Let's see. I'm a philosophy professor at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. My wife, Deanna, and I have been married for 11 years. We're both avid rock and ice climbers. I work part-time as a mountain guide. I'm also into motorcycles (British and Italian iron, in particular). I ride a black Triumph Bonneville and belong a friggin' awesome worldwide motorcycle club, the Brit Iron Rebels (BIR) .
Alpine rock & ice climbing
Any type of climbing
Riding & working on my Triumph Bonneville
Analytic philosophy (esp. epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, metaethics, the metaphysics and epistemology of modality, the nature of perceptual content, philosophy of religion)
Physics (esp. partical physics and quantum mechanics)
Probability theory (esp. Bayesianism)
Philosophers & scientists: Thomas Reid, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, Aristotle, Plato, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, G.W. Leibniz, William of Ockham, Anselm, Rene Descartes
Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, T.E. Lawrence, St. John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila
Entertainers: Zhang Yimou, Christopher Walken, Alan Rickman, Eddie Izzard, Steve Carell, Gene Hackman
Types: classic rock, blues, metal, grunge, punk, alternative, 'billy, swing/big band, classical.
Bands (a selection): Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Soundgarden, Toy Dolls, The Ramones, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello, U2, Crosby, Stills & Nash (& some Young), Jim Croce, Chris Isaak, The Straight 8's, Van Morrison, The Eagles, CCR, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Cramps, Alice in Chains, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Lawrence of Arabia
Doctor Zhivago
Anything by Monty Python
Braveheart
Lord of the Rings
To Live
The Road Home
Hero
Les Miserables
The Matrix
A Fish Called Wanda
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Murder by Death
The Princess Bride (Inconceivable!)
Eddie Izzard "Circle", "Dress to Kill", etc. (here are a couple of excerpts from "Dress to Kill" -- enjoy!)
"Stonehenge"
"Church of England"
Eddie Izzard, "Cake or Death?"
Lost
Mad TV
SNL
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Biker Build-Off
American Chopper
The Nine
Here is one of the funniest friggin' commercials I have ever seen! I hope that you enjoy it as much as me!
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Similarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
C.Houston, R. Bates, & J. Wickwire, K2: The Savage Mountain
Walter Bonati, The Mountains of My Life
Heinrich Harrer, The White Spider
Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: the True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature
Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers
Alvin Plantinga, The Nature of Necessity
Alvin Plantinga, Warrant: The Current Debate
Alvin Plantinga, Warrant and Proper Function
Saul Kripke, Naming and Necessity
Argh...this list is going to get too long!
Philosophers: Thomas Reid, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant
Climbers: Walter Bonati, Tommy Caldwell, Dean Potter, Rolando Garibotti