Guy Gavriel Kay, George R.R. Martin, Dan Simmons, John Irving, lots more...
too many to list
Discover, Nat'l Geographic, Newsweek
Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press
Shawshank Redemption, Dead Poets Society, all three of the Lord of the Rings movies, Monty Python's Holy Grail, So I Married an Axe Murderer
ER, Will & Grace, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Carnivale, most Bravo reality shows (especially Top Chef & Project Runway)
a cappella, jazz and swing, folk/acoustic, classical, more...
Hockey, baseball, football
Detroit Red Wings! and Boston Bruins when they're playing anyone but the Wings. Detroit Tigers & Boston Red Sox. Detroit Lions (sigh)
Anywhere with mountains
Yes please