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1. Stereo cabinet
2. Surround Sound Speaker System
3. CD Player

1. Electric Guitar
2. Grill
3. Children’s books
4. Old CDs/records
5. Old video console (PSP2 or an old Super NES)
6. Ski equipment
7. Golf equipment
8. Tennis equipment
9. Sewing table/Work table

I will try to look for cool ideas on Flickr

I’m trying to build up a good collection of old and new classic children’s books for our daughter.

1. Arabian Nights or One Thousand and One Nights (9th century)
2. Robin Hood (14th century)
3. Cinderella (17th century)
4. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe (1719)
5. Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift (1726)
6. Tales of Mother Goose – Charles Perrault (1729)
7. The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales / by Hans Christian Andersen (19th century)
8. Little Red Riding Hood (19th century)
9. Hansel and Gretel (19th century)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (19th century)
11. Grimm’s Fairy Tales / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812)
12. The Swiss Family Robinson – Johann Rudolf Wyss (1812-3)
13. Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1823)
14. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas, père (1844)
15. Fairy Tales – Hans Christian Andersen (1846)
16. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne (1864)
17. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll (1865)
18. Max and Moritz and Other Bad Boy Tales / by Wilhelm Busch (1865)
19. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (1868)
20. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea – Jules Verne (1870)
21. Through the Looking-Glass – Lewis Carroll (1871)
22. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain (1876)
23. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
24. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Howard Pyle (1883)
25. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (1884)
26. Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi (1891)
27. The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling (1894)
28. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum (1900)
29. The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter (1902)
30. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils / by Selma Lagerlöf (1906)
31. Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery (1908)
32. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame (1908)
33. Peter Pan And Wendy / J. M. Barrie (1911)
34. Winnie-the-Pooh / A. A. Milne (1926)
35. The Lord of the Rings / by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937–1949)
36. The Little Prince / by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1943)
37. Do You Know Pippi Longstocking? / by Astrid Lindgren (1945)
38. Karius and Baktus / by Thorbjorn Egner (1949)
39. The Chronicles of Narnia / by C. S. Lewis (1950–1956)
40. Karlsson-on-the-Roof / by Astrid Lindgren (1955)
41. People and Robbers of Cardemon Town / by Thorbjorn Egner (1955)
42. Mrs Pepperpot Learns to Swim / by Alf Proysen (1956)
43. The Cat in the Hat / by Dr. Seuss (1957)
44. Where the Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak (1963)
45. The Giving Tree / Shel Silverstein (1964)
46. Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip – Book One / by Tove Jansson (1970s)
47. Emil in the Soup Tureen / by Astrid Lindgren (1970s)
48. Emil and Bad Tooth Lindgren / by Astrid Lindgren (1970s)
49. The Brothers Lionheart / by Astrid Lindgren (1973)
50. The Neverending Story / Michael Ende (1974)
51. Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter / by Astrid Lindgren (1981)
52. Where’s Waldo / by Martin Hanford (1987)

I ended up getting a SONY Stereo Turntable System PS-LX200H which I found for 25 $ through craigslist. The sound quality is pretty descent. Well worth it!

In addition to the turntable we recently bought, we also purchased a 1960s refurbished General Electric Solid State Automatic record player through eBay which among other things, is also capable of playing the rare old 78 RPM records we occasionally find in estate sales/eBay/garage sales (the turntable is only capable of playing 33 RPM records and 45 RPM records). Nevertheless, the turntable has a much better sound quality which it produces in conjunction with our receiver and our home theater sound system while the record player is only capable of producing sound through its internal speakers.

I am looking for a two person hammock + stand.

I rather get a Brazilian one since they are much nicer.

I also need to figure out a way to have protect it protected from the elements of nature during the snowy winters (we don’t have place for it inside).

