Randall is also a local artist and actor. His interests include painting; art history; certain artists (Vermeer; Rembrandt; Michelangelo; Frazetta); philosophy (Ayn Rand); political economy (von Mises); natural history (Dawkins); Western Civilization; politics (Laissez-nous faire!); The Civil War; WWII; ancient Rome; ancient Greece; Museums (The Louvre; The Frick Collection; The Pergamonmuseum; Musee d'Orsay - though Impressionism is overrated); literature (George Eliot; Ford Maddox Ford; PG Wodehouse; Jane Austen; Charlotte Bronte; JRR Tolkein); Europe; the American Civil War; acting in community theater and opera.