philosophy, religion (especially Christianity), psychology, science, sports, music (mostly classical and opera), movies, video games (mostly NES and SNES), thinking, figuring things out, jogging
Kobe Bryant: the most awe-inspiring basketball player alive.
Pedro Martinez: in his prime, the most dominant pitcher I have ever seen.
Richard Rorty: relaxed and soothing philosopher who has proclaimed the death of philosophy (or Cartesian epistemology, or something in between...)
Mozart (especially his operas, Die Zauberflöte in particular), Haydn, Beethoven, Berlioz, and Wagner. I am partial to the Classical and Romantic eras.
classics (consensus-top-100-of-all-time movies), anything by Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo is my favorite movie--period)
"Seinfeld," "The Simpsons," "Six Feet Under," "Da Ali G Show," "American Idol" (I'm a huge Simon Cowell fan), sports (especially MLB and NBA)
Apology, Meditations, King Lear, Great Expectations, Ethan Frome, Our Town, philosophy (especially epistemology and philosophy of mind), anything that has to do with the New Testament (both critical and apologetical), psychology textbooks
Socrates, Mozart, Kobe Bryant