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This is the I Ching<\/span> symbol for Thunder or Shock. Or the “arousing shock of thunder”. It’s part of a divination system with coin flips that can help predict the future. I’m not sure I buy into that as much as I do fortune cookies, but it’s a neat little symbol for the very essence of surprise. I always tell people that I don’t like being surprised, but that’s really to prevent them from trying to do it on purpose. The accidental surprise? That’s golden. <\/div>\n
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So, I got this as a tattoo on my inner left wrist. A location that – should I need to – I can cover with a watchband. A reminder that the best parts of life are surprises.<\/div>\n
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When I was growing up, I went by my middle name – Wade. I think there was some concern that people would mispronounce my last name even more if Anthony got shortened to the very Italian sounding Tony. So, instead of Anthony – I was Wade.<\/div>\n
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When I got into college, the process of sorting that out with people and especially my professors got to be a pain and I decided to start using Anthony. This created a dichotomy – my family and friends from my youth call me Wade and my my co-workers and adult friends call me Anthony. My parents never really got used to the switch – my Mom still introduces me to people as Anthony and then in the next breathe she’ll say to me -“Wade, where’s your sister?”<\/div>\n
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I’ve always believed that people don’t really change – that they just become more of themselves as they get older. There are exceptions to this, but I don’t think it would hurt to start bringing back a little more of my Wade. I’ve added it back into my signature file in my email – and for a geek that’s a huge deal – and I’ve added it to the title of this blog.<\/div>\n
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What does it all mean? Sort of a surprise at changing back into an older mindset? Eh, I don’t really know. The names I first tried for this new blog were all taken and I settled on this one. I like it, but I don’t entirely understand it. Which I think is just as well. <\/div>\n
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If anyone asks, just tell them it’s a variation on the band “Fountains of Wayne”.<\/div>\n
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