About the Author
My name is Slade Leeson. I live in Portland, Oregon, and couldn't be happier about it.
I believe that when people talk about solving a problem, most of the time they're really talking about convincing other people that a particular solution is correct. The means to attack our problems are all around us; it's a matter of picking a method that enough people can agree to get behind. So, that's how I'd like to spend my life: moving people toward agreeing on the solutions to their problems.
Most professions have a short description of what their practitioners do: lawyers practice law, doctors heal the sick, engineers build things. One of my professors has a description for public relations: PR practitioners influence behavior. Sounds good to me.
A friend once gave me a good piece of advice: "graduate, get out of Oregon, and realize how unimportant you are." I'm not entirely convinced it isn't possible to have that realization right here in Oregon. But who knows, maybe someday I'll follow that advice (hopefully, to somewhere warmer.)
I prefer soda over pop and beer over hard liquor. Khakis over jeans, but shorts over pants. Cats over dogs, but I really love both. The only thing I watch on television anymore is ESPN. I listen to hip hop and rock music, alternating between the two every couple weeks. I read mostly non-fiction. I've been accused of thinking I'm better than everyone else. I one wore a giant cardboard house. I surprised seemingly everyone I knew by joining, and being president of, a fraternity. Of all the things to do among friends, I'm happiest smoking cigars and grilling steaks. I'm a liberal, or a progressive, depending on what the latest marketing is. I use way too many different products in the shower. I love Super Smash Brothers. Two of my close friends have gotten married in the last couple years, which gives me the willies. And I believe we can make the life we want for ourselves, right here on this earth.
I believe that when people talk about solving a problem, most of the time they're really talking about convincing other people that a particular solution is correct. The means to attack our problems are all around us; it's a matter of picking a method that enough people can agree to get behind. So, that's how I'd like to spend my life: moving people toward agreeing on the solutions to their problems.
Most professions have a short description of what their practitioners do: lawyers practice law, doctors heal the sick, engineers build things. One of my professors has a description for public relations: PR practitioners influence behavior. Sounds good to me.
A friend once gave me a good piece of advice: "graduate, get out of Oregon, and realize how unimportant you are." I'm not entirely convinced it isn't possible to have that realization right here in Oregon. But who knows, maybe someday I'll follow that advice (hopefully, to somewhere warmer.)
I prefer soda over pop and beer over hard liquor. Khakis over jeans, but shorts over pants. Cats over dogs, but I really love both. The only thing I watch on television anymore is ESPN. I listen to hip hop and rock music, alternating between the two every couple weeks. I read mostly non-fiction. I've been accused of thinking I'm better than everyone else. I one wore a giant cardboard house. I surprised seemingly everyone I knew by joining, and being president of, a fraternity. Of all the things to do among friends, I'm happiest smoking cigars and grilling steaks. I'm a liberal, or a progressive, depending on what the latest marketing is. I use way too many different products in the shower. I love Super Smash Brothers. Two of my close friends have gotten married in the last couple years, which gives me the willies. And I believe we can make the life we want for ourselves, right here on this earth.