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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

F is for Favorites

F is for Favorites

Today I thought I would have some fun and share some of my most favorite folk, fascinations, fantasies, and food with you. Hopefully you will learn a little more about me through these fun, fabulous, and frivolous facts



Favorite Foods:

Tossed Green Salad with French Dressing, a medium New York Steak with Lobster Tail, Baked Potato, Asparagus tips smothered in Hollandaise Sauce, washed down by a fantastic Merlot.
Meatloaf, scalped potatoes, broccoli, green salad
Fish & Chips
Peanut butter ice cream

Favorite Folks:

Wife – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22) For 36 years I have found and had a good thing!
Singer: George Jones, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Lorreta Lynn
Preacher: Dr. John MacArthur, Jr., Jeff Seavey, Alistair Begg, Don Hagner
President: Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson
Biblical Character: Luke, the Physician
Sitcom or Series Character: Frasier Crane, Niles Crane, Michael Weston, Gil Grissom
Dead Guy: Charles Haddon Spurgeon, John Calvin, A. W. Pink

Favorite Films:

Ransom
The Trilogy of the Rings
The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum
Everything is Fine
Pure Luck
Luther
We Were Soldiers

Favorite Fantasies:

Waking up as a published author "proving" Luke to be the author of the book of Hebrews under the Apostle Paul’s tutelage
Riding a horse from coast to coast while camping in the great outdoors


Favorite Fescennines

He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
It’s Crying Time Again – Buck Owens
I Flew Over Our House Last Night – Keith Whitley
I Never Go Around Mirrors – Keith Whitley
If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do it Right – George Jones
Haggard and Jones – Tim Watt and Gregg Metcalf

Favorite Fascinations

Central Point Christian Fellowship
Anywhere Irene is
My Study
Puget Sound
Santa Cruz Beach & Boardwalk
Yellowstone National Park
Mayfield Lake

Favorite Functions

Fellowshipping with God
Studying the Word of God
Teaching the Word of God
BBQ with Family &; Friends
Reading
Playing good, traditional honky-tonk country songs
Watching episodes of Burn Notice, Frasier, or CSI Vegas

15 comments:

  1. That's a lot of favorites brother Gregg.
    I think your favorite 'dead guy' is one of my 'favorites'. I also like a good fish and chips but that's hard to find around here.

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  2. Great list of favorites. I like the way you set it up too. Good job! :)

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  3. A very good list and one I enjoyed reading.

    Yvonne.

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  4. What a fun list Gregg and I really enjoyed learning more about you. :)

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  5. Gregg, we have a lot in common I too love Burn notice, Fraiser, The Bourne movies, Ransom...Also Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson...I forgot you loved Peanut butter ice cream...so funny, I remember when my dad worked for Alta Dena Dairy and brought home a huge 5 gallon tub of peanut butter ice cream..do you remember that? Great post..thanks for sharing it!

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  6. Wow! This was pretty cool and I actually learned some things about u I never knew! Great Job Dad!

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  7. Michael Weston!! With the food you like...yumm! And the movies you prefer...its like I'm lookin' in the mirror. Spurgeon is one of my favorites also. Thanks for the comment on my blog!

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  8. OG - Thanks! I know good fish and chips are hard to find. I like a whole more dead guys than I do the alive guys!

    Carol - thanks. I tried to set it so that the list would be interesting. Glad you liked it!

    Trevor - thanks for your support. Your comments are also encouraging to me. Thanks for taking time to read this amatuer blog.

    Yvonne - thank you. I am glad you like it. With your talent and your blog I am honored you take time to read mine.

    Lisa - also big thanks to you! I appreciate you very much.

    Shannon - we do have some things in common, that's cool! I vaguely remember something about a big tub of Ice cream. I also worked at Alta Dena Dairy, for 3 years in the freezer making ice cream.

    Sharon - thanks for reading my blog and commenting. Love ya honey. Glad you learned something, hope it was good!

    Raquel - hope you aren't looking in a mirror, you would be funny looking if you looked like me. I am glad that great minds think alike and we like the same things!

    Cheri - thanks to you too for reading and stopping by!

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  9. Love your reference to "he who finds a wife finds a good thing." Mine is certainly at the top of my favorites.

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  10. What a fun post of favorites..really great idea!

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  11. Thanks for sharing, Gregg!
    An inspiring and interesting of your work lists.

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  12. I like that you didn't narrow your favorite to one in each category. I match up pretty well with many of your favorites. Now that I think about it. Thanks for the post.

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  13. Nice! That was also a fun entry to read! :-) It's always great to learn new things about people... :-)

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Gregg Metcalf has served as the Teaching Pastor of Surprise Valley Baptist Church (Cedarville, CA) and the Mirror Lake Baptist Church (Federal Way, WA.) He graduated from Shasta Bible College in 1989. Gregg is married to Irene and the Lord has blessed them with four daughters and six grandchildren, with a great grandchild on the way. Gregg invites your comments and interaction concerning his posts and this blog! Gregg enjoys reading, boating, song-poem writing, and his family.