Month: March 2015

Stones in the Stream: What’s in a Name?

~ Lee Steinebach ~ 5 Comments

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I love history.

Along with science and technology, it’s one of the pillars in my Pantheon of Eternal Geekdom.  I read books on American and world history, collect historical pictures of my hometown, and watched the History Channel religiously until they followed MTV’s lead and replaced everything with reality shows.

History is about learning how (and why) we climbed from the humble origins of Homo Sapiens to the dominant beings that we are today.  It’s about learning from all of those souls who have gone before us; about revering the heights that humanity has accomplished, but also learning from humanity’s past mistakes… or at least trying to.  I wish more people felt this same appreciation.

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Life in the Bubble: Dealing with Introversion and Social Anxiety

~ Lee Steinebach ~ 2 Comments

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One of the things I want to accomplish with my blog is to really start opening up about myself.  I have spent all of my life feeling misunderstood… by not only the people I interact with, but even friends and family.  I have been alive now for almost half a CENTURY, and yet I feel like I have not done enough to define to the world who I am, what I believe in, and what I stand for.

I could let it all pour out right now and write my entire autobiography here, but not only would it take quite a while to write, it would also be an unbearably long and boring read.

So what I am going to do is, every so often, I am going to make a post that focuses on one facet of me.  One part of who I am.  A slice of me that’s a little more digestible in one sitting.  Over time, the individual pieces taken together should make a fair representation of me… or at least that is my hope.

So for this inaugural entry I will start with an easy and obvious one:  I am an introvert.

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