The written word, Mankind's amazing capacity for good and evil, the Double Double at In and Out.
Sinatra. The King. Benjamin Disraeli. Mark Twain. Halle Berry.
The King, The Chairman, The Eels, Apples in Stereo, 5,6,7,8s; pizzicato 5, Elvis Costello, The Stones, Bird, Diz, the Duke, J.J. Johnson, Fred Wesley, Ron Miles, John Popper, Public Enemy, De La Soul Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, The Who....
Godfather I & II, Apocalypse Now, Tombstone, Schindler's List, The Hustler, From Here to Eternity, King Creole, Manchurian Candidate, The Shootist, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Shaun of the Dead, Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore, The Dirty Dozen, the Magnificent Seven, Kill Bill I & II, Heat, Goodfellas, Brighton Beach Memoirs...
Dog the Bounty Hunter, The Office, Entoruage, The Sopranos, Dave Chappelle show, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Heroes, Lost, Black Donellys, Letterman....
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain or Hunter S. Thompson. A bunch of other stuff too. Bill Simmons' columns. Historical perspectives. Liner Notes. Alex Lencicki's Blog Lots of other blogs. Personality profiles in ESPN the Magazine (staggeringly well written).
Thomas Jefferson, Judah Maccabee, John Elway, Willie Mays