Total escape from reality via music either in karaoke or dancing.
Sequencing the sorghum genome(link)
Underwater photography.
Soccer (playing not watching).
Anything from the Cambrian period (obviously the coolest geological age)
Chess when slightly inebriated.
Mayan archaeology (link)
The parentage of winegrape varieties(link)
The evolutionary impact of polyploidy in plants(link) (the the most cited scientific paper published by anyone from UGA in 2003 out of over 2300 papers)
Irrationally long road trips (link)
The theory of capitalism (it rocks!!!)
Dancers, political fanatics, music lovers, and doubters of reality, people who discover answers to complex questions that most normal people never even ask.
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Yes, I sometimes watch, I am not proud of it.
I watch Spanish language music videos. English would overuse the word "heart" in music as much as the Spanish use "corazon" if it was such an lyrical word. I don't speak much Spanish.
I have a copy of Farenheit 451 but it is well hidden. No other books.
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan - Led the charge of the light brigade in the Crimean War. A group that does something stupid and suicidal needs good leaders. Dumb as a post but hey he inspired those around him to follow him. Into the valley of death they rode....
Piere Galet - A Frenchman who when the Nazis occupied France sat out the war and stared at grapevines. He learned to identify thousands of grape varieties on sight, and wrote many books on his ideas. Pretty good for a surrender monkey.
Xenophon- A Greek who got lost in Persia in about 400BC and with a few buddies slaughtered a couple of Persian armies. Inspired Alexander the Great to come back 70 years later and slaughter the lot of em.
Jared Diamond - Societal collapse is a good thing as any to study.
Chak Sky - Mayan Rule of Quirigua he captured the ruler of the Mayan city of Copan and (18 Rabbit) and beheaded him. “18 Rabbit†was probably among the greatest patrons of the arts in Pre-Columbian America. It is people like Chak who ended the Mayan golden age.
Jim Morrison – singer for The Doors.
Pliny the Elder- Just because he went to (not away from) the volcano when it erupted to observe... he died... (79BC, great scientist also, he wrote about winegrapes)
Lord Wellington- Took care of that Napoleon bastard.
Adam Smith- Capitalism Rocks.
Hernando de Soto (the Peruvian economist not the conquistador). His economic ideas are our best hope to undo the poverty of the third world.
Joan Jett- She Rocks.
Groo- He hurts people by mistake and eats cheese dip, but his dog likes him.