Favorite visual artist Chuck Close Favorite movies Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Dawn of the Dead, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Shaun of the Dead, This is Spinal Tap, The Evil Dead, Dumb and Dumber Favorite TV shows Star Trek, Deadwood, Rome, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Big Bang Theory, Battlestar Galactica Favorite bands / musical artists Van Halen, Garbage, Faith No More, Cowboy Mouth, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Darkness Favorite books The Lord of The Rings, D-Day With the Screaming Eagles, Hard Case Crime Novels, The Walking Dead, Sin City, 100 Bullets Favorite writers Tolkien, Les Roberts, Michael Chrichton Favorite games Dominion, Warmachine, Lost Cities, Ra, Combat Commander, Twilight Struggle, Call of Duty, Resident Evil Favorite gaming platform XBOX 360 and Wii Tools of the Trade CS5.5 Other Interests Brewing beer.