Editor's Note:  My thought process here is that should I be eventually found severely beaten and locked in a trunk because of something sarcastic I wrote or said, this will be the blurb that news outlets use in their stories.  That would be awesome.  The news outlet part, not the beaten and locked in a trunk part.  That, I imagine, would suck.

I'm notoriously bad at writing about myself.  Let's keep it autobiographical:  Hi!  I'm Jason Rashaad: lifelong Detroiter, graduate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School and a proud alumnus of Wayne State University.  Professionally I've worked in Information Technology for more than ten years, my most recent position being the reason I find myself transplanted from Detroit to Baltimore.

Since arriving in Baltimore I've gotten my bearings – this being the farthest from Detroit I've lived in my life – but now feel confident moving forward.  I'm ready to expand and enhance my skillset in business development and IT infrastructure.  I'd love to further my education, hopefully by enrolling in an MBA program.  I'm prepared to engage with my new community through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland.  I think Baltimore and I will get along just fine.

The title of this blog comes from Psalms 118:22: "The stone which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner." This has its roots in ancient masonry, specifically with regards to the building of the First Temple. The rough, misshapen stone was discarded as inadequate for the building of the pillars, which required perfect, smoothly shaped stones. This stone later became the keystone, in that its shape and quality was perfect for completing the arch and thereby the temple.