To silence any song...

A Minor Bird
by Robert Frost

I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;

Have clapped my hands at him from the door
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.

The fault must partly have been in me.
The bird was not to blame for his key.

And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song.

Nate Notes

As a confession, I generally wince at child performances. I am adoring when they are genuinely talented and well executed but I silently groan when they are lousy. What is more, I am perplexed when all the other adults and parents who clap, praise, and cheer at what could only be described, generously, as a mediocre performance. This was true even with my own children.

Then one day, as I was reading from my volume of Frost, I was deeply moved by this short verse. It caused me think deeply about my less then enthusiastic support for my children's best efforts. While I still don't heap on false praise to a poor performance, I do find something great and genuine to praise, even if it is just the courage to stand up and try. Though this is a short and little know poem of Frost, it has had a profound impact on me and my relationships.

And of course there must be something wrong in wanting to silence any song.

Society Closes a Closed Society

Recently I watched a 48 Hours episode on polygamy. It covered the subject in general with an emphasis on the recent events of the FLDS group and their Texas Yearning for Zion Ranch. On the whole, I thought it was fair. I was particularly pleased they showed some who live in this marriage system who were not part of closed societies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4133422n

At one point during the interview, Valerie indicates her fears of taking her child to the hospital for a broken bone because of the assumption of abuse due to her being a polygamist. This poignant statement highlights a central issue in the fight against institutional systemic abuse found in closed societies such as the FLDS.

Who closes a closed society? Society at large does!

Now at first blush, many may be offended at this statement. It may sound as if I am moving responsibility from the offenders/predators to the "outside world", further propagating their closed society.

Nothing could be further from my intent. I do want to make some points on how society can effectively open closed societies and eradicate criminal practices. I also want to point out pit falls to avoid.

Certainly any group which has practices outside of societal norms or morays adopt a private and secretive nature. This becomes even more embedded when the practices turn sinister, illegal, and immoral, especially under the banner of piety and religion. How can society protect individual and minority rights while discouraging and punishing criminal behavior? I'll tell you how to least effectively deal with it. . .use the cowboy diplomacy tactics of Texas. Have local law enforcement go into a community and take all the children at gun point based on a prank phone call. Ready, Fire!, Aim. . .

So what would be effective? Prosecute the crime not polygamy. Prosecute underage marriage, prosecute forced marriage, prosecute child abuse, prosecute rape and the other crimes that infringe on the rights of the individual and the defenseless. This will do three things.

1) It will move the discussion away from religious prejudice and bigotry, which the criminals involved with systemic abuse hide behind. The Texas debacle is a perfect example. Because Texas hauled away over 400 children just because they lived at the ranch, the FLDS now get parade all the parents who are monogamist, all who married after eighteen, and point out all the injustices. . . and they are! This sways public opinion and the politicians, now the 90% who weren't doing anything criminal may possibly vindicate the 10% who are villains. In addition, it will taint the Texas authorities and hamper their future efforts to prosecute the real abusers.

2) It will put the criminal offenders behind bars, and proactively discourage future abuse. If the Texas authorities investigated, gathered EVIDENCE, they could have two or three leaders and a half a dozen men behind bars. Currently they arrested zero criminal child abusers and over four hundred innocent children.

3) And finally, this policy will foster an atmosphere where victims will feel safe in reporting crime to authorities without fearing the break up of their families. How powerful would it be if a mother knew she could go to the authorities to protect her twelve year old daughter from and underage, forced marriage. Now, instead of just worrying about hell fire and being ostracized, she could be the reason all her children are taken away, all her sister-wives children are taken away, in fact her whole community gets their children taken away if she exercises the courage to reach out. What is more, nothing has been done that would deter the men and leaders who engaged in underage or forced marriages. Now they get to play the martyrs and the persecuted.

It is time for authorities to grow up and move away from their ethnocentric, egotistical, and ignorant models and methods. It is time to investigate, arrest, and prosecute the criminals, anywhere they may be found, for abuses against children and the innocent. These crimes are not any less heinous among monogamist or Christian cults. Stop engaging in bigotry and start engaging the real problem.

