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Thank you for Visiting my Blog! I am working on my writing skills and figured this would be a great place to share any of my Ideas, reviews, or creative writing works. While I don't intend for a ton of people to come to this site and read anything I write, I'm just happy to have a place to share what I'm working on.

For anyone interested in who I am, my name is Dominic. My day job consists of being an IT professional. I've worked in the Fintech industry for the greater part of a decade now. I have a degree in Information Science and Technology from The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. I'm a cat dad, and enjoy slowing down, taking moments out of my day to appreciate life.

If you have any comments, questions or concerns about a specific post feel free to reply in the comments section. Otherwise for more general stuff head over to the contact tab, where you can submit a response and I'll do my best to reply. (I'm still working on this section so please be patient.


Thank you,

Dominic J. Potratz

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