Writing. Reading. Hiking. Weight lifting. Frisbee. Movies.
Louis Sachar, J. K. Rowling, JRR Tolkien (this one might be a little tricky), Jerry Spinelli, David Almond, and just about any other famous writer out there.
Mostly alternative with a dash of classic rock and a spice of Billy Joel for taste.
Airplane. Back to the Future. Anything by Mel Brooks or the Zucker Brothers. The Marx Brothers. Star Wars. Almost any Ben Stiller flick. The occasional indy drama just so I can pretend to be sophisticated.
Malcolm in the Middle. South Park. X-Files. Roswell. 4400. (Yes, I've been sucked into Sci-fi on DVD!)
Holes...the best middle-reader novel ever written! Anything by Garth Nix. Discworld. The Shadow Children Series. His Dark Materials.
He-Man. Who else do you need?