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Individual Profile:

Docrock

United States

(sales trainer)

Fav URL(s):
http://www.billpetro.com

Lovemarks:
Cadbury, Barbra Streisand, House MD, Star Trek, J.R.R. Tolkien & Lord Of The Rings.

Comments:

• Luxury chocolate without the price

  Cadbury

  07 July 2007

  As an unrepentant chocoholic, I enjoy a variety of chocolates. Ghirardelli is the US West Coast favorite, as Hershey’s is for the East Coast. But Cadbury’s is something different. It’s like a luxury chocolate without the price. Like Coke, it tastes different depending upon which country you buy it in, but the UK variety is superior to that found in the US.

• Constantly fascinating

  House MD

  07 July 2007

  This show is great not just because of great writing, interesting characters, and challenging problems. It’s how one feels about Dr. House himself. This anti-hero is a man you love to hate. But you also hate to love him. He’s morally ambiguous at best. You rarely agree with him, you often disagree with him, sometimes violently. But you’re sympathetic toward him on a level that’s hard to get in touch with - and even more difficult to explain. The show is constantly fascinating.

• It works on so many levels

  Star Trek

  07 July 2007

  How does one explain the appeal of this show? It works on so many levels: cool gadgets, space travel, neat aliens, relevant plots, but probably most of all the chemistry between the lead players. The interplay between the emotions of Kirk-Spock-McCoy was, how shall I say it, fascinating! I wrote a review of its history and appeal a couple of years ago that started: It was 40 years ago today Roddenberry taught the band to play. They’ve been going in and out of style, but they’re guaranteed to raise a smile…http://www.billpetro.com/2006/09/07/history-of-star-trek/

• They moved me to tears

  J.R.R. Tolkien & Lord Of The Rings

  07 July 2007

  When I was young I read science fiction. A friend of mine tried to "convert" me to Tolkien. I said why would I read about dwarves and elves when I could read about starships and space travel? I eventually bought all the books, and though the initial ramp through the first four chapters of The Hobbit was difficult ("Bilbo seems to only be worried about tea and cakes") I finally hit my stride and consumed the whole series. Read his other writings. Waited 7 years for the Silmarillion. Waited another 30 years for The Children of Hurin. Other than the Bible, no other books have so changed my life. They change the way you look at the world and adversity. They give you a deeper understanding of truth and good, and the insidious power of evil. They inspire to the greatest nobility and reveal the deepest meanness. They moved me to tears.