His blog says "software developer". His crazed eyes and goatee say "deranged felon". His devil-may-care grin and tousled hair say "1970s porn star"! Peter Ritchie, my friends, is all this and more - and today he is also the 3rd of Justice Gray's "Winners At Life". There are four major reasons why Peter Ritchie is featured today:
1) He publicly agreed with something that I said. Did he agree because he came to the same conclusion independently? Did he (far more likely) agree simply because he's a massive Justice Gray fan and would agree with anything I said on principle alone? Does it matter? The point is that:
a) Peter Ritchie cares about the software development industry
b) more importantly, Peter Ritchie cares about what Justice Gray thinks of him.
That is a pretty good set of priorities right there! Anyone can emulate that almost immediately and become a far better person for it.
2) He influenced the direction of Gray's Matter. Over a year ago, Peter Ritchie complained on Twitter that "Wow, I left a comment on Justice Gray's blog and now I am getting E-mails asking about my genitalia" (E-mails not sent by me, I can assure you!), which forced me to re-evaluate whether the comments this blog had been receiving from a "Mr. Stiff" were *really* from a kind but unfortunately named man who just happened to mistype his family-friendly URL for a more questionable site. I mulled this over for an entire *year* before switching to the spam-free engine you see today! All for Peter Ritchie!
3) Just look at the guy.
However, all three of these reasons pale in comparison to the *main* reason Peter Ritchie is the 4th entry in the "Winners At Life" series...
4) I can't tell you why.
No, I can't tell you why. Not yet. As much as I want to let you know why Peter Ritchie deserves your adulation *almost* as much as yours truly, I am not at liberty to say. But coincidentally,
Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion to both *this* Winners At Life entry, and the proclamation that some of you never thought you would hear!
And no, it is not that I am eloping with Peter Ritchie*!!
* We are merely blood brothers FOR LIFE
Previous entries in the Winners At Life series:
#01: 5x1llz
#02: Nate Kohari
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