I got this name as a college freshman at Columbia because of my penchant for rambling monologues and for my inability to conceal my accent- especially after a couple of beers- which my mainly-Califorinian buddies mistakenly pegged as Texan. In fact, the populations of east Tennessee and east Texas have remarkably similar accents (an incredibly well-preserved linguistic relic of Tennessee's contribution to the independence of Texas, also the reason TN is called the Volunteer State, of course), but it's a mistake nonetheless. I was born in Tennessee, live in Tennessee now, and will probably die in Tennessee. Despite this, I am known to many of my old compadres as "Tex." The Professor bit should be obvious by now. There is very little about which I don't have an opinion, which is why (I've been told) the advent of the blog is a magical development for me.
I prefer the anonymity of this name- though my close friends and family know it well- as my opinions are not always popular or "nice" and my role as a business owner prevents me from being too controversial lest I piss off a significant segment of my customer base. I don't like the sort of bravado it connotes- it's more than a little riduculous- but it's the only nickname I ever had, so there. Now you know.
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