Food. Science. Stained glass. Dvorak keyboards. Music. Libraries. Rooibos. Rollmops. Thrift stores. Handpainted dinnerware. The Amazing Race. Africa. Top Chef. Recycling. Politics. Corruption. Graphic art. Passion. Gain.
People from other star systems or galaxies. People who own, or who can access, interstellar vehicles. Those who seek to écraser l'infâme. "Rain" and "Goldie" from Flavor of Love. Jack Kervorkian. Al Sharpton. Lady Miss Kier Kirby. Angela Merkel. Cindy Wilson from the B-52's. Ernie Sabella. Katharine Jefferts Schori. Michael Badalucco. James Whitmore. Charles Grodin. Margaret Cho--definitely. Judy Gold. Debra Wilson--hilarious. Woz. Tim Gunn. Soderbergh. Cherry Jones. The Other Two. The dude who organized the coup d'etat in Mauritania and then refused to run in the election he quickly arranged, because he wanted it to be a real democracy for once--I would love to meet him, shake his hand. And, most important, I'd like to meet you.
New Order, Devo, Kraftwerk, the B's, Grauzone, the Cure, JD, the State of 808, Garbage, Janis Ian, Leon Redbone, the Cocteaus, Al Green, Journey, Erasure, the Glove, Electronic, Deee-lite, PSB, etc.
Mr. Mom, The Candidate, Uncle Buck, All the President's Men, Sideways, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Wargames, The Contender, Ed Wood, 24-Hour Party People.
CTV News with Lloyd Robinson (or Lisa Laflamme), Iron Chef, Buy Me, Star Trek, Boston Legal, Northern Exposure, Tagesschau, Medium, The Practice, C-SPAN.
The World Book, Dr. Seuss, Patient by Ben Watt, The Giving Tree.
Wilma Mankiller, Kofi Annan, Abraham Lincoln, Al Sharpton, Margaret Cho, Nellie Bly, Ed Begley, Jr., Jimmy Carter.