Marcie, the triplets (Maya, Hannah, Fiona), the dogs (Bella and Sandy), the cat (Starr), poetry, music, indie rock, genealogy, the history of American billiards, antique pool tables, Fluxus art, DIY, writing words and music, surfing, skateboarding, lectures, learning, creativity, adventures, misadventures, making things, fringe theories, wordplay, ping-pong, neuromusicology, fluffernutters
"Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to 'Wow! Huh?'" -Ed Ruscha
Modest Mouse, Pixies, Fugazi, Built to Spill, Cure, Radiohead, Moby, The Beatles, The Smiths, Superchunk, Spiritualized, Mountain Goats, Underworld, Orbital, Jawbreaker, Aphex Twin, Billy Bragg, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Tegan and Sara, Iron and Wine, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, Polyphonic Spree, Flaming Lips, Elliott Smith, MC Chris, my grandfather's banjo band
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Harold and Kumar, A.I., 8 1/2, The Wizard of Oz, The Fisher King, It's A Wonderful Life, Finding Neverland, Edward Scissorhands, Fight Club, Run Lola Run, Sid & Nancy, Trainspotting, Better off Dead, The Red Violin, Heathers, A River Runs Through It, Groundhog Day, Donnie Darko, The Dot and the Line
South Park, Simpsons, Home Movies, Arrested Development, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy, Inside the Actor's Studio, 70's Show, TLC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, PBS, Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth series
The Alchemist, The Origins of Music, Guns Germs & Steel, Rogue State, Einstein's Dreams, Culture Jam, Man's Search for Meaning, Milan Kundera, James Joyce, Dostoyevsky, W.H. Auden, D.A. Powell, C.K. Williams, William Blake, William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara, Edgar Lee Masters, Charles Simic, Matthea Harvey, Szymborska, Robert Herrick, Robert Frost, Richard Hugo, Jack Kerouac
Underdog, Mighty Mouse . . . anthropomorphic cartoon animal superheroes in general.