art, cartoons, illustration, photography, parenting, dogs, philosophy, history, science, etc
Any old friends, new people with similar interests, or other professional artists.
Indie folk singer-songwriters, Dar Williams, Ellis Paul, Utah Phillips, The Monkees, R.E.M., U2, Phish, The Raconteurs, Cab Calloway, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Loggins, Pete Seeger, Cat Stevens, Woody Guthrie, Ashley Parker Angel, Jewel, O-Town, Nsync, James Lee Stanley, Michael Nesmith, Colm Wilkinson, Boyce and Hart, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez, Brian Regan, Stephen Lynch, Lewis Black, Mitch Hedburg
Star Wars, Star Trek 2, 6, 8, Dead Man, Indiana Jones, Spiderman, Batman Begins, Tron, The Muppet Movie, Monty Python, Strangers On A Train, Lifeboat, The Blues Brothers, Back To The Future, Clerks, Repo Man, Tapeheads, UHF, Freaks, Ed Wood films, High And Low, The Seven Samurai, German Expressionist & Silent films, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Phantom of The Opera, Edison's Frankenstein, M, The Man Who Laughs, The Penalty, The Last Laugh, The Dark Crystal, Labrynth, Napoleon Dynamite, The Machinist, V For Vendetta, Mel Brooks films, HEAD, Jan Svankmajer' s Faust
The Soup, Heroes, Ugly Betty, General Hospital, Mystery Science Theater 3000, 1 vs 100, The Amazing Race, South Park, The Honeymooners, Police Squad, WWE Raw, The Monkees, Star Trek, Monty Python, The Muppet Show, Dinosaurs, Most History / Discovery Channel shows, Voltron, The Transformers, Sesame Street, Play With Me Sesame, Oobi
'Books': Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, The Unimaginable Life, by Kenny and Julia Loggins, The Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, Tietam Brown by Mick Foley, Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, Beowulf, stuff by Jules Verne and H.G. Welles, Arthurian Legends, Science FictionGraphic Novels: Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa, Yossel by Joe Kubert, MAUS by Art Spiegelman, anything by Will Eisner, Watchmen by Dave Gibbons & Alan Moore, Batman: Year One, and Sin City by Frank Miller, Pride Of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon
Ella has been through it all with the best of attitudes, she's been an inspiration.