Kubrick, Tarantino, Eastwood.

Darn near all of it, especially Blues and slide guitar.

Dickens, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Locke, Paine, Jefferson.

The color of ripe wheat the day it's cut.

That which I did not prepare myself.

Happy husband, proud Dad, doting Grandpa, usually in need of a haircut, cat servant, retired military (AF), news junkie.

All the wrong kinds of food, snow, quiet, the smell of burning wood, the sound of a properly tuned big block, most anything that flies except for bugs.

Ignorance, condescension, people who are mean to animals or are challenged by the concept of integrity.

Personal finance, current events, cooking, puttering around the house and getting underfoot.