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Playing catch up

30 Mar 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »

Okay, okay, so I missed one lousy week! Bite my head off why don’t you! I’ll have you know that the new Gunny finally got on deck Monday, 24 March and I spent the weekend trying to not look like a failure in all the things that should’ve been done in the two weeks I [...]

Response

16 Mar 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »

Let me just say that the response I’ve been getting since opening day has been outstanding! I’m glad that so many of you have been dropping me a line (even the hate mail, which was expected). I’ve truly been swamped at work. The problem isn’t the work load necessarily, but the loose ends that didn’t [...]

Opening day

12 Mar 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »

…and so begins the second maiden voyage of my very own website. This is version 2, for those of you who remember my AOL Hometown days in ’99. (Are there ever second maiden voyages?) Anyway, another year has passed and I can honestly say that, although I have nothing material to show for my time [...]

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The author.Born in the year of the Dragon, the author grudgingly accepts the fact he has too many interests and not enough time. A cyclist as long as he can remember, an avid yet inconsistent writer since age eleven, and a U.S. Marine since age twenty-one, the author also adds computers, snowboarding, and motorcycles to his list of interests. Incidentally, he is aware of his inability to make a living from any but the Corps. The author accepts this as fact and remains optimistic. Feel free to drop him a line.

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