Thanks For Asking! -- 08/01/26

Thanks For Asking! -- 07/01/26

Ask me anything (yes, anything) in the comment thread below this post. It will be my pleasure to answer in, or linked to from, the comments. That commitment applies only to genuine readers/commenters. Pseudonymous trolls only get answers if I find their questions interesting.

Thanks For Asking! -- 06/01/26

Monthly AMA thread time! Ask me anything in comments and I'll answer in, or linked to from, comments (applies to regular people -- pseudonymous trolls/bots are required to ask interesting questions to get answers).

Thanks For Asking! -- 04/01/26

Can I get an AMEN ... er, AMA?

Ask (in comments) and it shall be answered (applies to regular people pseudonymous trolls/bots are required to ask interesting questions to get answers).

Thanks For Asking! -- 03/01/26

March AMA! You -- boring pseudonymous trolls excluded at my discretion -- ask (in comments below this thread), I answer (in, or linked to from, comments). Enjoy.

Thanks For Asking! -- 02/01/26

Monthly AMA time! You -- boring pseudonymous trolls excluded at my discretion -- ask (in comments below this thread), I answer (in, or linked to from, comments). Enjoy.

Thanks For Asking! -- 01/01/26

Another year, another AMA thread. You (boring pseudonymous trolls excluded at my discretion) ask (in comments below this thread), I answer (in, or linked to from, comments).

Thanks For Asking! -- 12/01/25

Ask me anything (in comments). I'll answer (in, or linked from, comments).

Pseudonymous trolls only get to participate if they provide interesting content.

Thanks For Asking! -- 11/01/25

Ask me anything (in the comments below this post) and I'll answer (in, or linked to from, the comments).

Pseudonynomous trolls must keep things at least this interesting to participate:

Thanks For Asking! -- 10/01/25

Thanks to reader "Bob" for pointing out that this monthly AMA thread wasn't up yet (it usually posts around midnight, because I usually set it up in advance and schedule it). It's been a busy last few days, about which a post will go up, probably some time today.

So: Ask me anything (in the comment thread below this post). I'll answer in comments or linked from comments, with the now usual proviso that if you're a pseudonymous troll I have to actually find the question interesting or it will just be deleted.

Thanks For Asking! -- 08/01/25

WHAT?

Sorry for shouting.

Go ahead, ask me anything (unless you're a pseudonymous troll, in which case your question has to be interesting or it will just get deleted).

Dang ... accidentally hit "publish" instead of scheduling.

That's OK.

Thanks For Asking! -- 07/01/25

AMA time! Ask me anything (yes, anything) in comments, I'll answer in comments or linked from same.

Anything, but not anybody -- if you're the resident Disqus-accountless sick troll, your sick questions will likely just be deleted. Not because the questions are sick, but because you are.

Thanks For Asking! -- 06/01/25

Another month, another AMA thread. Ask me anything (yes, anything, but not necessarily if you're anybody), in the comment thread below this post. I'll answer in, or linked from, the same comment thread.

Policy Change Note (Thanks For Asking!)

The monthly Thanks For Asking! thread is an "Ask Me Anything" feature.

Note that the word "anyone" is not among the three words in that descriptor.

Henceforth, real readers with real questions -- any questions -- will still be able to ask those questions.

People (actually almost certainly one person) who create multiple single-use Disqus accounts to ask stupid, often vile, "questions" will have their questions deleted unanswered. Not because of the questions per se -- while  I doubt real readers of the site / real friends of mine would ask most of them, they're free to if they want -- but because of the idiotic and annoying methods.

That is all.

Thanks For Asking! -- 05/01/25

ASK! [IN COMMENTS]

I'LL ANSWER! [IN, OR LINKED FROM, COMMENTS]

Yes, it's the monthly AMA thread. Let's go.

Thanks For Asking! -- 04/01/25

It's April Fooling Around Time! Ask me anything in comments, I'll answer in (or linked from) comments.

Yes, you can create multiple Disqus accounts to ask really stupid questions, but please, for everyone's sake try to be at least as interesting as Roy D. Mercer.

Thanks For Asking! -- 03/01/25

Yeah, I forgot to post last month's AMA thread, and I didn't remember until February 24 (no one seemed to notice ...). So ask twice as many questions this month (in comments), and you'll get twice as many answers (in, or linked from, comments).

Thanks For Asking! -- 01/01/25

New year, new AMA thread. Ask in comments, I'll answer in (or linked to from) comments.

Thanks For Asking! -- December 2024

The final AMA thread of the year -- ask me anything in comments, I'll answer in, or linked from, comments.

Thanks For Asking! -- November 2024

It's Ask Me Anything -- yes, anything -- time again. Ask in comments, and I'll answer in, or linked from, comments.