Educator of the youth of America. Mastermind of a small-time theatre company. Wanderer of the Earth. Or at least North-west Europe.

Travel, reading, theatre, hiking, biking, good tobacco, good pints, and good conversation.

Van Morrison, The Pogues, Wilco, Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Daniel Lanois, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Beatles, Sufjan Stevens, Badly Drawn Boy, Bob Dylan, Camera Obscura, Stephen Malkmus, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, U2.

Lost in Translation, Rushmore, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Lord of the Rings, High Fidelity, Star Wars, Heat, His Girl Friday, Lawrence of Arabia, All the Real Girls.

The Office, Lost, Sports Night, The West Wing, Rome, The Simpsons.

The Lord of the Rings, High Fidelity, Sex, Drugs, and Coco-Puffs, A Walk in the Woods, Naked, Take the Cannoli, Harry Potter, Watchmen, Sandman.