Good start with music. Also beer. Not shitty beer, like Coors Light. I mean a quality local beer brewed by someone who gives a shit. Also boobs.

I may be alone as a currency speculator on this, but any time that idiot Bernanke opens his mouth, it's like pennies from heaven. Keep talking, big guy. The upspike on a long position, or the total crash on a short position is a beautiful thing.

Conflict sex;

old luggage;

leather-bound books ("I'm kind of a big deal" );

new car smell;

a well designed chair;

rain in the morning;

forest green;

paper;

whipped cream;

refrigeration;

craftsmanship;

water pressure;

Persian rugs;

elbow patches;

spinach and prosciutto crespelle;

card scrapers;

language classes;

houseplants;

the BBC series "planet earth";

work pants;

ice cream;

cooking with gas, and

comfortable socks.

      Can I have 3 ?

           More than one Goddess !

           Peace of mind

           Pleasure  ..... 

art, art, and more fuckin art. srsly not just as a passion or hobby, but i truly feel that life would be a much more bland, dry, floundering thing without some sort of creative interpretation to stimulate our imaginations (or at least scientific wonder to save its ass). best thing is it can include everything else you love about life including nature and all the beer and boobage you could ever want.

with that out of the way, i can now shamelessly brag that my avie (albeit half-assed) is indeed my own artistic spawn. fear its incomplete cartoony-ness.

also, animals. i may well have shot myself long ago if people were the only species on this planet.

.....

... not that i much expect any of this to coincide with that uniting pattern you're anticipating. sorreh for most probably wasting space in your thread. xD

except one. first person to say like, star wars or something, gets assaulted. (and do not dare argue that it's art. xD)

but yeah, thanks for the assurance.

... and potatoes would certainly have to have an interesting explanation.

okay hiswillness which one you itching to do, cause if it's a slimy disgusting can of worms you wanna open, either one will do.

okay ya cool, at like 11 p.m. family guy is the best thing about life too, but if it was your honest answer to "what is your favorite thing about life," you need a new one... and maybe previously mentioned assault for good measure.

learning

i know that might sound cheesy, but i find learning a new idea, or figuring out something complicated that didn't make sense...just simply thrilling...i feel like i get a high off of it when an idea suddenly clicks in and starts making sense

Music

Learning/reading

Mastering a new skill

Alcohol..(I'm atheist of course I'm a alcoholic)

Oh, good one! I forgot adventure!

My top ten

1.Art

2.Music

3.Knowledge

4.Philosophy

5.Science

6.Books

7.Sex(Masturbation)

8.Role Playing Games

9.Video Games

10.Movies

Like so many others, I can't narrow it down to one, although all things considered, it would be really, really hard for me to give up expertly prepared food.  I'm going to Eric Ripert's restaurant next week, and I've been giddy for two months since I made the reservation.  Last time I was in Philly, I went to Morimoto, and it was amazing.  It was like putting sex, art, and food all together on a plate and then eating it!

Ok... a few other things...

Zappa wouldn't have written "Titties and Beer" unless it was all true.  I like titties and beer.  At the same time.

I overdid music when I was younger and am a bit burned out, but it would be damn hard to give it up.

Wine.

Really good tequila.

Really good gin.

I love the fact that there are too many kinds of beer in the world for me to ever try them all.

Photography.

Gravy.  If you live in the south, you know that gravy makes everything better.

Ok... I'm going to get into real trouble for this one.  I love being smart.  Whether it was luck or all those books my mom read to me when I was a baby, I'm a pretty smart dude, and I'm really glad I'm not dumb.

The last year or so, I've gotten into growing my own herbs for cooking.  We'll see if I grow to love it.  Right now, it's awfully neat.  Oh, last night, I had the season's first asparagus out of my girlfriend's garden.  I love the season's first asparagus.  Pick it right out of the yard, quick rinse, roast at 350 with salt, pepper, olive oil for ten minutes.  Perfect.  Love on a plate.

That is quite a response. I know that mortality is the great equalizer, but while I do not know if you believe in an afterlife that will be eternal(and with a possibility of being very heavenly), I find it hard to think that one could never find anything beautiful if one were immortal. Does this only apply to earthly existence where this life is like a restroom stop in Barstow(Earth) on the way to San Diego's beaches(heaven)?

Only one thing??

People

Listening to people, watching people, interacting with people, meeting new people, annoying people, hating people, arguing with people...

Lol! Yeah, unfortunately, I suffer from the same affliction.. so here goes:

dark chocolate!!

watermelon

thunderstorms

aquariums (fish are my favorite animals)

gin & tonic

vodka with girly flavors (sorry, not much of a beer drinker)

learning/thinking

[good] sex

sunsets

ketchup

pickles!

running on the lakefront

rollercoasters

the discovery channel

creating music

Don't have one.

Oh c'mon, Captain - it's not a quiz! You can list off anything you like. Nachos, motorcycles, transistors - you name it.

This may, in fact, be my favourite thread.