Design. Color. Hockey. Sarcasm. The MMA. Grey Goose Tonics. Spanish. Flirts. Molten glass. Brainiacs. Archeology. Physics. Conversation. Anticipatory Thinking. Coffee. Polemics. The smell of a passport stamp. Boots. Shoes aren't bad either. Diversity. Photography. The Third Amendment. Nerdy, irreverent, self-deprecating humor. Playing detective. Urban detail. Challenge. The Quick-draw. The career. Mañana por la mañana.
Sloane Tanen - Al Gore - Craig McCracken - Mark Messier - Marco Pierre White - Savion Glover - Michael Moore - Mike Bloomberg - You (yes, you)
Locally, Von Robinson - Niagras - Chris Mann - Peter Cincotti. Tommy Page, my friend and savior - Defunct Punk from NJ: All At Random @ Finnegans, Saturday April 26th '08! Old Skool: Jools Holland - Benny Goodman - Elvis Costello. J5 -- yeah, I said it.
Loggerheads and Dear Jesse, written and directed by Tim Kirkman - The Spanish Prisoner - Rent - The Station Agent - Lars and the Real Girl - Searching for Bobby Fisher - Brazil (+ other films based on "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") - Throwing Curves, an Eva Zeisel biopic (features yours truly)
Futurama - Arrested Development - Dr. Katz - Reno 911 - Farscape - Six Feet Under - Jeopardy - Nat Geo - Top Chef - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Rangers games - Anything with Vincent D'Onofrio.
When Time Ran Out, Coming of Age in the Third Reich, by Frederic Zeller (my uncle's autobiography). Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels. Fountainhead, by everyone's favorite woman to hate. Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon. White Slave, by Marco Pierre White. Ian-Andrew McKenzie's short fiction. Every Vonnegut except Happy Birthday Wanda June. Sloane Tanen's wicked chickens.
Andy Warhol. Robert Motherwell. Wilbur and Orville Wright. Raymond Loewy. Richard Feynmann. Anyone who can stand on shaky ground and keep going.