• watched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

• listened to Maskerade by Terry Pratchett, read by Nigel Planer (1995)


• watched The Atomic Cafe (1982)
  
  Also good: The War Game (1965) by the BBC -- a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city
  


• watched Midnight Run (1988)

• watched Happiness (1998) -- a VERY disturbing, black comedy

• listened to The Best of O. Henry by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), read by Michael Hanson
  
  New York Stories
  
  
  
  • Voice of the City
  
  
  • The Gift of the Magi
  
  
  • The Cop and the Anthem
  
  
  • The Romance of a Busy Broker
  
  
  • The Green Door
  
  
  
  Western Stories
  
  
  
  • The Ransom of Red Chief
  
  
  • The Hiding of Black Bill
  
  


• listened to You Are the Message : Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are by Roger Ailes (1988)
  
  In every communication, be:
  
  
  
  • Prepared
  
  
  • Comfortable
  
  
  • Committed
  
  
  • Interesting
  
  
  • Likable
  
  
  • Energetic
  
  
  • Warm
  
  
  • Your best
  
  
  • Yourself
  
  

• read Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code by Gayle Lynds (2004)

• listened to Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (1998)


• listened to Sea Change by James Powlik (1999) -- something in the cold Pacific waters is killing humans and critters in nasty ways

• watched The Dream on WGTE performed by the American Ballet Theatre

• listened to Back Story by Robert B Parker (2003) -- read by Joe Mantegna, the voice of 'Fat Tony' on the Simpson's

• listened to Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (1998)

• watched Another Man's Poison (1952)
  
  Classic Bette Davis: strong-willed, capable, devious. Movie title from "one man's meat is another man's poison" -- a very old quote indeed.

• watched The Killing (1956)
  
  Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) masterminds a brilliant criminal scheme to steal $2,000,000 from a local racetrack in which "no one will get hurt." The only flaw in his plan is his co-horts' greedy, shrewish wife and her ruthless boyfriend. That's when something goes wrong...

• listened to Holes by Louis Sachar (2000)
  
  Fun adventure for kids, despite the child abuse so prevalent in books of this reading level.

• listened to A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler (1999)


• watched Lolita (1962)

• listened to Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (1967)
  
  Clever and witty, crime-fighting rabbi, David Small, uncovers local druglord scheme on the eve of Passover, all while trying to keep his warring congregation from splitting the temple.

• listened to The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry (1966)
  
  Wow... 26 chapters of meaningless sexual encounters. Way past Peyton Place or Catcher in the Rye. Beastiality, near-incest, molestation, gang bangs, marital rape, plenty of prostitution, and the usual underage sex and drinking. Unfulfilled characters make for an unfulfilling book. Well-written and penetrating none the less.

• listened to How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1999)
  
  In A Nutshell
  
  - Fundamental techniques in people handling
  
  
  
  1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain
  
  
  2. Give honest, sincere appreciation
  
  
  3. Arouse in the other person an eager want
  
  
  
  - Six ways to make people like you
  
  
  
  1. Become genuinely interested in other people
  
  
  2. Smile
  
  
  3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language (so remember people’s names)
  
  
  4. Be a good listener and encourage others to talk about themselves
  
  
  5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests
  
  
  6. Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely
  
  
  
  - Win people to your way of thinking
  
  
  
  1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it
  
  
  2. Show respect for the other person’s opinions; never say, “You’re wrong.”
  
  
  3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically
  
  
  4. Begin in a friendly way
  
  
  5. Get the other person saying, “Yes, yes” immediately
  
  
  6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking
  
  
  7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers
  
  
  8. Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view
  
  
  9. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires
  
  
  10. Appeal to the nobler motives
  
  
  11. Dramatize your ideas (like movies and TV)
  
  
  12. Throw down the challenge. Stimulate competition. Appeal to people’s desire to excel.
  
  
  
  - Be a leader -- A leader's job often includes changing your people’s attitudes and behavior
  
  
  
  1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. “… more flies with honey.”
  
  
  2. Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly
  
  
  3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person
  
  
  4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders
  
  
  5. Let the other person save face
  
  
  6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
  
  
  7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to
  
  
  8. Use encouragement; make the fault seem easy to correct
  
  
  9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest. (Give titles, authority, money.)
  
  


• watched Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (1964)

• listened to Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg (1999)
  
  Newswoman discovers her identity by uncovering her mother's past. Norman Rockwell's small town characters meets Life or Something Like It personality.

• listened to Travels With Charley : In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962) -- Famous author road trips across America with poodle (Charley) in the early 60's. Classic Steinbeck; his best book.


• rewatched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

• listened to The Founding Fathers On Leadership : Classic Teamwork in Changing Times by Donald T. Phillips (1998)

• watched Jungle Fever (1991)


• watched O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)


• watched parts of Rocky I - V on TNT

• listened to This Just In : What I Couldn't Tell You on TV by Bob Schieffer (2003)
  
  Very entertaining. Mr. Schieffer has a warm, conversational tone and honest stories to tell. A good, long story to accompany your workday.