In my childhood, there was no bigger thrill than going to a
sports memorabilia show and seeking out a vendor selling little brown paper
bags with cards inside. The bags would generally
be accompanied by an unvetted claim that select lucky packs carried a value inside of
$1,000+. Maybe it was the thrill of the
unknown, or perhaps the prospect of turning $5 into a miniature fortune, but I
couldn't resist the magnetism of the product.
If I were to look back at my expenditures, my card collecting balance
sheet would be woefully in the red, but the thrills I experienced allow me to
write off the monetary loss.
I wanted to create a blog that would attempt to capture that
same buzz… without causing the substantial hit to anyone’s pocketbook. I’ll be touching on a variety of topics including,
but not limited to:
- Lessons learned from experiences
- Interviews with influential people
- Miscellaneous musings about professional decorum
- Marketing and communications
- The business of professional sports
- Personal stories and accounts
One of my main sticking points in this blog will be not adhering
to the status quo of writing at a fifth grade level. When I started my college experience, one of
the first things I learned was that my lexicon was extremely limited. Each assigned reading in my Rhetoric I course
pushed the boundaries of my vocabulary.
The thesaurus I purchased at the beginning of my freshman year became tattered and unusable by the time I was a senior. That’s not to say that this blog will be a
scholarly work… it won’t, but if one
word causes someone to look in a dictionary and expand their vocabulary, it
will be a small victory for me.
I’m also excited to engage with anyone reading and am open
to writing about topics that interest my readership. Please
feel free to contact me at thomas.felgar@gmail.com
or comment below with some suggestions.
I sincerely want to thank you for reading, and hope that you
will make a point to visit every Thursday morning for new content.
Have a great day!
Tom
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