Update on Gid the Kid

Here is some updates on my youngest, Gid.

He had his check ups with his cadre of doctors. The doctor for his martian antennas said they are looking good and he wished all mothers took as good a care of them. Red is contemplating tying little flags to them for the fourth of July.



The second doctor said he is ready to start bottle feeding again. Gid still has the feeding tube but now he is systematically taught to swallow and bottle feed.

An exhaustive hearing test revealed better results than expected. The ear that was thought to be totally deaf actually hears better than the other ear. So. one ear is moderately deaf and the other is profoundly deaf. In addition, there is fluid behind the ear drums, so once that is relieved it may help even further.

He has a new nickname, The Professor. This is due to his highly intellectual appearance with his glasses. He is very handsome and absolutely loves his spectacles. They have really opened him up.

He has been much more interactive and fun of late. His personality is beginning to really shine through.

The author's intent is the road not taken

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

-I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Nate Notes:

In English and Literature classes much emphasis is made on understanding the author's intent, this is the holy grail of literary interpretation. What did the arrtisst rearllly mean? While I think it is valuable to understand the author's intent and it can give context -- I think it is second fiddle to what the reader thinks and how it affects them individually.

Since the publishing of the this poem it has been often quoted to inspire businessmen, artist, entrepreneurs, poet philosophers, teachers, and many more to blaze their trails to success only found on paths away from the well trodden goat trails of society. And yet a careful reading of the poem and an understanding of it's inception will reveal a very different message.

The poet wrote the piece as a satire of his friend Edward Thomas. Frost was amused by Thomas’ indecisiveness, by the way he would dither over decisions, unable to make up his mind. Shortly before writing the poem and with mild irritation he recorded in his diary of a pleasant walk in Nature delayed by the indecision of his companion. The satire was not so clear when he sent a copy of the poem to Thomas, though. In the end, Frost had to explain to his friend that he was the subject of the poem.

The satire is evident in the poem itself, beginning with the title. The title is The Road Not Taken not The road less travelled. This sets a tone of remorse in contrast to the trivial circumstances of the poem conception. What is more, there is no road less travelled. . .

Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.

The satire continues with his apocalyptic proclamation. . .

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence

In the end. . . none of this matters. If the simple conclusion and convoluted poetic narrative that leads to it, which Frost assumed would make the humor of his piece obvious, are handled with such gentle subtlety and grace that the final product rings more of truth than of jest and this inspires you - so be it. Go and take that road less travelled and perhaps, we may meet.

I am a UFC fan

I am a UFC fan. I think it is the fighting sport of the 21st century. There are three reasons I love it. . .

Better safeties. At first blush, UFC matches may appear more brutal than boxing. While the fighting is more exciting, the record shows greater safety for fighters in the Octagon rather than the Square. The UFC Fighter has five honorable ways out of the Octagon; submitting by tapping, referee stopping, Judges judging, TKO and KO. The boxer has two honorable ways out of the Square; score by Judges and on his back. A UFC match is fifteen minutes of two athletes striking, grappling, wrestling, and submitting. A boxing match is thirty six minutes of two athletes striking each other primarily in the head. A 2006 John Hopkins study concluded, “The lower knockout rates in MMA compared to boxing may help prevent brain injury in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events.” From July 2000 to November 2007 there have been 1,465 boxing related fatalities worldwide. During that same period of time the UFC has exploded as a worldwide sport, what was the number of fatalities? Zero.

Better athletes. Without question boxers are highly trained, highly disciplined athletes. In fact, several UFC champions started as professional boxers. But these same champions also had to train at a professional level in a take-down discipline, a ground discipline, while maintaining their striking discipline. UFC contenders will train in a variety of Martial Arts such as Boxing, Mui Tai Kick-boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Greco-Roman Wrestling, and Wrestling. To compete in the UFC, the fighter must train harder mentally and physically to become a professional level athlete in several fighting styles. Put an ultimate fighter into the ring with a profession boxer he may or may not be trouble. Put the boxer in the Octagon with an ultimate fighter and there is little doubt of the outcome.

