oddities, walking at breakneck speed, predicting the future, weird web pages, proper nutrition, jazz, raining on parades, skiing, hiking, using profanity, european travel, playing music, cycling, omphaloskepsis, cussin', spittin', feng shui, wrestlin', fisticuffs, critical thought, skepticism...
Intelligent beings.
in no particular order: steely dan, aimee mann, anton webern, bach, coltrane, miles, kurt elling, aretha franklin, stevie wonder, snoop dogg, avishai cohen, kurt rosenwinkel, ben folds five, billy joel, bob brookmeyer, jim mcneeley, charles ives, charles mingus, james brown, phil woods, jj johnson, ozomatli, yerba buena, frank zappa, nick drake, sinatra, joni mitchell, jason mraz, jamiroquai, james taylor, count basie, mahler, tenacious d, sting, dexter gordon, rufus wainwright...
Idiot Box.
Recently finished: "The Brain That Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge, M.D. "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. Highly recommended. "Stumbling on Happiness", by Daniel Gilbert. Recommended.
Willard Scott, Boutros Boutros Ghali, and Kate Moss.