Why is everyone nagging me to get a comments system? I barely have enough time to do my own weblog and add sparkling, apposite comments to other people's weblogs. But I can feel the "what a great idea to encumber my life with more grief than I already have" me girding himself for a frontal assault on the "why did I get involved in blogging and why can't I have a quiet life" me. I'll keep you posted.

As regards the "real me" issue, I'm glad, though surprised, to find anyone in agreement. Most every Caucasian I know clings tightly to the notion of the unitary me. I'm not sure about my Japanese friends -- I'm having dinner with two of them tonight so I'll start a survey on the Japanese position. Since they have so many gods, they might be open to the multiple me concept.