Another new hound in the pound today, Sean Purcell, whom you will recognize from our comment threads and from his weblog, A Life That POPs. He’s on pace to become Jeff Brown’s favorite hyper-local weblogger, and Sean has been working on BloodhoundBlog Unchained warm-up events with Brian Brady. It’s time and past time that we brought him into the pack.
What happens when a Princeton psychology major goes to Wall Street? Sean Purcell came to his senses and moved to San Diego to train as an Ironman and establish himself as a Web 2.0 real estate success coach.
I have one more Bloodhound to add, but, right now, he’s spinning and spinning in front of a digital camera, praying to god that, somewhere, he as a good side.
We are always interested in adding new voices, but it is getting harder and harder to make the cut. I’m turning down nineteen out of twenty, by now, but that’s not a very good standard to judge by. Most of the people who approach us want to use our popularity to promote their businesses, which is not what we’re doing here. I am endlessly interested in points of view we don’t already have. But, even then, you have to be able to keep up with this pack of wild dogs — which means you have to be swift enough to run with us, but you also have to accept that at BloodhoundBlog we are each of us free to run as we choose.
In any case, Dave Phillips set such a blistering pace yesterday that I’m interested to see what Sean can do. Nothing like a little pressure to bring out the best in a man, right?
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Brian Brady says:
Knowing Sean as I do, I have no doubt he’ll play to win; he always does.
Welcome Sean!
March 18, 2008 — 9:49 am
Bawldguy Talking says:
Though Sean is a as sure a thing as there can be, here on the streets of Tombstone, I’ve learned to get over my uh, distaste for the man. 🙂
We’re talking, during our first ever meeting, about how I’ve recently lost nearly 20% of my body weight. The conversation veered into various exercises folks employ to lose weight and/or get back into good shape. I mentioned I’d been a runner in an earlier life, a marathoner in fact, having completed half a dozen or so.
That’s pretty cool he says, “I’ve run a couple Ironman triathlons myself.”
He’s an Ivy league graduate, Ironman vet, worked on Wall Street, blah blah blah. How do you not hate this guy? 🙂
Easy, as once you meet him you realize instantly it’s impossible not to like him. How do you not like a guy who has to cut a meeting at Starbucks short ‘cuz he’s gotta go see one of his boy’s T-Ball game?
Don’t make the mistake I always make with Sean though. Don’t tell the first story. He’ll beat it, and won’t be braggin’ either. The guy’s flat been there and done that. He’s a solid addition to the Pound, and I’m proud to know him.
Welcome Sean — how’s the hyper-local blog(s) coming?
March 18, 2008 — 10:04 am
Sean Purcell says:
Thanks Brian. I am valiantly (some might even say heroically), without concern for safety of life and limb… trying to keep up with the pace you set here at BHB. 🙂
March 18, 2008 — 1:56 pm
Sean Purcell says:
Jeff,
You are far too kind. Thank goodness for your world wide acclaim as one of the great story tellers of our generation. Otherwise, I might feel just a tiny bit of pressure…
March 18, 2008 — 1:59 pm
Jeff Brown says:
Sean — take your last comment, print it out, and shred the paper. Spread it over your lawn and water it.
In a couple weeks you’ll have the greenest lawn in town. ?)
March 18, 2008 — 2:20 pm
Dave Phillips says:
Whew! Glad I only had to be the “new guy” for a day. Welcome Sean and thanks for commenting on my post yesterday.
March 18, 2008 — 2:42 pm