Welcome to the Org*! As you may have noticed, this site does nothing to serve the greater good. It is a vanity site. Have fun enjoying what I have to offer!
Why is your domain called TsuKata? Are you Japanese?
TsuKata is my screenname, and as far as net identity goes, it’s also kind of my brand. It’s not actually a Japanese word, although it is similar to the word for “in expert form”; it’s a mashup of a couple of borrowed Japanese words. It happens to be a relatively common family name in Japan, but that has nothing to do with how I chose it. I’m not Japanese, and my knowledge of Japanese language is on par with a Japanese 2 year old.
If you find a TsuKata elsewhere on the internets, chances are that it’s me. The exception is sites that have an international presence, because the Japanese Tsukata’s tend to get the name first. Where I am not TsuKata, I am myTsuKata. (The “my” is a coding reference. I jokingly call it a declaration of self.)
So you’re not an organization? What’s up with your site being .org?
Well, .com was taken. It’s that simple. Some Japanese company that has never used the domain bought tsukata.com before I could, and as of my writing this, a domain squatter company wants a few thousand dollars for it (to which I responded, HA!). tsukata.org was available. It also makes for a nice site name. I like having the Org*…it’s an organization of ideas, an orgy of information…whatever I want to use it as.
You keep mentioning this DH person. Who is that?
If you read a reference to “my DH,” that’s my Dear Husband aka Scott aka Toonces. Before we got engaged, he was known on this site as He-Who-Has-Not-Yet-Been-Named, or HWHNYBN.
We got engaged in January of 2005, and we got married in Las Vegas in April of 2006. We’ve been together in one form or another since October of 2002.
Who’s Pancake?
Pancake is my adorable kitteh! We adopted him from a local shelter. He has his own page in the site (see the menu bar above to get to it), which is mostly a recap of his latest tweets meows. 
What about B*, the Moos, ANs, etc?
To protect my friends’ privacy, I don’t use their real names. I create shorthand aliases so that frequent readers can follow the train of thought. So, each of those aliases represents a person (or people).
You seem to talk about other guys a lot for a married gal.
Why do you call yourself fat?
I believe fat is an adequate descriptor, like thin or tall, not an insult. Furthermore, I believe “overweight” and “obese” are not descriptors that you can judge just by looking at someone or looking on an (outdated) BMI chart. I embrace the principles of the Health At Every Size (HAES or HAAS) movement. To quote Linda Bacon:
Let’s face facts. We’ve lost the war on obesity. Fighting fat hasn’t made the fat go away. And being thinner, even if we knew how to successfully accomplish it, will not necessarily make us healthier or happier. The war on obesity has taken its toll. Extensive collateral damage has resulted, such as food and body preoccupation, self-hatred, eating disorders, discrimination, poor health. Few of us are at peace with our bodies, whether because we’re fat or because we fear becoming fat.
Health at Every Size is the new peace movement.
Very simply, it acknowledges that good health can best be realized independent from considerations of size. It supports people—of all sizes—in addressing health directly by adopting healthy behaviors.
What kind of games do you play?
I play german board games aka euro board games. Really, I’ll play any kind of board games so long as it’s not your basic Milton Bradley family fare. I also play console games, and yes, I am a little ashamed of that as a former PC gamer. Most frequent video games these days: L4D2, Rock Band (guitar goddess), Assassin’s Creed 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2. Most frequent board games: Pillars of the Earth (with expansion), Endeavor, Smallworld (aka Vinci), Puerto Rico (a renaissance), any crayon rail game. I’m an infrequent Bridge player, and I’m claiming that I’m a Life Master whether they recognize it or not (stupid black point requirement, grr).
However, and I cannot be clear enough about this, I DO NOT DO RPGs. I do not like RPGs. Role-playing is not a game; it’s a method of foreplay. Do not talk to me about your RPG character or campaign or whatever. Railguns were made to take care of role-players.
How old are you? Where do you live? [Insert additional personal questions here.]
I mention my birthday on my blog every year, so you’re welcome to look it up. I live in Gurnee, IL, which is a Chicago suburb just south of the Wisconsin border. Beyond that, you’ll have to figure it out on your own or contact me.
Speaking of that, how do I contact you?
You have some options here. You can e-mail me (make sure to delete the indicated letters before hitting send!). I’m on AIM, YIM, and MSN as myTsuKata. There’s a Google Voice widget below that should work. You can ping me on the XBox. Or, you can comment on a blog entry of interest to you. The ball’s in your court, babe.
