Books
American Gods, Kate Atkinson, Tom Robbins, Anne Tyler, Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien, Non-fiction Politics, The Death of Expertise, Mystery, True Crime, Freakonomics, History, Bill Bryson, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Beowulf, Arthuriana, Mouse Guard, Terry Pratchett, Good Omens, The House on Mango Street, The Odyssey, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Social Commentary, Colin Dexter, Martha Grimes, Barbara Kingsolver, Agatha Christie, P.D. James, Scandinavian Crime, William Kent Krueger, Tom Nichols.
What I'm reading right now: The Atlantic magazine
Music
Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Classic Rock, Alternative Rock, Classical, Jazz, Electronica, Hip Hop, Kendrick Lamar, Punk. Steely Dan, The Hold Steady, The White Stripes, Nirvana, Green Day, The Civil Wars, Dead Can Dance, Janis Joplin, Ike Reilly, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Massive Attack, Atmosphere, The Beastie Boys, Bruce Cockburn, Elvis Costello, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Utah Phillips, Pearl Jam, Rammstein, Metallica, The Dead Kennedys, L7, Joni Mitchell, Flogging Molly, The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ryan Bingham, Jesse Malin, The Head and the Heart, Dire Straits, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Heart, Sarah McLachlan, Mumford & Sons, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Ethan Daniel Davison, Doomtree, Guante, Dessa, Pop Vultures.
What I'm listening to right now: Mika
Movies & Television
Lord of the Rings, Excalibur, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The 13th Warrior, Casablanca, Star Wars (4,5,6), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The West Wing, Documentaries (historical, travel, and social/political), The Daily Show, Rachel Maddow, Battlestar Galactica (new series), Monty Python, Northern Exposure, Shaun of the Dead, Firefly/ Serenity, Angel, Bones, In Plain Sight, Joss Whedon, Aaron Sorkin, It's a Wonderful Life, Love Actually, Creator, The Breakfast Club, Iron Man, Longmire, Justified, Anything Marvel, Bosch, NCIS, QI, Midsomer Murders, Vera, Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax.
The last thing I viewed was: Bosch
Podcasts & Radio
PantherCast, KVSC.org, The Nerdist, Intelligence Squared, A Way with Words, WNYC's Radio Lab, Grammar Girl, This American Life, Car Talk, Hardcore History, Common Sense with Dan Carlin, Stuff You Missed in History Class, Freakonomics, The Moth, British History Podcast, The Daily, Start Here, Dumb People Town, In the Dark.
The Last Podcast I listened to was: Counterclock
Places
Northern Minnesota, England, Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis, lakes, rivers, Boston, New York City, forests, oceans, Wales, fjords, Sweden.
My last trip out of town was to: Minneapolis.
Things
Cats, forests, water, coolness, pizza & pasta, root beer, lilacs, lavender, the color purple, homemade soaps, yarn, science, playing cards, travel, ice cream, mountains, gardens, early mornings on days off, winter, autumn, street fairs, coffee, swimming, trivia, learning, reading, walking. And more cats.
Blogs
Incurable Insomniac, Boing Boing, First Amendment Schools, Cake Wrecks, Cool Cat Teacher, Fischbowl, Free Range Kids, Apostrophe Abuse, Ideas and Thoughts, Intrepid Teacher, Moving at the Speed of Creativity, Parents Across America, Stephen's Web, Teach Paperless, Yarn Harlot, Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog, Hwaet, Whatever, Beyond School, Bridging Differences, Stop Trying to Inspire Me, Schools Matter, Powerful Learning Practice, Walking to School, Information Wants to Be Free, Louis Gray, A. Kipta's Blog, Pharyngula, You Bent My Wookiee, Good Morning Kitten, The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee, xkcd.