Yes, my name does have a funny spelling, but I assure you I come from a good family and am reasonably normal in all other respects. I’ve had a fairly uneventful childhood, the reasonable normality of which was only slightly marred by foreign locale and, perhaps, one too many elementary school ground fights (what can I say, children!). In fact, my childhood was so uneventful, I took up writing horror stories (of which, luckily, none survived to this day) in order to keep things on the lively side. College and a string of "exciting" day jobs followed, but I’d rather not betray my true age by lis more...