Changes

I was specifically named after St. Stephen.

I've been thinking of changing it to the Irish Stiofáin for a long while for a few reasons: most people (IE, people unfamiliar with Irish) are unlikely to divine a gender from that name, it's a nice way to assert cultural identity, people changing their name to the Irish form is not unusual which will probably help if I decide to change it legally, and of course it would mean I could be called Fáin for short which is just cool

A new one is that part of St. Stephen's story is that he was replaced with a changeling for a while.

Changelings were largely a metaphor for the disabled and Neurodivergent. And the various words for Changeling have pretty consistently doubled as slurs for the disabled and Neurodivergent.

I'm not terribly happy about being directly named after a story about how terrible people like me are.

And considering that I have less in common with the Saint than I do the monster that replaced him I think I might be done sharing that name

It begins

Let's be honest.
That wasn't an original title. But what do you want from me? I've got work to do.

February was a crazy as hell month. 
I launched the Practitioner's Guide, The Switchboard and this website, completely remodelled my living/work space, booked myself into a convention, did a massive clear out of bullshit I don't need and spent a couple of nights where I couldn't sleep making art.

On top of all that I made the monumentally bad decision of vlogging the whole thing.
That will come out soon, by the way, I'll cut it together once episode 2 of The Switchboard is done. 

The Good news is I'm pretty sure I just fixed the iTunes problem (as in literally ten minutes ago) so The Switchboard should be up there soon.

Anyways, piglets I hope February was kind to you and that March kicks in the teeth of your enemies.

-Hog