Mr. Peters' Odds & Ends
Name Paul Peters
SignAquarius
Place of BirthLondon, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship Duel (Canadian & American)
Favorite colors Green & Blue
School colors Garnet and Gold
The high school I never graduated fromF.W. Springstead High School (Spring Hill, FL)
GEDMay 1990
Associate's degree (1993)Pasco Hernando Community College (Liberal Arts)
Bachelor's degree (1994)Florida State University (Social Science)
Master's degree (2000)Nova Southeastern University (Social Science Education)
Favorite season Fall
Favorite sports College Football, NFL Football
Favorite NFL teamColts
Least favorite NFL teamNow, the Dallas Cowboys & TO
Favorite female singer (voice)Karen Carpenter
Least favorite food Bananas, pot pies, spinach
Favorite quotes

"No good deed goes unpunished" - anonymous

"Friends help friends. Real friends help friends hide bodies."- anonymous

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -- Mark Twain

Favorite weather Rainy days
Favorite books

The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Blind Ambition, by John Dean
The Firm, by John Grisholm
Inside the Third Reich, by Albert Speer
Yeager, by General Chuck Yeager & Leo Janos
Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
&
Truman, by David McCullough

Real life heroes Harry Truman, Chuck Yeager, Pete Conrad
Favorite movies
North by Northwest, The Paper Chase, The Dirty Dozen, Midnight Run, All the President's Men, The Dead Poets Society, Absence of Malice, Jaws, The Right Stuff, Stripes, Patton, An Officer & a Gentleman, In the Heat of the Night, Good Will Hunting, Groundhog Day, Escape from New York, 12 Angry Men, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Rocky, Remember the Titans, Victory, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, The Planet of the Apes, Truman (HBO movie), Enter the Dragon, Live & Let Die, From the Earth to the Moon (HBO miniseries)
Favorite Comedians Bill Murray, Chris Rock
Favorite decade of music1970s
Favorite musical groupThe Beatles
Favorite solo artistSting
Favorite songs
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" - The Police
"Carefree Highway " - Gordon Lightfoot
"Believe it or not" - Joey Scarbury
"Big Country" - Big Country
"Tangerine" - Led Zeppelin
"American Pie" - Don Mclean
Favorite kung fu movieEnter the Dragon
Favorite one hit wonder

"In a Big Country" by Big Country

Favorite James Bond filmLive and Let Die (Roger Moore) *Music by Wings
Favorite Bond & the others

( 1. ) Sir Sean Connery ( 2. ) Pierce Brosnan (3.) Sir Roger Moore ( 4. ) Daniel Craig ( 5.) George Lazenby (6.) Timothy Dalton

If you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Harry S. Truman, William Shatner
Favorite U.S. Presidents (in order)(1.) Harry S. Truman (2.) Theodore Roosevelt (3.) George Washington (4.) Abraham Lincoln (5.) John Adams (6.) Gerald Ford
Least favorite U.S. Presidents (in order)(1.) Andrew Jackson (2.) Richard Nixon (3.) Woodrow Wilson (4.) Jimmy Carter (5.) Ronald Reagan (Current U.S. President is excluded from the list until out of office)
Favorite superhero Spiderman
Dream car Viper, 1967 V-8 Mustang Convertible
Favorite actors
Cary Grant, Burt Lancaster, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, James Mason, Sean Connery, Kurt Russell, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Lee Marvin, Glenn Close, Johnny Depp, Reese Witherspoon, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, William Shatner, Peter Falk, Robin Williams, Sam Shephard,Meryl Streep,& Robert Deniro
Least favorite actors or TV personalitiesWoody Allen, Chuck Norris, John Wayne, Nancy Grace, Pat Robertson, Kathy Griffin
Leno or LettermanLetterman
My pet peeves
People who don't use turn signals, people with no manners, fair weather friends, people who don't return phonecalls, students who give up on themselves, parents who think their kids raise themselves.
Best music video ever made Johnny Cash "Hurt" (click to see video)
Favorite quasi-fastfood placeSubway, Italian Village Pizza
Favorite restaurantsOlive Garden, Outback, & Red Lobster
Coke or Pepsi Coke
Favorite Teachers

Mr. Robert Marsh, history teacher - formerly of Springstead High School in the 80s

Mrs. Kay Cramer - formerly of Springstead High School & currently of Pasco Hernando Community College

Professor Richardson, History Department- Florida State University (Retired)

Mr. Don Wilcox, Social Studies Teacher - Springstead High School

Best place for coffee Tim Hortons, eah?
Favorite Classic CroonerDean Martin
Favorite Christmas ArtistsAndy Williams, Nate King Cole, & Bing Crosby
Favorite TV shows (past & present)

The West Wing, Original Star Trek, Miami Vice, Quincy M.E. (NBC), Airwolf, Dallas (CBS), MASH, WKRP in Cincinnati, Boston Legal, The Greatest American Hero, Six Million Dollar Man (ABC), Angel, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Boston Public, (FOX/Paramount), The new Battlestar Galactica, Highlander (Scifi Network)
Dr. Who, Red Dwarf (BBC), Entourage, Deadwood, and Real Time with Bill Maher
(HBO)

Favorite place on earthTillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Worst type of TV programming

All reality shows and Springer type talk shows UGH! Whoever allowed the Ann Nicole Smith Show or Growing up Gotti on TV should be hung upside down by their.....uh....nevermind.

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