Currently serving 15 years to life in Western Massachusetts, Christopher Tawes is a regular contributor to the blog maxinsecurity.com. A native of the late 20th Century, Comrade Tawes spent his formative years researching material for The Vodka Snobs, his still unpublished monograph on postmodernity and secular iconography. Prior to his re-education, Mr. Tawes confessed to being influenced by Joe Strummer, John Carpenter, and Umberto Eco.