Pete Yorn, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Pernice Brothers, Beth Orton, Lucinda Williams (especially "Sweet Old World"), Joe Henry, Paul Kelly, The Jayhawks, Uncle Tupelo, Alejandro Escovedo, Fountains of Wayne, Cracker, Peter Case, Luka Bloom, Blue Rodeo, Buffalo Tom...

Lone Star, Big Eden, Saved!, Garden State, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Clerks, The Dinner Game, About A Boy, Unstrung Heroes, His Girl Friday, Smoke, Personal Velocity, The Tao of Steve, Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy "Blue", "White" and "Red"...

How To Be Good (and anything else by Nick Hornby), The Winter of Our Discontent, all of Roddy Doyle, anything by David Sedaris, Running With Scissors.

Currently reading "The Night Listener" and "The Iraq Study Group Report" with "The Life of Pi", "Stoner" and "Citizen Vince" in the queue.

Bicycles (road and mountain), full moon excursions (especially on the mountain bike) motorcycle riding, movies, wine, beer, music and music shopping, working on my old house, hiking, travel, road trips...

I'm open minded and tolerant, a live and let live kind of guy, fair minded, considerate, peaceful, a rabid pacifist, animal and nature lover, hard working, dependable, energetic, even-keeled. Not fond of hypocrites, religious fanatics, bigots, loud motorcycles, automatic transmissions, agression and people who don't use their turn signals.