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Entrepreneur. Active with startups over the years. Former poetry editor for Ray’s Road Review for nearly six years. Author of 15 published poetry collections, as well as a few other books in other areas. Literary critic, technology writer, foreign affairs analyst. University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, & Queens University of Charlotte alum. Attended UCLA (had to relocate right before finishing another degree there), King University & Western State University College of Law. Some post-grad work at Michigan & Stanford. Pittsburgh Steelers & Pittsburgh Penguins fan. (SEC) college football fan (Vols). Major Bukowski fan. Beat writers fan. Philip K Dick & Terry Pratchett fan, as well as David Weber. Collector of personally autographed books. (Among my prized possessions are books autographed to and for me by Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti & William Burroughs.) Additional collector of fine art, rare vinyl, select certified sports collectibles & computers, with special fondness for custom designed, custom built high-end computers. Primary current one is a Falcon Northwest MACH V. Love tech. First computer in 1982, first programming class in 1984, first email in 1985. I never looked back after that. Eclectic musical tastes. A bit of an audiophile, or at least audiophile-tendencies. Close to 4,000 albums in various formats, & some quite rare. Been in the tech & music businesses, both, as well as publishing business & creating my own start ups over the years. Other areas of interest, research & specialization include networking, protocols, security, cloud computing, history, philosophy, biology, physics, quantum field theory/computing, AI/ML, nuclear (engineering/energy/(non)proliferation/weapons/defense strategies), EMP, military, PMCs, EW, IW/AW, research, international relations, policy, East Asia/China, analysis, consulting, advising & more. Left-leaning moderate. Recovering hard core Calvinist. Need lifelong therapy as a result. Freethinker. Extremely severe health problems. Have Trigeminal Neuralgia Type 2, very rare, among many other conditions. About to make 30th move. Favorite place lived: Los Angeles. Missing SoCal. Have been living in a Chattanooga TN suburb with a wonderful, amazing wife & two sweet, co-dependent cats. Relocating to the Gettysburg PA area. It’s been a crazy life for so many reasons.
Dan Harris said
I nominated your blog for Versatile Blogger. Do with this what you will!
http://sailingthevoid.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/the-first-of-many-awards-versatile-blogger
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Scott Holstad said
Wow, Dan, thanks! I’ll follow up on this shortly. I really appreciate it. Cheers!
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indytony said
I have just nominated you for a “Very Inspiring Blogger” award. To discover the terms of acceptance and see what I wrote about your blog, visit –
http://writingforfoodinindy.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/nomination-3-will-it-be-assassination-or-failed-revolution/
Don’t feel obligated to follow the conditions of acceptance, though. Just know that I found your blog inspiring and keep up the good work.
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dweezer19 said
Oops, apologies to Toby. I assumed she was a he and referred to her in the masculine elsewhere. That’s not going to improve her mood much I’m afraid. 😉
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Scott Holstad said
Well, Toby’s neutered, so…. LOL!
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dweezer19 said
Ahhh.well, then, thats where grumpy begins..lol good luck with the move Toby!
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dweezer19 said
Hi Scott! I just wanted to let you know I nominated you for an award and you can read about it here if you would like. Hope you have had a good weekend!
http://tropicalaffair.me/2015/03/29/a-thousand-times-thank-you/
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