Don't shed tears because tears will shed no tears for you.

Cuisine: West African (in general), Zambian, Kenyan, Namibian, Ethiopian, African-American/Soul-Food, Jamaican/Caribbean, Mexican, Moroccan, East Indian, Malay, Filipino, Thai, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Arabian, Mediterranean, French, Louisiana, Cajun

Drinks: Water, Tea, Coffee, Milk, Ovaltine, Nescafe, Fruit Juices, Vimto (childhood favorite), Ginger Ale, Ginger Root Beer, Hawaiian Punch, Kool Aid (childhood favorite; it got me drunk), Ginseng, Mo'Beta (when I'm reluctant to eat my vegetables), Bubble Tea, Palm Juice, Maltina, Ice Wine   

Movies: Sarafina, Ghandi, Mommie Dearest, Forest Gump, Philadelphia, African Xala, Yeh Vaada Raha, Elizabeth, Indochine, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables, Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources, Amistad, A League of their Own, Interview with the Vampire, And the Band Played On, Mrs. Doubtfire, Yaba, Seetah Aur Geetah, Sholay, The Color Purple, Ghost, Joan of Arc, La Gaan, Shaka Zulu, Sister Act, Saving Private Ryan, Anne Frank, Mississippi Burning, The Lion King, G. I. Jane, Ashanti, After the Promise, Reptile, Ben Hur, Moolaade, Prince of Darkness, Down in the Delta, Coming to America, Dharam Veer, Ali Baba Aur 40 Chor, The Omen, Splash, Till We Meet Again, Twins, Meet Joe Black, Darkman, Big Daddy, Beyond Borders, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, Lord of the Rings, Deception, The Shawshank Redemption, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Gone with the Wind, A Few Good Men, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Jeeper's Creepers, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Enemy at the Gates, The Patriot, Florence Nightingale, Legends of the Fall, Nagin, Nagina, The Green Mile, Evita, A Civil Action, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Commando, The King and I, Selena, Girl Interrupted, Mehbooba, The Exorcist, Renaissance Man, The Last of the Mohicans, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Hanna's War, True Women, Dracula (Love Never Dies), Veer-Zaara, Alexander, Sharafat, The Planet of the Apes Movies, The Indiana Jones Movies, The Star Wars Movies, The James Bond (007) Movies

Actors: Hema Malini, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Faye Dunaway, Angela Bassett, Leleti Khumalo, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley, Djimon Honsou, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Eddie Murphy, Geoffrey Rush, Liam Neeson,  Don Cheadle, Kirstey Alley, Morgan Freeman, Julia Roberts, Reena Roy, Roger Moore, Sidney Poitier, Patrick Swayze, Anthony Hopkins, Glenn Close, Tina Munim, Jim Caviezel, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzeneger, Zeenat Aman, Steve Martin, Mary Alice, Loretta Devine, Danny Glover, Amitabh Bachan, Cate Blanchett, Wesley Snipes, Alfre Woodard, Danny Devito, Clint Eastwood, James Earl Jones, Yul Brynner, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Sam Neill, Catherine Deneuve, Uma Thurman, Beverly Johnson, Cynthia Rothrock, The Simpsons, South Park Cast

Books: Casebooks & Hornbooks, O Pays! Mon Beau Peuple! Things Fall Apart, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, The Radiance of the King, Tell Freedom, Islam: The Arab Imperialism, The Federalist Papers, Complete Works of Shakespeare, Une Si Longue Lettre (So Long A Letter), The Holcroft Covenant, Wuthering Heights, Harvest of Love, The Diary of Anne Frank, Long Walk to Freedom, World Politics Since 1945, Silent Honor, L'Enfant Noir (The African Child), Sands of Time, Lucky, The Wealth of Nations, Das Kapital, Roots, Jagua Nana, Lord of the Flies, Master of the Game, Animal Farm, Mine Boy, Invisible Man, A Man For All Seasons, Black Boy, J'Accuse (The Dreyfus Affair), Princess, Not Without My Daughter, Castles of Sand, Les Bouts des Boix de Dieu (God's Bits of Wood), Lorna Doone, Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter, Silas Marner, Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mine Boy, The Trials of Dedan Kemathi, If Tomorrow Comes, Oliver Twist, Native Son, The Rise of the Creative Class, Islam: The Arab National Movement, The Metaphysical Poets

Writers: Shakespeare, Sembene Ousmane, Chinua Achebe, Alice Walker, Ngugi Wathiongo, Danielle Steele, John Grisham, Sydney Sheldon, Mongo Beti, Judith Krantz, Mariama Bah, Jeffrey Archer, Robert Ludlum, Charles Dickens, George Elliot (Mary Anne Evans), Richard Wright, Anwar Shaikh, Camara Laye, Peter Abraham, The Metaphysical Poets, Harlem Renaissance Poets

