National Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Public Radio International, Piano, Guitar, Choral Singing, Rock, Crossword Puzzles, Badminton, Pocket Billiards, 8-ball, 9-ball, Cut throat, Chess, Trivia, Physics, Mathematics, Logic, Linguistics, Baseball, Nudity, Juggling, Politics, Grammatical pedantry, General pedantry, Teaching
I'd like to meet:
philologists
Music:
Beethoven, Bach, The Beatles, Radiohead, U2, Sigur Ros, Weezer, Built to Spill, Tenacious D, Belle and Sebastian, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Who, Beck, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Pink Martini, REM, The Flaming Lips, Eels, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Johnny Cash, Handel, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, The Kinks, The Cars, Muse, Rush, Ben Folds, Guster, Talking Heads, Avril Lavigne
Movies:
2001: A Space Odyssey, The Fifth Element, So I Married an Ax Murderer, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, Back to the Future I, Back to the Future III, Revenge of the Nerds, What About Bob, Dave, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Princess Bride, La Vita E Bella, Braveheart, Office Space, Secretary, Boondock Saints, American Beauty, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Willow, Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Raising Arizona, Big Night, Meeting People is Easy
Television:
Frontline, Seinfeld, The Simpsons (pre ego-mania period), Law and Order (pre Sam Waterstone period), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Home Movies, Dr. Katz, 30 Rock, The Soup, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Books:
"What do you care what other people think" by Richard Feynman,
"Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne,
"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins,
"The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins,
"The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sachs,
"Dave Barry Slept Here" by Dave Barry,
"Dave Barry's Guide to Guys" by Dave Barry,
"How to Stay Fit and Healthy till You're Dead" by Dave Barry,
"Dave Barry in Cyberspace" by Dave Barry,
"Dave Barry Does Japan" by Dave Barry,
"The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Zukov,
"Quantum Mechanics" by David Griffiths,
"Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences" by Mary Boas,
"Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged" edited by Phillip Gove,
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking,
"The Confessions" by Saint Augustine,
"The Iliad" by Homer,
"The Golden Ass" by Apuleius,
"Godel Escher Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter
Heroes:
Richard Dawkins is probably one of the closet things I have to a hero. I have admired his scientific writings since I was in high-school. His scientific insight and crystal-clear style of explanation are two qualities I would like to be able to emulate.
