The Sounding Board
b (aka Barry) and I were kicking around ideas for our newly formed alliance when the topic of titles (and not really in the context of blog-related capacities) came up.
For business, I use the title – Your Home Project Assistant. When I mentioned that I might use this too in the Blog’s About spiel, b jokingly replied, Cool, I can be the Home Project Assistant’s Assistant. And I knew in that one instant that it, here, simply would not do.
So me as the journeyman and b as the sounding board (the lower case initials themselves a whole ‘nother rant) was born.
Now, those of you who have not had the fortune to know b, he can actually be introduced quite easily. Barry is a quiet and humble man, a multi-talented artist and craftsman living and working along the lower Delaware shore. He has a simple way, a simple way of surprising me almost weekly. You see, b is a seeker, an explorer of the truth, a man of thought and action, of art and living, a life long learner. He is one heck of a communicator; he has been, and is, a good friend.
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As a one time professional thespian and musician, b now channels much of his creative energy into the photo journal he keeps at Barry’s Big Blog of Building (You can find it in the sidebar over here –>, and it really isn’t all that big). Barry claims that he is motivated by his own desire to continually learn about all things “Building.” But for us, his visitors — we are the ones who have the unique opportunity to engage in the profoundness of his small doing. Without his endeavor, perhaps, he and I may not have connected.
And recently as Junction Home Services has begun to slam and jam – and enter new demands brought upon him by, well, me, b needed a practical way to streamline. Midday emails began to be replaced with quick audio notes, recorded on his blackberry . . . . And like that, The Sounding Board is born.
With The Sounding Board :: Notes From the Slower Lower – b will be checking in bi-weekly to provide segments on home projects, business, life and learning. Please click, listen and/or hey, even download . . . he’d appreciate a comment and a quick, “Hi, how are you doing?” And trust me, it will be well worth your time.