Albums: The Immaculate Collection, Ray of Light, Divas of Mali, Sukanaayo, Legend, Thriller, True Blue, Like A Prayer, History, Whitney Houston, Kharifa, Saturday Night Fever, The Sign, ABBA Gold, Boney M Hits, Back to Front, Evita, Bani, Can't Slow Down, Another Place and Time, Labour of Love, Actually, But Seriously, In Your Wildest Dreams, Kylie, A Day Without Rain, Confessions on a Dancefloor

Music Videos: Vogue, Erotica, Sadness, Earthsong, Agolo, Thriller, Hello, Justify My Love, Back at One, Don't Tell Me, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Next Lifetime, Frozen, She Works Hard for the Money, Bad Girl, There Goes My Baby, Like A Prayer, Holler, Oh Father, No Ordinary Love, Natural Blues, Take A Bow, You'll See, Nikita, Running Up That Hill, Human Nature, California Love, Return to Innocence, The Mummer's Dance, La Isla Bonita, Orinoco Flow, Go West, Together Again, Bedtime Story, State of Independence, Remember the Time, Private Dancer, Open Your Heart, Tayebon, Biko, What Have I Done to Deserve This, What Love's Got to Do With It, Material Girl, Lucky, Unconditional Love, Especially for You, Moulin Rouge

Musicians: Madonna, Baaba Maal, Oliver Mtukudzi, Amy Koita, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Donna Summer, Bonny Mark, Youssou N'Dour, Dr. Oloh, Dr. Alban, Michael Jackson, Angelique Kidjo, Gloria Estefan, Cher, Tina Turner, Brenda Fasi, ABBA, Boney M, Elton John, Bee Gees, R. D. Burman, U2 Laxmikant Pyarelal, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Diane Warren, Babyface, Bob Marley, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, Bad Boys Blue, Alpha Blondy, Enya, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Oliver N'Goma, Selena, UB-40, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Kassav, Salif Keita and all the folk artists of the world

TV Series/Shows: The Simpsons, South Park, Jeopardy, The Weakest Link, Pyramid, JAG, Judge Judy, Roots, The Mallens, North and South, Into The West, Mind Your Language, CI-5 - The Professionals, The Guardian, Wukong, The Law Firm, Forensic Files, Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order, Alborada

Theatrical Productions: The Lion King, Evita, Rent, Chicago, Aida, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Dracula, Lestat, The Pirate Queen, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Miserables, Spamalot, Cats, Oliver, Sunset Boulevard, The Color Purple, The Producers, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Niagara: Avaia, Riverdance, Teatro Zinzani, Not A Genuine Black Man, Jewtopia, Phuket Phantasy 

Sports: Swimming, Diving, Tennis, Table Tennis, Volley Ball, Track & Field, Golf, Gymnastics, Figure-Skating, Water-Skiing, Water Polo, Raquetball, Jockey, Taekwondo, Soccer, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding

Athletes: Miatta Abu, Felix Sandy,  Willetta Thomas ("Tourist"), George Parkinson, George Sandy, Cassada, Abu "Berlin" Kamara, Josephus and Joselyn Thomas, Amy Backe-Thiam, Svetlana Khorkina, Elena Produnova, Dominique Dawes, Jesse Owens, Alexei Nemov, Surya Bonaly, Gail Devers, Alexander Popov, Pele, Maria Mutuola, Sergei Bubka, Yana Klochkova, Tegla Loroupe, Martina Navratilova, Venus and Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi, James Blake, Guy Monfils, Carl Lewis, Mia Hamm, Dimitri Sautin, Eunice Barber, Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva, Hasiba Boulemerka, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Irina Privalova, Gabriela Szabo, Nadia Comaneci, Marla Runyan, Ian Thorpe ("Thorpedo"), Mohini Bhardwaj, Alina Kabayeva, Kelly Holmes, Michael Phelps, Hicham El Gherrouj, Saidou Aouitta, Marie Jose Perec ("La Gazelle")

Modern Inventions: Computers & Accessories, the Internet, Freeways, Subway (Metro/The Tube), Phones, TV & VCRs, Satellite, Automobiles, Commercial Jets, Refrigerators, Spacecrafts, Motion Picture, Elevators, Submarines, Aircraft Carriers, Ocean Liners, Cruise Ships, Trains, Speed Boats, Jet Skis, Camera, Laundry Equipment, The Microwave, Fitness Machines, Modern Sporting Gear, Car Wash, Credit Cards, Theme Parks        

Modern Architectural/Engineering Masterpieces: World Trade Towers, World Financial Center Towers, Petronas Towers, Sears Tower, CN Tower, Empire State Building, Chrysler Tower, John Hancock Center, Columbia Tower, Westminster Abbey, Golden Gate Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Verrazano Bridge, Oakland-Bay Bridge, Sydney Harbor, Holland Tunnel, JFK Airport, Space Needle, Tours Eiffel, King Fahd Causeway, Hoover Dam, Mount Rushmore