the font "Futura"
Retrofuturism
Amelie
George Tooker's paintings,
all of them
Homo Sapiens Songwriter
Jonatha Brooke
Dave Brubeck
Abbey Road
Brazil
The paintings of
Joe and Dori DeCamillis
(and their book,
The Freeway)

The Confederacy of Dunces,
by John Kennedy Toole
Songwriter
Rufus Wainwright
The music of
Fats Waller
Chris Ware's
Acme Novelty Library
Geoff Ryman's novel
Was
Richard Feynman,
Physicist
Television pioneer
Ernie Kovacs
The poetry of
Kathryn T. S. Bass
Raising Arizona
The 1939 World's Fair
in New York City
The later works of
XTC
The paintings of
Julie Maren

Waking Life
Sea Otters
My incredible wife, Kathryn

The thoughtful music of Steve Reich
Remy Charlip's imaginative children's books, especially "Arm in Arm"
Racquetball
Penn and Teller
The Rube-Goldbergian
jazz of Raymond Scott
Mary Doria Russell's novel, "The Sparrow"
Jane Goodall

Rueben Sandwiches
Learning about
evolution
Actors who don't have to fake their southern accents
Paintings
with a strong sense of architecture about them
Ravel's Concerto in G major
The Bill of Rights
My recent favorite books
are on my new book page
People who really take time to poke around my site before they leave