Tolkien, Peter F Hamilton, Terry Goodkind, Christopher Hitchens, Diary of a Drug Fiend

Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard, Fu Manchu, Tool, Tom Waits...to name a few.

To get a good idea on what I listen to, visit here http://www.last.fm/user/RaymondEBot

computers, music, web design, reading, writing, going to the desert