1,054 thoughts on “experiencing the social part of social media”

1. Hi,

   I’m Michel, 31, from Germany. I’m a consultant and programmer. I also am a father of three great children aged 1, 4 and 7.

   Unfortunately, my beautiful and great and “insert love and compassion describing adjective here” wife is suffering from PTSD and depression and has been partially hospitalized for the last two years or so.

   Since I am also a nerd, love Star Trek and board games, I’m practically vacuuming in everything Will writes be it about his children and family, his Star Trek stuff or board games.

   Thanks, Will!

2. hello, Sir Wheaton & fellow Wheatonites. my name’s Jackie. I’m 24 years old. I work as a shift supervisor at a Starbucks & I devote any spare time to acting/reading/taking in the arts. I honestly have no idea how to tell if I’ve been blocked on Twitter, but you’re all welcome to check out my tweets @sugarandSpicer. they’re mostly about The X-Files, since I’m currently on season 3 of a complete re-watch.

3. I’m Naomi. I’m 22. And single. I love to write and do a lot of freelance writing. Someday I’d love to be able to support myself with the kind of writing I love to do (fiction) but until then I’ll write about garage doors, plumbing, tech news and whatever else I can get.

   This year has been a very hard one. Two of my grand parents passed away within six weeks of each other. My sister was in the hospital twice. People I thought were really good, kind people, turned out to be just about the opposite. So I’m throwing myself into this Christmas with everything I’ve got 🙂 It’s going to be a great holiday, with my family and the people I love and it’s going to lead us into a brighter 2015 (hopefully)!

   For the record Tabletop was a great bright spot during some of the difficult parts of this year. On the really bad nights, I’d load up an extended episode of Castle Panic or Small World…and just enjoy the game. So thanks for that 🙂

   Have a very Merry Christmas everyone! And a Happy New Year!

   1. I’m so sorry you’ve had such a hard year. I’m glad you’re finding those spots of sunshine wherever you can, and I’m very glad Tabletop brought you a few.
      I wish you a lot of little victories and a few big ones for the coming year. Much love x x

4. I’m Jenny, a programme manager who is curretly a stay at home Mum to a wonderful 2 year old. We have just relocated to the U.S. From the UK about 2 years ago and so far we love it.

   As a child I was not allowed board games as my folks didn’t want to play them, but now we play as much as we can. We both RP and board game with friends and family and love it. We can’t wait until our wee boy can join in (he already has his own dice).

   Tabletop has encouraged us to try games we would not normally, Gloom is always a winner for us, as is Munchkin. Thank you Wil and team for continuing to show a huge range of games and keeping us enthused.

5. Jumped into introducing myself then thought it is as important to read others intros as it is to create mine. So I deleted my start of a post and did one of my favorite things as I read – I played with numbers. I found it interesting that 60% of your commenters are female and 30% have kids.

   I am an eclectic, dyslexic name Dale that has loved gaming and sci-fi/fantasy all my life. I watched Lost in Space when it was first aired.

   I was very focused on having and raising kids all my formative years – more than anything else in the world I wanted kids and grandkids. I lost my 2 daughters and their mom in a car accident. I do know depression and trauma very well.

   Like many I loved to hate the Ensign Crusher character but I eagerly watched every episode of The Next Generation as they aired. Wil, I have really respected your posts, your roles in Big Bang, Numb3rs and Table Top!

   I brewed beer and mead with my brother when he was in college. I would love to get back to it some day.

   Now I am working hard trying to figure out the formula to get people interested in the Weather Zen video game I have been creating as a tribute to my daughters. Krellware.net just does not draw the interest I would like. Not sure if it is my often poor use of English (note the dyslexic part and “special ed” classes in high school) or something else. I am devoted and will not stop trying.

   A little more detail… with a LOT of work and help from tutors I have a BA in math and art. Was one class short in each for minors in music, religious studies, and philosophy. Was a volunteer crisis intervention counselor and counselor instructor. Taught myself to program by looking at schematics and writing 0’s and 1’s on rems of graph paper. Returned to school in my early 50’s to get an MBA from a global executive program. My 2nd wife and I have have cats, dogs, birds, horses, a donkey, and a mule. She is a blacksmith.

6. I’m Renée. Just celebrated my 25th Anniversary last month.
   I’m a mother of scary smart daughters;
   designer of book covers;
   teacher of stuff; lover of books, family, and coffee.
   Well educated, well socialized introvert-geek-nerd.

