I am a half-dead white cis male, born and raised in Delco, Pennsylvania and I’m not afraid to admit it. If you're still reading I'll add I'm seriously old school when it comes to aesthetics, philosophy, politics. I am a curmudgeon in that, with a few exceptions, it’s clear to me that everything has been going downhill since around the year 14 and this decline has with the turn of the century accelerated dramatically toward an inexorable cultural apocalypse. I am a contrarian to the extent that, as far as I can see it, everybody is drinking from the Kool-Aid, it's just a matter of its flavor and who's handing it out. I disagree with just about everybody about everything.

I define as an intellectual and at times an existentialist. My education has been mostly autodidactic outside of a brief stint of traditional education that resulted in a master's degree in Classical Studies. I enjoy chess, classical music (mostly Bach), art and art history, literature and poetry. Although I'd rather be a brain in a jar on a shelf, I ride a bike to try to stay alive longer. Most of my time is spent writing and reading. I have as of writing this 1790 books. Yes, I keep a list of them, and no, I haven’t read them all. One of my recurring dreams is I burrow deeper into the earth creating an alchemist chamber in which I scrive epics nobody will ever read. I currently live in southern Chester County where I also work as a teacher until I die there. I'd much rather live elsewhere, definitely somewhere in Europe, but I know it will never happen.