E @ L has me summed up in his birthday quote about himself. (Great minds think alike!)
I am now fifty-one years old. I am not enamored of life, but it is worth while to continue a little longer with such a prospect of a golden age. All looks brighter now. I myself, insignificant I, have contributed something. I have at least stirred the bile of those who would not have the world grow wiser, and only fools now snarl at me. Desiderius Erasmus (1516).
That…….is me.