What does ranch dressing taste like? How does Edgar Allen Poe create suspense in The Tell-Tale Heart? Am I a pedophile?

It's not everyday that questions as disparate as these come together - unless you're on AnonTalk.com.

AnonTalk: From the inane to the insane

The website is a free, anonymous, text-only bulletin board that allows users to pose questions, answer questions, or make comments about almost anything. There are posts about grammar woes, sex advice, baking tips and where to find child pornography.

AnonTalk was created about 10 months ago. The system operator declined in an e-mail interview to reveal his or her name, age, gender or place of residence. So let's call this person Sysop, and let's choose a gender for Sysop: male.