

Michael Klein
"There's out, and there's OUT."
Fun Facts About Michael
Most Proud Of
My kids - wait, don't roll your eyes - they're cool because one is a scientist studying astrophysics and the other is an artist studying musical composition. Come on, that's cool.
People Most Influenced By
My parents and The Marx Brothers
Favorite Books
"Station Eleven," "Rules of Civility," "The Oracle of Stamboul," "Crime and Punishment"
Can't Resist
Some movies - no matter at what point you catch them, you watch all the way through. Example: Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Napoleon Dynamite, The Fifth Element.
What Most People Don't Know About Me
I've been to Big Bird's actual house many times. My parents were friends with his wife and every summer when I was growing up we'd go to his estate in the Berkshires for a long weekend of parties, fireworks, and music.
Lesley Dixon
“Ain’t I a stinker?”


Fun Facts About Lesley
Countries Traveled
Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, England, Scotland, Wales
People Most Influenced By
David Bowie; Robert Stack from Unsolved Mysteries
Favorite Accessory
A pair of dangly gold skeleton earrings that I bought during Halloween season and are now part of my regular rotation
The Most Unusual Thing In Your Office
The Ricky Rice mascot costume slumped in the corner
Favorite Books
Anything by D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, the Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, and an unsettling mix of true crime novels and nerdy fantasy series (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, etc)
How to get him/her on a date
My lawyer has advised me not to answer this question
What Most People Don't Know About Me
I was a wannabe punk as a kid and shaved my head when I was 14. My mother has never forgiven me.
Best Childhood Memory
A snowy Colorado night when I hit a neighbor boy dead on in the face with a snowball from ten yards away and then watched A Muppet Christmas Carol and drank hot cocoa with my best friend and her little sister wrapped up in blankets
Weirdest Thing I've Ever Eaten
a witchetty grub


Lydia Holmes
“Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it…yet”
Fun Facts About Lydia
Most Proud Of
My houseplant collection. I can’t say I’m a farmer, but maybe I can qualify as an urban gardener.
Favorite Rice Dish
At the moment my favorite is brown rice risotto, because I figured out this year that you can use brown U.S. medium grain to make risotto. I’m hooked!
Best Childhood Memory
When I was little, I got to ride on the combine with my dad during harvest sometimes. I loved watching the hopper fill up with rice (or soybeans, or wheat) and getting to hang out with my dad during one his busiest time of year.
The Most Unusual Thing In Your Office
A pocket door…because my office is actually a closet. And a portrait of my dog Cooper that my mom had painted for me for my birthday last year.