Filmmakers & interesting characters.
I enjoy all kinds of music that has a strong rythmn & melody to it, like Vertical Horizon, Sting, U2, Beck, Gin Blossoms, Go West -- I'm just not that into Country. The kind of rythmns I especially enjoy are London Beat, Acid House and Swing.
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind","Cinema Paradiso","Man on the Moon", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Hotel Rwanda", "Being There", "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", "Sideways", "Forest Gump", "The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover", "Blue Velvet", "AI", "ET", "Flying High", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "The Terminator" series, "Garden State"
I watch random things on TV - I rarely follow one particular program. My favorite channels are the News Channels - I can keep CNN hovering in the background all day, and of course Cartoon Network for my kid. Love Seinfeld, Ben-10, Meet the Press, Discovery Channel and sometimes CSPAN! (it is amazing what detailed info you get on there)
"The Power of One" by Bryce Courtney
"Disgrace" by JM Coetzee
"Getting Things Done" by David Allen
"Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson
Various manuals on writing C#, PHP and other code for work
Any Dean R Koontz books.
Ghandi, MLK, Nelson Mandela, Woody Allen, Teen Titans, Chauncy Gardner