Arcana and the mysteries of the ages, Alchemy, unified field theory, frequency response and phase shifting. Curiosa and all things of perception thereof. Mind the cistern of knowledge.
My enemies.and of course some heroes and authors like...Charlton Heston, Vladimir Putin, Richard Bach, Burt Rutan, G. Gordon Liddy.Now if I could only meet the modern equivalent of this fine woman I'd be set...
Misanthropy,Evanessence,Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Blackmore's Night, Led Zeppelin, Tangerine Dream, Dio, Planet P Project, Heart, Yes, Styx, Eagles, Beatles, Custom, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Supertramp, Nirvana, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, No Doubt, System of a Down, Disturbed, Tool, Staind, Willie Nelson, Shania Twain, Grateful Dead, Deep Purple, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, DEVO, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Gary Wright, Dan Fogelberg and Neil Diamond!
Poltergeist, The Thing (w/Kurt Russel), Crash, The Keep, Blade Runner, Das Boot, 12 Monkeys, Videodrome, Baron Munchausen, Willow, The Princess Bride, Excalibur, Dogs of War, Stalingrad, Kingdom of Heaven, Longitude, Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Carribean, Nightmare Before Christmas , It's a Wonderful Life, Lawrence of Arabia, Nosferatu, Dracula, Always, Silent Running, Jaws, The Red Violin, The Wall, Mad Max, The Pianist, The Beast, The Brotherhood of the Wolf.
History Channel, MythBusters, Discovery Channel, did I say Mythbusters?
Dune, Holy Blood/Holy Grail, The Great Brain, The Chronicles of Narnia and anything good about medieval history. Anything by Richard Bach, technical mags...
My Dad, Thomas Edison, Bernoulli, Da Vinci,Maxwell, John Harrison, Rusty Scweikhart, Jay Miner, Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith, Scott Crossfield, Chuck Yeager, Howard Hughes,Arthur C. Clarke, Audie Murphy, Clarence Perry, Werner Von Braun, Rommel and Harold Eilers.