Favorite visual artist Many Classical artists, Boris Vallejo, Frazetta, many others Favorite movies Blade Runner, The Shawshank Redemption, Ghost in the Shell, The Green Mile. Favorite TV shows NCIS, BONES, House, MD, Warehouse 13, Eureka, re - runs of Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, BSG Favorite bands / musical artists Bear McCreary, Three Dog Night, Basia, anything Fusion, Old School Jazz Favorite books Anything by Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Books about Buddhism, ancient Egypt & eclectic subjects Favorite writers Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Clarke, Stephen King, Niven, & anything to do with Buddhism, Egypt, Pompeii, Petra, etc. Favorite games Old style arcade games - Vintage ! Tools of the Trade My HP Pavilion Slimline computer, even though it's temperamental. Other Interests World music, folk art, my potted plants, antiques / antiquities.