Let's have a little fun today.  A time-out from all the esoteric, highbrow stuff usually discussed ad nauseum on here.

I present you 10 of My Favorite Things... Ten Times Over... That way, you can get to know be better, what I like.

10 Favorite Movies

- L.A. Confidential
- Unforgiven
- Crazy Heart
- Match Point
- Chinatown
- Only Angels Have Wings
- Rio Bravo
- Babe
- Sideways
- Psycho

10 Favorite Actors

- Jeff Bridges
- Gene Hackman
- Sean Penn
- Kevin Spacey
- Jack Nicholson
- Robert DuVall
- Robert Mitchum
- Bill Murray
- Cary Grant
- Tommy Lee Jones 
 

10 Favorite Actresses

- Meryl Streep
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Julianne Moore
- Annette Bening
- Cate Blanchett
- Kate Winslet
- Naomi Watts
- Jessica Lange
- Ingrid Bergman
- Charlize Theron 
  

  
10 Favorite Books

- Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
- Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
- The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
- Empire Falls, Richard Russo
- The Ruins, Scott Smith
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
- True Grit, Charles Portis
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruis Zafon
- The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith

10 Favorite Male Authors

- Philip Roth
- Richard Yates
- John Updike
- Graham Greene
- Richard Russo
- Larry McMurtry
- Ken Follett
- Dennis Lehane
- William Boyd
- Jeffrey Eugenides

10 Favorite Female Authors

- Ruth Rendell
- Patricia Highsmith
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Alice Munro
- Carson McCullers
- Anne Tyler
- Jennifer Egan
- Willa Cather
- Agatha Christie
- Kate Morton

10 Favorite Artists

- Pablo Picasso
- Edouard Manet
- Edward Hopper
- Francisco Goya
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Mark Rothko
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Paul Cezanne
- Rembrandt Van Rijn
- Diego Velazquez

10 Favorite Music Groups

- The Band  
- The Bee Gees 
- Wilco 
- The Kinks
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- ABBA
- Led Zeppelin
- My Morning Jacket
- The Rolling Stones
- Coldplay

10 Favorite Musical Artists

- Paul Simon
- Mary Wells
- Otis Redding
- Josh Rouse
- Elvis Presley
- Bob Dylan
- (tie) Randy Newman and Harry Nilsson
- Nick Lowe
- Bob Marley
- Neil Young

 10 Favorite Sports Teams

- L.A. Lakers
- New England Patriots
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Chicago Bulls
- Green Bay Packers
- Kentucky Wildcats
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Philadelphia Eagles
- San Francisco 49ers
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers


 
This is as definitive as it gets, folks; of course, I'm sure there are people/teams/artists/films that might have slipped my mind, but that's how it goes.  Until tomorrow!