Rockclimbing, scuba diving, motorcycles, competitive shooting.
Besides historical biblical figures? Well, let's see... - Leonidas, King of Sparta - Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox" - Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller - Adolf Hitler, circa 1918. - Ronald Reagan - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - Billy Graham
U2, REM, Carbon Leaf, Linkin Park, Oomph!, Metallica, and others.
Gladiator, 300, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, To End All Wars, Rescue Dawn, Bat 21, Uncommon Valor, Crimson Tide, all the Star Wars & Indiana Jones movies.
Addicted to "The Unit," but also enjoy Scrubs, Traveler, Survivorman, and Good Eats.
Robert Kaplan, Cicero, Patrick O'Brian, Robert Heinlein, John Stuart Mill, Spider Robinson, Stephen Ambrose, W.E.B. Griffin, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis ... too many to name here!
Jesus Christ, first and foremost. All those who knowingly put themselves in harms' way to protect the rest of us.