12 Inch Richard - Twelve Inch Richard

Richard, obviously isn't my name... not my real name at least. But, from hereon out that's what I'll call myself and that's who you'll get to know me as.

Twelve-Inch Richard is a nickname I acquired several years ago (not because of any appendage -- which I assure you is several inches shy of twelve inches -- but, because I was known as a man who would go to any length to discuss, unashamedly, the injustices I found in the world; the lame political arena and those jackasses we keep electing into the same positions time and time again; and pretty much anything else that either ticked me off or caught my attention.

Due to my fame (some might call it infamy) I've decided to publish using a pseudonym (a pen name for those who aren't quite literate enough to know what that is). By the way, if you aren't at least literate enough to know what 'literate' means, by all means vacate these premises at once. I don't have the time for people for whom ignorance is a way of life.

Now that you've found this site, sit back, relax (or sit up and freakout -- whichever you'd find more appealing) and read the ramblings of a man some would call 'mad' and others wouldn't call if their lives depended on it. I hope you find this site to be terribly interesting or, at the very least, so terrible that you keep coming back because you have some incurable masochistic personality bent.

Either way, I'm going to write and, if you feel so led, you can reply. There's no guarantee I'll reply but I will, I promise, read each and every comment on each and every subject you care to comment on. There's also zero guarantee that, if I cherish what you say or abhor the same, I won't publicly cheer or lambaste you for all the world to see (perhaps both at the same time).

Oh and as long as I'm being open and honest to you (an absolutely complete, rank stranger) allow me to say one other thing: I'm doing this as way of catharsis (again, if you don't know what that means and you haven't got a clue as to how to use a search engine to determine the definition of the word... find your way out this site and don't let the metaphorical door hit you in your ass).

So, since I'm doing this as an outlet, nothing is off-limits. If you have something you'd like me to write about (in other words, if you want to propose a subject) go ahead and suggest it. Who knows, I might, after I've had a few beers and have been up half the night, decide to comment on the subject matter you've suggested.