Practice Makes Perfect

I consider myself to be a fairly good writer. It's something that's always been fun and relatively easy for me to do. I've written countless essays, news articles, letters, postcards, poetry, and a few short stories here and there. However, the time and space between the time I write things is pretty vast. Therefore, I'm going to use this blog to write consistently about the things that interest me. I foresee a lot of entries about international relations, Africa, energy, oil and gas, and technology. 

At the end of the day I hope to communicate my perspective to the world in a coherent, informative manner. I always strive to be entertaining and I like rhyming words. Consistency and quality. Finally, I hope to inspire.

Inspire to try harder, fly farther, take on challenges, create, and change. 

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