Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Sonvolt, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Patty Griffin, Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson.

Dead Poet's Society, Magnolia, Prince of Tides, School of Rock, Superman Movies (all of them, excpet III and IV), Love Actually, Lord of the Rings.

Anything by John Irving, anything by Christopher Moore, especially "Lamb," Wendell Berry's short stories and poetry.

Old Time Mountain Music, Superman mythology, songwriting, minor league baseball.

I am a youth pastor in a college town in Oklahoma. My wife is an English professor and we have a five year old son. I love all kinds of folky-traditional music and try my hand at playing the mountain banjo, some song-writing (www.TimSean.com) a smidge of performing around local venues. I am fascinated with beards. My father and his father have thick beards and I am just getting to growing mine out for what finally seems for good.