Hello, I am glad you are reading this. Writing it feels a bit like engaging in a handshake in a room of strangers who share a common interest -- you know, kind of "distant" but "hopeful".

It is my intention to use this means to bring you and me closer together by sharing with you some good solid information as well as some of my personal beliefs. I want you to get to know me and learn that you can rely on me for honest, forthright insurance advice and on-line purchase opportunities that fit your needs.

As suggested by someone who has been helping me to feel my way into blogging, I have been writing since June, 2006 as "hurricane_0_8" and you may have seen some of what I have posted on Yahoo! Answers. If we can figure out how to do it, my website team and I will try to give you access to those comments too. Until then, please check back here as often as you find convenient.

And, if you agree that it is a worthy effort, please pass the word to your friends that purchases on this website result in on-going humanitarian contributions to aid victims of tsunamis (including the BIG one) and hurricanes (including Katrina).