We live in a remarkable age in which the average man can now gain access to his very code of life. Today I received my DNA results from 23andMe. $250 to learn that I’m a white male, of European descent, oh and with wet earwax.

I’ve been a pauper, a poet, a pirate, a plumber, a producer, a programmer, a publisher, a musician, an artist, an executive, a husband, a father… Ignoring those who insisted “experience” was always a prerequisite when a simple costume change would do.