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I write. A lot. Problem is, a good chunk of it — three quarters, or more, I would venture to say — is total crap. Well, not total, but it certainly isn’t great. In fact, most of it isn’t even good. Nevertheless, I still write. A lot.

If you’ve been reading for a while you know that my posting frequency has diminished from a high of five (and sometimes more) posts per week to a paltry weekly posting. The reason for this is multi-fold, but it really boils down to a few big reasons:

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Just a heads up, I’ve just published an article for a British site, Calling America, titled A Land Not Soon Forgotten. (The title was a play on the title of the book Land Remembered, which traces the story of the fictional MacIvey family of Florida from 1858 to 1968.) Here’s their synopsis of the story:

A story about a young Puerto Rican boy growing up in the city of Tampa and overcoming cultural differences.

And here’s a clip:

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In college, we called the week right before finals “dead week.” During this week there were no parties, no activities, no outside BBQ’s… Just a bunch of students huddled up in Cooper Hall or in the library, or in the practice rooms, or in the labs and studios, trying to cram a semester’s worth of information into their brains, praying that it stuck there long enough to pass the exam. (Really, did anyone ever study any other way? I mean, outside of those weirdos who actually wanted to learn what they were learning. And post-graduate students.)

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A few days ago I added a little “Visitor Locations” tracker from Clustrmaps (you can see it at the bottom of the sidebar). Since then I’ve noticed that a LOT more international traffic than I ever imagined comes through this place. Sure, I knew people came from the US, Canada, and the UK, but I wouldn’t have guessed that readers came here from just about every other continent. Seriously, folks, this is… cool. My mind is boggling.

Now, I know what I’m about to say will sound self-aggrandizing, possibly even a bit snooty, but I’d like to make a request: I’d like to know where are you from. Now, I don’t want any personal information or anything, so please don’t leave your mailing address as I will use to send you a packet full of Anthrax, I’d just like to know whose from where, so if you read this note, could you be so kind as to drop a comment telling us (me and anyone else who read this note) where you’re from? Doesn’t matter whether you’re in Tampa or Timbuktu, Medellin or Manitoba, Chicago, Chennai, or Chelsea, I’d love for you say “hello!”

Note: No, I’m not whoring for comments, I swear. I’m just really… still amazed that people other than a few friends and my parents read this.

About a week and a half ago I put up a short post about the creation of the newest Gnorb.NET theme. Almost two weeks and two tons of advice later the theme is now ready for use in production. In short, here’s the theme, enjoy. However, if you really want to know more about why this is such a big change (aside from it looking a whole lot better), keep on reading.

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