music, advertising, marketing, boxing, sports, hiking, camping, travel, backpacking, nature, politics, foreign policy, parrots, Buddhism, Aikido, modern architecture, mid-century modern design, photography, good food, scotch whiskey, cigars, Japanese breed dogs, Dallas Cowboys, West Texas, Southwest US, deserts, mountains
People who can hold a good conversation without being stuffy or manipulative. People of various backgrounds, cultures, or industries. Various people in the music, marketing, political, sports, and media industries.
house, jazz, reggae, dub, blues, hip-hop, rap, techno, breaks, downtempo, classic country, The Clash, P-Funk, The Specials, English Beat, Hank III, Devo, B-52s,
300, Fight Club, When We Were Kings, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Proposition, Outlaw Josie Wales, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Million Dollar Baby, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Traffic, Syriana
boxing, Family Guy, American Dad, Simpsons, Weeds
Books on Zen Buddhism, sales, or politics. I also read alot of magazines. The Economist, Men's Health, GQ, Dwell, Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Shambhala Sun
Foghorn Leghorn, Boss Hogg