...is also my Gmail identity, if you feel inclined to email me a comment or two. I’m a lot older than the picture suggests. The attitude, however, is pretty much bang on: enthusiastic, life-affirming — the very essence of joie de vivre. OK, I exaggerate. But as a skeptic (and who isn’t these days), you already know better than to believe everything you read. So, read on...

The avatar is courtesy of my son, whose comic insight may be further appreciated here.