Lists my wife compiled for my forty something birthday. Interesting how some don't fit any more...and others still fit very well.

Top 10 "Brent-isms"

  1. PHOOIE
  2. Shit
  3. Lub ewe
  4. If you're not confused, you don't understand what's going on
  5. See you when I get home from work, Smoocher Bear
  6. Why put off 'till tomorrow what you can do the next day?
  7. It's all about context
  8. Paper-clip pie a la mode
  9. Love you Boobah
  10. Enjoy the Journey

Top 10 Movies

  1. Regarding Henry
  2. Dr. Stranglove
  3. The Big Chill
  4. The Abyss
  5. Lord of the Rings
  6. Matrix
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird
  8. Dead Poets Society
  9. We Were Soldiers
  10. Life as a House

Top 10 Songs

  1. Pretender
  2. Beautiful Boy
  3. Sympathy of the devil
  4. 500 miles
  5. Queen of the slipstream
  6. You look wonderful tonight
  7. River of dreams
  8. Band on the drum
  9. Beatles While Album

Top 10 Books

  1. Grammatical Man by Jeremy Campbell
  2. Hotzone by Richard Preston
  3. Shibumi by Trevanian
  4. Duncton Wood by William Horwood
  5. Beyond Backpacking, Guide to Lightweight Hiking by Ray Jardine
  6. Style: Toward Carity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams
  7. What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
  8. Mountain Light by Galen Rowell
  9. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
  10. Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder