Pigeonholing the Tigger


"Hallo!" said Tigger. "I've found somebody just like me. I thought I was the only one of them."

The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne; illustrations by E. H. Shepard


On the off chance that you're actually curious (as I often am) about what the person behind the WWW pages is like, I've listed a few clues below. They should be just enough information to distort your perception of me should we ever actually meet.

Oh, and how 'bout the most prejudicial thing of all: a photograph.

Things that Tigger loves (in no particular order):
  • a good argument
  • Coke Classic
  • science fiction novels
  • tequila
  • Godzilla movies
  • Calvin & Hobbes treasuries
  • Germany, especially the Black Forest
  • writing poetry
  • psychoanalyzing someone's love life
  • kung fu movies
  • Japanese animation
  • falling asleep while reading
  • the New York Times Sunday Magazine crossword puzzle
  • the plain, gunmetal-grey original Netscape background
  • songs with intelligent lyrics
  • enthusiasm

Things that Tigger loathes (in no particular order):
  • self-righteousness
  • a certain religion centred in Utah that shall remain nameless
  • having to watch people be embarrassed
  • tv shows where the woman is given moral latitude, but the man is not
  • tv shows where the man is given moral latitude, but the woman is not
  • political correctness (the unthinking, self-deluded variety)
  • coconut-flavoured anything
  • computer viruses, and anyone who thinks viruses are "cool", "postmodern", or "revolutionary"