Music

What I'm listening to these days

Evanescence
Michelle Branch
Sarah Brightman
Jewel
Norah Jones
Nina Gordon
The Eagles
Dixie Chicks
Shakira
Vanessa Mae
Hijas Del Tomate
Imani Coppola

Other stuff that I have and sometimes listen to

ABBA
Celine Dion
The Corrs
Dido
Exposé
Natalie Imbruglia
Sarah McLachlan
Emily Richards
Christina Aguilera
Fey
Selena
Soraya
Carlene Carter
LeAnn Rimes
Shania Twain
Alanis Morisette
Jennifer Lopez
No Doubt
Pretenders
Kylie Minogue
Pink
Charlotte Church

Recommended Books

The Language Instinct (Steven Pinker)
The Seven Daughters of Eve (Bryan Sykes)
Chinese: An Essential Grammar (Yip Po-Ching, Don Rimmington)
Darwin's Black Box (Michael Behe)
Darwin On Trial (Philip Johnson)

Notes: You can read my review of the Chinese grammar book on amazon.com. I realize that many people will disagree with Behe and Johnson, but I think the books are worth reading anyway (particularly Behe's).

Good Textbooks

Electricity and Magnetism (Edward M. Purcell)
Elementary Differential Equations (Boyce and DiPrima)

Notes: Purcell is the kind of book people seem to either love or hate. Just look at the reviews on Amazon. Personally, I think it one of the best textbooks I've had at 'tech. We used Boyce and DiPrima in a class I took at the University of Oregon. When I came back to 'tech, I discovered that it is now being used here as well and I consider that a good thing. I confess I didn't actually read a whole lot of it but that was only because the lectures followed the book closely enough that reading added little.

Television

I don't like watching that much television so I tend not to see anything regularly. My roommate watches Friends fairly regularly so I've seen a lot of Friends episodes. Beyond that, I sometimes watch Simpsons, COPS, Maximum Exposure, Scrubs, or channel flip between The Tonight Show and Letterman.