The Strategic Retreat

About

I’m this guy. I live in Portland, Oregon. I have opinions. I’m both very conservative and very liberal, depending on the issue.

This is what I look like:

If I were ketchup.

Me, as Ketchup

Short, stout, awesome and more efficient than your average ketchup.

Possibly Asked Questions:
That’s right, because I don’t allow you to contact me.

Who are you?
I’m this guy.

What’s with the name of the site?
It has a few meanings. It’s the name of the War Game store I was born in. Yes, I was born in a War Game store. It describes my life recently, taking a step back in order to best attack the future. It also describes how I view things in general, by backing up to see the whole picture.

What’s with the anonymity and the lack of commenting options?
I wish to say what I want to say without fear of public reprisal or harassment. This site is for me, my thousands of daily visitors are just along for the ride. I’ll probably add a contact option at some point since I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the negative comments posted about me on stumble upon.

What kind of negative comments?

AlthaeaSoaps: cynical and judgmental….the author’s karma will catch up to him, if it hasn’t already.
pfinn1: Whoever made this website is a complete dipshit. I hit stumble and find this asshole that tells me he hates me because I drink bottled water. Have you ever desalinated tap water from a Dallas Texas Tap? I didnt think so; what gets left behind is fucking gross, I wont put that brown sludge in me. What am I supposed to do when I am away from home and my only source of water without chlorine is a water bottle. Fuck you and your retarded blog. Every morning you wake up and ask what Paris Hilton wouldn’t do? thats the lamest shit i have ever read. I am sure you are hypocrite unless you are perfect and don’t help other humans destroy the environment. Why doesn’t the blog author have a e-mail contact so I can let him know i hate him too.

stuff like that

Is your name Zervas?
Kind of but mostly not. Once upon a time my family name was Zervas.
My great-great-grandfather pistol-whipped a priest (until the priest went blind) whilst holding his other gun on the congregation. He then went to Panama with my 6 year old Great-Grandfather; whom he abandoned. My Great-Grandfather changed his name after illegally coming to the States. People weren’t hiring folk with foreign-sounding names at the time.
That’s right I’m like 1/8th illegal alien from Panama and like 1/32 American Indian. I try to show off my non-whiteness as often as I possibly can. Seriously, I’m going to try to work it in as much as possible.

Can I give you money?
You sure can.

How often do you post?
When I get around to it, depends on my free time and mood and such.

You make fun of a lot of religions, do you believe in anything?
No, not really. I guess I would describe myself as an Agnostic Lutheran Buddhist with Atheistic and Nihilistic tendencies.

I don’t get if you’re trying to be funny or if you’re just a jerk?
That’s not really a question, now is it?