The dashing young WordPress site here before you is the latest incarnation of the thathero.com journal, and then some. So why does this site exist? What is where? Where is… what?

Most of the magic happens in the “blog” itself. I’ve dragged over a lot of old, pointless content, just because of how convenient the Search and Archive features are. The posterior of the site will take care of the rest of the content - some of which I will drop into the WordPress database eventually, some of which isn’t worth any more trouble than throwing in a link to the old directory at thathero.com. The music and movies links, for instance, will take you to pages living in a different template altogether. That’s what the whole site looked like in those heady, hard-to-maintain, pre-WordPress days.

As far as purpose… that kind of depends on the topic. Sometimes we want to share a thought, a movie recommendation, some of that world-renowned Buckeye state insight. Some posts serve little to no purpose at all (we’ll leave you to determine which ones!). I wrote a book, and Coffing & I occasionally write a comic. These are things for which there are links in the top navigation. This is something you have likely already picked up on.

Suggestions? Comments? Feel free to drop a line in the comments section of any post!

recognize

Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Read about recent and historic recipients of one of America’s highest military honors.

BlackFive - Someone You Should Know

Recognition for various feats of awesomeness at BlackFive.net.

Carnegie Hero Fund

Recent winners of the Carnegie medal recognizing heroic acts by American and Canadian civilians.

do gooder

Folding@Home

Help us fold some proteins! Basically, you install a program on your computer that gets test data from Stanford University servers and then carries out simulations that help researchers determine how proteins fold (or fail to fold). It has no noticeable impact on your computer’s performance, and contributes to medical research. Configure your Folding@Home installation for team number 48190 to join our team!

Soldiers’ Angels

Donate to support American troops and their families.

YoungLife

YoungLife is another great recipient for whatever generosity you may possess.

Living Water

Have you heard of Living Water? They’ve been doing some amazing things in Africa, combating the brutal effects of unsanitary drinking water by digging and repairing wells.

Kiva

Kiva.org connects lenders with small businesses in third-world countries; lend through PayPal to people who may not otherwise be able to borrow due to local economic or political conditions.