I'm a middle-aged man in the United States (you may ask where, but I think we’ll waive that detail just this once). I'm sure my age is no surprise since I've left several Easter eggs here and there that show it (and the fact that I've been in the tech and computer world since before the internet—well, since the internet was there for lots of people). I remember Archie, AOL, Netscape Navigator, and 5 1/4" floppy disks*.
I love learning new things—my usual explanation to people is that I want to know everything about everything. Honestly, it's annoyed more than one workman who has come to my house who thinks I'm checking his work, rather than just fascinated, as he fixes my air conditioning. Oh well. That love for learning and knowledge has led me to a lot of, we will say, eclectic fields of study, exempli gratiā: History (including a lot of medieval history with a heavy emphasis on the Vikings), Philosophy, Theology, Technology, Business, Literature, Linguistics, Theatre, Music, Art.
I love traveling around the world, too. I had a professor in my undergrad years who had been to all but two countries on earth (at the time—number of countries is in constant flux, of course) and brought back button up shirts from all of them. I don't know if I'll ever pull that off, but I'm closer than many and further than some. I'm also a big fan of slow travel. Crossing the ocean on a ship, crossing a continent on a train—I've actually taken the Trans-Siberian Railroad...in January. There's something about not being in a rush. I was definitely born in the wrong country and century except for the fact that I couldn't live without air conditioning.
I've seen Les Miserables just shy of 30 times, now, if that gives you an idea of my devotion to good creations. Miraculous Ladybug is quickly joining that club. Considering I only discovered it in early 2025, I've already watched the entire existing corpus several times. It insists upon asking adult questions in a kids' show with a straight face—"nothing to see here."
So that's the author. That's who I am. I'm not Tevye. I'm not Tateh. I'm just The Author—of this project.
I hope one day to be eccentric. For now, I'm just weird.
*I even bought myself an 8" floppy drive on one of my computers I built with a Pentium processor, but that's another story.