Brown paper packages tied up with strings; these are a few of my favorite things.

This page is a stub, created on 2020-05-15 (last updated on 2023-04-10). Its contents are notes on the issues and angles I want to address about this topic.

• Media
  • TV
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Books
  • Visual Arts
  • Podcasts
  • YouTube Channels
• Food
  • To Cook
  • To Eat
  • Restaurants
  • Alcohol
  • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
  • Flavors / Individual Foods
• Smells
• Sports and Recreation
• Leisure Activities
• Games
• Animals
• Vacation Spots / Places to Visit
• Weather and Climate
• Holidays
• Colors
• Clothes
• Technology
  • Internet Cameras
  • Computers
  • Smart Home
  • Software and Services
  • Kitchen Equipment
  • Automobiles
• Architecture
• Humor

Media

TV

See Trakt.tv Favorites.

Movies

See Trakt.tv Favorites.

Music

What follows is a hodgepodge of stack-ranked and hierarchically organized genres, composers, artists, bands, and individual songs. Every node indicates a favorite.

• classical
  • Baroque
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Magnificat in D, BWV 243: IV. Omnes generationes (favorite choral work, hands down)
      • Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 ("This is how men like me pray." --American Gods)
      • Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043: 1. Vivace
      • Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043: 3. Allegro
      • Keyboard Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro
      • Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Major, Op. 3, BWV 1042: Allegro
      • Concerto for Flute, Strings And Basso Continuo in G minor, BWV 1056: I. Allegro & Allegro ma non tanto
      • Concerto for Flute, Strings And Basso Continuo in G minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto
      • Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
    • Vivaldi
      • Concerto For 4 Violins In B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10, RV 580: I. Allegro
      • Concerto For 4 Violins In B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10, RV 580: III. Allegro
  • Classical
    • Mozart
      • The Magic Flute
      • Requiem
      • basically all of Mozart for Your Mind
      • Concerto for Flute in D Major, K 314: I. Allegro asperto
      • Concerto for Flute in D Major, K 314: III. Rondo
    • Haydn
      • Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: III. Allegro molto
    • Beethoven
      • Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, "Choral Fantasy": Finale
      • Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
      • Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro
  • Romantic
    • Chopin
      • Etude No. 4 in C Sharp Minor Op.10
      • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo.
    • Tchaikovsky
      • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
      • The Nutcracker
      • Swan Lake
      • Sleeping Beauty
• ABBA
• Queen
• Disney (pre-Pocahontas)
• Coldplay
  • Viva La Vida
• disco

See also:

• my Spotify Starred playlist
• last.fm rankings by
  • track
  • album
  • artist

Books

See also my Goodreads profile and my Reading List page.

• fiction
  • Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged
  • Phillip Pullman: His Dark Materials
  • Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead
  • Ayn Rand: Anthem
• non-fiction
  • philosophy
    • Tara Smith: Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist
    • Leonard Peikoff: Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
    • Ayn Rand: Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
  • psychology and emotional well-being
    • Brené Brown: The Gifts of Imperfection: Audible, Kindle
    • Brené Brown: Daring Greatly: Audible, Kindle
    • Brené Brown: Rising Strong: Audible, Kindle
    • Brené Brown: Braving the Wilderness: Audible, Kindle
    • Brené Brown: I Thought It was Just Me (but it isn't): Audible, Kindle
    • Brené Brown: Dare to Lead: Audible, Kindle
    • Lundy Bancroft: The Joyous Recovery: Kindle
    • Marc Brackett: Permission To Feel: Audible, Kindle, website
    • Bessel Van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score: Audible, Kindle
    • Deb Dana: The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Audible, Kindle
    • Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent Communication: Audible, Kindle eTextbook
  • productivity
    • David Allen: Getting Things Done
  • cooking
    • J. Kenji López-Alt: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
    • Melissa Joulwan: Well Fed and Well Fed 2

Visual Arts

• Young Builder
• Self-Made Man

Podcasts

• Manager Tools
• Unlocking Us (Spotify)
  • Glennon Doyle
  • Marc Brackett on Permission to Feel
  • Harriet Lerner on apologizing and listening
  • Chris Heuertz on the Enneagram
  • additional links forthcoming...
• Armchair Expert (Spotify)
  • Brené Brown
  • Esther Perel
  • Dr Drew
  • John Gottman

YouTube Channels

• 3Blue1Brown
• Numberphile
• Michael Penn
• Personal Development School - Thais Gibson
• Mystery Doug
• RedLetterMedia - Plinkett Star Trek Reviews

Food

To Cook

See also Recipes.

• ribeye caps
• brussels sprouts
• lomo saltado
• slow-cooked ribs
• tacos
• Paleo banana pancakes
• omelets
• chicken salad

To Eat

which I wouldn't necessarily cook myself

• french fries
• hashbrowns
• tater tots

Restaurants

• Espetus Brazilian Churrascaria
• Smashburger
• Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Alcohol

• wine
  • malbec
  • syrah/shiraz
  • petite sirah
  • zinfandel
• spirits
  • gin (with POG or orange juice)
  • whiskey/bourbon
  • tequila

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

• coffee (especially cold brew)
• LaCroix
  • Múre Pepino
  • Melón Pomelo
  • Mango
  • Apricot
  • Peach-Pear
  • Razz-Cranberry
• POG
• black, unsweetened iced tea
• teapigs liquorice and mint

Flavors / Individual Foods

• spicy
• salty
• potatoes
• chocolate
• papaya

Smells

• the leaves of tomato plants
• plumeria
• freshly struck matches (of a certain kind)
• Brussels sprouts roasting in butter and bacon fat

Sports and Recreation

• weightlifting
• Krav Maga
• snowboarding
• rowing

Leisure Activities

• beach and splashing around in the water
• hiking
• camping
• watching TV

Games

• Pandemic
• Star Trek: Armada II
• Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic 1
  • Sonic 2
  • Sonic 3
  • Sonic & Knuckles
• Taboo
• Anomia
• Spot-It!
• Flow Free

Animals

• wolves
• dogs, especially
  • labs (especially yellow labs)
  • Siberian huskies
• dragons

Vacation Spots / Places to Visit

• Hawai'i, especially Poipu on the island of Kauai
• Summit County, Colorado (home of Breckenridge and Keystone, proximate to Vail and Beaver Creek)
• Lake Tahoe
• Tel Aviv
• Atlanta
• New York

Weather and Climate

• hot

Holidays

• Christmas

Colors

• green
• blue

Clothes

• what's that?

Technology

Internet Cameras

• Android / Google Pixel (currently 6 Pro)

Computers

• MacBook Pro

Smart Home

• Google Home

Software and Services

• Plex (What is Plex?)
• Dropbox

Kitchen Equipment

• Anova Sous Vide Pro
• electric griddle

Automobiles

• Honda CR-V
• BMW 760 Li (circa 2000, when they still had the "cat eyes" taillights)
• Honda Odyssey (circa 2000)

Architecture

• glass and steel
• sharp right angles
• no ornamentation

Humor

• puns
• "dad jokes"