Of course Z highlights the real trick to keeping yourself googleproof – share a real name with the stage name of a pornstar, which ensures that no matter how big name a blogger becomes google will never link your real with your nom de blog because of all the pron chaff.

Kind of hideous, isn’t it? The assumption that you don’t have to feel bad for screwing someone over if you can’t find a specific moral imperative for not doing so.

Of course, that isn’t really the point. The real point is that publius didn’t HAVE to attach his full name to every comment he made. Except he fucking does, now.

I do have a few places where I keep a slight fig leaf of anonymity, but even there, it’s not hard to figure out who I am. And if that fig leaf disappears, then oh well. I’m not ashamed of what I write, I just don’t think anyone else really wants to know.

Just sayin’.

What an ass.

Also: This is going to matter less and less as time goes on. Once everybody has embarrassing skeletons floating around on their online front porch, nobody will give a shit–it’ll be like pink hair, tattoos or piercings.

On the one hand, I’m proud of -everything- that I do. The writings, the comic book bashing, and the game mods I’ve made.

Unfortunately, those same game mods are a problem because I want to work in the game industry… and a lot of folks would frown upon what I do. Including -the- company I almost landed a job with a year ago (they don’t like the kind of stuff I do).

I’ve been struggling with this for years. Do I reveal my real name and face? Or do I try to keep everything under wraps? My name is out there, and it’s relatively easy to find, but still…