Here's my current DAW list:

Computer
Home Custom Built Q6600 2.4GHz
4G DDR2
NVidea 512M Video 
22" LCD 16:9 20000:1 CR
MOTU UltraLite mk3 Hybrid

Software
Win XP Pro SP3 
Sonar 8PE 
Kontakt 4
EZ Drummer
Superior Drummer 2.X
Nashville EZX
Latin Percussion EZX
Band In A Box 2010
Real Band 
Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection
Frank's Midi Tools
Smart Loops Midi Drums
Goldwave wave editor
Pyro
Soundbrewer sampled sounds
Maybe more that I can't remember right now!

Hardware

Keys
Yamaha Motif XS6 

Mixer
Mackie CR-1604 

Microphones
M-Audio Nova LDC
MXL-V63M LDC
Shure KSM27
Behringer B-5
MCA SP-1
Digital Reference Instrument and Vocal Mics (several)

Studio Monitors
Behringer B2301 Truths

Rack Equipment
ART TPS II mic pre
Golden Age Pre 73
Behringer HA8000 headphone amp
Behringer MDX2600 Compressor
Behringer DSP2024P FX module

Headphones
Sennheiser HD515
Audio Technica ATH-M40FS
Several other cheap headphones
Several mic stands
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MUCH more than my wife thinks I need;
MUCH less than I think I need!!!!

Here's some of my musical influences:
There are so many!  I know I will forget some and have to come back several times!

Alan Parsons Project
YES
Kansas
Steve Walsh
Genesis
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Journey
Eagles
Rush
Beatles (of course!  whose list are they NOT on?!)

Rich Mullins
Steven Curtis Chapman
Mercy Me!
Jeremy Camp
Casting Crowns
Big Daddy Weave

I'll update the list some more later as I think of them!