Better Fights. The power, passion, and precision of a UFC Fight Night should be experienced instead of pontificated in a blog. But since this is a blog – this can be attested by the millions who regularly see the contests in person and on Pay Per View (PPV). For the past three years UFC Fight Nights have been number 1 or 2 in box office sales in all the major hosting venues, often selling out. In 2006 UFC was crowned King of Pay Per View, grossing more money that year than any promotion in history. UFC PPV revenue beat boxing’s best PPV year by 20 million and drew 100,000 more buys than boxing’s biggest fight that year (Oscar de la Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga). Then in 2007 UFC again dominated with eight of the fifteen biggest PPV events of the year to boxing’s four and World Wrestling Entertainment’s three. 2008 is tracking for another record breaking year, demonstrating a consistent and growing fan base.

If you want to check it out for the first time, here are few suggestions. . .

1) Watch it with an experienced fan - Like watching your first football game and not knowing what is going on, it is not much fun. Watch it with an experienced fan who understand the subtleties at each stage of the fight. There are many times in a fight where it may not look like much is happening but the pros are actually maneuvering for position or trying to execute a submission hold, it is more enjoyable if you have someone excited to help you understand what is happening and explain the rules.

2) Watch it with a bunch of experienced fans - Where one is good. . .more is better. The social aspect is half the fun. Lots of fun fans, lots of energy, lots of fun.

3) Have food - Finger foods are best. Be sure to use paper products for easy clean up, the wives will appreciate that. Snacks are a must to choke on while jumping up screaming for your fighter.

See you in the octagon!

Update on Pookah

Pookah is doing well. She has seemed to adjust to her cast and it's incumbant immobility like a champion. However, she did seem fussy today due to the heat, 88 F with 19% humitidy.

She will be in it for a total of three months. After six weeks they will remove the first cast, make any necessary adjustments, then put on the second.

She sports some stylish markings on her cruising cast.

And despite the cast she still goes places, so prepare to eat her dust. . .

When acquaintances become friends

As a general rule, you don't tell people you meet you're a polygamist in the first sentence with your name and greeting. If a casual acquaintance looks like they are heading for a longer term relationship, that is usually when you let them know and make sure they are okay with it. Red attended community college and became friends with a fellow student and decided it was time to let her know.

Red: There is something I need to tell you.
Friend: Sure, ok
Red: I just don't want to surprise you or anything if you ever meet my family. . . I'm a polygamist. . .
Friend: after a long pause... Is that where you hate black people?
Red: Huh? Ohhh no, no, that's prejudice
Friend: Oh, okay

And they are still friends today. . .

Check out what's new

I have added a left sidebar to my blog. This is where I am showing the family. I have short and sweet descriptions of each famly member and cool slide shows of the plyglets

Let me know what you think by answering the poll on the right sidebar. This sidebar will be where I put stuff that changes periodically.

I will also be adding some for color and eye candy to the header and overall blog with the help of my computer savvy siblings.

My arcade

Here is a list of five of my all time favorite games. I have had many fun and fond memories playing these games with my brothers or sister. I still play them and now with my own family. These are all old school games but classics that are fun to play even today. Additionally, they are all available shareware games.

Nethack - Possibly the greatest game ever made! This simple but amazing game has you, the hero, seeking to retrieve the amulet of Yendor and ascend from the dangerous Dungeons of Doom. I have been playing this game for fifteen years, and I am not even close to tiring of it. Inventive, engaging and filled with delightful wit and humor, it brilliantly meets each player at their ability and style. It is filled with an endless variety of monsters, characters, challenges, and no two dungeons are alike. No game of this genre has come close to matching the genius of this classic.

Pocket Tanks - This is the ol' Atari game Tank on crack. You square off with your opponent using a host of different weapons. Your tank can volley with bombs, tracers, devises that put your opponent in a hole, dirt that covers them over, napalm, and air bursts. You decide what combinations to bombard you enemy with. The terrain changes between games and by the savage destruction of your barrage. Your accuracy will depend on the angle and power you choose. . . and what your adversary hits you with!

Hearts - I love this card game. I have many memories playing this classic with family and friends. I enjoy playing the computer version like many enjoy playing Solitaire. I like the elements of set up, strategy, timing, and a little bit of luck. The new Windows Vista has a suite of different card and mat designs which make the play eye candy. You can play all day but watch for the Queen of Spades!


