Happy Birthday Orson

Not too long ago, Jonathan Lapper over at Cinema Styles started a discussion about pseudonyms. I blog under my own name, though some think it’s a pen-name as it’s quite unusual, and linked both to Harry Potter and a certain transsexual rocker with an angry inch. I like writing from a personal standpoint, and as in the beginning the only people who read me were people I knew, it never made much sense to hide my identity.

I stand by it. And I’m not ashamed of anything you might find when googling my name (no, not even that). But there are times when I wonder what image the results might give of me to a potential future employer or date (come on, you’ve all done it). What they might think, for example, of a confession like this one: I have a huge crush on Orson Welles, who was born 93 years ago today (thanks to Daniel for pointing that out)