Biography:
I was born and raised in the small town of Freeland, MI, home to a prison, an airport, and one stop light (though they have since put in a second). I grew up the third of four brothers, living a pretty typical small town childhood. I played soccer, was adequate at street hockey, terrible at basketball, and pretty solid at the tuba.

After graduating high school, I moved to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan. While in Ann Arbor, I watched a lot of football games in the Big House and hockey games in Yost Ice Arena. It was during college that I also developed a deep (some would say "snobbish") love of movies and music.

In the oppressively hot summer of 2006, I drove from Ypsilanti, MI down to Austin, TX to start graduate school at the University of Texas. Austin continues to feed my obsessive love of movies and music. I live with my cat, nominally named Tasha, but most often referred to simply as "kitty" or "cat."

Links of questionable interest:
You can read more about my interest in music, film, and literature at my (rarely updated) personal blog, The Octopus Motor.

You can see the first three in an ongoing series of "Favorite Directors" portraits I've been doing: Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, and Dario Argento.

You can find my brother Brad's poetry website at Brad Liening's Daily Poem Factory Machine.

For all things Michigan football, check out mgoblog.
For up-to-the-minute film news, check out /Film.
For loads of pop culture stuff, check out The AVClub.
For wasting massive amounts of time, check out Reddit.

Elsewhere on ScottLiening.com:
To read about my research in behavioral endocrinology, click here: Research.
To learn about my consulting availability, click here: Consulting.
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