About this blog

If you're wondering why this blog has such a strange name, that was the subject of my very first post.

The most successful blogs -- those with really large readerships, anyway -- usually focus on a single topic. This isn't one of those successful blogs. I blog about everything.

Mostly I talk about pop culture, i.e., books, movies, and music. I like doing reviews, although often they're about older releases rather than what just came out.

I try to be funny a lot -- I think I succeed more often than not.

I talk about politics too, especially during major elections. I'm not a big fan of the Democratic Party, but when the only real alternative is a party that just spent eight years wrecking the country, what're you gonna do?

I joined the Mormon Church when I was 20, and I was a devout believer for over 20 years. I'm not anymore. I'm an atheist and a humanist. I haven't written much about how I got this way, but I probably will eventually.

Autism diagnosis is an inexact science, but I have many characteristics of Asperger's syndrome. This discovery has given me a new perspective on my own behavior and my life story. I occasionally explore that new perspective in this blog.

I lived in Japan for about 10 years. I speak and read Japanese fluently, and I make my living as a translator. I haven't been back there much lately, though, so I don't write about Japan all that often.

I'm married and I have four children ages 6 to 19, but I rarely write about that side of my life.

Last but not least, I make no distinction between on-line and IRL friends. I consider my regular readers to be my friends. I hope you'll think of me the same way.

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