- Michael W. Rickard II
Gone Fishin'

Hope everyone's 2020 is off to a great start. I'm wrapping up my graduate thesis so I likely won't be posting new content until mid-February. In the meantime, please check out the archives.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.