Chords which I know by heart by now:
A, Am, Am7, D, E, Em,G

• Phoebe Buffay – Smelly Cat
• Love is all Around (R.E.M’s version)
• Bob Dylan – Knocking on Heaven’s Door
• Baby one More Time (Tavis’ version)
• Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

• Cat Stevens – Father and Son
• Cat Stevens – Wild World
• Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
• R.E.M. – Man on the Moon
• R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
• Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
• America – A Horse With No Name
• Green Day – Time of your Life (Good Riddance)
• Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
• Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence
• The Animals – House of the Rising Sun
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida
• Goo Goo Dolls – Iris

with the price of new ink catridges these days I think it is definatly something I need to start doing, even though the printer companies warn that using refilled ink might harm the printer (buying a new printer would still be cheaper than the total ammount of money we spend on new ink catridges).

The twins whom portrayed Little Jack in the movie “Meet the Fockers” learned sign language from watching Signing Time! videos. altough the videos are nice, I rather teach her sign language by myself and refrain from sitting a 6 month old baby in front of a TV screen.

there’s gotta be something around that would help me figure out important carreer decisions.

1. Rat Race (2001) 2/10
2. Waltz with Bashir (2008) 8/10
3. Shrek the Third (2007) 6/10
4. Southland Tales (2006) 6/10
5. Wedding Crashers (2005) 8/10

5 Seen, 45 To Go

1. Vanishing Point (1971)
2. Heavy Metal (1981)
3. Disney’s The Black Cauldron (1985)
4. Cool World (1992)
5. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
6. Deja Vu (2006)
7. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
8. Man on Wire (2008)
9. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10. WALL-E (2008)
11. The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
12. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
13. The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
15. Watchmen (March 6, 2009)
16. Star trek (May 8, 2009)
17. S. Darko (May 12, 2009)
18. Angels & Demons (May 15, 2009)
19. Terminator Salvation (May 21, 2009)
20. Brüno (July 10, 2009)
21. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (August 7, 2009)
22. Inglourious Basterds (August 21, 2009)
23. Where the Wild Things Are (October 16, 2009)
24. Astro Boy (October 23, 2009)
25. The Box (October 30, 2009)

I’ve tried the current popular social networking sites Facebook and Myspace and wasn’t very impressed. any other ideas anyone might have?

• Spending quality time with my daughter
• Drawing caricatures
• Playing guitar
• Reading
• Photography (stills/video)
• Biking
• Cooking
• Working out
• Volunteer somewhere
• Listening to music (on the Stereo)
• Watching movies (on the DVD)

Albums

The highlited albums are the ones I liked.

• Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien (1987)

• Joe Satriani – The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology (18 November 2003)

• Ryan Farish – Beautiful (2004)

• VA – Driving Rock Ballads (2005)
• A-HA – Analogue (November 8, 2005)

• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium (9 May 2006)

• VA – Greatest Ever New Wave Hits – The Definitive Collection (2007)
• Air – Pocket Symphony (6 March 2007)
• REO Speedwagon – Find Your Own Way Home (3 April 2007)
• Scorpions – Humanity: Hour I (14 May 2007)
• Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (25 September 2007)
• Radiohead – In Rainbows (10 October 2007)
• Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden (30 October 2007)
• Duran Duran – Red Carpet Massacre (13 November 2007)

• VA – Greatest Ever Acoustic – The Definitive Collection (2008)
• VA – Simply Acoustic (2008)
• VA – The Perfect Driving Album (2008)
• VA – 100 Hits 2000s (2008)
• R.E.M. – Accelerate (31 March 2008)
• Moby – Last Night (1 April 2008)
• Journey – Revelation (3 June 2008)
• Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (17 June 2008)
• Beck – Modern Guilt (8 July 2008)
• Blackmore’s Night – Secret Voyage (15 July 2008)
• Gary Moore – Bad For You Baby (September 2008)
• Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks (15 September 2008)
• Europe – Almost Unplugged (17 September 2008)
• Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul (6 October 2008)
• Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns (23 October 2008)
• The Cure – 4:13 Dream (27 October 2008)
• Enya – And Winter Came… (10 November 2008)
• Dido – Safe Trip Home (17 November 2008)
• Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy (23 November 2008)

