"To know all is to forgive all." A good mood in which to come to Wikipedia.

My name comes from the Cordwainer Smith story.

Among various things, I'm a professional editor and writer of non-fiction. Imparting knowledge politely, to paraphrase a French diplomat, makes the ride smoother for everyone.

• Fiction
• Humor
• Cartoons, photography, video production, and oil painting
• A programmer's view of the social implications of computers
• Linguistics with an emphasis on computational linguistics and lexicography
• Animals, especially concerning their intelligence and their ability to communicate
• Space, emphasis: planetary exploration
• Music, preference for Western classical, opera, American folk, Indian classical
• Trains

Edit history I have 10,000s of edits, often copy editing or to revert vandalism. I have created 30 articles and substantially rewritten 10 that I keep track of. I had another Wiki account, used mostly for anti-vandalism and minor copy edits. (That account has been inactive for several months.) I do not edit the same articles with more than one account, except by mistake. Nor does one account support the position of the other in discussion. Taking accounts together, by number of edits, I am in the top 400 Wikipedia editors and...