7. I’m 32, married, no kids, a 4 month old puppy. I am the manager at our local humane society thrift store. Our puppy was from a rescue transfer our shelter did with an overcrowded shelter in CA where the mom and 9 puppies were on the euthanasia list because there was no room for them. They have all found wonderful homes.

8. I’m Nigel; I’m an old guy living in Seattle. I’m a software manager, who plays with robots and autonomous quadcopters in my spare time.

   I’m married (have been for 32 years or so). My wife hated playing board games but we’ve just started on Pandemic and Forbidden Island (thanks to Tabletop) and are having a blast with the co-operative gaming. I threw some money at Tabletop Season 3 as a way of saying “thank you, Wil Wheaton”.

   I have taken your lessons to heart: “Play more games” and “Don’t be a dick!”. This seems to be working quite well.

9. HIiiii! I’m @avgsupermom aka TrekKnitter aka LadyGrizabella on Reddit (I hang out in /r/breakingmom a lot). I’m 36 yrs old, been married for almost 16 years (yes, I did marry young. Sometimes you gotta just grab life by the balls and take what you want before it gets taken from you) and I have one son who is constantly making me both happy and seriously confused.

   You see, my son is what is gently called “special needs”–he has Asperger’s, ADHD, apraxia (a speech disorder), dyspraxia (a motor planning/coordination disorder), social anxiety, motor skills (both gross and fine) delays, trichotillomania (an OCD like condition that causes him to rip his hair out) and dyscalculia (a math disorder similar to dyslexia).

   This is not what I asked for when I asked The Great Whatever to give me a child. NONE of this shit was in the parenting books and magazines I read when I was pregnant. There is no chapter on how to deal with this kind of surprise in any of the “What to Expect” books because they all expect you to have perfect children.

   Which is not what I got.

   But you know what? Over the last 10 1/2 years, I’ve learned to deal. I’ve been able to find a sense of dark humor about the whole damn situation because if I couldn’t find a way to laugh about this, I’d be crying all the damn time.

   And that’s my story. I’m a crazy sci fi fantasy loving mom who’s just trying to raise her kid right.

   And that means lots of Star Trek. Because Star Trek is my rock…always has been.

10. Alison here. British, in my late 40s, married with 16yo son. Work in IT. Love board games and SF. Please come to Cardiff ComicCon one day!

    1. Oh, Cardiff-based? Same here 🙂 so Wil, that’s two votes at least, you’d definitely be the highlight! And we have a rad little board game shop that you’d really like…

11. Hi Wil, I’m Rod. I’m 45, married, and our first daughter is 5 months old. I’ve been a geek since before it was cool, and currently work in tech support. I love reading your blog, having following it into exile and back, and think you’re an all-around hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing more of your work, both on screen and on the written page.

12. Hi Wil et al,

    I’m Andrew, a married 42 year old from the UK with one girl, cat and dog. I run my own business as an embedded software consultant – so I was also a geek before it became cool. I love all your books and the audio books are a great addition to the car (although I have a tendency to stop them as you’re about to start swearing – so my wife gets it at full blast next time she jumps in the car 🙂

    Thanks for all the interesting posts you’ve made throughout the years, some of your musings on privacy and internet freedom in the US has opened my eyes on what will happen here soon.

    Happy Christmas to you and your family (and extended www family),

    Andrew

13. I’m Mandy. I’m divorced and recently turned 50, have two adult children, and a grandchild. I love writing poetry and grew up around computers. I first played the Colossal Cave on the mainframe of my dad’s work. He’d set it up on a few terminals for my mom, the sister just younger than me, and I to play. I think my youngest three siblings colored ASCII Peanuts characters that Dad printed out for them. It was a way for us to spend time with him when he had to run large batch runs. Because of Dad, I saw every episode of TOS until I practically had them memorized. TNG was my favorite Star Trek series, though. Wesley was too young for me to have a crush on, so my heart was set on Picard. 😉

    I believe that sometimes I come across as awkward and opinionated. So, if I was blocked, it would be because of that. Though, to be honest, I don’t follow you directly on Twitter because I just can’t keep up with you. I do follow several of people you know and who retweet you regularly – so we might say that I stalk you by proxy on Twitter.

14. Hi Wil, I’m Jessie, 31, currently hanging out in Oregon. I’m a big fan of Tabletop (and day[9]’s Mostly Walking Adventures). I used to play board games with my friends in college a bunch and I really miss it.

