Long story short - I'm an Appalachian political scientist and philosopher who specializes in international relations and comparative politics who is also a pop surrealist artist. I was recently dead, but I'm not anymore. I have a couple of websites:

The Big Ugly Hullabaloo - http://www.biguglyhullabaloo.com Ask a Political Scientist - http://www.askapoliticalscientist.com

I also like minor league baseball, college football, live jazz, most things Chinese, books about mythology and science fiction, old cartoons, classical Realist philosophy, and baby ducks. Among other things.