What's up with "mistermws" anyway?

You may have noticed that this website contains the "word" mistermws. Incidentally, this is also the main part of my email address. Where did it come from?

It goes back to when I first got the email address back in 1997-98. At the time I was wanting to call my business venture Midwestside Enterprises. I, in turn, would have been "Mister Midwestside." So, the "mws" part of mistermws stands for "Midwestside."

Unbeknownst to me at the time, there was already a company in Kansas City called Midwestside Records, so it wound up being MWS Enterprises until I filed my first (and, so far, only) LLC with the State of Missouri. Apparently MWS Enterprises was also taken, so I wound up with a legal firm-like name which I abbreviated CHSF Entertainment. That lasted less than a year because of a number of issues I will not talk about publicly.

Today, my creative endeavors fall under the Tao 22 Films banner. "Tao" because I'm interested in Eastern religion in general and Taoism specifically. "22" because that was my jersey number playing high school football.

But mistermws lives on. There was no real need to get rid of the email account. If it ain't broke, don't mess with it.