Epic Banality

The stories are real, but the names have been changed to protect the identities of the innocent!

There are people that will make regular appearances in my writing. This is a little bit of background on the people who will probably appear more than anyone else and it’s an excuse to give my real life buddies stupid aliases.

Numberless

Me. The author. The last of the famous international playboys.

K.L.

My girlfriend as of May 2008. Prior to that we were friends in a sort of on and off fashion which, in retrospect, was probably my fault. (According to her everything is my fault actually.)

Crispin

My younger brother. He manages to combine the art and sensibility of a true thespian with the tastelessness of someone who would light his own farts. Go figure.

Scully

My younger sister. She wants to believe and is determined to fight the future.

Guinness

A buddy of mine since high school. He has this thing for Genghis Khan, Guinness and Irish Pubs. I don’t know that all three go together but he seems to think they do.

Voltron

A buddy of mine since middle school. He’s a gamer first and foremost. He also possesses a recently acquired hatred of pianos.

Frodo

Another buddy of mine since high school. Another programmer and political aficionado. He’s living the married life now.

Boas

A friend with a mutual interest in Dawn of War. He lives across the country and is currently working on his PhD. Thus far, we haven’t actually met in person.

Golbez

My oldest friend. The two of us share a long and complicated past. Although he named himself in this context, I’m not going to deny the fact that it’s totally appropriate.