these are posts from other folks on the web that mean a lot to me. they may have inspired me, change the way i think or look at something, or they were simply a good read. for one or more of those reasons, they are linked here for you to check out. possibly this gives you a better idea of what i find important and helps you understand me better. maybe in the end it just gives you a nice collection of posts to read. as time moves on i'll add more posts as i quite enjoying reading blogs