For fear of having the wrath of bad blog karma come down on me, I’ll perpetuate the blog tag game. If you didn’t know, the blogosphere’s version of the chain letter has taken hold in the form of calling out (tagging) other bloggers to divulge 5 things about themselves. I think its genealogy can be traced to here. I apologize in advance for the intrusion as I enter your feedreader.
1. 
My wife and I appeared on the front page of the Dallas Morning News on Christmas Eve 2001. That’s me with the bright yellow shirt on. Clearly it was my wife who garnered the photographer’s attention. 
2. My first internet job was for USWeb Corporation back in 1996. I answered a classified ad in the newspaper looking for an internet salesperson. For those of you that don’t remember USWeb, they were one of the first internet professional services firms (whatever that meant) and they used the franchise model to grow their “affiliate offices”. Sort of the McDonald’s of the web at that time. It still amazes how the web has been transformed in just over a decade. Back then I was pitching $10-20K websites and intranets with functionality less than today’s build-on-the-fly widgets.
3. We had our first son almost a year ago to this post (1|19|2006) – Nate Dearing. What can I say, best thing that’s ever happened to me.
4. My wife and I have an obsession with vintage stuff. We started collecting junk antiques after we got married and quickly filled up our house and garage. Luckily, we’ve honed our tasted to focus on mostly items from the art deco and midcentury eras. Midcentury stuff is my real weakness.
5. I’m a native Texan and grew up in Houston before moving to Big “D”.
Go Coogs!
And now for my blog tag victims candidates. I’m calling out Jennifer Dearing (ha!), Richard Carey, Jason Hirst, Shannon Whitley, Rick Grant, and Bret Starr. Get on it folks!
Cross-posted on The Enterprise Content Management Blog.
