reading (mostly mysteries, and an occasional field guide), writing (stories and crank letters), backpacking (long trips with a heavy pack), music (listening to and history of), guitar (still looking for a mentor), wrestling black bears (yeah, that's right), and using parenthesis
Edward Abbey, Doug Peacock, Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio, John Fishman, Page McConnell, Les Claypool, Lawrence Block, Carl Hiaasen, Everette Ruess, George Washington Hayduke, Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Tom Marshall, old friends
Phish (and all it's various side projects), GD, MMW, moe., SCI, WSP, Galactic, Govt. Mule, Hot Tuna, Allman Bros, Bob Dylan, Ween, Les Claypool, ALO, North Mississippi Allstars, Ali Farke Toure, Oysterhead, The Duo, Iron and Wine, Lazy Porch Dogs, Leo Kottke, DJ Logic, Shooglenifty, Frank Zappa, Paco De Lucia, John Scofield, Miles Davis, Neil Young, The Gear Daddies, Particle, Talking Heads, Bela Fleck, Taj Mahal, James Brown, Traffic, Steely Dan, Long John Baldry, Nickel Creek, The Black Keys, Greatest hit albums are for housewives and little girls
Drop Dead Gorgeous, Waiting for Guffman, Slapshot, Godfather, Touch of Evil, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchor Man, Aguirre; the Wrath of God, Double Indemnity, North by Northwest, IT, Bittersweet Motel, The Big Lebowski, Silence of the Lambs, Usual Suspects, Seven, Swingers, Flirting with Disaster, Spellbound, Wedding Crashers
Simpsons, Family Guy, Sportscenter, Kids in the Hall, Reno 911, My Name is Earl, The Office, Seinfeld, Cheers
The Monkeywrench Gang, Hayduke Lives!, The Fool's Progress, A Vagabond for Beauty, Desert Solitaire, Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Hobbit, Trapped!, The Lost Grizzlies, Grizzly Years, Moneyball, The Last Season, Deadbase X, anything by Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, Carl Hiaasen, James W. Hall, James Swain, Dennis Lehane, Harlan Coben, Steve Hamilton, Robert Crais, Lee Child
Ken Kesey, Edward Abbey, Doug Peacock, Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio, Dale Murphy, Ken Sleight, Wayne Gretzky, Randy Morgenson