Anna I.

Akira the Don, Alexi Murdoch, Alison Kraus (and Union Station; and Robert Plant), Animal Liberation Orchestra, Among the Oak and the Ash, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Bad Company, The Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Ben Lee, Black Eyed Peas, Blitzen Trapper, Bright Eyes, Bruce Cockburn, Cat Stevens, Clem Snide, Damien Rice, Darren Hanlon, David Byrne, The Decemberists, Derek Webb, Dixie Chicks, Donovan, Eels, Fiest, The Format, Greg Laswell, Griffin House, Guster, Ingrid Michaelson, Jenny Owen Youngs, JJ Heller, John Butler Trio, Johnny Cash, Jose Gonzalez, Joseph Arthur, Josh Ritter, Josh Turner, Joshua Radin, Kaki King, Little Big Town, Kenny Loggins, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, Mason Jennings, Meiko, MGMT, Mika, Museum Pieces, My Morning Jacket, Nanci Griffith, Neil Young, The New Pornographers, Newton Faulkner, Nickel Creek, Noah & the Whale, Pete Yorn, Peter King, Prince, The Raconteurs, Radical Face, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor, Richard Hawley, Rilo Kiley, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros, The Submarines, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Vampire Weekend, Xavier Rudd, Yo-yo Ma, Yonder Mountain String Band

“Books are humanity in print.” ~ Barbara W. Tuchman, “Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.” ~ Salman Rushdie

Walk the Line, Touching the Void, The Antwone Fisher Story, In America, Angels in America, Big Fish, Band of Brothers, Crash, The Emperor's New Groove, Pan's Labyrinth, Gettysburg, the X-Men series, Aladdin, Lions for Lambs, Lars and the Real Girl, Angels in America, Iron Man

House, NCIS, 30 Rock, PBS

Washington, D.C., the rare hills of eastern South Dakota, western South Dakota, northwestern United States, Glacier National Park

Laughing, music, learning, literature, languages, politics, grammar, history, personality types, psychology, current events, you!

Independent, but I tend to lean left

Augustana College (SD)