Did you ever thing about some of your favorite things, in a mental checklist kind of way? Not sure why, but I was thinking about this tonight. Here are some of my favorite things . . . how about yours?

Movie: Tie – Casablanca, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Ten Commandments, History of the World, Part I, Star Wars (IV – A New Hope (literally a seven way tie)
Winter Beer: Guinness draught (at this particular moment)
Toy Car I’ve Owned: Trish, my ‘78 Triumph Spitfire 1500, ready to come out to play this month
Daily Driver Car I’ve Owned: Heidi, the white ‘2003 BMW 525i prior to my present car
Computer Weighing More than 10 lbs: My 1983 vintage Kaypro II that got me through the first couple years of law school
Computer Weighing Less than 10 lbs: tie between my current Thinkpad T61 and my current 13″ aluminum Macbook
Summer Cocktail: Gin & Tonic – Boodles with Schweppes, 3-4 drops of Rose’s lime
Cocktail When I REALLY Need a Drink: Bombay Sapphire martini, extra dirty with four olives stuffed with either blue cheese, almonds or garlic
Summer Beer: Tie – Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Hacker Pschor Weisbier in a “boot” glass with a big lemon wedge
Favorite Beverage of All-Time: Milwaukee tap water chilled to just over 32 degrees in large quantities
Favorite Soda: San Pellegrino Limonata from a glass bottle (never a can) or an ice cold cane-sugared Mexican Coke in a 16 oz. glass bottle
Favorite TV Show of All Time (No Longer on the Air): Tie between The West Wing and The Time Tunnel
Favorite Current TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite North American Travel Destinations: Charleston (SC), Quebec, Montreal, Vancouver, NYC, Chicago, Door County (WI), Seattle, the two Portlands (ME and OR)
Favorite Ridiculously Expensive Dining Experience: Le Bernardin (with Eric Ripard cooking that night!) – obscene, but worth it
Favorite Historically Significant Restaurant: Aux Anciennes Canadiennes (Quebec)
Favorite Cheap Eats: Real Chili (Milwaukee), Al’s Italian Beef (Chicago), Gray’s Papaya (NYC)
Favorite Comfort Foods: Chef Boyardee Beefaroni, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Underwood Deviled Ham on Wonder Bread, Swanson’s Turkey Pot Pie, Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks with Hellman’s Tartar Sauce, Blue Plate Special Meatloaf with canned green beans and Hungry Jack mashed potatoes, Cherry Pie at a Fish Boil from the White Gull Inn (Fish Creek, WI); a freshly grilled Johnsonville Beer Brat first boiled in beer and onions, on a sesame seed roll with French’s yellow mustard and Frank’s Kraut
Favorite Deli: Tie between Schwartz’s Hebraic Deli (Montreal) and Carnegie Deli (NYC)
Favorite Pizza: Pizza Man (Milwaukee)
Favorite Musical: Phantom of the Opera (Broadway – three times, Toronto)
Favorite Wine: Super Tuscans like a Brunello di Montalcino, or cheap Argentian Malbecs
Favorite Outdoor Dining: “Barcelona” in Naples, Florida  for tapas and their white sangria
Favorite Laptop Bag: My current Victorinox Architecture Series 2.0 rolling bag
Favorite Software of All Time: WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS . . . the ultimate electronic writing tool (even today)
Favorite Utility of All Time: Parallels 4 for Mac OS X and specifically it’s Coherence Mode (close second / third are Xobni for Outlook and Moffsoft Freecalc
Favorite Rock Band to See Live: The BoDeans at Summerfest (Milwaukee, annually)
Favorite Guilty Pleasure: Nutella on a spoon with some Skippy peanut butter
Favorite Thing to Do Anywhere: Hang out at a beach with my family (anywhere)
Favorite Weekend Adventure Involving the Smell of Racing Fuel: Historic Races the third weekend in July at Road America and doing the noon track tour on Sundays
Favorite Blog: Lifehacker.com
Favorite Song: I just can’t pick one, and it’s always mood dependent so . . . can’t answer this one
Favorite Aperitif: Tie – A blonde Lillet on the rocks with a twist, Absinthe or a Pastis
Favorite Life Moments: the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs of Kodner1.html and Kodner2.html
Favorite Kodner1.html Moment: When he told us he was accepted to Penn last December. . . impossible to have been more proud
Favorite Kodner2.html Moment: watching her chant her unbelievably long Haftarah portion at her Bat Mitzvah ceremony last month
Favorite Relationship Moment: Proposing to Mrs. K, June 2007 at the shore of Lake Michigan at sunset
Favorite Life-Changing Moment: Beating cancer
Favorite Driving Road: Top o’ The Thumb Drive at the northern tip of Door County in Wisconsin in Autumn
Favorite Color: Ferrari Red
Favorite Attainable Car that I Hope to Own: 1975 Ferrari 308GT4 (room to take a couple of kids!)
Favorite Unattainable Car: Tie – 1962 Ferrari GTO, Aston Martin DB5
Favorite Season (in Wisconsin): Autumn – Fall colors
Favorite Current Gadgets: Tie -my iPod Touch, Shure SE530 earbuds, Thermaltake X-Jog USB fan, my original Kindle
Favorite Car Rag: Road & Track (esp. Peter Egan’s column)
Favorite Movie Theater: The Oriental in Milwaukee (1920’s restored movie shrine especially on nights where they play the Wurlitzer)
Favorite Confectionary: Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll, frozen
Favorite Pet: MIPS the cat (because she was a reincarnated dog) (RIP: 1990-2008)
Favorite Life-long Political Moment: Watching Barack Obama take the oath of office
Favorite Way to Relax: Driving on a great road in my Spitfire, top down on a 65 degree sunny Autumn day with the leaves at peak color
Favorite Book: Michener’s “The Source”
Favorite “News” Source: The Onion
Favorite Addiction: being a chronic “helper junkie” – helping people better understand legal technology and its impact on their lives and businesses via writing, blogging here on Ross Ipsa Loquitur, speaking to my CLE audiences, twittering, etc.
Favorite Business Reminiscence: Thinking about my entire technology odyssey from the mid-70’s in high school with Commodore PETs through the early 80’s at Radio Shack while in college, through nearly 25 years of history with MicroLaw
Favorite Hobby: Being on stage delivering CLE performances – love teaching! love edutainment! love meeting audience members and seeing them “get it!”
Favorite Professional Accomplishments: Technolawyer lifetime achievement award, Annual Consultants & Technologists Dinner, making the 2008 ABA Blawg 100 list, and the very best: building the Wisconsin Law & Technology Conference, and founding both the Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference and the National Solo & Small Firm Conference . . . and having MicroLaw survive 24+ years through thick and thin markets while so many other companies came and went, being able to be a business partner with my ex-wife Renee for so many years
Favorite Friends I Can Count On: So lucky to have as pals Courtney, Dan C, Bruce, Jim, Sharon & John, Deb, Donna, Jan & Dave, Andy, Craig, Tom, Lori, Walker, Nerino, Sandy, Dan B among many others
Favorite Actor: Tie – Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Charleton Heston, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn
Favorite Actress: Tie – Jean Arthur, Myrna Loy, Katharine Hepburn
Favorite Bed: Westin Heavenly Beds . . . sleeping perfection
Favorite Quotes: “Never, Never, Never Give Up” (Winston Churchill) and “Never lie down at night without being able to say. “I have made one human being, at least, a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day.” (Charles Kingsley)
Favorite Indulgence: Just being alive! It’s a hard one to top, isn’t it?

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