Shawn Griffith has had a wide and varied career crossing from the US Navy to Defense Electronics manufacturing at Texas Instruments to programming at Southwest Airlines to Business Analysis with Advance Auto. He has a broad assortment of interests covering hiking, photography, reading, baking, travel, kenpo/kempo karate, to blogging and writing.

His blog, Down Home Thoughts, is a collection of wisdom, thoughts and tips passed along from his parents, grandparents and others, along with a dash of stories, photos, book reviews and other writings.

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It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of java that the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.