Things that are consistently nearby: my beautiful wife (and our baby girl who is due in less than a month), a mocha from Starbucks, some sort of creative home project magazine, a 64bit dual core processor, a game of Texas hold 'em, a round of golf, a microbrew, a quick hike on a nearby mountain, a five-string Music Man bass, a Pentium 4 1.8GHz (retro is cool), a stack of culturally informative movies, some sort of hip-hop music, and my Greek New Testament.
I'm a farmer's kid. Practicality is very important to me. "If it don't work, fix it!" is the motto passed down to me on our farm.
... a fervent spirit of learning, MCSE (Win2K - present), Network administration and managment, an Electronic Media degree. I also have a "general computer hack" degree.