À la Woody Allen's character Isaac in "Manhattan," here is my list of things that make my life worth living (and no, they do not include Groucho Marx, the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony, or Stacy's face).

• Raymond Carver short stories
• Bartlett pears from Harry & David
• Old episodes of The Simpsons
• Aloo saag from Bombay Chaat House
• Hot black coffee early in the morning
• Movies from The Criterion Collection
• Vegan chicostick donuts from Voodoo Donuts
• Pears from Harry & David at Christmas time
• The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
• Oatmeal with chocolate chips and peanut butter
• Douglas Sirk melodramas
• Midnight movies at the IFC
• Reflections in puddles
• Kandinsky's "Sky Blue"
• Simon & Garfunkel's "Bookends"
• These essays:
  • "Criticism" by Matthew Ghoulish
  • "Steps Towards A Small Theory of the Visible" by John Berger
  • "Against Interpretation" by Susan Sontag