The short answer:

Ask me any* question, and I’ll try to answer it.

The long answer:

I would like to be a questionable person, as in the kind of person to whom people like asking questions, not the kind of person to whom people desperately avoid asking questions. (Perhaps “interrogable” would have been a less questionable choice of word than “questionable,” but I like the fact that a question mark is curved like a Q. “?uestionable.”)

To my credit, I think I am very good at being asked questions, but for some strange reason, people always expect a response. Apparently a shrug isn’t good enough, unless the question was “Could you raise both your shoulders for me?” or “What’s another name for a bolero jacket?”

Then one day, someone (I) asked me (myself), “Why not start a blog where people can ask you (me) questions?” I, naturally, shrugged. But my interrogator (still I) persisted. “This isn’t such a crazy idea. How often can you (someone) ask a question and get a real, honest answer from anyone, let alone someone (you (me)) who is almost as clever and witty as I (I) am?” And while this conversation soon degenerated into an argument about which of us was the cleverer, so you see the seed was sown, so to speak. (We both lost, by the way.)

So here is what I propose. You ask me a question, and I will answer it as best I can with the appropriate amount of honesty and sincerity. I cannot promise that I will give the best possible answer, but since you will surely not be asking the best possible question, I say we call it even. The hope is that by the end of this questionable endeavor… well, if you want to know, just go ahead and ask.

*What kinds of questions am I looking for? You can ask basically anything, but if you want a satisfactory answer, you should keep the following in mind.

  1. Please be understandable. Illiteracy is not something you can write home about. (Pun!)
  2. Try to be specific. It is hard to answer questions that are as vague as this sentence.
  3. I am not a fountain of general knowledge. Though there are a few areas about which I know far more than the average person, in most cases if you ask me a general fact, such as the answer to life, the universe, and everything, Google is a far better resource.
  4. I will not give out any personal data such as my Social Security Number. Maybe I don’t even have a Social Security Number.
  5. I reserve the right not to answer any question due to religious beliefs. Or if I don’t feel like it. Probably the latter. Yeah, definitely the latter.

So what does that leave? Well, you should feel free to ask about my life, or opinions, or advice, or any other capricious whimsy that springs to mind. If you feel an answer is unsatisfactory, you can press the issue, but be specific.

So if you’d like to see how questionable I can be, leave me a question in the comments section. You can be anonymous. I am, too, for now.

Cheers,