{"id":2,"date":"2010-10-09T20:58:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T00:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-06-12T20:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T00:05:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About The 100 Billionth Person…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 100 Billionth Person<\/em> is well into its second decade, and I’ve made it into my eighth.\u00a0 So it seems fitting that I should update my About Page to reflect the passage of time and the change of perspective that comes with age.<\/p>\n

First, The 100 Billionth Person<\/em> was more a branding decision than a personal statement.\u00a0 While it is plausible (if not statistically improbable) that I am the 100 billionth person to have walked on this planet<\/a>, the whole point was to give this blog and myself a seemingly important yet ultimately insignificant title.\u00a0 The way I see it, the string of 0s in 100 billion serves to put that lonely 1 in a very humble place.<\/p>\n

Being The 100 Billionth Person<\/em> sounds special and distinct, but as one of so many billions, how can I be anything but ordinary and insignificant?\u00a0 Yes, each of us is unique<\/em> in that no one shares our DNA, our experiences, our thoughts, our actions.\u00a0 But if we are all unique, how special<\/em> can that be?<\/p>\n

Now to this blog.\u00a0 For your entertainment and mine, I write personal reflections, poetry and verse, MAD<\/em> magazine-style comics and features, political and topical commentary, recreational math and physics articles, and numerous thoughts at large<\/a>.\u00a0 I enjoy sharing what I create, and I try to offer my readers something unique, hopefully worth spending a few minutes on.\u00a0 I strive to be myself, because I would fail badly trying to be some famous person, like Donovan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who I am is reflected in my posts — who I am not is some other Craig H. Collins<\/a> you were looking for.\u00a0 If you arrived here by serendipity, don’t be sorry — I’d love to hear from you.\u00a0 Life is short and valuable — making connections is what makes it all worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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