New Web Guy?

For the sake of an introduction, Dave Soucy said I'm boring. And Seth Godin said it, too. Truth is that I can be at times, depends on comfort zone. I'm the new guy working with BulletBlocker's online efforts and my name is Dabbs, Mark Dabbs. I like my coffee shaken, not stirred, in 64 ounce buckets. Bill and Joe may use me as target practice if I don't show what I can do... they didn't say whether that was with or without BulletBlocker protection. So, if nothing else, I need to be a moving target.. Sitting in the comfort zone? Boring... and not safe.

So, briefly, I'm an expatriate - originally from Tacoma, now living in Odessa, Ukraine. I moved here in October 2005, after completing a 16 month contract in Iraq with Lear Siegler. My background is in logistics/operations and corporate communications - having also worked with Continental Satellite Co/Primestar, Amazon.com and CyberCraft Corp. Why am I in Ukraine? Not a simple answer, so I'll put it this way. Most people go to where everything is to see what is there. In logistics, we have a tendency to go where everything isn't and get it there. So, that's the other part of my life that doesn't have much relevance here, except may offer a little different perspective on things... as may be seen living in a portion of the Former Soviet Union.

BulletBlocker's Mission is to save lives. The objective here, of course, is to promote BulletBlocker online - through the blog, through the web site, and through social media. There are a couple ways to go about this, but sitting in the comfort zone is not one of them. BulletBlocker products like bulletproof vests and My Child's Pack are of a very serious nature. Bulletproof products support one half, sharing information supports the other half of Bulletblocker's mission. So, we're going to share an awful lot of information - some of it serious, some of it lighter. Life without some fun is... boring? I think worse than that. And, that adds another dimension to this effort.

It's easy to dwell on the negative. Looking around today, there's not a lot of good news. But, when the going gets tough, the tough get going - things could always be worse. In Iraq, when our latrine was hit by an enemy rocket... we were all just very thankful they didn't hit our baby wipes. Sometimes, gallows humor is appropriate. Grown men using baby wipes and having baby soft skin? Wrong. Very wrong - but very effective!