Hello to all the new folks who’ve taken to following me, either arriving here via Facebook or Twitter as well as other venues such as my guest blogs on other sites or perhaps even through Internet searches with terms like “dayton ward that arrogant bag of wind,” and so on.
To those of you who’ve added me to your daily onslaught of internet banality, please accept my official “Aloha!” as I welcome you to my little online man-cave. If you wouldn’t mind, please take a moment to post a comment and let me know what brings you to this dark, dreary corner of the intrawebz.
(You don’t need to be a registered WordPress user to comment, but if you’ve followed the link from Facebook or Twitter, please let me know in your comment who you are in those realms.)
Every six months or so, I post an entry such as this, usually when I’m in between larger writing projects, or I’m stalling for time before plunging into the next said project. Here’s how it goes: Ask me anything, if you’re so inclined, and I’ll do my best to provide a thoughtful answer. Lacking that, you’ll receive a wise-assed retort customized just for you! Asker’s choice, so far as the topic goes, though I reserve the right not to answer anything I deem too personal or inappropriate for this particular venue. That said I’ve yet to actually have that be a problem, so I’m not too worried.
(Note, this feature is not to be confused with the “Ask Dayton” segment I provide each week to the Sunday G&T Show, though I expect to see at least a few queries which are well-suited to that venue. 
)
So, ask away!
So, Dayton… what’s your favorite drink? If I were to, say, buy you one at Shore Leave?
I’ve become a vodka drinker in recent years, and am therefore open to trying different mixed drinks where that’s an ingredient. I’m rather fond of “sweat tea vodka,” either Jeremiah Weed or Firefly. Mix that with some lemonade? Bam.
Beyond that? Beer always works.
Space: 1999?
Oh. And I first discovered you, I believe, through the Tor Trek recaps. Then, after that, I stumbled over you on the twitters. Then your blog and, well, the rest is history. Or, um, something.
So, you’re saying you were dragged, kicking and screaming, into my lair.
Cookies are over on the bar.
What about it?
Do I like the show? I don’t like it as much now as I did when I was 10. Do I think it could be rebooted? Probably. Do the Eagles still rank as one of the kick-ass SF ships of all time? Absolutely.
Perfect answer. Thank you.
I do what I can, sir.