Reply #11: I love threads like this, but usually don't respond. Tonight, however:

[JeffR]

1. Who are your favorite music artists?

Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Paul Desmond, Annie Lennox, John Foxx, Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, John Martyn, John Renbourne, Glen Gould, The Band, James McMurtry, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Matthew Sweet, Kraftwerk, Seal.

2. Who are your favorite authors?

John Updike and J.G. Ballard, both recently deceased. Roddy Doyle, Richard Preston.

3. What are your favorite movies?

The Road Warrior, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Two for the Road, Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead (Romero's original), School of Rock, The Great Escape, A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim version), The Thing (Carpenter remake), To Kill a Mockingbird, A Shot in the Dark, This Is Spinal Tap

4. What are your favorite TV shows?

The Daily Show, Rescue Me (trying my patience now), Kitchen Nightmares (preferably the British version)

5. What are your favorite radio shows?

Radio? Don't know what that is.

6. What is your favorite form of entertainment/least favorite form?

Music/mime

7. What brand(s) of computer do you own?

A fast IBM clone, a Dell laptop which is technically the wife's backup machine, an aging Power Mac and my old Mac Plus and SE, which haven't been turned on for a while, but if I did, they'd work just fine.

8. Do you go to the theatre (not movie theater, but shows and plays)

Not for years, sadly.

9. What is your favorite sport to watch, if any?

Baseball. Basketball in a pinch.

10. How many hours of leisure/entertainment do you normally have in a day?

Not enough. Never enough.