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The writing I do on these pages is my personal zone of reflection. It is where I attempt to bring words to my day. More often than not, the writing I do here affords me a perspective I would not otherwise find through any other means. Sometimes it becomes a springboard; a way to vent and clear my head of things I don't understand. Sometimes it serves as a method for me to laugh at myself or the daily frustrations that are a regular part of my life. Above all else, though, this is my place of intellectual creativity. I love to write. And there's something extremely rewarding for me in taking the jumble and chaos of a typical day and putting it into words. Words that accurately reflect the laughter, sorrow, wisdom, or just plain boredom, that mix in varying shades to produce the colors of my existence on this planet. You'll find a lot of diversity in my entries. I'm currently writing a book for O'Reilly press, but my experiences as a HD mechanic and 15 years of driving truck rear up in the strangest ways on occasion. I've also worked as a plumber, had my own business as a computer consultant, bred and trained dogs, gone back to university for a degree at 27, and been unemployed and broke a time or two as well. I also have a four-year-old daughter and a three-month old son, both of whom influence me in unexpected ways. Which isn't to say I've been Everywhere and done Everything, but I have picked up a rather broad perspective on the world in my travels. I'm also an avid reader -- if I don't get through at least 2 new books a week, I get a strange twitch in my left ear. My entries are laid out in a weekly format, running from Monday to Sunday. The format helps keep things in bite size chunks (or is that byte??) for digestion, and allows for a semblance of order in what often seems like a very chaotic rambling of events. It also allows me to start fresh — both figuratively and structurally — when the events of my week seem to spiral never endingly toward the negative. While I'm always open to comment on the topics I write about, how I choose to describe my experiences is not open to judgment or criticism. These are personal insights, pure and simple. It is the world I experience, through the eyes only I can see from. As a friend of mine used to say, "Welcome, make yourself at home, but be sure to remove your shoes before stepping into my house.
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