Doug is the more verbose and less rational half of the Taedium Edax Rerum editorial staff. “Doug” actually is part of his name, but it is not the name he is known by in real life. He is the author of The Mecha Monogatari. His computers are Natsuki (an HP laptop) and Makoto (a second-hand Compaq desktop).

Doug’s favorite…

• movie – Seven Samurai
• tv series – Star Trek (The Original Series)
• anime – Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• video game – Tales of Symphonia (GameCube)
• game console – PlayStation 2
• fiction book – The Wishsong of Shannara
• nonfiction book – The Demon-Haunted World
• comic book/manga – Yotsuba&
• webcomic – Megatokyo
• D&D 4th Edition class – Cleric
• band – Black Sabbath
• song – “Beautiful World”
• operating system – Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron”
• vehicle – Solar Yellow 2008 Lotus Elise SC (he doesn’t own one)
• quote – “Well, that’s a real shame. But, we’re not cops and we’re not from some charity organization. Sorry lady, we don’t protect or serve. This is strictly business.”

Doug finally got him a XBox Live account…

He can be reached at taediumedaxrerum@live.com.  Doug also has a Twitter feed that he will probably only update erratically, if at all.