Not too long ago, the topic came up that I really felt I had to comment on. The question is, "What is Punk?" Do we allow ourselves to define it as a style of music, as a mode of fashion? The thing is, I'm in my mid-30s, and I remember what "punk" is supposed to be.

Without going into an intense historical diatribe, I'll share this: Punk was originally invented as the "Art of Experimentation". Gary Numan sounds nothing like the Sex Pistols, but they are BOTH punk. Punk is about pushing the boundaries until you define something of yourself outside of the realm of the "normal".

Hence, I decided that this was the perfect time to revive the Normality Factor. NF is, after all, about defining that line between the socially acceptable and the personally expressive.

You can still get the archived essays, short stories, and poetry in book format through the link on the left.