favorite things...

people, places and things ...

huck william, U2, nyc, our church, anne lamott, coffee, walking max, gilmore girls, saturday mornings, our nieces and nephews, “northern exposure,” theatre, indian food, jonathan richman, "i love the 80's," pizza, mountains, dar williams, ireland, beck, reading on the subway, lily tomlin, barack obama's speech at the democratic national convention, taking pictures, aimee mann, kansas, holding babies, x-files, the beatles, laughing really hard, chekhov, emma thompson, road trips, playing games, the ocean, badly drawn boy, johnny cash, our neighborhood, john c. reilly, ellen degeneres, london, lucinda williams, austin, eugene peterson, the grand canyon, super speed ms. pacman, “west wing,” carol burnett, jimmy stewart, chicago, horton foote, may 16th...

movies …

it’s a wonderful life, to kill a mockingbird, the wizard of oz, the fisher king, american beauty, monsoon wedding, monsters inc, parenthood, rattle and hum, broadcast news, the breakfast club, hannah & her sisters, dead poets' society, philadelphia story, remains of the day, terms of endearment, what's eating gilbert grape, silence of the lambs, trip to bountiful, the commitments, harold and maude, shakespeare in love, waking ned devine, good will hunting, a very long engagement, dead man walking, the princess bride, back to the future, sense & sensibility, fargo, finding nemo, schindler's list, much ado about nothing, chicago, muriel's wedding, when harry met sally, magnolia, the world according to garp, big night, ET, sixth sense, school of rock, waiting for guffman, lost in translation, finding neverland, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, rushmore, shawshank redemption, memento, the hours, the lord of the rings trilogy, high fidelity, amelie, crouching tiger hidden dragon, the station agent, about a boy, rabbit proof fence, before sunrise, before sunset, defending your life, spider-man, whale rider, jonny’s christmas wish...

books …

angela’s ashes – frank mccourt
bastard out of carolina – dorothy allison
bird by bird – anne lamott
catcher in the rye – jd salinger,
a challenge for the actor – uta hagen
the chronicles of narnia – c.s. lewis
east of eden – john steinbeck
the education of little tree – forrest carter
franny and zooey – j.d. salinger
the giving tree – shel silverstein
the hobbit - j.r.r tolkien
the jesus i never knew – philip yancey
to kill a mockingbird – harper lee
i know why the caged bird sings – maya angelou
love in the time of cholera – gabriel garcia marquez
the #1 ladies’ detective agency series – alexander mccall smith
prodigal summer – barbara kingsolver
a prayer for owen meany – john irving
the screwtape letters - c.s. lewis
the shipping news – e. annie proux
slaughterhouse-five – kurt vonnegut
song of solomon – toni morrison
the time traveler's wife - audrey niffennegger
a tree grows in brooklyn – betty smith
till we have faces – c.s. lewis
traveling mercies – anne lamott
the world according to garp – john irving
a wrinkle in time – madeleine l’engle

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jj's personal favorites

troy's personal favorites

people we know...

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Fox TV show starring our fabulously funny friend Tony Hale!!!

http://www.fox.com/arresteddev/

STINKY

Our talented friend Mark Greene’s insane cartoon!

http://www.stinkytoons.com

MAX'S MOVIE