    1. I know replying to yourself is lame, but I just realized that I left out the important bits. I love reading your blog because your daily struggles with life and depression give me hope, that some day I can be as brave as you and tell the world how I’m really feeling when all my training tells me to suck it up and pretend to be normal. I’ve recently decided to go back into counselling since my social anxiety/avoidance issues have gotten so much worse, and a part of that decision is due to the brave people on the internet like yourself who make depression and other mental health issues seem like something that doesn’t have to rule your life. Thank you.

15. I’m Michael, 41, Australian living in London, UK. I’m an unapologeticly geeky programmer who, after watching the first episode of Table Top (Small World) is now a fervent board-gamer! I spend my non-working time cajoling, converting and bribing my friends into playing with me. 🙂

16. Greetings from the North European country of Finland! My name is Tapani, and I’ve been a geek all my life. I grew up watching Star Wars, Star Trek and playing computer games and pen&paper RPGs. ST:TNG was a great inspiration for me and I always wanted to be like Wesley 🙂 I’m 36 years old, married with two kids (age 8 and 6). I work as an IT professional and enjoy nerdy things like programming, Legos and programming Legos (as in Mindstorms). When we built a house a few years ago I dreamed of building my room to look like the bridge of the Enterprise (TNG) with a good home theater and my computer where the engineering station should be. My budget didn’t allow me to fulfill this dream but I do have a room with a home theater that is also filled with Star Wars toys from my childhood and all kinds of model and Lego Star Wars/Trek ships flying around. And a Tardis, a Dalek, some Minecraft figures etc.

    I found Geek&Sundry on YouTube about a year ago and have been a fan ever since. I love playing board games and TableTop gave me the inspiration to start a bi-weekly game night at my workplace, which has been a great success. I enjoy playing boardgames with my family, and my 8 year old son regularly beats me in Small World. He’s getting Forbidden Desert for Christmas from me so there will definitely be boardgaming in our Christmas schedule 😀

    Keep being awesome and happy holidays!

17. I am a service connected vet in constant crippling pain so take life on the serious side, but like to laugh even at myself. Am an artist, a writer. Love people and animals. Am married, have children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Talked a lot before I grew old, and now that I am old it is just plain hard to shut-up once I get started.

18. Wil Wheaton you are a very nice person and I consider it an honor to have you in my life. The stuff you wrote in this last message shows the kind of person you are.

19. I’m Vicki. I’m a burnt-out tech support geek, retired (for now) fencing coach, herder of goldfish (herding cats is easy), and my mouth is often faster than my brain. (Pity my husband!) I’m also evidently addicted to parenthetical comments and I’m definitely allergic to Facebook and Twitter. On the other hand, I’m rather fond of G+ (VHanes) so make of that what you will. Hi!

20. My name is Paul. We are of very similar ages and I grew up along side Wesley Crusher and felt maligned that we never did get to find out what happened to him and the Traveler. 😉 Then I got on with life and forgot about any of it until I saw your blog mentioned on slashdot years later.

    I’m married with two children. Business-style software developer by day, super-he… I mean indie game developer by night (and weekends, etc.) When I’m not helping take care of my kids and my wife (she has brain cancer but it’s mostly stable at the moment).

    I’ve always appreciated your thoughtful approach to your wife and family and I will forever try not to be a dick. 😉 The fact that you rekindled an interest in board games is just a nice side benefit.

    Keep the faith, man… though I’m not the boss of you, either. 🙂

21. I live in Folsom, CA with my wife and two wonderful kids ages 9 & 11 (both huge Tabletop fans!) I currently manage a team of software engineers for a large semiconductor company at their Folsom campus…before Software Engineering i pursued a career as a chef.

    I’ve been gaming since high school in the 80’s…started playing AD&D 2nd edition but remember looking at a friend’s 1st edition D&D books. I still play roleplaying games about once per month with my friends from high school, though we’re spread out over a couple hundred miles. After playing AD&D, Hero Games (Champions), the James Bond RPG, and the Star Trek RPG we’ve cut it back to just Champions…a campaign that’s been running since ’83…wow..over 30 years. Amazing.

    I also play tabletop games with friends and family, and my son and i enjoy playing Magic the Gathering at FNM tournaments.

    And lastly, I’m intrigued to find that i’m only 3 degrees of separation from the Wheaton clan…and am hopeful that some time in the future i’ll be able to close the gap when the Wheatons are in Folsom.

