In all, I have now written (and published) about 380 articles, essays, and other short writings. Also, I have written, co-written and edited 32 books. Some of these have appeared in several editions (up to four editions). Also, I have been involved in organizing dozens of courses, and have given several dozen lectures during the years.

It is nice to note these things every once in a while. However, the most important thing for me right now is my family. All these other things are little in comparison.

During the Christmas vacation it seems that readers of a discussion group were searching for a person having the same name as I, and visited this weblog quite a few times.

However, although my name is not as common as John Smith, it is not unique. The name Juha is one of the most common names in Finland, related to the English name John. Also, there are a few thousand Haatajas in Finland, and of these a few dozen are named Juha Haataja. I personally know two Juha Haatajas, and have heard of a couple more.

It is interesting to see people get confused about my name. Some even have speculated that perhaps Juha Haataja is a real-life version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. (Thanks to Google, these writings are still available on the net.) Sorry to disappoint you, folks.

I have a long way to go to reach the writing level of Ellison, even in my native Finnish. However, a couple of times I have been able to write texts which have been of satisfactory quality, even in hindsight.