A correspondent asks, “Are you really a teenage Sim?” — doubtless alluding to the fact that Sims seldom operate their own Web sites, and particularly not at my age.

I hate to disappoint, but this is a good time to remind everyone of an important point about safe surfing: there are no actual teenagers on the ’net. A person who presents herself as a teenager invariably turns out to be some creepy old guy pretending.

Accordingly, I am some kind of creepy old guy.
I must be, oh, at least fifty. I really look like this photo.
Usually I do not like to disclose too many personally identifying factoids, but in this case I think a greater purpose is served.