Visitors to this website may want to follow Seneca’s advice . . .
(The stuff in this section, while true, is pretty boring.)

• My real name is John Laurence Day
• I was born in Idaho of godly Mormon parents
• I’ve been married to the same woman nearly 50 years. I have two children and two grandchildren
• Because my parents and my wife indulged me, I earned BA, MA and Ph.D. degrees
• Because the United States of America indulged me, I have earned money, among other things, as a potato picker, newspaper carrier, stage hand, model in a student art class, graduate assistant, newspaper reporter, copy editor, foreign correspondent, full time university professor, Fulbright lecturer, trainer of journalists on three continents, documentary television crew member, nonfiction book author, short fiction writer* and humor columnist**
  “It is not well to see everything, to hear everything; let many causes of offense pass by us unnoticed.” -- Seneca
  *I’ve never earned money as a short fiction writer so far, but I insist on listing it here on the off chance that I might win one of those made-for-the-Internet fiction contests to which I hopefully submit my short stories.
  **I’ve never actually earned money as a humor columnist, but I have received a few coupons for free meals at a good local restaurant.