Breathing, blinking and the occasional sleep. Actually, the arts in general. Music, film, theater, museums. That usually ties in nicely with travel. Love that. Most of all quality time with quality people.
Similar bipeds with a functional cardiovascular systems, wry sences of humor and drive about life. British accents and vertical lift a plus. Music lovers big plus
Peter Gabriel, Rush, James Taylor, Indigo Girls, Robyn Hitchcock, Genesis (both flavors), Beatles, King Crimson, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Kevin Gilbert, Alice Cooper, Joni Mitchell, Spinal Tap, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Porcupine Tree, B 52's, horror film soundtracks, Bare Naked Ladies, Jeff Buckley, Toy Dolls, Dead Milkmen, Marillion, Johnny Cash, kd lang, the Blue Man Group, Dizzy Raskal, Shock G, Dre, Erasure, Shutter to Thiink, Broadway Musicals, William Shatner, Debussy, Copeland, Mussorsky, Stavinsky, John Zorn and anything with Mike Patton
Halloween, the Night HE Came Home, This is Spinal Tap, The Shawshank Redemption, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Usual Suspects, Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Snatch, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Old Star Wars, High Fidelity, Love Actually, all Monte Python, Legend of 1900, Magic and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Twin Peaks, House, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Tick, The Muppet Show, Greg the Bunny, Dexter and School House Rock.
Do you mean manuals? I read a lot of them.
Neil Peart, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Campbell, Buddy Rich (even though he was a prick) and ANIMAL from the Muppets.