fast cars, weird music, sportbikes, computer science, guitar, humor based on cruelty, cooking, spicy food, tequila, the color maroon
the decemberists, guster, the postal service, the shins, pink floyd, calexico, neutral milk hotel, hendrix, clapton, bowie, buffet, modest mouse, metallica, death cab for cutie, tenacious D, johnny cash, they might be giants, american analog set, the protomen, underworld, and william fucking shatner
no romantic comedies
stephen colbert, jon stewart, house, 24, alton brown, scrubs, entourage, deadwood, veronica mars
hhgttg, wheel of time, dune, ender's game, george r.r. martin, asimov, sagan, king, feynman, anything by brian greene or steven hawking. fantasy, scifi, history, books on chess and C++ and guitars and the universe, dave barry and calvin & hobbes