Sipping ice-cool beverages under a banyan tree in Waikiki, Guitar (want to learn!) Football, Chess, making friends, traveling, surfing, skiing with my pal Jim, poetry, trying to speak foreign languages, like Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese and Filipino!
Astrud Gilberto, David Brooks, Sir Richard Branson, Ronaldo (both), Bob Woodward, Robert Redford, Dr. Ruth, Conan O'Brien, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joshka Fischer
Rio Samba-School, any live improv jazz quartet or trio, Mos Def, Death Cab for Cutie, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Beach Boys, Holst's The Planets, ELO, Hall & Oates, Tom Jones, Tom Jobim, Seu Jorge, Yma Sumac, U2
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Wings of Desire, Thin Red Line, Grave of the Fireflies, Empire Strikes Back, Fires on the Plain, Winter Light, Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ring, The Hobbit, Basic Instinct, A Bridge Too Far
Football (especially cup matches), Band of Brothers, Heroes, Star Trek, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Frost, Adult Swim, Lehrer News Hour, BBC World News, Only Fools and Horses, Songs of Praise
Any Kurt Vonnegut, New York Trilogy, The Bible, The Dharma Bums, The Colossus, The Koran, Beginners Guide to Filipino, Quark for Dummies, Dante's Divine Comedy
Rob Mitchell, Juan Cruz, Raoul Wallenberg, Paul Hewson, Colin Schmidt, MLK, Aung San Sui Kyi, Tiger Woods