I put down "ecumenism" because it was a choice between that or "non-denominationalism", and I thought that of the two it was slightly more accurate. I'm not against denominations, because Christians are all different, and I think it's good that there is room within the Christian Church for everyone to worship in a way that suits their personality and their gifts. However, if you've got denominations and then they don't get on among themselves, then as I see it you're negating the whole point of having them. So, although I don't really belong to a specific denomination myself, I'm very keen on helping to unite those who do, where I can.

Squirdle is the little chap you see in the icon. I've created a lot of characters over the years, and he's probably my all-time favourite. He's actually Maxwell's demon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_demon), and because of the unfortunate nomenclature he thinks he's a real demon, as in Unpleasant Spiritual Entity. The thing is, Squirdle really isn't particularly unpleasant, a fact which bothers him somewhat in his more reflective moments. He made his first appearance in a fanfic I wrote in daily chunks on a message board, which was later collated and entitled The Bodyswappers, and later I wrote a fully-fledged independent story about him called Merry Hell (the jam jar appears in that one).

Squirdle is Jewish. This, he explains, is because demons have to believe in God so they know who they're avoiding. :-)

Now tell me something about Icelandic sagas, if you will!