With whom would YOU dine?

And now I bring you another of the many lists that I promised you...

It has been asked in number of different ways over the years: "If you could have dinner with anyone in history..."  Well I have a list of my own for this question but I'm going to be more flexible.  Let's just call it who I'd want to sit down to eat/drink/hang out with.  I have included some reasons for each one and also to let you know my list includes both some real people from history as well as some fictional characters.  Let me know what you think along with who would get a seat at your table.

11.  Lee Harvey Oswald
     Starting out with a zinger!  Honestly...I just want to know.  I have to ask.  Was Oliver Stone right or totally full of crap?

10.  Babe Ruth
     He was larger than life and lightyears ahead of any of his contemporaries.  And by all accounts a helluva good time too.

9.  Ken Jennings
     For the uninformed-he was the guy that mopped up on Jeopardy a few years back.  I envy him!  I'd totally pick his brain and try to find out his secrets.

8.  Clint Eastwood
     Just totally cool.  Never made a bad movie-from either side of the lens.  Would be totally content to just sit there and let him tell me about every movie he's ever made.

7.  Han Solo
     Mock if you like-but he is good looking, gets to be the 'bad' good guy, flies a cool spaceship, ends up with a princess, survived being frozen alive, and has a bad-ass body guard to keep him safe.  If I could I would BE him, much less eat with him.

6.  George Washington
     He was the leader of the biggest act of treason EVER!  And yet is revered as a hero.  Ironic.  I'd ask him more questions than a mortgage application.  Hell-he can not tell a lie, so I know I'd get some good info.

5.  Adam Graves
     He was among the 3-4 most important cogs of my beloved New York Rangers Stanley Cup winning team in 1994.  And aside from being a talented hockey player, I have never heard a single person in or out of the game say so much as one bad thing about him.  He is by all accounts a tremendous man beyond his physical talents and one athlete that actually might make a good role model to kids and adults alike.

4.  Walter Cronkite
     He delivered to the world some of the most amazing, difficult, wonderful, tragic, and important news that there was.  No matter what it was-when he said it, it was worth hearing.  I'd be wise to just keep quiet and take notes.  I might learn something.

3. & 2. (Tie) Gaetano Fastiggi, Walter Martin
     These are my grandfathers.  Gaetano was one of the most amazing men that I ever had the honor to know.  He always thought of others first-even when his health failed him his thoughts were of others first.  Walter passed when I was very young and I never got the chance to know him at all.  For that I am sad.  I don't have a single memory of him and I kind of feel a little cheated.  Every kid should get to at least know their grandparents for a little while

1.  Michele, Emma, Owen, and Noah.
     Yes, that is right-my wife and kids.  Kind of corny but so be it  Sitting down to just eat and enjoy our time together is something that is harder and harder to come by these days and if given the chance I will not pass up the opportunity.  I hope she isn't blushing too hard right now!  Love you honey!

So there you have it.  The 2nd of (yet to be determined) lists telling you how I think.  This one has lots of stuff to mull over so I encourage you to share with me your thoughts or even your list.

Thanks as always for taking the time...

Until the next time...