I've had my identity stolen. Sort of.

Over the last few years I've grown to think of my avatar as my internet face. I identify pretty strongly with it and think of it as "me" in some weird sense.

I didn't realise I had this much attachment until yesterday when I saw a student at the college I teach at wearing a T-shirt with my avatar on it. (The image is from a T-shirt design by Threadless.)

I can be pretty egotistical, but I'm not sure I can convince myself that he's such a fan of my internet ramblings that he went out and bought a T-shirt with my image on it. I'm trying though.