Space Trader - Shifting gears. . . this is my favorite game for a Palm Pilot. You start as a intergalactic space trader with a tiny ship but titan size ambition. On planet X you buy at one to sell at two on planet Y. You hire and fire crew, develop your skills, upgrade and buy ships, complete missions, find windfall, suffer setback, buy and sell cargo. . . all in an effort to amass enough fortune to buy a small moon and retire in luxury. Watch out for Space Patrol if your carrying contraband, other traders with a bad deal and pirates! Adventure awaits in space when you are a Space Trader.


Space Wars - Look out Luke Skywalker! Space War veterans are the best galactic dog fighters. In your space fighter you utilize lasers and bomblets to pound your opponent into star dust. Be aware of the sun's gravity though, it can pull you in or play tricks on your projectiles. You take flight, you fight, you jump hyperspace in a desperate exchange of concentrated light and explosives to emerge as the victor!

You come too

The Pasture

I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha'n't be gone long. - You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young,
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I sha'n't be gone long. - You come too.

by Robert Frost

Nate Notes:
This is one of my all time favorites. One of the most sublime and profound ways to express love and maintain intimacy is simply to share time. Do the little things together. When was the last time you laughed together over dishes, or got the mail together hand in hand? We should love being with the ones we love...

You come too!

Questions are welcome

Please feel to ask me any questions. Part of why I do this blog is to promote understanding about fundamentalists and their lifestyle. Also, if you have questions for my wives, go ahead and ask them. I'll either go find out from them or, if they choose, they can respond directly.

Just remember a couple things -- I am fine with discussing fundamentalist groups and independents I know about but I don't officially represent any of them. In the end, it is all my perspective and my opinion. I know the answer to any question. . . even if it's "I don't know."

You may post your questions by making a comment on a blog. I moderate all comments so I'll be sure to read it and respond.

Blind leading the blind

My youngest son went to his eye doctor appointment to be tested and find out exactly how myopic (near sighted) he is. As it turns out he is severely near-sighted like his old man. Actually, his vision is slightly better than mine. But he is going to be fitted for his coke bottle glasses in a week.

Though I have worn contacts for fifteen years now, this has conjured a whole slew of memories from a way back when I had my coke bottle glasses. Having thick glasses has its definite pros and cons.

Pros - You learn who is real and who is not. This makes choosing friends much easier. Also, when I had my proverbial swan transformation in my junior year of high school I knew exactly who were the cool girls to date.

Cons - The heavy lenses hurt your nose and ears. You have to wear geeky glasses straps to belt your ocular achievement to your face. Soccer is painful and expensive when your the goalie. Last, but not least, you get made fun of. . . a lot.

This last issue led to several personality adaptations. I had to learn to get a skin as thick as my glasses. I also developed a quick wit and sharp tongue with which to verbally lash my adversaries (at least in my own mind). This was a kind of Cyrano de Bergerac approach to dealing with comments, stares, and bullies.

In Steve Martin's Roxanne, a modern adaptation of Cyrano, a bully calls the main character, Charlie, "big nose" This leads Charlie to come up with forty creative insults to replace this obviouse and ubiquitous one. Over the years I came up with a few good lines. While I won't come up with forty, were I to be called "coke bottles" by a bully, here are my top ten. . .

1) My glasses are so thick I see everything a second behind, the time it takes for light to travel through my lense

2) I'm spare parts for Hubble

3) I was the inspiration for bulletproof glass

4) Piss me off and I'll stand with the sun behind me and burn a hole through you!

5) I come in peace, take me to your leader

6) Aah ha ha ha! Now, all I need to complete my super laser weapon...are his glasses!

7) Who needs ski goggles...

8) The aquarium called... they're short on glass for the new whale tank

9) I stare down rampaging water buffalo

10) No, I mean really, I saw that comin' a mile away...

Some fundamental marriage advise

I recently celebrated my second year of marriage with Sharon. I have eight years with Red for a total of 10 years marriage experience. During this time I have learned a little about women, a lot about me and developed a reserve of marriage advise for young, uninterested couples or plurals.

