Music, movies, good books, anything sci-fi and fantasy related, graphic novels
Anthony Bourdain, Bear Grylls, Mike Rowe, any of the food network people, except for Rachael Ray, because a. I've already met her and b. she's pure evil
Soilwork, In Flames, Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Tony Macalpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Within Temptation, As I Lay Dying, Still Remains, Nodes of Ranvier, Dream Theater, Epica, Kamelot, Journey, Boston, Queen, Leo Kottke
Star Wars, Braveheart, LOTR, The Last Samurai, Gladiator, the X Men trilogy, Christopher Guest movies, 300
Heroes, Deadliest Catch, Survivorman, Dirty Jobs, Feating on Asphalt, Good Eats, Hell's Kitchen, Family Guy, Simpsons, any random animal shows on Discovery or National Geographic
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, Star Wars novels, Tolkien, various Marvel and Dark Horse graphic novels
Hiro Nakamura..