I doubt anyone has ever done this, but I’m pretty sure you could draw a line from geek to nerd to freak as a continuum of increasing intelligence and decreasing social aptitude. Me? I’m good with people. And so it is my interest in – not my understanding of – most things tech that keeps [...]

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I was born in Tuscaloosa. That’s how far back my allegiance to Alabama football goes. Everything I owned was red and white and featured an Elephant somewhere. I remember as a kid having a Roll Tide metal trash can that doubled as a desk seat. Yeah, we had nice things. Unfortunately, I never attended the [...]

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Honestly, I’ve never been much of a reader.  I’m more of a start, get distracted, lose interest kind of guy.  But I did just finish reading my first complete eBook. (No, it wasn’t Winnie the Pooh.) And I’m not alone.  Amazon now tells us that they’re selling more eBooks than regular books.  Author’s Guild President, [...]

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OK, guys.  Good stuff!  Thanks to Michele and Todd for stopping by. And thanks to the rest of you for your comments.  I’m anxious to dive into the actual first chapter (which I have read, by the way).  But I honestly can’t resist one brief post before we do. I hope you’ve had a chance to read the comments from [...]

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I want to know your thoughts on this stuff. At the end of each post, I’ve asked a couple of questions. Take a second to respond by leaving a comment, and maybe we’ll all learn something. OK. I’ll admit it. I could pave my driveway with the self-help books I started and never finished past [...]

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Don’t faint!  Two posts inside of a month.  I know.  It’s a miracle just shy of Biblical proportions.  When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would not post unless I had something to say.  Well guess what?  I’m ready to talk. Over the next few posts, I’ll be sharing some things I’ve learned during [...]

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Does it ever bother you when you read a novel and can’t seem to understand what the title means?  One would think that a poetic title would find its derivation somewhere in the story and (at the very least) hinted at somewhere between the dedication and “The End.” But this is so often not the [...]

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I read Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying in high school.  I even wrote a literary critique on the book.  Of course I merely compiled and reconstructed the thoughts of other noted scholars on the subject.  This earned me an “A,” and so I was happy. The End. What it did not earn me was a [...]

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