who

everybody knows “a Michael.” I’m the Other one.

 

Possibilities

a feral child raised by wolves in the wilds of south dakota and speaking no known language

 

after MLA saboteurs killed his parents in a gruesome dictionary disaster he devoted himself to ridding the world of linear language

 

granted superhuman powers by an ancient god found in a dusty tome of shakespeare, the author has committed himself to righting the linguistic wrongs of the world

 

when a library accident hideously scarred his features he retired to a life of seclusion and semantic obscurity

 

a crack team of government-trained surgeons put him together with one purpose

 

he writes these things with his toes on an old typewriter bequeathed to him by his grandfather. it is cold and his fingers are encased within warm woolen mittens. they itch. at night wolves bay beneath his window as they feed on his scraps and leavings. their paper-rich diet has made them whisper-thin and leathery. they creak as they walk. their howls are like unto the turning of pages. it is cold outside the house, and there is nothing more to be seen. it snows.

 

there is no truth to the rumor that he is cruising with elvis in bigfoots ufo. although he has been known to play cribbage with bat-boy.

 

True Stories

True Stories

 

 

Other Possibilities

 

a likely story

 

Meet the Other

 

web presence

linked-in profile

 

emacs-wiki profile

 

OLPC wiki profile

 

pmwiki wiki profile

 

stack overflow profile

 

twits

 

tribe.net profile

 

unavoidable facebook profile

 

inevitable myspace page

 

lifestream

 

photos at flickr

 

good reads

 

BoingBoing profile

 

Identi.ca and othermichael-ideas (for a project with Mike Benedetti

 

Google profile

 

 

Amazon wish-list

 

 

Please note that the above are not listed in any particular order, and the frequency of my visits to any given site may be low. Email is usually the best method of contacting me, unless you catch me at my desk.