Family, genealogy, friends, the pursuit of a perpetual position in academia, Christianity, the human condition, technology, the ocean, people with brains, serotonin, melatonin, chocolate, dogs, adoptee rights, medicine, ridding government and politics of politicians, other duties as assigned.
Billy Joel, Beatles, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, BB King, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springteen, Arlo Guthrie, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Tom May, other classic rock, folk and very classic country.
Fargo, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Notebook, The Secret Window; The Gods Must Be Crazy, Pink Floyd: The Wall
Law and Order (all flavours), Forensic Files, Crossing Jordan, E.R., Mystery Diagnosis, Untold Stories of the ER and most other programs on the Discovery Health Channel.
Nonfiction for the most part. I like some fiction writers of the earlier 20th century.
Jesus is my spiritual hero. I also admire many people who've contributed to society in positive ways such as Archimedes, John Nash, Bill Gates (who is quite philanthropic,) Albert Einstein (not just for his contributions to physics, but particularly for his contributions to the ethics of humanity,) Mother Teresa (She gave up pretty much everything in order to help others--something I can't imagine I could ever actually do.)