’s” in Granbury, TX
- fixer-upper of messed-up data for the BNSF railroad
- resident computer geek for JW Operating of Longview TX

Four movies I could watch over and over
- Lost in Translation
- The Princess Bride
- Fiddler on the Roof
- The Thomas Crowne Affair

Four books I could read over and over
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Orthodoxy (Chesterton)
- the Manifold series (Stephen Baxter)

Four places I have lived
- Fremont, NE
- Granbury, TX
- Longview, TX
- Hiawatha, IA

Four TV shows I watch
- House
- MI-5 (Spooks for you British types)
- Hustle (a new show on AMC, also by the BBC)
- pretty much any sports

Four places I have been on vacation (ok, so I haven’t traveled much)
- Destin, FL
- Estes Park, CO
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA

Four websites I visit daily other than email
- The Drudge Report
- CNN
- National Review Online
- Opinion Journal

Four favorite foods
- Enchiladas
- Sesame Chicken
- Pizza
- a good steak

Four places I’d like to be right now
- not at work
- at home with Becky and Laura
- at my favorite coffeehouse with a good book and my laptop
- on vacation someplace warm and slow-paced

Four bloggers I’m tagging
- Ryan
- Aaron
- Rebecca
- Dana

Geof did this, and it looked like fun.

Open iTunes to answer the following:

Total number of tracks: 4,336.

Sort by song title:

• First Song: ” ‘Round Midnight”, Miles Davis, Best of Miles Davis
• Last Song: “Zoo Station”, U2, Achtung Baby

scary note: these are the same two songs (save for the artist on ‘Round Midnight) as Geof had…

Sort by time:

• Shortest Song: “One Last ‘Woo-Hoo!’ for the Pullman”, 0:06, Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
• Longest Song: “Hansel And Gretel And Ted And Alice/An opera in one unnatural act”, 24:40, P.D.Q. Bach, The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach

Sort by album:

• First Song: “Concerto in D-Minor for Two Violins: 1 – Vivace”, Itzhak Perlman & Isaac Stern, “Double” Concerto for Two Violins
• Last Song: “Happiness”, 1999 Broadway Revival Recording, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Top 10 Most Played Songs:

1. “The Far Country”, 20 plays, Andrew Peterson, The Far Country
2. “The Havens Grey”, 18 plays, ibid.
T3. “Canaan Bound”, 17 plays, Andrew Peterson, Love and Thunder
T3. “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”, 17 plays, Bob Dylan, The Essential Bob Dylan
T3. “Say”, 17 plays, Sleeping At Last, Ghosts
6. “Lay Me Down”, 16 plays, Andrew Peterson, The Far Country
7. “The Queen of Iowa”, 14 plays, ibid.
8. “Fields Of Gold”, 13 plays, Eva Cassidy, Live at Blues Alley
T8. “I Get a Kick out of You”, 13 plays, Jamie Cullum, Twentysomething.
T8. “Lonely People”, 13 plays, Jars Of Clay, Who We Are Instead.

First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:

This doesn’t really work since Party Shuffle doesn’t pick up the stuff on my iPod, and I don’t have much of anything left stored in my library.

Search for:
“sex”, how many songs come up?: zero.
“love”, how many songs come up?: 336.
“you”, how many songs come up?: 564.
“death”, how many songs come up?: Six.
“hate”, how many songs come up?: Two.
“wish” how many songs come up?: Eleven.

I’d been waiting to see if I got this passed to me… thanks Stephanie!

Seven Things to Do Before I Die (Lord willing, and in no particular order):
1) Visit Europe.
2) Take a boat trip somewhere.
3) Record keyboards for someone’s studio album
4) Play in concert as part of a good band
5) Write a book
6) Visit all 50 states (I’m at about 30/50 right now)
7) Play with my grandchildren

Seven Things I Cannot Do:
1) Solve a Rubik’s Cube
2) Understand women
3) Beat Becky at chess
4) Dance
5) Play any instrument that requires blowing into it
6) Sleep in
7) Turn my brain off

Seven Things that Attract Me to My Spouse/Significant Other:
1) Her love for the Lord
2) Her love for and patience with me
3) Her smile
4) Her love of sports and mad softball skills
5) Her sticktoitiveness
6) Her gracious spirit and hospitality
7) Her sense of humor

Seven Things I Say (or write!) Most Often:
1) It’s not easy being green.
2) No kidding.
3) Surely you can’t be serious.
4) Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! (think Tigger)
5) What the…?
6) Geek alert…
7) TTFN

Seven Books (or series) I Love:
1) Lord of the Rings
2) The Abolition of Man (really, any of Lewis’ stuff)
3) Orthodoxy (Chesterton)
4) Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt books
5) Tom Clancy’s earlier Jack Ryan books
6) John Grisham’s earlier novels (think The Firm or The Pelican Brief)
7) The Andromeda Strain

Seven Movies I Would Watch Over and Over Again:
1) Lost in Translation
2) That Thing You Do!
3) Notting Hill
4) The Princess Bride
5) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6) The Thomas Crowne Affair (the new one)
7) The Whole Nine Yards

Seven People I Want to Join in:
1) Ryan
2) Rebecca
3) Daniel
4) I can’t think of that many more that haven’t done it… if you haven’t, do it, and track back to me so I know you did.

Not a real suprise here.

[HT: Geof]