Welcome to episode 51 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.

And today I'm joined by blogger and podcaster Science Mike.

Mike and I are going to chat about what it means to have a developing face, especially in light of living in the South.

And we'll chat podcasting and what we're reading right now.

Before we get started, I wanted to remind everyone how important it is.

Even in this busy, hectic holiday season to rate and review

the podcast on iTunes, I know we have so many listeners, and it means so much when you go onto iTunes

and you write or review us. It helps us attract more listeners and grow the show. So I'd really

appreciate it. If you would during this season of generosity,

take a minute, log on to your phone, log on to your iTunes account, and just give us a quick

rating or review. Let us know how we're doing so that we can keep making this podcast better and

better. All right, let's go ahead and get started. Hi, Mike.

Hey, how are you? Wonderful.

Thanks so much for joining me on the podcast today.

Oh, it's a pleasure. I've been looking forward to it because I know it's not something here around the holidays trying to run a bookstore. So thanks for making the time. Well, it has been, I will tell you, it has been a very hectic couple of weeks. I feel very Scrooge-like telling people that I'm ready for January, but there it is. But no, I'm really happy to be able to take some time out of the store today

and chat with you. I think it'll be a good, fun conversation. I wanted to start by just asking

you generally for listeners of this podcast, you might be unfamiliar with Science Mike or with your work.

I'd love you to tell us about your blog, your online presence, and kind of how that got started.

How did you find yourself writing about faith and science on the Internet?

Completely by accident. I'm actually a technologist and marketer by trade.

I've made my career first in the IT world and then the ad world stemming from that.

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