JD McCallum is the author of the blog Ya'll Know Better and several other works, and he is here to give you the truth according to JD -- whether you want it or not. A native Chicagoan, McCallum has suffered through private sector, social service and special education employment. After enduring the ultimate indignity of graduate school, he decided writing would prove more therapeutic and less costly than counseling. He is currently banished to hotel management until he repents and stops thinking for himself. A deal has been struck where if he thinks for himself but refuses to articulate what he is thinking, he can make money and be famous. So far, he has hardheadedly refused to do so, and suffers his fate stoically.