Thor Muller

University of Iowa, Bellarmine

Internet product development

globalization, social software, extreme mime, evolution, head trips, carney folk, imperialism, Teddy Roosevelt, creature features, complexity theory, deep sea life, Fin de Siecle, russian lit, libertarianism, Winston Churchill, Skepticism

Master & the Margerita, Never Let Me Go, Perfume, Jimmy Corrigan-the Smartest Kid On Earth, anything by Stephen J. Gould, Brothers Karamozov, Martian Chronicles, Cryptonomicon, Rousseau's Confessions, Kafka, Kavalier & Clay, Name of the Rose

Harold and Maude, The Seven Samurai, The Big Sleep, Taxi Driver, The Graduate, Rushmore, A Clockwork Orange, Willie Wonka, Brazil, the Apu Trilogy, La Strada, Amelie, Dancer in the Dark, Mulholland Drive, Women on the Verge..., Dr. Strangelove

Bach, Morricone, Cole Porter, Tom Waits, Belle & Sebastian, Thelonious Monk, Radiohead, Le Tigre, Costello, Bjork, Miles Davis, Nick Drake, Vaughn Williams, Tango, N.F. Ali Khan, David Sylvian, Bowie, Eno, Bossanova, "Revolver", Air

The Singing Detective, To Play the King, Jeopardy, Twilight Zone, The Prisoner, Cosmos, Liquid Television, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ren & Stimpy

The less said the better.

Royalty, crusty old fishmongers and permanently hungover
North Beach beatniks. Yep, that's about it. Oh, and people
who work in the dirt. The world needs more horticulturalists!