Thursday, May 23, 2013

Top 100 Movies...According to Me.

This is a list of my top 100 movies of all time. 
  1. Remember the Titans
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
  3. Dark Knight
  4. Dark Knight Rises
  5. The Hunger Games
  6. J.J. Abram’s Star Trek
  7. X-Men: First Class
  8. Harry potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  9. The Avengers
  10. Transformers
  11. Iron Man
  12. The Prestige
  13. Sixth Sense
  14. Ocean’s 11
  15. Tron Legacy
  16. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  17. Star Wars: A New Hope
  18. Edward Scissorhands
  19. Princess Bride
  20. We Bought a Zoo
  21. Stranger than Fiction
  22. Star Trek: Into Darkness
  23. Tangled
  24. Count of Monte Cristo
  25. A Knight's Tale
  26. iRobot
  27. Catch me if You Can
  28. Apollo 13
  29. Matchstick Men
  30. Pirates of the Caribbean
  31. DaVinci Code
  32. A Beautiful Mind
  33. Forest Gump
  34. Jurassic Park
  35. Twister
  36. Gataca
  37. Wreck it Ralph
  38. Meet the Robinson's
  39. That Thing You Do
  40. Dispicable Me
  41. Les Misérables
  42. The Help
  43. Easy A
  44. Truman Show
  45. Moulin Rouge
  46. The King’s Speach
  47. The Rocketeer
  48. Life is Beautiful
  49. Toy Story
  50. Lion King
  51. A Goofy Movie
  52. NeverEnding Story
  53. Little Mermaid
  54. The Terminal
  55. Night at the Museum 2
  56. ET
  57. Contact
  58. Romeo and Juliet (1996)
  59. Gandhi
  60. Jumangi
  61. Hook
  62. You've Got Mail
  63. Dead Poet Society
  64. Pursuit of Happyness
  65. Tommy Boy
  66. Goonies
  67. School of Rock
  68. Mrs. Doubtfire
  69. Liar Liar
  70. Catch and Release
  71. Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom
  72. Back to the Future
  73. Matilda
  74. Labyrinth
  75. Beauty and the Beast
  76. 12 Angry Men (1956)
  77. Deep Impact
  78. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory
  79. A Walk to Remember
  80. 10 things I Hate About You
  81. Sneakers
  82. Ghostbusters
  83. Double Jeopardy
  84. Groundhogs Day
  85. Space jam
  86. Elf
  87. Heavy Weights
  88. The Net
  89. Napolean Dynamite
  90. Sandlot
  91. Emperor's New Groove
  92. Dark Crystal
  93. Hot Rod
  94. A League of Their Own
  95. Babe
  96. Cool Runnings
  97. Condor Man
  98. West Side Story
  99. Schindler’s List
  100. Elephant Man

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Things I Miss

I have Celiacs disease. It's an auto-immune disorder that will not let my body process gluten. In other words, I don't just have allergy to gluten, gluten is poison to my body. I haven't always had it, in fact I am coming up on my one year anniversary of being diagnosed. I have had to change to a gluten free diet. This is not a life choice, but a medical necessity. Life is still good though, the Mrs. is an outstanding cook and has adjusted well to the diet and has been a great support to me.
Lately I have been in some social situations where people ask questions about the disease or want to simply learn more. I am happy to talk to them and enlighten them on the subject, I think the more people know the better. One question I am frequently asked is what do you miss the most. The following is a more lengthy (yet in-complete) list than I usually give.

Cheap Chinese food
Sandwich shops and burger joints
Pasta that costs less than a dollar
Going out to lunch and eating where ever
Company events where dinner is served
Most samples at Costco. And Costco hot dogs
Wedding reception food
Doughnuts
Lasagna
Potlucks
French bread from the bakery
Lucky Charms and Captain Crunch
Churros
Taco Bell
Big fluffy white dinner rolls
Deep fried state fair food (not that I ate it that much before)
Ice cream cones 
Continental breakfasts (there are still some things I can eat there)
7-11 Slurpees (last I checked they were not gluten free)
 Feeling normal around food.

Well there you have it folks, Things I miss since I went gluten free.