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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Curator of the BIG Map Blog, producer of The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, and Jandek on Corwood (and plugger of his own projects...).

Seven "Js", one "I", and Seven more "Js"... but I'm not at all picky about variations on this, so just approximate if you would like. If I'm vanity ctrl+f-ing, I can usually just hold down the "J" key.

I'm from the Midwest, and I like it here. I like the people. We get along. I think it might be the best place on the planet... but that won't stop me from trying to find some place even better.