This blog is a personal creative writing exercise. I maintain it because I love to write, but lack the guts to actually go out there and get a job that pays me to do so. And because I don't deal well with editors, deadlines or criticism. The accounts here are lightly and randomly fictionalized, because my real life is pretty darned boring. The names of those mentioned here are changed so nobody sues me. Websites listed under "Buy Their Stuff" are those of friends (or friends of friends) whose work I admire, but from whom I receive no compensation other that the pleasure of knowing them. All opinions are a product of my own deranged intellect, so if I say something that offends you, well... go get yourself a copy of the first amendment and read it while you chew on some hard cheese.