crewmy friends and colleagues, anyone who likes drum & bugle corps or the great outdoors, anyone who does a kind act, and Charlie Bucket (from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)

portsthe beach, the rugged and scenic outdoors, home (I'm a "nester"), movie theaters, Trader Joe's, Centinela Feed & Pet Supplies, anywhere with good company, and any place I've never been

grubbaja fish tacos, lumpia, egg foo yong, honeycrisp apples, brownies, almonds, walnuts, peanut butter, hush puppies, tamales, bananas, chocolate [soy] milk, and smoothies - yum!

flicksAvatar, Contact, Harry Potter, Latter Days, The Lord of the Rings, Pretty Woman, Rudy, Sixteen Candles, Star Wars, While You Were Sleeping, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and X-Men

booksNot for the Faint of Heart, the Harry Potter series, the Eragon series, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and The Hobbit

sea shantyKokomo (Beach Boys), Viva la Vida (Coldplay), Big Yellow Taxi (Counting Crows), Soak Up the Sun (Sheryl Crow), Soul Food To Go (Manhattan Transfer), Superman (Five For Fighting), Into The West (Annie Lennox), Change The World (Eric Clapton), and Lead Kindly Light (John Newman)

exerciseresistance training, hiking, swimming, jogging on the beach, yoga (rarely - I need to keep up with this better), bicycling, taking the stairs and walking my dog

vesselanything with plenty of head room, high ground clearance, and optional 4 wheel drive. I'm thinking my next vessel will be a Ford Escape Hybrid or Jeep Wrangler

quartersa condo or beach house that had a view of the Pacific Ocean

jobanything you couldn't believe you were getting paid to do

peta large, short-haired dog, which I have! (grin) His name's Hoss (a.k.a. otter pup or Hossy boy), and he's an awesome labrador/border collie mix. He loves Merrick and Lotus brand dog foods, and was originally adopted

bilge rats washing dishes, folding laundry, litter, second hand smoke, noise pollution (including motion sensor car alarms), mosquitoes, and discourteous people

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