Who are you?
I'm CJ, a writer from the Chicago area. I'm currently a technical writer for a global bank, and have been an author, photographer and web developer.

What's this site about?
Everyone has insight about something. I am blessed/cursed to be interested/obsessed with subjects that lend themselves very well to this medium. Call it a blog, personal site, portfolio site, editorial site...whatever. It's just my place to put as much as I can out there into the world and see what comes back.

Aren't you a bit late to this blogging thing?
Actually, I've been publishing on the web since 1994. I just haven't settled down with one place to put all of my projects and spout all of my nonsense. That's what I'm doing here.

What ever happened to the Music Press Report?
I published the Music Press Report, the publication of record for music journalists, for ten years (1999-2009). It wasn't easy to pass along the responsibilities to others, but I felt it was necessary. Ten years was long enough. Time to move on.

What's up with the Van Halen Encyclopedia?
The VHE was my first real book, published in 1998. A second edition was published in 2001. I decided in 2008 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first book by releasing a free version.