Philip Blair, jr., is an anthropologist, straying perhaps from his field (the Andes) to the north, but returning to his roots. His original childhood interest in anthropology and archaeology was due to a doubtlessly perverse fascination with human sacrifice and the tearing out of hearts, which in his youth was not yet a video game and which found approval only as an interest in History and Geography. He has since taken on a certain respectability as an information officer at the World Bank.