Howdy, Bubba! Hey, if you're new around these parts, I just want to say how much I appreciate you dropping by! Oh, and you may want to subscribe to my feed. Thanks, and a tip o' the hat to ya!

A big tip o' the hat!

Howdy folks; a big ol’ tip o’ the hat to ya!

Today I’ve got a special welcome for those of you who are relatively new to the Zone, or who just followed a link from Liz Strauss’ Blog Showcase at Successful Blog. Let me say right off “Thanks for dropping by!” (And many thanks for doing this to you too, Liz!)

Allow me to show you around. To begin with, I’m proud to be called a Texan from Texas, living in a small town called Tomball (which really amounts to a suburb up on the northern edge of Houston). Suffice it to say, as you will no doubt be able to tell by my *ahem* obvious charm and sophistication, I’m a city boy through and through.

Should you be so inclined, you can read all About Yours Truly or all About the Middle Zone and see how we like to do things around here. Trust me on this; the Middle Zone is a friendly and easy-going place, and you’re welcome to mosey around and check things out for yourself.

Since you’d probably like to know a little bit about what I write here, I took the liberty of assembling a baker’s dozen of my most popular and/or favorite posts, written over the last four months (well, all except the first one). Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Of course, if you’re bound and determined to leave a comment, then hey, nobody’s gonna stop you…

Oh, one last thing before I turn you loose - if you like what you see, I’d truly be honored if you’d subscribe to my RSS feed - or, you can subscribe via email. Either way, it will guarantee you’ll never miss a thing.

And Bubba, that would be finer than a frog’s hair!

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• A Light in the Darkness - If you’re a new blogger, you’ll recognize this sentiment: “Ok, I’m blogging. But is anyone out there reading it?” One of my older, but still very favorite posts.
• The Boy Who Would Be King - Do you have high aspirations, but haven’t seen any progress as yet? Well Bubba, you ain’t alone!
• Out of Order - Mixed messages, and what they may, or may not, say.
• Hidden Potential - You ever think about what you’re going to be when you grow up? Yup; me too.
• The Missing Element - Thoughts about the distressing lack of eloquence we see in public forums today.
• Reality Check - Have you ever experienced a shining moment of glory, only to find out it, er, wasn’t what you thought? Yep; thought so. Been there.
• It Came to Pass - Every time I find myself in the midst of a trial of some kind or other, this phrase has always served as a comforting reminder: It’s only come to pass; it’s not here to stay.
• The First Step to Effective Communication - Here’s my super-duper, sure-fire, never-fail first step, required for all good communication. Trust me; you’ll thank me for it.
• What are You Saying, Without Saying a Word? - Give any thought lately to the amount of information people pick up about you, just by “listening in” to your words? You should!
• Well, Ain’t That Just the Duck’s Posterior! - What can one learn from (if you’ll pardon the expression) a duck’s, er, posterior? Hey, don’t laugh; you’d be surprised. OK; go ahead and laugh - but check it out.
• The Day I Decided to, er, Get Help - Has this ever happened to you? I’m talking about times when it seems like, no matter what you do, you simply can’t “make it work”?
• Overcoming Barriers - What do you do when you hit a brick wall? Might be a question worth pondering. Several readers contributed their solutions in Part 2. Social learning at its best!
• What I Learned From Really, Really Tired Feet - A few of life’s little lessons I learned while a door-to-door salesman a long time ago.

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Y’all take your time, look around - heck, kick the tires if you like. Pull up a chair, put your feet up and sit a spell. You’ll always be welcome here at the Zone!

You know, it would just be absolutely finer than a frogs hair if you would subscribe to my RSS feed!