Okay here's the thing- you ask somebody what their favorite book or favorite anything is and the answer VARIES from day to day. Maybe when you make the list you forgot a book that really meant a lot to you and you just didn't think of it. Or maybe you're just a moody person. So this top ten list is the list as of August 28, 2005. It could be different tomorrow or next week. It's just an opinion.

Secondly, note the headline- these are my top ten FAVORITES. I am not saying these are the ten best ever. They aren't. They are just MY favorites, the films and songs and what have you that I return to again and again. Use them to find something cool you might like. Use them to learn or to mock. They are just MY lists.

DON'S TOP TEN FAVORITE FILMS OF ALL TIME

1- AND THEN THERE WERE NONE- 1945 dir. Rene Clair
2- THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK- 1980 dir. Irwin Kershner
3- O LUCKY MAN!- 1973 dir. Lindsay Anderson
4- HALLOWEEN- 1978 dir. John Carpenter
5- THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE- 1972 dir. Ronald Neame
6- SHADOW OF A DOUBT- 1943 dir. Alfred Hitchcock
7- THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - 1993 dir. Henry Selick
8- SALVADOR- 1986 dir. Oliver Stone
9- THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG- 1964 DIR. Jacques Demy
10- ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL- 1979 dir. Allan Arkush

DON'S TOP TEN FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME

1. SLOOP JOHN B- The Beach Boys
2. A DAY IN THE LIFE- The Beatles
3. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL- The Rolling Stones
4. STAN- Eminem
5. AMERICAN PIE- Don McLean
6. TEENAGE LOBOTOMY- The Ramones
7. TAXI- Harry Chapin
8. HAPPY CHRISTMAS, WAR IS OVER- John Lennon
9. I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - Boomtown Rats
10. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY- Queen

DON'S TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME

1. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE- C.S. Lewis
2. THE LAND OF LAUGHS- Jonathan Carroll
3. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND- Lewis Carroll
4. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie
5. PET SEMATARY- Stephen King
6. FUEL-INJECTED DREAMS - James Robert Baker
7. THE HOBBIT- J.R.R. Tolkien
8. HELTER SKELTER- Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry
9. BATTLE ROYALE- Koushun Takami
10. LORD OF THE FLIES- William Golding