22. Hello everyone,

    my name is amber dawn and i live somewhere in southwestern ontario, canada. i was married in november 2013. i’m still grieving the passing of my cat lion who i shared a life with for 14 years – he died the end of june this year. i’m heartbroken.

    so, i enjoy music & so forth. also like to read books, write in my paper journal and post online, take photographs and i’m looking forward to doing some more traveling with my husband soon in the new year.

    i’ve struggled with depression, anxiety, bouts of agoraphobia and so forth since my early ’20s when going through a terrible time with where i was working and the complicated sad situation it was. i’m 36 now and trying to get things sorted out but it’s an ongoing trial.

    i’m on twitter as @goldmourn. i sent out a lot of christmas cards through snail mail this year because i think it’s something that needs to come back into style. so obviously i love tabletop games – board games and cards and sitting with people and talking face to face over tea & such.

    thanks for this blog and this post and for sharing so much with all of us.

23. My name is Eran and I’m from Israel. I’m married to the awesome Maayan but no kids so far. I’m a game developer and like you, I prefer board games to computer games, when multiplayer is concerned. It’s about the face to face interaction.
    A while back, my wife sent you an email and you never answered. I assumed you were just too busy but it’s really important to her so I’m using this opportunity to raise the subject.

    1. Hi Eran. I also wrote to Wil as well especially because he invited feedback from his Just A Geek audiobook. I was heart broken because I didn’t get at least a “thank you” email back after devoting an extensive amount of time writing and even setting up an encryption key. It made me realize I should focus on my real life friendships. It was a fluke that I even checked this post today. But, it was nice to see Wil reach out. Given by the number of posts in these forums, Wil would almost have to live a few life times to be able to communicate with all of us individualy. It was nice to read that I am not the only that have felt dissalussioned from not getting a reply though. Thanks for your post!

24. Hi I am Laura, 30, Scottish, and work as a librarian. I am passionate about volunteering and hill walking and I will be spending new year playing board games with friends.

25. My name is PollyAnna. I am 25, married and I have a beautiful baby girl. I’m currently on maternity leave and after my year off I will be returning to school. I am Canadian, but am working towards my dream of moving to the Netherlands.

    Games are a huge part of my family life and are what brought my husband and I together. We bonded over our love of games… Some of which were games I knew of because of you and Tabletop. Thank you.

26. Hi, my name is Christian and I live in Germany.
    I love Tabletop but after roleplaying a lot in my teens and tweens I now hardly have time for playing anything (especially after our daughter was born 14 months ago). I also love reading and watching science-fiction and fantasy (I watched TNG when it first appeared on TV in Germany 15 years ago!).
    One other thing I would love to start is home brewing (a good German has to love beer after all!).
    In addition I follow all kinds of science stuff on youtube and I’m also on twitter (@ZarquonDE) but not very active myself.

    So just keep up your great work and DFTBA!

27. My name is Tanya, I am a tech, an artist, a writer, a gamer, a geek, and a nerd. There’s more, but I would write all night, then erase it because it would feel like self aggrandization. Even if it was true. I have cats. I fix things. I make things. I read things. It is very nice to meet you. I am glad you are here.

28. HI! I’m Heather. I’m 32, divorced, 5 cats, love to game! My awesome uncle owns a comic book and gaming store in Tennessee and he was the gateway provider for my brother and I. These days I mostly play DDO (Dungeons and Dragons Online) and casual word games.

29. Hi, Sir. I’m an avid reader, D&D player (clearly an Aeofel enthusiast), movie watcher and TV enjoyer. I’m not on Twitter, but I follow Geek & Sundry and your goodreads account. Your work with all the podcasts, youtube, books and TV is great and thanks for keep on going on with it all. Did I mention I work on automobiles and although live a very nerdy life my work in no way reflects that? Yeah, streaming your work on my phone helps get through the day. #grownupproblems

    PS
    The podcast on nerdist was pretty great. Need more of that out there.

30. Hi All,

    I’m Cas, I’m lucky enough to work from home doing software support for a small company. Means I get to spend more time with my kids and animals. I’m the wrong side of 40, and my favorite decompression methods are board games & Computer games. Unfortunately my OH doesnt enjoy boardgames, and my teenagers don’t either, so my gaming is either with my 7 yr old, or a local group I found that meets once a month.

    Until I watched Tabletop and found the group, my collection was limited to roborally and munchkin. Now it has its own bookshelf.

31. Hi all, I’m Katie. I’m hoping to one day become a Animal Behavior Expert, so I can help people with their pets behavior issues, and I have two cats who I love very much.

