Occasionally, you cross paths with someone in life whom you have respect, but as time goes on, you become friends. Such is the case with me and Yabu. Our initial meeting was at a blog meet in Helen about 7 years ago. He actually had two blogs that I liked and bookmarked. One of those blogs, however, was written by a ghost writer, unbeknownst to me at the time. At that initial meeting, he had a twinkle in his eye, and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Sam. AKA Yabu." He was a small guy; that surprised me. Like many small people though, he was larger than life. For my part, I was extremely grateful that he didn't perpetuate the misconception that the ghost writer stories were real. They had a very real feel to them, all the more testament to the actual author. For his part, he expressed admiration that I was in the process of getting my teeth fixed. As I got to know him, I learned that this particular subject was extremely important to him. I often heard him express frust...
Saying that reminds me of all the rappers in the 90s. They were back on every album. Where are they now? Now it would be appropriate. Anyhoo..social media is fun, but really too inhibiting. Sometimes you need more than 150 characters to make a point. My Members of the Week series is definitely going to be over here because I need more characters to really do them justice. Plus I missed writing. Something about putting these words out there soothes something in me. Anyway, that's enough for now. Stay tuned and holler at me if I haven't updated in a while.
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