American history, organizational theory, human personalities and how to approach them, my wife and her happiness, our dog, free enterprise. Trips to Walmart and cheese.
Grama Schreck (when I am called), Andy Kauffman (he lives on Grand Turk Island), Oblio, and my old self.
Jimmy Buffett, Little River Band, Gordon LIghtfoot, America, Paul Simon, Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylanand finally . . . return of the Mac:
Anything Newman/Redford, the Great Escape, most Steve McQueen, old Eastwood, Glengarry/Glenross, Jeremiah Johnson, Mad^4 World, Down & Out in Beverly Hills, the Sand Pebbles, and Blazing Saddles.
I typically have the TV on for background noise, perhaps CMT, GAC, or an old movie. I do enjoy Family Guy and Looney Tunes and look to the TV as a very mindless numbing experience that takes me away from the day I had.
Most western biographies, I like to read phone books of zip codes in the bathroom (seriously), In Harm's Way, Just Me and My Dad, Love You Forever, English Fairy Tales, Cryptozoology (e.g. Bigfoot).
Dad, Mom, Dayna, Tanya, Max Karg, Andy Hanzes, Dave Marr, Larry Riner, Hugh Sweeney, and Mongo. Those brave and principled enough to defend others who are then allowed to speak louder.