• VA – Oldie Hit-Box (2009)
• U2 – No Line On The Horizon (27 February 2009)
• Pet Shop Boys – Yes (23 Mar 2009)
• The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love (24 March 2009)
• Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing (31 March 2009)
• Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe (20 April 2009)

I am currently trying to collect my favorite all-time rock/pop vinyl albums at local thrift stores/garage sales/amazon.

My ideal Vinyl album collection:

• Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956)

• Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love (1961)
• The Beatles – With The Beatles (1963)
• The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (1963)
• The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (1964)
• The Animals – The Animals (1964)
• The Hollies – The Hollies (1965)
• The Beatles – Help! (1965)
• The Beatles – Michelle (1965)
• The Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
• Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence (1966)
• The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
• The Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)
• The Doors – The Doors (1967)
• The Beatles – All You Need Is Love (1967)
• The Beatles – Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
• The Beatles – Hey Jude (1968)
• The Beatles – The Beatles (“The White Album”) (1968)
• The Who – Tommy (1969)
• The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)

• The Beatles – Let It Be (1970)
• Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
• Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
• The Who – Who’s Next (1971)
• Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
• John Lennon – Imagine (1971)
• Lou Reed – Transformer (1972)
• Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
• America – Hearts (1975)
• Jeff Wayne – War of the Worlds (1975)
• 10cc – The Original Soundtrack (1975)
• The Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
• ABBA – Arrival (1976)
• Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
• Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – The Roaring Silence (1976)
• Blue Oyster Cult – Agents of Fortune (1976)
• Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
• Queen – News of the World (1977)
• Iggy Pop – The Passenger (1977)
• Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977)
• The Grease soundtrack (1978)
• The Cars – The Cars (1978)
• Michael Jackson – Off the Wall (1979)
• Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979)

• Air Supply – All Out Of Love (1980)
• REO Speedwagon – Hi Infidelity (1980)
• U2 – Boy (1980)
• Dire Straits – Making Movies (1981)
• Men at Work – Business as Usual (1981)
• A Flock Of Seagulls – A Flock Of Seagulls (1982)
• Toto – Toto IV (1982)
• Journey – Frontiers (1983)
• Tears For Fears – The Hurting (1983)
• U2 – War (1983)
• REO Speedwagon – Wheels Are Turnin’ (1984)
• Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984)
• The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984)
• Gheorghe Zamfir – Zamfir : The Lonely Shepherd (1984)
• Scorpions – World Wide Live (1985)
• Tears For Fears – Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
• a-ha – Hunting High And Low (1985)
• Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (1985)
• Billy Joel – Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1985)
• The Outfield – Play Deep (1985)
• Pet Shop Boys – Actually (1987)
• INXS – Kick (1987)
• Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987)
• R.E.M. – Document (1987)
• U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
• Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman (1988)
• Tears For Fears – Sowing the Seeds of Love (1989)

• Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)
• U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
• Metallica – Metallica (1991)
• Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion 1 (1991)
• Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion 2 (1991)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge (1991)
• Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
• R.E.M – Automatic for the People (1992)
• Duran Duran – The Wedding Album (1993)
• The Connells – Ring (1993)
• The Cranberries – Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1993)
• The Cranberries – No Need to Argue (1994)
• Green Day – Dookie (1994)
• Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
• Play – Moby (1999)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication (1999)

• U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
• Coldplay – Parachutes (2000)
• The Cure – Greatest Hits
• Travis – Invisible Band (2001)
• Gorillaz – Gorillaz (2001)
• Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
• Robbie Williams – Greatest Hits (2004)
• Blackfield – Blackfield (2004)