MOVIES, MUSIC, COFFEE, COOKING, FISHING, BEER, WHISKEY, WOODWORKING, TINKERING, PAINTING AND TAKING THINGS APART.
People into Dio-era Black Sabbath over Ozzy-era. Decent people who aren't too uptight.
HEAVY METAL, PROG, PSYCH, OLD COUNTRY, MODERN CLASSICAL. LOTS OF STUFF. I'M NOT YOUR AVERAGE METAL HEAD, BUT A METAL HEAD NEVERTHELESS.
ANYTHING BY LUIS BUNUEL AND DAVID LYNCH. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, ANCHORMAN, AND BASICALLY ANYTHING WITH ZOMBIES, GODZILLA, CARY GRANT OR BILL MURRAY. HORROR, COMEDY, CULT AND CLASSIC CINEMA ARE MOST PREFERABLE.
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, PGH PENGUINS/NHL GAMES, LAW & ORDER SVU, LOST, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS, TWIN PEAKS, NIGHT GALLERY, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE OFFICE (UK), KIDS IN THE HALL, FREAKS AND GEEKS, THE PRISONER
SHORT FICTION... LOVECRAFT, BALLARD, BARTHELME, APOLLINAIRE, BRADBURY, ETC. THE TRULY TASTELESS JOKES SERIES.
My parents, David Lynch, Mario Lemieux, and Ronnie James Dio. I dunno if they're heroes, but these are people whom I admire for things they have done or accomplished that relate to me as a person or my long-term interests.