| Mr.
Peters' Odds & Ends |
| Name | Paul Peters |
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Place of Birth | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Duel (Canadian & American) |
| Favorite colors | Green & Blue |
| School colors | Garnet and Gold |
| The high school I never graduated from | F.W. Springstead High School (Spring Hill, FL) |
| GED | May 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 team | Colts |
| Least favorite NFL team | Now, 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 |
| 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 music | 1970s |
| Favorite musical group | The Beatles |
| Favorite solo artist | Sting |
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 movie | Enter the Dragon |
| Favorite one hit wonder | "In a Big Country" by Big Country |
| Favorite James Bond film | Live 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 personalities | Woody Allen, Chuck Norris, John Wayne, Nancy Grace, Pat Robertson, Kathy Griffin |
| Leno or Letterman | Letterman |
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 place | Subway, Italian Village Pizza |
| Favorite restaurants | Olive 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 Crooner | Dean Martin |
| Favorite Christmas Artists | Andy 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) |
| Favorite place on earth | Tillsonburg, 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. |