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A Few of Patrick's Favorite Things!
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It's Up To You Card Holder WalletIt's Up To You Card Holder Wallet
Buy new: $9.99
The title says it all. Cool holder for business cards and credit cards and money. by the hotel pool or going out to the beach... carries just the essentials. Hides easily if you go in the water.
Conversations with WilderConversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe
Buy used from: $22.57
Billy Wilder is one of the most amazing directors of our time... The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch... Genius. In this book you get Cameron Crowe interviewing Wilder and get to see not only the snapshots of his life, but also how Wilder influenced Crowe as a director. So awesome if you love Wilder and Crowe movies.
The Billy Wilder DVD Collection (Stalag 17 Special Collector's Edition / Sunset Boulevard / Sabrina 1954)The Billy Wilder DVD Collection (Stalag 17 Special Collector's Edition / Sunset Boulevard / Sabrina 1954)
Buy used from: $22.85
Some of Wilder's best movies... Stalag 17 which the hit series Hogan's Heroes was based on.. Sabrina and more.
The Lost WeekendThe Lost Weekend
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.99
Seriously amazing movie about an alcoholic. We don't often think of old movies covering these tough topics but a lot of them did... they just did it so artfully that we didn't notice it. Really groundbreaking movie. Well done.
Sunset Boulevard - The Centennial CollectionSunset Boulevard - The Centennial Collection
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.88
"I'm ready for my close-up Mr. Demille" Man what an amazing insight to hollywood and done so many years ago. Wilder really captures the dysfunctional side of fame... and just like "The Lost Weekend" we get an artful look inside a serious subject, which so often we don't think hollywood covered back then... they just did it with poetry.
The ApartmentThe Apartment
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.99
One of my Favorite movies of all time. Jack Lemmon is this nebish accountant and all his co-workers that outrank him take advantage of his bachelorhood by borrowing his apartment to go out on their wifes. It puts him through the ringer especially when he finds that one of the girls being taken up there is his true love.
Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.54
Great Billy Wilder classic with Marilyn Monroe. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag, falling in love with Marilyn Monroe as they pose as girl musicians to flee gangsters. If that ain't enough reason to see this great movie I don't know what is.
Jacob's LadderJacob's Ladder
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $2.11
If you want an intelligent horror movie that makes sense, this is it. Tim Robbins is Jacob, newly returned from Vietnam, he discovers he's being followed around by demons. In talking with his buddies from the war, he realizes he's not alone. Together they uncover what is really causing this life and death situation. Awesome awesome awesome.
Pirate Skull & Crossbones Condom CasePirate Skull & Crossbones Condom Case
Buy new: $9.99
Aaargh. This condom case rocks! I never knew they made these but it's been awesome having this around. I was on a business trip and took it out with me and it was a fun conversation starter. Got the whole bar started talking about pirates and they thought this little condom wallet was hilarious.
Jacob's Ladder (Applause Screenplay Series)Jacob's Ladder (Applause Screenplay Series) by Bruce Joel Rubin
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $0.01
Once you've seen this movie, you have to read it. It's that good.
Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell CompanionReflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion
Buy new: $11.51 / Used from: $3.24
My fav book of all time. If you want to know what life is about read this over and over again. My bible.
Moleskine Ruled Notebook PocketMoleskine Ruled Notebook Pocket by Moleskine
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $9.46
Good quality notebooks... coincidentally used by Hemingway and Picasso. I love them... originally called sketch books there are a bunch of different kinds now.
Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet Boxed SetTao of Pooh and Te of Piglet Boxed Set by Benjamin Hoff
Buy new: $19.44 / Used from: $12.73
This book got me on a spiritual path. I read it on the way home from my first tour in Greece and it opened a whole world of spiritual books to me.
Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and HealingAnatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.56
This book was another life changer for me. Might be tough to read at first but I was impressed by the comparison between the energy in the body -- the chakras and archetypal symbolism of the sacraments in christianity and the tree of life of Kaballah.
Dreaming of Southern Belles Card Holder WalletDreaming of Southern Belles Card Holder Wallet
Buy new: $9.99
Another of my favorite card holder money wallets from 11:11... See "It's Up To You" basically great mini wallet for carrying the essentials when you're on vacay or just out on the town for the night. Especially great at the beach.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual EnlightenmentThe Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $2.62
Another big life changer for me... Given to me by my real estate boss of all people, I devoured it while working for him and it made me realize one of the most important things in life... the power is always in the present moment.
The Sun Also RisesThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.00
Just finished re-reading this. My God, you know why they call him Papa after this. His first novel captures life in Paris and Spain, the bullfights and everything. Do yourself a favor and read this AFTER you check out "A Moveable Feast"
A Moveable FeastA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $17.28 / Used from: $10.00
Hemingway outlines his life in the lean years in Paris with his young wife. Beautifully honest this is a deliciously easy to read memoir, written with the same artful, lean flair of Hemingway's writing so that you actually mistake it for fiction.