You want to know more. I have no objection to you knowing more.

One of the fascinating aspects of networking and socializing via internet resources like Blogger, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook is the need to assess a new follower or followee, or "friend" within a relatively brief initial scan of the available data.

Who is this guy? What is he like? Are his interests similar to mine? Is his conversational capacity up to par?

On the one hand, I believe such assessments can be helpful and sometimes accurate. On the other hand, people are just too complex to be summed up in such a small amount of space.

Am I all about sports? For professional sports, I do enjoy following the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, and New England Patriots.

So am I all about Boston? I love my home state of Arkansas. For college sports, I am quite squarely in the corner of the Arkansas Razorbacks. I love that I was born and raised in Arkansas, and I love that I live here now and probably always will. But yes, Boston is my adopted non-hometown hometown.

So what sort of reading do you enjoy in your free time? When I read, my interests vary. I've enjoyed both dramatic and humorous novels. I've enjoyed nonfiction that focused on religious themes, business strategy, and neuroscience.

Ordinarily, my "free time" involves being on or near a tennis court, but I also run regularly.

To browse the list of Twitter accounts I follow would be quite a lesson in variety. I don't mind folks gathering "knowledge" about me based on what I do and what interests me. If you have a particular question, it is unlikely that you would find me hesitant to answer it.