32. I am one of the dorks that didn’t follow instructions. It happens to me a lot.

    I’m a full-time programmer, part-time writer, love of most things sci-fi/fantasy. I have an awesome wife, my favorite daughter, and two dogs (both rescues).

    And I think you are awesome!

33. And apparently I cannot spell my own name. (Sigh)

34. I am Manuel Cheta, from Brasov, Romania.

    Since 2010 I am blogging about what I want, like and feel. I manage three blogs, 2 in Romanian language (one personal, and the other about science and tech) and one in English about sci&tech.

    I am a big fan of science and technology and follow 300 YouTube channels and about 294 sources in my Feedly account. A lot to take in, but there is also a lot to read and learn. One day I may even become a great science communicator here, in Romania.

35. Hi I’m Josh, 39, I go to monthly Shakespeare readings where they ask for volunteers to read scenes. And I love alternate history novels. I make hats. I made the squidhat that Clara wore on The Guild. I’m trying to do more art/digital painting. I’ve been improving by drawing portraits of redditers on r/RedditGetsDrawn for over a year.

36. Hello, I am Diana. I am 37yrs old, married for 12 years and have a great dog named Eli. I do scientific research for a pharmaceutical company so yes I am a professional lab rat.

    I must admit that although I love science fiction and gaming, a lot of it is overwhelming and I don’t have the energy or patience to keep up.

    I stumbled upon your blog about a year ago when I was looking for information on finally going back to therapy after a 20 year hiatus to get help for my struggle with depression. I am not all that open about it and I have found your blog and honesty to be a tremendous support not just from you but from your followers as well — ‘And I am Nothing of a Builder’ touched me deeply — it made my world seem a little less lonely for the first time.

    I have been in therapy for a year and I am glad that I made the leap to go back. I have always wanted to ask how do you handle in between sessions? I am having a really hard time and sometimes I feel it isn’t normal. idk. one day at a time I guess. Thank you and Be well.

    1. Have you mentioned that to your therapist? They might be able to recommend other local resources that can help between sessions. Sometimes something as simple (and maybe cheesy) as creating a smile file can help. Is there something/someone that puts a smile on your face when you feel crappy? Try creating a list with links, pics, music, video, etc. of things that lighten the mood for a few minutes. Not a fix, but can reset the mood.

       1. Thank you for the suggestions. I like the smile file. There is a website called 7cupsoftea.com which has been a tremendous resource, especially when I can’t sleep in the early morning hours. I have a hard time quieting my mind. I have mentioned it but not to the extent that maybe it deserves and/or needs. I guess it is time to revisit this topic. Thank you for your help. Much appreciated.

37. Hello,
    My name’s Dan, I hail from the UK, quite possibly going to be married soon, I work in Civil engineering, love anything that makes me laugh or is Sci-fi, love collecting stuff, listening and playing music on a non professional basis, and I masquerade as a Riker action figure on social media in my spare time

38. Hi! Im Sarah, from Adelaide, Australia. Im 32; have been married for 7 years and am a stay at home mum to three pre-schoolers. Excited as hell for christmas and having kids just makes it all the more wondrous! 🙂

39. 34 year old male, computer scientist and happily married with 3 kids. I am originally from Denmark, but I am currently living in Dubai. My life is filled with love for my family, a little dose of work and unfortunately a good pinch of stress and an anxiety disorder. I love that you are so open about your anxiety and depression. It helps to know that someone I watched in my favorite tv show as a kid is actually a real person with similar problems as myself. I don’t know why, it just does.. I come here for the stories of your TNG days and your daily life. Happy holidays 🙂

40. My name is Tracy, I’m 52, married with one daughter, and I live in England. I’m an accountant, but am currently on sick leave following a knee replacement (ouch!). I’m a lifelong sci-fi addict and love following Wil and Anne on Twitter, because they make me smile!

41. Hi! I’m Jill, and I’m one half of “HOT BREAKFAST!”, Delaware’s premier acoustic dork-rock power duo. We have dorky songs about holes in pants, and being an idiot for Christmas, and we occasionally do unlikely covers (“Mr. Roboto” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” for example). We even have sincere tunes… Our end-of-the-year thank-you free download is called “Going Your Way” which is about supporting someone through depression. I’m not gonna put links here as that would be crossing the line from “Introduce yourself” to “be a dick.” I don’t wanna do that.

    For those of you under 30 and afraid of getting old… Don’t be. I’m 43, and I cannot freakin BELIEVE how freakin awesome life is. Seriously. The best is yet to come.

