Food that tastes good; quesadillas; enchiladas; pizza; steak; salmon; corn salsa; chocolate; comic strips (of course including Dilbert); advice columns; politics; Washington Post chats; almost all types of books; current events; working out; people who have a way with words and who are steady like a train, sharp like a razor.
People who are fun, open-minded, like to eat and have cutting wit, kind of like a plastic knife (or better yet, a spork) through apple butter.
Music of all types - rock, rap, oldies, 70s, 80s, 90s, showtunes, classical, top 40. Some of the music I've listened to lately include Sublime's eponymous album; a cappella music from a group at my college (AVP from UVa); Aaliyah; the soundtracks of Rent, Cabaret and Chicago; the Rhino 90s hip-hop compilation CD, featuring Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Heavy D, early Snoop Dogg, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince; MC Hammer, Sir Mix-a-lot and the Digital Underground; Madonna's Immacute Collection; Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet; Charlie Daniels Super Hits; Bon Jovi's Cross Road; The Best of the Stylistics; Jay-Z, the Black Album and Unplugged; the Best of the Mamas and the Papas; and Earth, Wind and Fire Greatest Hits Vol. 1.
Funny movies like "Wedding Crashers," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," and "Half Baked." I also like Forrest Gump, Mannequin, The South Park Movie, Team America, Ghost, When Harry Met Sally.
News, The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, South Park, Sex and the City, Jeopardy, did I mention news, and SpongeBob Square Pants.
I like almost all books. I recently finished "The Namesake" and "The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12," and I am now working on "The Smartest Guys in the Room" and "Winning" by Jack Welch. I also recently read "Freakonomics," "Pledged," "Fast Food Nation" and "Dealing with People You Can't Stand."
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, the Commander, and the hottest crustacean I've ever seen.