Howdy Folks,
It's been a while since I poked my head around the blogosphere, and all the old forums I used to frequent don't seem to have access anymore. So I haven't been jumping into the fray as much as I used to. But maybe now I can get a head of Steem going here!
So what's up with the rhino? I don't know. When I was playing around with a handle I just found some rhino pics that I liked and BAM!, there it was. This one cracks me up, sorta like, "Whatchu lookin' at?" I found out later that it's a female though... hehe, well, most of you didn't know that, so I'm good. Here's a more manly one to save face!
Heh, pretty studly, eh?
Why "Another Joe"?
Because, really, I am. I'm just a guy like the rest of you, trying to figure things out, thinking I got something figured out, then finding out that something about what I figured out wasn't really what I thought it was so I need to go back to trying to figure it out. Right? I know you can relate, even if you won't admit it.
On the other hand, who wants to be average? Of course I'm not just another average Joe. No, there's more to me than that. And I absolutely abhor the status-quo. Besides, the url anotherjoe.com was taken, so I went for the silly long one, http://notanotheraveragejoe.com. That was years ago though, and where I started cutting my teeth on blogging, stretching my legs into Austrian economics and libertarian (see the small "L") thought and really started down the slippery slope of what I later learned was anarchy.
A li'l history
I got into the Crypto world a little slower than I wish. Of course, I can kick myself for it. Balancing my options with a little cash in my hands, I was trying to decide what to do. I wanted to go speculative, already having some precious metals. What to do? What to do? A friend calls, "Hey Joe, have you heard of the Iraqi dinar?" Hrmmm, no, I hadn't. About the same time I'm reading some Berwick feller say that Bitcoin is going to be the new rave. Of course, we've heard that hype before. So, what did I do? Naturally, I set up a Bitcoin wallet and bought dinars. So, talk about missing out on a nice windfall. Don't ask me why I didn't at least do some of both? I ask myself the same question all too often. Boat missed = Ugh... Thanks anyway Jeff.
Later I did manage to make a few bucks off BTC by flipping it through LocalBitcoins, but kick myself for missing that boat. I did get on the ETH boat though, which is pretty cool. It's not big enough to make much difference now, but the potential is there. Of course, I jumped on the DAO, and got dumped off shortly after. And now I'm checking out Steem.
Jumpin' on the Steem boat!
What I really like about this is how all of us can work together to provide value in so many ways. Of course, we can write articles, encourage each other in that regard and teach and learn a ton from one another. But we can also make a few bucks doing it, together, talking about it and stuff. That, to me, really rocks.
I really dig precious metals (metaphorically). And I look forward to sharing a few ideas here in upcoming articles, maybe even my next one. The timing would probably be pretty good. Hey, check out my really novice graphics skillz.
Okay, enough about me...
Haha, not really! Just a bit more about me, okay? In a nutshell, you could say that I'm unapologetically conservative (from a traditional perspective), liberal (from a classic historical perspective), complementary (from a gender perspective), Austrian (from a socioeconomic perspective), anarchist (from a political perspective), libertarian (from a social perspective), Christian (from a religious perspective) and, thus, contrarian (from a don'-wanna-be-a-lemming perspective).
I've been blessed to work with a few folks write some articles, learn a ton and see some pretty cool places (though not nearly enough). Some may have seen me in International Man forums (where'd they go?) as well as the forums on The Dollar Vigilante (can't seem to get in there anymore either). My articles have been published under different names on The Dollar Vigilante (Hi 
Let's hook up!
Besides Jeff, other friends here that I'm aware of include 
Super excited. Gonna have some fun. Let's get a head of Steem going. Let's rock the world!
Adios
Another Joe