After more than a year, Summer finally has a full name: Summer Kruse. Why? (besides the obvious wordplay I mean)

Well, during my first two years in college, our school paper had a music critic whose last name was Kruse. His taste in music leaned towards the somewhat eclectic, and he rarely reviewed an album by anyone I'd heard of before. It was because of him that I discovered the New Pornographers, my current favorite-band-of-all-time.

And so, more than a year after his departure from our staff, I have named my own singer-musician character in his honor. I wish you well, Mr. Kruse, wherever you are. :)