Music is a large portion of my life. I love singing and playing music...mostly Gospel. I am out of town (sometimes out of state) at a 'singing' usually once or twice a month. I have made a lot of out of state friends via Gospel music and I often visit them on the weekends. Intellectual debate is also a good way to pass the time. And when I don't feel like being smart, just plain arguing works.
.. "font-family: 'times new roman'; text-align: left; font-size: 120%;" Bill Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Harry Connick Jr, Miles Davis, Jamie Cullum, Haydn, Mozart, John Edwards, Bill Gates.
Canadian Brass, Wynton Marsalis, David Phelps, Harry Connick Jr, Jamie Cullum, Michael Buble, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Gaither Vocal Band, The Statesmen Quartet, Train, Matchbox 20, Maroon 5, Classical, anything Jazz/Blues, some Hip-Hop, and very little Rap.
The Pianist, Munich, The Notebook, Double Jeopardy, Breaking Dawn, The Sixth Sense, The Others, The Butterfly Effect, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A Beautiful Mind, White Christmas, On Golden Pond, James Bond movies, King Kong.
South Park, Family Guy, Will & Grace, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, any game show, standup, some comedy central.
I'm more of a magazine person (GQ / Details), but I read a few books every now and again. I like anything about the stock market, investing, and psychology. Anything by Augusten Burroughs will be great, but his best is Magical Thinking. The three book series of 'Questions you'd only ask a doctor after your third whiskey sour' by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg is an interesting read as well.
My grandmother and my father. My gradmother because she she always pushed me to do my best in everything that I did. I feel that the reason I have become so successful is because of things that she taught me. My father because he is such a pillar in our family. Although we didn't have a very tight "father/son" relationship while I was a younger, he always wanted what was best for me. He is one of the most honest and loving men that I know.