As if any man really knew aught of my life;
Why, even I myself, I often think, know little or nothing of my real life;
Only a few hints—a few diffused, faint clues and indirections,
I seek, for my own use, to trace out here.
--- Walt Whitman, "When I Read the Book"
Paul Epps is a writer and IT consultant based in Orange County, CA. He lives in Irvine with a wife, a son and a dog. He has an MS degree in computer science from the University of Southern California.