Were I asked to give sage advise at a reception dinner toast, I would give the following...

Get a book keeper! - Finances are the number one source of friction in a marriage. There are several benefits to having a book keeper. A budget gets made and everyone tends to stick to it. The bills get paid on time and you don't have to lick the stamps and envelopes. When there has to be money talk, it tends to be much more civil and problem resolution oriented with a third party involved.

Don't let your expectations exceed your appreciation - Love each other for the little things and the great victories. Celebrate each other's accomplishments and efforts and they will only want to accomplish more for you. Every man wants to be the Knight in Shining Armor for his Lady and every woman wants to be the Lady Fair worth fighting dragons for. Praise in public and often, censure in private and very, very little. This principle is enormously powerful in maintaining a vibrant, loving and passionate relationships.

Go on a date weekly - remember why you fell in love each week.

Happy Mother's Day

Mother’s Day has different meaning for different people. Telecommunication executives love the revenue from the single biggest day for long distance use. Florist's have their second greatest harvest just behind Valentine’s Day. Some singles cringe at the awkward day of continual reminders of their barren singleness. It’s like the whole world has become their nagging mother wanting grandchildren before she passes from this mortal toil. Other singles don’t care. Some remember a mother who has passed on. Some think on a mother they never had. So what is Mother’s Day to a fundamentalist?

I have seen it observed in a variety of ways. When I visited the home of a fundamentalist for the first time, it was on Mother’s Day. In that home it was celebrated as Christmas for mothers minus the tree. They would gather everyone in the house and moms would be given gifts by each of the children, usually handmade cards by the younger children and purchased gifts by the older or married children.

I have seen the home of the Minch. The Minch is to Mother’s Day what The Grinch is to Christmas. No Mother’s Day allowed.

I myself fall in the middle of this Mother’s Day observance spectrum. It drives me crazy searching for the envelope that goes with the perfect card I picked. I mean really, how hard should it be? Then I look at the half a dozen other guys scavenging with me through the scarce carcass of the card isle Saturday night at 10. I see a guy pick out a 99 cent bargain card and then grab a Hallmark envelope two sizes too big, the wrong shape and color and dash for the check out stand. This was the same genius who thought they really pulled a fast one on ol' Ma when they shoved all their dirty clothes and toys under the bed and called it clean.

At that moment, it hit me. . . of course Ma is going to realize her son was trying to pass off this 99 cent card as a Hallmark moment, but it says "l love you" just as well as the five dollar original. What is more, she loves him and always will. A mother knows her child better than any other in this world. She changed his diaper, she changed his bandages, and she changed his life.

So I like the idea of Mother's Day. We all have one and they should be appreciated. I certainly love and appreciate the two wonderful mothers of my children. The children make handmade cards which are presented. I get a card and a small gift for each wife and give it to them privately.

To all the mothers out there - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

PS to my two wives

those were Hallmark cards . . . I promise

How three white coats can ruin your day in an hour

My youngest son was finally discharged from the hospital yesterday after being there for over two weeks. This would seem a happy occasion, and it was, until the last hour or so . . .

Three white coats decided to pay a visit in short order, a geneticist, a audiologist, and a opthamologist. The opthamologist determined my son was myopic (near sighted). He would need to do more tests in a week to determine how severe.

The audiologist determined our son in profoundly deaf. In one ear they could not determine how deaf he was because it was so profound it fell outside the test limits. In the other ear he can hear some extremely loud environmental noises, say. . . front row at a Megadeath concert. In short my son has never heard his parents voices or his own crying. We have more testing in four to six weeks.

The geneticist said all these issues my son was having was due to Stickler's Syndrome. This was passed along to my son in thanks to dear ol' dad. Yep, my son inherited all the issues along with my good looks.

I think I am still in the shock and denial phase of things. Part of me hopes with a little time and some more tests it won't be as severe as it initially seems. I mean, I have it and I turned out alright.

Time will tell . . .

