Welcome to my site. I’m going to explore the many interests and experiences I’ve gained over my life, to include over 26 years in the Navy. Been around the physical world, and I’ve visited many diverse mental worlds through books, movies, games, etc. Come join me!<\/p>\n

The Navy\u2019s not a place for deep specialization, generally. Well-roundedness is preached from the beginning. Once a Sailor gets a handle on his or her technical job, it\u2019s time to do leadership courses and\/or community service and\/or collateral duties and\/or etc. I\u2019m not complaining (although, some do say, \u201cA bitching Sailor is a happy Sailor.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Twenty-plus years in the Navy has had\u00a0its impact on me. As I moved up the ranks, I learned my technical job. However, the jack-of-all-trades\/master-of-none perspective existed at this lower level as well. Learned about one piece, then moved on to another piece. Learned a lot about leadership along the way (often, lessons on what not to do were stronger and more frequent\u2026negative reinforcement vice positive). I\u2019ve been a communications\/IT guy from the beginning, and I wasn\u2019t bad at it, but I had to keep moving up, so I had to keep spreading my knowledge and experience out to new areas. This tendency seemed to spread into my personal life, too. So now I know a little about many different things. (And my head is cluttered\u2026)<\/p>\n

So, I started this site. I\u2019ve wanted my own site for quite some time. Now I have one. I will use this to explore and document my interests, as wide-ranging as they may be, and to actually write a bit. Can\u2019t just think about writing to get good at writing, think about playing guitar to get good at playing guitar, think about ______ to get good at ______. I have to get off my butt and do something about it!<\/p>\n

\u201cNo problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.\u201d ~A. Einstein<\/p>\n

So here goes!<\/p>\n

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