20 Questions - everyone else is doing it!

I see on several blogs that folks are posting answers to 20 Questions.  So, having the need to be a "cool kid", I thought I would do the same.  Here they are:

Favorite Wargaming period?

WW2.  It is really the only period that I wargame with miniatures.

Next period, money no object?

I would license the FoW rules and create books and models for Cold War “What If” series.

 

Favorite 5 films?

My favorites are:

The Godfather
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Caddyshack
Austin Powers

 

Favorite 5 TV series?

The Sopranos
The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show (really)
The Big Bang Theory
Star Trek (original – duh!)
Band of Brothers

 

Favorite book and author?

Book: Dune, Frank Herbert
Author: W.E.B. Griffin

 

Greatest General? (Can’t count yourself)

Omar Bradley, US Army

 

Favorite Wargaming rules?

Flames of War, Battlefront Studios

 

Favorite sport and team?

Sport: Golf
Team: Michigan State University Spartans!
Single Team: US Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Team, 1980

 

If you had an “only use once” time machine, when and where would you go?

Romantic: Go back to the day I met my wife and relive it.
Historical: Go back to Philadelphia, 1776 and ask “can you clarify this part and this part…”
Religious: Go back to the Middle East and watch…

My real answer: Go back and play the stock market, already knowing what will happen.  I will make billions…  mua mua mua…

Last meal on Death Row?

One that has a key in it that will let me get the heck out of Dodge before the morning…
 

Fantasy relationship and why?

Darth Vader.  I want him to tell me he is my father and he wants to rule the galaxy together.  That way I can say “Sounds good Dad, let’s go!!”

 

If your life were a movie, who would play you?

Brad Pitt.  Duh.

 

Favorite comic superhero?

Superman.  Too easy and vanilla, but come on!  He’s Superman!!

 

Favorite military quote?

“I want to kill some naaaahtzies” – Inglorious Basterds

“What’s this ‘we s%@t’ White Man…” – Tonto, upon being surrounded by 10,000 native Americans with The Lone Ranger

“Always look on the bright side of life!” – Crucifixion, somewhere around 30 AD.

 

Historical destination to visit?

Omaha Beach.  Been twice.

 

Biggest Wargaming regret?

Saying yes to a demo game of Flames of War…

 

Favorite fantasy job?

I am weird – I like the one I have pretty well!

 

Favorite band?

Have to answer by eras / genres:

Simple Minds, The Who, U2, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Green Day

 

Favorite wargaming moment?

Any moment that I have played with my son!

 

What upsets you?

Idiots.