Ten things about my father

My father's name was Gus. Among other things, I remember that he loved:

1. Naked Lady Night in Waterford -- Nude model, artist friends, sketchbooks, and an egg timer. And wine.
2. Ideas -- Politics, astronomy, mathematics, economics
3. His own half-baked theories, presented with conviction -- "I just told you a fact!"
4. Taking a scorching-hot bath in the late afternoon
5. Great American and European cities -- San Francisco, New Orleans, Quebec, London, Copenhagen, Prague, Florence
6. Food and wine -- red wine and red meat prepared "almost bloody" at fine restaurants, or dinner at Eleanor's farm or the Pink House
7. Painting, drawing, playing the piano
8. Silliness -- John Cleese, Martin Short, Jon Stewart
9. Alabama football -- The decal of on the back window of his 1968 Chrysler was Bear Bryant walking on water, with the slogan: "I believe."
10. His family and friends -- His brother Henry, his wife Faye, me and Hopie, Eleanor, Eleanor's granddaughters (who called him Grandfriend), his granddaughter A (who knew him as Grappa), all the Waterford women who cheerfully spoiled him rotten (who knew they were being totally played), Victor, Harry, Chuck, Clayton, Allen, Andy, and M.