William Taylor, or Vilyehm the Merchant for when I was active in the S.C.A., the Society for Creative Anachronism. There's already a William Taylor in New Zealand that's active on the Goon Show list, so I also go by Vilyehm Teighlore--just to be difficult.

Our good Dr. Brin has four years on me, and as cryogenics are currently nothing to lose one's head over, I doubt if I'll ever catch up.

(And he has more talent, more writing experience, a better speaking voice....)

B.A. History, B. A. Marketing, and neither one being used at this point in time.

Internet bookseller.

Top score Snood: 69,074
most skulls in game won: 64
(both with cheese.)

Winning streak Freecell: 74

Overweight, balding, glasses, Type II diabetic.

Allergies: Grass, pollen, dustmites, olive oil, perfumes, nutmeg, and everything else I haven't discovered yet.