My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Location	Mississippi, United States
Introduction	I'm a newspaper reporter and columnist by day. My off-the-clock interests include the sonic quality and production of music (though I can't carry a tune in a bucket); political science; military science and history; leadership; management; photography; learning to love and serve my family and those around me and the application of technology to varying facets of life.
Interests	writing, photography, living life, parenting, music production, college football, following Christ
Favorite movies	Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, O Brother Where Art Thou?, We Were Soldiers, Shawshank Redemption, The Passion of the Christ, Office Space, Star Wars, Hudsucker Proxy, Finding Forrester
Favorite music	Rush, Christian worship, Joe Satriani, Johnny Cash, Monte Montgomery, Eric Johnson, Sara Groves
Favorite books	Runaway Jury, Blackhawk Down, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, The Bible

You've got to make contact with the alien leader. How will you tell when the conversation is finished?

Short pauses may mean something so I would wait at least five minutes before shutting off contact.