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As a 41 year old nonpracticing Historian, I received my BA in History from Baruch College in 2008. Nothing new to report here.

I have owned many books that have disappeared over the years into the great divide that is my tepid excuse of a life. An expatriate from the great state of Massachusetts, I have been living in New York City for the past 10 years.

My top ten plus one favorite books of all time:
1984 by George Orwell;
Damascus Gate by Robert Stone;
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury;
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk;
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates;
Haiku: This Other World by Richard Wright;
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow;
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood;
Watership Down by Richard Adams;
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga;
Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon.

My favorite nonfiction books:
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival;
Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know;

My unscientific yet sound top 100 favorite films list:
1. Spirited Away (2001);
2. Ghost In The Shell (1995);
3. Chinatown (1974);
4. In The Mood For Love (2000);
5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991);
6. Sideways (2004);
7. Amélie (2001);
8. Casablanca (1942);
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011);
10. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966);
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981);
12. My Architect (2003);
13. Russian Ark (2002);
14. Apocalypse Now (1979);
15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977);
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993);
17. Carlos (2010);
18. Fargo (1996);
19. Battle of Algiers (1966);
20. Tokyo Godfathers (2003);
21. Children of Men (2006);
22. Cold Souls (2009)
23. Groundhog Day (1993);
24. Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993);
25. Babe (1995);
26. Pan's Labyrinth (2006);
27. A Prairie Home Companion (2006);
28. Howl's Moving Castle (2004);
29. Deep Water (2006);
30. Chungking Express (1994);
31. The Incredibles (2004);
32. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001);
33. Vanya on 42nd Street(1994);
34. Grave of the Fireflies (1988);
35. Z (1969);
36. MASH (1970);
37. Princess Mononoke (1997);
38. Gosford Park (2001);
39. L.A.Confidential (1997);
40. The Big Lebowski (1998);
41. The Remains of the Day (1993);
42. Magnolia (1999);
43. Almost Famous (2000);
44. The Matrix (1999);
45. Ed Wood (1994);
46. American Splendor (2003);
47. The Sweet Hereafter (1997);
48. Lone Star(1996);
49. The Last of the Mohicans (1992);
50. American Beauty (1999);
51. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003);
52. Coraline (2009);
53. Ghost Writer (2010);
54. The Secret of Kell (2009)
55. Office Space (1999);
56. The Natural (1984);
57. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000);
58. Aliens (1986);
59. The Princess Bride (1987);
60. City of God (2002);
61. The Celebration (1998);
62. Character (1997);
63. Dogville (2003);
64. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968);
65. The Last Emperor (1987);
66. Fahrenheit 451 (1966);
67. Stalker (1979);
68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975);
69. Finding Nemo (2003);
70. Beetle Juice (1988);
71. Clerks (1994);
72. The Shining (1980);
73. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
74. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006);
75. Munich (2005);
76. Cowboy Beebop: The movie (2001);
77. The Usual Suspects (1995);
78. V for Vendetta (2005);
79. The Lives of Others (2006);
80. A Mighty Wind (2003);
81. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2005);
82. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992);
83. Un coeur en hiver (1992);
84. A Few Good Men (1992);
85. Mighty Aphrodite (1995);
86. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007);
87. High Fidelity (2000);
88. 8 femmes (2002);
89. The Pianist (2002);
90. Best in Show (2000);
91. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007);
92. Contact (1997);
93. Wall*E (2008);
94. DarK Knight (2008);
95. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996);
96. The Station Agent (2003);
97. Jurassic Park (1993);
98. Das Boot (1981);
99. Oldboy (2003);
100. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003);
100. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988);