TOP 12 LISTS

"Why top 12 rather than the usual 10? Well, 10 seems to be reserved mostly for sacred rules,
like the 10 Commandments, the Bill of Rights and The Late Show with David Letterman.
More secular and guilty pleasures come in 12s -- eggs, juries, canned beer and doughnuts."

                                                                                                                                       -- Jerry Miller

    BOOKS -- Volumes that have involved my attention, made me laugh, made me care and/or made me think.

    MOVIES -- All-time favorites, then broken down by decades, plus worst Oscar choices for Best Picture.

    MUSIC -- Tending toward rock classics and country, my favorite singles, albums, and concert performances.

    PAINTINGS -- I am hardly an expert on art, which this list will quickly demonstrate.

    QUOTES -- The wisest and wittiest comments ever on the related crafts of journalism and writing.

    STUDENT EXCUSES -- I have heard them all, almost, and my colleagues have heard the rest of the best.

    SUPREME COURT DECISIONS -- The landmark decisions that have most helped preserve the Founding
                                                                     Fathers' vision of a free and fair America.

    TELEVISION -- It hasn't always been the "boob tube," but don't ask me to try for a Top 100 list.

    ZEN SAYINGS -- Words to live by from the "Seinfeld" of Eastern thought, wherein nothing is everything.

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