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	<title>The Stone that the Builder Refused &#187; Random</title>
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		<title>Hello and Welcome visitors from the Social Sun!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Rashaad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in the fifth grade, my entire class lined up in the hall to walk to the auditorium for a graduation ceremony.  We had almost reached the door when my teacher pulled me to the side and said &#8220;You&#8217;re giving the graduation speech.&#8221;  That sudden thrust into the spotlight is quite similar to ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was in the fifth grade, my entire class lined up in the hall to walk to the auditorium for a graduation ceremony.  We had almost reached the door when my teacher pulled me to the side and said &#8220;You&#8217;re giving the graduation speech.&#8221;  That sudden thrust into the spotlight is quite similar to how I feel now as a Featured Local on the new <a title="The Baltimore Sun - Light for All" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a> <a title="Social Sun - Baltimore Sun Social Media Directory" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-socialsun-page,0,4525168.htmlpage" target="_blank">Social Sun</a> site.  So, um&#8230;hi everyone!</p>
<div id="attachment_83" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a title="Baltimore Sun - Social Sun" rel="attachment wp-att-83" href="http://www.jasonrashaad.org/random/hello-and-welcome-visitors-from-the-social-sun/attachment/sunfrontpage/" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83     " title="Social Sun Page" src="http://www.jasonrashaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sunfrontpage-300x229.jpg" alt="The new Baltimore Sun social media directory" width="300" height="229" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The new Baltimore Sun social media directory</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;ll try to spend the week being as interesting as possible.  I&#8217;ll also spruce the place up a bit, starting with my hastily thrown together <a title="Twitter.com - Jason Rashaad" href="http://twitter.com/jasonrashaad" target="_blank">Twitter background</a> (Hey, I&#8217;m not a graphics guy.  Don&#8217;t judge me!)  By way of introduction I&#8217;m a recent import into the city of Baltimore, having moved here to work at a federal consulting firm located near Ft. Meade.  When locals recommended that I move to Columbia or Laurel to be closer to the office I chose instead to move to Baltimore.  I didn&#8217;t know anything about Baltimore (OK, outside of <a title="Wikipedia - The Wire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire" target="_blank">The Wire</a>) but I did know that it was similar to my hometown in a lot of different ways.  Even in just five months I&#8217;m appreciating the character of the city and looking forward to being a positive part of it.</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s about all&#8230;again, welcome, and I&#8217;ll try to do at least one of these a day.  Thanks for visiting!</p>
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