Music, metal shows, philosophy, mathematics, science and engineering, collecting books, collecting CDs, movies, etymology, history, architecture, phonetics
Big Business, The Melvins, Aphex Twin Mastodon, Pig Destroyer, Carcass, Death, Thin Lizzy, The Sword, Mr. Bungle, Kalibas, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Iron Maiden, Atheist, Cynic, Dim Mak, Misfits, Modest Mouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Failure, GG Allin, Aus-Rotten, GWAR, Black Flag, Isis, Coalesce, Dead Milkmen, Crass, Crowbar, Botch, DRI, Gravy Train!!!!, Exodus, Burnt By The Sun, Don Caballero, Xasthur, Anaal Nathrakh, Dissection, Slayer, Priestess, Thralldom, Sleep, Tomahawk, Infectious Grooves, "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia," (despite it's commercial gayness) ... Dimmu Borgir coffee mugs FTW, bitches!!!
Ken Park, Run Ronnie Run, American Psycho, Romper Stomper, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sin City, Borat, Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Thank You For Smoking, The Big Lebowski, A Scanner Darkly, Planet Terror, The Rules of Attraction, Dark City
Mr. Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet (if I have achieve drunken status), The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Seinfeld, The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Da Ali G Show, Dead Like Me, King of Queens [p.s. fuck you, hater]
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes!!! (best book ever for a chemical engineer), Thus Spoke Zarathustra, American Psycho, Beyond Good & Evil, The Will to Power, Anthem, Survivor, The Fountain Head, Filth, and starting to be my PROCESS DESIGN text book.
Not heroes, just very admirable for their ingenuity and resourcefulness: Sir Isaac Newton, Archimedes, Hunter S. Thompson, George Washington Carver