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Jay Solo is my nom de plume. I am a single newly happily married, 42 43 year old guy who was born and raised in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, currently resides in Quincy Stoughton, and is frequently chided for being too verbose.
A non-religious libertarian, I am personally rather conservative and tend to relate more to the political right than left as things currently stand.
I have a BS in Management Science, Finance & Accounting Concentration; what other schools would simply call an accounting degree. I was torn between that and marketing, in which I retain an interest. This is a complete switch from having been an aggie in high school.
I'm the middle child of five, ranging from 10 years younger to 7 years older than me. My siblings all got married and had kids enough to make up for my lack slacking in that area, up to this point. Now who knows what might happen. I have 16 nieces and nephews, and 2 3 grandnieces.
For work I manage a small computer consulting/software company in which I have three two partners. We specialize somewhat in law firms, and are working on a software product for that niche. I do some of everything, including administering networks, programming, testing, building and fixing computers, installing and supporting software... everything.
Other work I've done includes supporting Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0 - 6.0, supporting and supervising support of Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 - 6.0, supporting a POS system for fast food restaurants, receiving for a manufacturer and mail order retailer of home renovation hardware, security at paper, cutlery and cotton product factories, newspaper delivery, bookkeeping and tax preparation, clerking and assistant managing in convenience stores, itinerant inventory counting, shipping for a book bindery, U.S. census field enumeration, cleaning, and lawn mowing and snow removal.
I've long been interested in writing for a living, or partial living, but have never pursued it aggressively enough. This blog tends to be an outlet for the all too unfocused writing compulsion.
The blog has no particular focus. However, I am particularly interested in business and economics, intellectual property issues, science, space and technical matters, science fiction/fantasy, and movies. Sometimes I may post or link about political things, in which case the leanings previously mentioned will come into play.