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Best Bets

• movies - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl  (Amazon)
• movies - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  (Amazon)
• movies - The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) (Amazon)

• music - Anderson & Roe: When Words Fade (Amazon)
• music - The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing (Amazon)
• music - Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical (Amazon)

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Music Ideas

Classical
 - Anderson & Roe: When Words Fade (Amazon)

Rock / Pop:
 - The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing (Amazon)
 - Natalie Walker: Urban Angel (Amazon)
 - Kate Havnevik: Melankton (Amazon)
 - Coldplay: Viva La Vida (Amazon)

Trance / Techno:
 - 4 Strings: Take Me Away (Amazon)

Choral / A Capella:
 - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Shaw/ASO) (Telarc)
 - a cappella: Robert Shaw (Telarc)

Other:
- Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical (Amazon)

Random Sampling of Music I Enjoy

- Barlow Girl: How Can We Be Silent (CD)
- Brooke Barrettsmith: Brooke Barrettsmith(CD)
- Brooke Fraser: Albertine (CD)
- Depeche Mode: the older ones
- Dido: No Angel (CD)
- Duran Duran: Rio (CD)
- Enya: Paint the Sky with Stars (CD)
- Krystal Myers: Dying for a Heart (CD)
- Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself (CD)
- Manheim Steamroller: Christmas Collection (4-CD)
- Norah Jones: Feels Like Home (CD)
- Peter Gabriel: Play: The Videos (DVD)
- RUSH: all of the good ones
- Sanctus Real: The Face of Love (CD)
- Sarah McLachlan: the older ones
- Superchick: Beauty From Pain 1.1 (CD)
- The Essential Tallis Scholars (CD)
- Toto: Past to Present (1977-1990) (CD)

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Game Ideas

This section currently under renovation

Random Sampling of Games I Enjoy

- Castlevania's
- Golden Sun's
- Mario Brothers'
- Metroid's
- Zelda's

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Movie Ideas

BD (Bluray Disc):
- Clash of the Titans [original] (Amazon)
- Goonies (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition) (Amazon)
- Highlander (UK Version)
- Labyringth (Amazon)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
       -  pt1: The Curse of the Black Pearl  (Amazon)
       -  pt2: Dead Man's Chest  (Amazon)
       -  pt4:  On Stranger Tides  (Amazon)
- Rush: R30 (Amazon)
- The Dark Crystal (Amazon)
- The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) (Amazon)
- Star Wars: The Complete Saga (No longer want due to additional film changes)
- The Wizard of Oz (Amazon)

DVD or Bluray (If you can find a good deal on them):
- Dragonslayer (Amazon)
- Enemy Mine (Amazon)

Random Sampling of Movies I Enjoy

BD:
- Beauty and the Beast (Amazon)
- Bladerunner (Amazon)
- Cars (Amazon)
- Casino Royale (Amazon)
- Disney WOW: World of Wonder (calibration) (Amazon)
- Gnomeo and Juliet (Amazon)
- How to Train Your Dragon (Amazon)
- Live Free or Die Hard (Amazon)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
        - pt3: At World's End  (Amazon)
- The Fifth Element (remastered)  (Amazon)
- The Neverending Story (Dutch Version)
- The Princess Bride (Amazon)
- The Sound of Music (Amazon)
- Up (Amazon)

DVD:
- Matrix Collection (1-4)
- Bourne Collection (1-3)
- The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen
- Legend
- Tron [20th anniversary]
- Labyrinth
- Dark Crystal
- Karate Kid [original]
- Big Trouble in Liittle China
- ...and many more

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Book Ideas

(While I CAN read ... I prefer audio books when available..)

Notes:
- Tape or CD
- Abridged or unabridged
- Listed below in no particular order
- Or gift cards to:
   - SimplyAudioBooks
   - Amazon.com
   - BooksOnTape
   - Barnes & Noble
   - etc. 

Suggested / Interested List:
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Richard P. Feynman)

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Richard P. Feynman)

Gatekeepers / Power of Five (Anthony Horowitz, series)
 - Book 2: Evil Star
 - Book 3: Nightrise
 - Book 4: Necropolis

Inheritance (Christopher Paolini, series)
 - Book 3: Brisingr

Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer, series)
 - Book 1: Artemis Fowl
 - Book 2: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
 - Book 3: Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
 - Book 4: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
 - Book 5: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
 - Book 6: Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis, series)
 - Book 1: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
 - Book 2: Prince Caspian
 - Book 3: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
 - Book 4: The Silver Chair
 - Book 5: The Horse and His Boy
 - Book 6: The Magician's Nephew
 - Book 7: The Last Battle

Foundation (Issac Asimov, series)
 - Book 2: Foundation and Empire
 - Book 3: The Second Foundation
 - Book 4: Foundation's Edge
 - Book 5: Foundation and Earth
 - Book 6: Prelude to Foundation
 - Book 7: Forward the Foundation

The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)

Random Sampling of Books I Enjoy

Finished 2008:

The Shack (William P. Young), paperback (!!)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson), audio, unabr

Finished 2007:

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Timothy Egan), audio, unabr

Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling, series)
 - Book 7: The Deathly Hallows, audio, unabr

Finished 2006:

The Year 1000, audio, unabr

Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling, series)
 - Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, audio, unabr

The Last Juror (John Grisham), audio, abr

Prey (Michael Crichton), audio, abr

Airframe (Michael Crichton), audio, abr

Gatekeepers / Power of Five (Anthony Horowitz, series)
 - Book 1: Raven's Gate, audio, unabr

Inheritance (Christopher Paolini, series)
 - Book 1: Eragon, audio, unabr
 - Book 2: Eldest, audio, unabr

Finished 2005:

Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling, series)
 - Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, audio, unabr
 - Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, audio, unabr
 - Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, audio, unabr
 - Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, audio, unabr
 - Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, audio, unabr

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), audio, unabr

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams, series)
 - Book 1: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, audio, unabr

Foundation (Issac Asimov, series)
 - Book 1: Foundation, audio, abr

Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card, series)
 - Book 1: Ender's Game, aud, unabr

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne), audio, unabr

Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne), audio, unabr

Finished pre-2005:

that was too long ago to remember..

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Miscellaneous Wish List

- Make Your Own Working Paper Clock (Paperback) (Amazon)

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Suggested Online Stores

Amazon.com
Pros: Convenient, trusted, faster shipping, etc.
Cons: May be more expensive, etc.

DeepDiscount.com
Pros: Sometimes less expensive
Cons: Much slower shipping (weeks not days)