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People More Interesting than I
These articles profile people who aren't necesarily rich and/or famous, but have done something or had an idea or just lucked into doing things that we as regular people find fascinating.  Well, I did anyway.

Talking Beer With Greg Koch, CEO of Stone Brewing


In this great new world of becoming a "branded" web writer (brilliantly summed up in this New York Times piece), I will be doing a lot more scribing on these here Intertoobz. It'll be a combination of article writing, blogging and rambling on as I see fit. Does it pay a lot? Ummm, No. But nobody asked me to be a writer in the first place.

Why am I telling you this? Because rule #1 on the Internet: It's all about the writer behind the laptop. 

One upside is that I can write more about things of personal interest, like say, beer. This is an epic Q&A with Greg Koch, CEO of Stone Brewing and a fellow USC alum. 

TrojanWire, your source for all things Trojan football and malted barely. 

The SC Song Girl slogan never seemed more fitting. Fight On, indeed. 

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Meet the Labyrinth Wizard

You know I am a Universal Record Holder, right?

Fastest Time To Complete A Two-Ball Game Of Labyrinth

Well, I am also a Universal Records Blogger. 

I aim to set the record for "Most Interviews With People Who Set More Challenging Records Than I."

First up, Alon Mass. He's a young medical student who can play the holy living hell out of Labyrnith. 

Let's get the ball rolling...

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An Interview With Nick Reding, Author of Methland

I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's a great look at rural life in the United States as its lived now, free of "flyover states" condescension and "real America" sanctimony. So, you should read my interview with author Nick Reding below, join in the lively urban vs. rural discussion at the Huffington Post, then buy Methland from Powell's, a bookstore everyone can agree upon.

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In 1999, as a journalist for magazines like Outside and Harper's, Nick Reding noticed that crystal methamphetamine was becoming part of everyday life across America. He saw the problem in small towns everywhere, acutely understood by locals, ignored nationally. The more Reding looked, the more he saw, saying, "I began to get the feeling that the drug was somehow following me around." Out of a decade of research, an all-encompassing examination of the how the epidemic came to be and who shares the blame, came Methland.

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A Q&A With Alexis Ortega, Director of the National Marriage Boycott

A few weeks back, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece about how I would be getting an (Un)legal Divorce until same -sex marriages becomes the law of the land. http://images.ocregister.com/newsimages/2008/05/15/Gay_Marriage_CAPS110.jpg

 

I was contacted by Alexis Ortega, a student at Stanford and a director of the National Marriage Boycott. The organization calls on President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and encourages straight married couples to wear an "equality ring" as a sign of support. Here is an email exchange I had with Ortega.

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Meet My Two Favorite Olympians

tcolyAll apologies to Dwyane Wade of course, but my two favorites are Greco-Roman wrestler Thomas "T.C." Dantzler and Star class sailor John Dane III.jdiiisail

Why, you ask, have I chosen two athletes in rather obscure hard-to-find-even-on-the-32,000-hours-on-NBC-coverage sports? Simple. Both men sat down for Inc. interviews.

Besides being world-class competitors both Dantzler and Dane own thriving businesses. The former runs a security company, TclogiQ, and the latter owns Trinity Yachts, which makes boats for billionaires.

It's good to know America still has some of that can-do spirit.

Enjoy the Olympics. Keep and eye for Dantlzer and Dane.

I predict gold. Or silver. Maybe bronze. No matter the outcome, they'll both give it their best.  

(Olympic Update: Neither Dantzler or Dane III medaled.)


 

 

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