Updates on number 4 and number 5

My youngest has been in the hospital for two weeks. When he was born he had a difficult time breathing. He would breath but he had a pronounced strider. Then later he lost energy and started losing weight. This was due to serious reflux which caused him to avoid eating. While his conditions are serious, it is fixable with common medical procedures. What is more, he had two of the best pediatric surgeons in the country perform these procedures.

The second operation was done last Monday and took about five hours. It is call a jaw distraction.

They cut his lower mandible on both sides (7) and attach a flat metal devise (1) which can extend or retract. Each day the space is extended on both sides by a millimeter and bone matrix begins to fill in the gap. Once the jaw is extended to the appropriate length they allow it to settle permanently then remove the devices from both sides. This procedure along with the first should let my son breath easy and reduce his reflux from here on out.

Both operations were successful. He has been recovering well. He is gaining weight, energy and the zest for life that every three month old should have.

My second youngest was born with bilateral hip displacia, the leg bones aren't connected to hip bones. Just this last Tuesday she went in for a bilateral hip arthrogram. This procedure was also performed by one of the chief specialists in this field. As it turn out, the doctor was able to maneuver them into place manually and my little girl only required a minor incision to release a tendon. Then they put her in a body cast for the next three months.

It was universally expressed by the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff that she was the most well adjusted and cutest patient they had ever seen.

. . . and that's the update.

The two most important things...in and out of this world

In my opinion, the two most important things in the world are intelligence and relationships. They are the most important things in this world because they are the only things you take out of this world. And I believe both are interconnected. . .

Whether you call it enlightenment, born again, mighty change of heart, conciouseness, self aware, or self realization - that moment you realize your interconnectedness and interdependance with everything else and with God - that is intelligence. Then you begin the practical expansion of your intelligence with right interactions with your fellow beings under this perspective.

Your cultivated personality and disposition attract others, like attracts like. Do you like who you are hanging out with? Do you like you? Do you nurture your core relationships? The people you want to be with forever - are you being the type of person they want to be with forever?

Your eternal life is made up of your filosophy, family and friends.

,,, I can spot em' from a mile away

Several years ago, I had a second job at a shoe store chain. I had a chance to work with some great people there. One of them was the assistant store manager.

One day, some short creekers (short term for FLDS fundamentalist from Short Creek) came into our store. The assistant store manager casually walks over next to me at the cash register and says, " Those are polygamists."

"Really? Do you think?"

"Oh yeah, they always have long sleeves and they don't use cell phones!"

"They don't use cell phones?"

"Nope, it's against their religion or something"

"Wow, good to know."

"Yeah, I can spot em' from a mile away."

Not all fundamentalists wear long sleeves, although there are some groups with distinctive dress and grooming. I always wear long sleeves but I dress fashion forward. No group or independents I know have an injunction against cell phones, so I was mystified as to where the assistant manager had heard that one. Funny enough, I had never owned a cell phone in my life up to that point. The irony of this dialogue came a couple minutes later after the assistant manager had gone to the back of the store -- one of the mothers answered a cell phone.

My Movie Favorites

I love great movies. By category, here are my top five...

Inspirational
1. The Emperor's Club
2. October Sky
3. Finding Forester
4. Dead Poet Society
5. Rudy

Action
1. Casino Royale
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Pirates of the Caribbean the Black Pearl
5. Chronicles of Riddick

Sci-Fi
1. Stargate
2. Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
3. Star Wars IV, V, and VI
4. Transformers
5. Star Wars I, II, III

Epics
1. The Kingdom of Heaven
2. Gladiator
3. The Last Samurai
4. King Arthur
5. The Patriot

Romantic
1. Dangerous Beauty
2. Meet Joe Black
3. Stardust
4. Princess Bride
5. Ladyhawk

Humor
1. The Court Jester
2. Employee of the Month
3. Galaxy Quest
4. Dodgeball
5. Nacho Libre

Fantasy
1. Lord of the Rings I, II, and III
2. Harry Potter Movies
3. The Dark Crystal
4. The Labyrinth
5. Willow

Animated
1. The Incredibles
2. Monster's Inc
3. Toy Story
4. Robin Hood
5. Cars

Misc
1. The Secret
2. What the Bleep Do We Know