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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tilting Against Windmills!

At first, my family was skeptical when I explained to them that I was starting a "blog." To them the term sounded almost sinister and like something out of a Star Trek movie. Now, they seem to have acquiesced to my new-found hobby.

My initial inspiration came from reading Don Quixote. His attempts to challenge the prevailing wisdom of the time was often misunderstood, yet bizarrely on-point. As articulated by the original Q himself,


"Anyone publishing a book exposes himself to enormous risk, because it's absolutely impossible to write one in such a way that it satisfies and pleases all those who read it."

This blog is my attempt to look at issues from a different perspective. Thus, Challenging your view of..... [fill in the blank].

Thanks for tolerating my awkward attempt at modern civic engagement.

Q.

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