F.A.Q.

Q: How wide is the Earth?
A: Funny you should ask. People come here asking that question all of the time. If you are asking about circumference (the size of belt Earth would need to secure trousers), the answer is 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km). If, on the other hand, you are asking about the distance of a line through the Equator (i.e., its diameter), the answer is approximately 8,000 miles.

Q: How do you expect people to take E.W.M. seriously when you are posting badly drawn, humorless comics every couple of days?
A: This is a serious₃ question, and it deserves a serious₂ answer.

Q: What is your favorite song?
A: I can't remember the name of it. But while I'm trying to remember it, this Lawrence Welk scene is among the creepiest musical performances I know. Watch it all the way through and tell me it doesn't give you shivers.

Q: On Monday, November 5, 2007, you posted an entry titled "Blog Melt." Only it wasn't the sort of Earth Wide Moth entry readers are accustomed to finding. It was clear something had gone terribly wrong with the main template for your blog. What happened on this sad, unforgettable day for E.W.M. readers?
A: I don't know, really. I was tinkering around with the templates. On Tuesday morning, I found the main index template was ruined. It was a half-deleted carcass of its former self, as if eaten by the quirky MT4 installation. You can imagine my shock. I immediately went about creating a new and improved template.

Q: How is this F.A.Q. organized? Should it be read in any particular order?
A: That is up to you.

Q: Your dissertation is about clouds, graphs, and maps. Are you more of a watcher of formations, a plotter of points, or a charter of terrains?
A: I am sorry for answering the question with a question, but how can you get anywhere without all three of these? They are required for traveling.