HOWARD ALEXANDER STAFFORD

About Me

My Philosophy: DEEP BUT OPTIMISTIC...... THOUGHTFUL BUT A SENSE OF HUMOUR..... WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS DO YOU FEEL GOOD AT THE START OF THE DAY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY!... THEN YOU WERE TOTALLY SUCCESFUL DURING THE DAY!
What Gives Me Hope: HEALTHY, EDUCATED CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE, OUR ONLY FUTURE...... AND HUMANKINDS ABILITY TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY [AT LEAST SO FAR!]
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by: END VIOLENT CRIME AND POVERTY, THEN IMMEDIATELY UPGRADE SCHOOLS TO BE WORLD CLASS.... THAT FIXES EVERYTHING FOR THE FUTURE!
What/who changed my life and why: ALTERED STATES-THE MOVIE, BECAUSE MY BROTHER HAD SEEN ALREADY AND TOOK ME TO IT IN MOBILE, ALABAMA ON WAY HOME FROM DAYTONA MOTORCYCLE SPEED WEEK. I INSTANTLY IDENTIFIED WITH THE STORY AND WAS QUITE SHAKEN FOR SOME TIME AFTERWARDS. I ALWAYS COUNT ON MY BROTHER AND VERY GLAD HE TOOK ME TO SEE IT!

My Interests

CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THESE THINGS, BEING NEEDED, APPRECIATED, LOVE [WHATEVER THAT MEANS], FRESH CLEAN AIR, PC/TELEVISION/VCR/DVD ETC., MULTI-MEDIA&MULTI-MEDIUM[NOW THATS A MOUTHFUL!], GOOD MUSIC OF ALL KINDS., THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING, MOTORCYCLE RACING, AUTO RACING, WATER & SNOW SKIING, BOATING, SKEET + TARGET SHOOTING, RAQUETBALL, SQUASH, CRICKET, BILLIARDS

Music

TAMMY RAFFERTY, JOAN JETT, LITA FORD, THE RUNAWAYS, BOB SEGER, DAVID BOWIE, ROD STEWART, LYNYRD SKYNRD, BLUES, CAJUN and ZYDECO, BLONDIE, MARC BOLAN, DEEP PURPLE, HEART, JANIS JOPLIN, KYLIE MINOGUE, MOTT THE HOOPLE, SHONEN KNIFE, ZZ TOP, JONNY LANG, JACO PASTORIUS, TINA TURNER, JIM CARROLL BAND, OZZY OSBOURNE, GIACOMO PUCCINI, MOZART, DUANE ALLMAN, DICKY BETTS, RONNIE HAWKINS, ROBERT JOHNSON, HOWLIN' WOLF, MUDDY WATERS, GEORGE THOROGOOD&THE DESTROYERS, PATSY CLINE, BO DIDDLY, CHUCK BERRY, REBE MCINTIRE, LORETTA LYNN, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, WILLIE NELSON, JOHNNY CASH, DWIGHT YOAKAM, HANK WILLIAMS [SR.& JR.], JIMMY CLIFF, FATS DOMINO, RAY CHARLES, THE EAGLES, THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, JOHN LEE HOOKER, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, WILBERT HARRISON, CANNED HEAT, JIMI HENDRIX, JAN & DEAN, ROY ACUFF, THE BEACH BOYS, CREAM w/ ERIC CLAPTON, SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS, B.B. KING, CYNDI LAUPER, JOHN LENNON, RINGO STARR, JERRY LEE LEWIS, GEORGE HARRISON, VAN MORRISON

Movies

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, ALTERED STATES, METROPOLIS [1927, FRITZ LANG], SPACE ODESSEY 2001, CITIZEN KANE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, BIRTH OF A NATION [1915], ORPHANS OF THE STORM [1922], BLADE RUNNER, GOODFELLAS, THE AVIATOR, DARKMAN, VERTIGO

Television

CNN PRIME & HEADLINE NEWS, ANGEL THE SERIES, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, WITCHBLADE, ALMOST ANYTHING ON SCI-FI NETWORK, CANNOT WATCH C-SPAN or CPAC BECAUSE IT IS SO DEPRESSING AND BORING TO WATCH POLITICIANS LYING EVERYDAY!

Books

FOODS, ABSOLUTELY #1 IS JAPANESE, ESPECIALLY SUSHI, SASHIMI & AGEDASHI DOFU.... I HAVE WASABI & TAMARI WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING I EAT. LOVE IT! #2 WOULD BE HEALTHY CUISINE OF ALL ASIAN CULTURES, DRINKS, GRAND MARNIER, MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE.... SERVED STRAIGHT IN A SNIFTER..Hmmmm [Oh!Oh! I FEEL LIKE SINGING KARAOKE] ALSO LIKE VODKA WITH ANYTHING, CAMPARI/SODA w/LIME, WHITE ZINFANDEL WINE, COLD DRAFT PILSENER BEER, AND OF COURSE....CHAMPAGNE!, BOOKS: ALL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, INTERESTING BIOGRAPIES