Silicon Valley, CA - There are a few new features here at Receiving Me? that, according to a scientific analysis that you should pretend we did, warrant mentioning. From now until the great day of reckoning, Receiving Me? will be highlighting the top comment contributors to our periodical. (Front page, bottom left corner.) For those of you actually paying attention, … [continue]

When traveling abroad I often encountered large groups of friendly new faces willing to share a pint, but the clock was counting down to insult and injury. No more than 20 minutes into our conversation I would be confronted with questions like, “So, you’re American… do you know where France is? Wait… how about Texas? Or Washington DC?” It was … [continue]

What does one write for a first blog? I have no idea who my audience is and I can only hope that you have some vague notion of who I am–that is: nobody. Why should a nobody have a blog? I say why not?! And furthermore I promise more entertainment than the next guy; assuming the next guy … [continue]