42. Hey Wil, I’m Charlie. I’m married with three wonderful sons. I’m a U.S. Coast Guardsman, a professional artist, an aspiring author, and an absolute Nerd. I’m currently stationed in Kodiak & Tabletop helps me feel connected to the rest of the like-mindeds out there in the “real world”. So thanks for that 🙂

43. My name is Helena, from Sweden. I’m 32, divorced and have a 4 year old son. For a living I work with financial advice for seniors.
    I am an amateur writer hoping to turn that into a career one day, and I love all things science, Star Trek, medieval stuff, and I really try to be a nice person. @NenyNerd on twitter.

44. I’m Julie, 42, divorced, no kids, work in an office. I met my two best friends on Twitter. Spend my free time reading books, watching vlogbrothers videos on YT, listening to music, attending rock concerts, and watching stuff on Netflix. I became a Harry Potter fan when I was 31, after years of resisting the hype. Recently I started listening (and became addicted) to the Nerdist podcast. I’ve occasionally attempted to blog but always end up making posts that are more of a list, usually of books or music. http://juls828.blogspot.com

45. MERRY HOLIDAY TO U 🙂

46. I’m Mitchell and I’m a 20something (I forget sometimes, honestly) computer programmer. I have a crippling fear/hate of social media which means it’s impossible anyone could’ve blocked me. While I disagree with some of your recent opinions, I dislike the amount of anger sent your way.

    1. Ha ha… my husband always has to ask how old we are (we have the same birthdate). He never remembers.

47. Hi, my name is Herman (30), I live in the Netherlands where we seem to have all the rain that is not falling in LA.. I’m living together with my girfriend and our cat, we met eachother at a lanparty seven years ago :).

    In my spare time I run gaming related events like CampZone and The Party. Funny thing is that we see a movement from computer and console gaming to table top gaming the past few years 🙂 (Mostly at CampZone, an 11 day out-door lanparty 🙂 )

48. I’m Josepha from the Netherlands, married to Kornelis, and we have two rescue cats, one of which is diabetic. Technically speaking I’m a journalist, but I don’t get to work in my field, because then I’d have to go out INTO the field. Anxiety related to (introvert) Borderline keeps me at home. I only go outside with my husband or one of a handful of people I trust, because other people scare the heck out of me. I’m not exactly healthy either (Migraines, Hashimoto’s, Sjögren’s, an ovarian cyst, vitamine D deficiency etc. etc. etc.). Bottom line, my life SHOULD pretty much suck. Being depressed and all I should be worse than I am, more often than not, especially because I can’t use meds to perk myself up. (I’ve tried a variety of antidepressants. I either get migraines or I go blind, and I’ve damaged my eyes enough with the experiment to find out which’d work, if any. I’ll just continue to hang on by my fingernails instead, thanks.) But I spend a lot of time being grateful, and that seems to make a big difference in outlook. My husband, cats, friends I made online and the family in this town and my hometown make a huge difference. And once a year I try to do something special to compensate for all the other days I spend with the curtains closed. When Stephen King came to Europe we traveled to Paris to hear him speak (A small dot in the distance, but I wept when he walked onto the stage, an unassuming, friendly and overwhelmed man; one who is a hero of mine). My husband and I are Alice Cooper fans, and a popjournalist friend of ours arranged for us to meet him, putting his own carreer on the line for it, for which I remain eternally grateful. I talked to Alice and gave him a gift, and I got to thank his wife for giving him incentive to kick lethal habits and keeping him alive. (I gave her a teary hug.). Stuff like that, once a year or so, makes up for long hours hiding from the world at large at home. As far as it is possible for me, I think I just might be happy. I have a marriage that works in spite of my psyche/health, kitties around me, the internet to keep in touch with people I’d be too terrified to speak to in person so I don’t feel lonely when I’m alone. I’ve got my many, many books, classic rock to listen to, games to play, and most importantly, hope. The goal for 2015 is getting the new Joe Hill signed in person in London or something, should a UK book tour happen… With about 3 seconds of face time where I get to stutter my name before walking away. I’d face hours/days of panicattacks for that, with love. You’re quite welcome to become a year’s goal yourself Wil, haha. So, when are you coming to Holland so I can stutter at you? 🙂

49. Paul. Three kids. Married. Make animation for the telly. Just finishing a very eventful year. Grateful.

50. Hi, I’m Theo, French, 23, professional pilot and flight instructor.

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