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Welcome to www.ScottsChoice.com
After retiring in 2019 from 45 years of a career in IT, I have begun a second career as a writer and author. I have a proven record in technical writing, documentation, and training. Since January of 2020 I have been writing news and commentary articles for a newspaper. I have been published in a nationally distributed magazine with about 600,000 readers. I have two books published to date. As a City Councilman, IT professional, adjunct professor, and otherwise I have given numerous speeches and talks; I can help you prepare a speech or agenda. I am looking for opportunities to further my new career and to be as successful as a writer and author as I was in my first career. I have the breadth of experience and level of insight to figure out the best way to present subject matter to your audience, in the appropriate format, formal or informal, given the intended medium, whether it be books, newspapers, custom handouts, electronic media, or from the podium. Contact me for your authoring and writing requirements.
Articles as the
for the
Newspaper
by Scott and Rhoda
featuring
Rhoda’s Recipes – French Quarter Cheese Spread
Investors Column – Review of the Basics
Additionally, this month's Sentinel includes an article on the Gala fund-raiser for the Mauldin Cultural Center (with a photo of Rhoda and Scott), and an accompanying article by Scott, as the President of the Mauldin Cultural Council, about the Cultural Center's new lobby.
Rhoda’s Recipes – Shrimp Creole with Cheese Rice
Investors Column – Everyone Is Doing It
Finance – How to Cause Inflation
Why CRT and Woke Are Bad for You
Note; The article refers to a leaflet, but the newspaper chose not to include it.
To read the leaflet, click here or on the pages at right.
Investors Column – Recessions and You
Finance – Lies, Worse Lies, and Statistics
Rhoda’s Recipes – Macaroni and Cheese
Additionally, as the Chair of the Sheriff's Community Relations Council, Scott is quoted in the article, Greenville County Community Relations Council meets at LEC.
Driving 201 – Beyond Getting a Driver’s License
Investors Column – Recession … and P/E
Finance – Politics Trumps Economics, Again
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken Puff
Valentine’s Day Is Just Around the Corner
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chocolate Delight
Investors Column – Don’t Take Anyone’s Word for It
Finance – What’s In Store For 2022?
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chile con Carne
Investors Column – Brokers’ Stock Ratings
Finance – How Badly Can the Government Screw Up?
America Through a Refugee’s Eyes
Rhoda's Recipes – Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
Investors Column – Tracking Your Stocks
This article includes a
Portfolio-tracking sample spreadsheet
you can download to study and modify for your own use (directions included).
On the Front Page! —
Simpsonville City Council Candidates
On Page 3 — Fountain Inn City Council Candidates
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken Roll-Ups
Investor's Column – Is the Bloom Off the Rose?
Mauldin City Council Candidates
Investor's Column – Market, Limit, and Stop; Margin; IPOs
Finance – It’s the Economy, Stupid
Rhoda’s Recipes – Hawaiian Beef Loaves
Investor's Column – Investment Strategies and Techniques
Finance – Inflation: How Much? For How Long?
Lives Don't Matter to Marxists
Rhoda’s Recipes – German Potato Salad
Investor's Column – Company Takeover
Additionally, as President of the Mauldin Cultural Council, Scott is quoted in the article, Mauldin Cultural Center annual fundraiser… a huge success.
Rhoda’s Recipes – Best Ever Cheese Cake
Investor's Column – What are Mutual Funds?
Finance – What is Stagflation?
Mauldin Goals and Budget for 2021-22
Rhoda’s Recipes – Ritz Chicken
Investor's Column – Investment Strategies and Goals
Finance – Teach Your Kids Finance
The Play’s the Thing! … Strike Up the Band!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Layered Taco Dip
Investors’ Column – Politics Trumps Economics
Groundbreaking Held for New Mauldin ALDI Discount Supermarket
Rhoda’s Recipes – Mom Crosby’s Butter Cookies
Investors’ Column… Taxes and Other Things
Finance – Solving Too Much Debt
Welcome to the Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church!
Presidents’ Day – Remembering the Baby-Boomers’ Presidents
Investors’ Column – What Stocks Should I Buy?
Education – The Missing Link of American Freedom
Investers' Column – Getting Started
DOT Yields to Historic Mauldin Landmark
The Mauldin Art Trail continues to expand
What Should You Do If a Protest March Came Down Your Street?
What They Didn’t Teach You About Slavery and Racism in School
Mauldin City Center – What’s Going On?
Let’s Spend a Day at the Beach!
It’s Budget Time for the City of Mauldin
Mauldin, South Carolina, and the Coronavirus
Mauldin Traffic – SCDOT's Way, or Our Way?
Mauldin’s City Center. . . What Is It?
Latest Book: From Savagery to Greatness – Stair-steps to Humanity
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From Savagery to Greatness — Stair-steps to Humanity
The book focuses on explaining evolution generally, and in particular the mental evolution of Homo Sapiens and of its ancestral species, away from animal instinct and towards the ability to think and reason. The book describes each stair-step forward – as well as the regressive steps backwards to a more barbaric and even primitive existence. The book also recounts the many migrations which pushed humankind's spread across the continents of the world, and what drove those migrations; a fascinating story in itself. That fascinating history also includes the context of the continual climate changes which have not only been an ever-present factor, but which have had a significant and substantial impact on our ancestors’ evolution and migration. Climate changes have often been the driving causes of evolution. This book strives to describe that impact and relationship in a clear, easily-read, and easily-understood perspective. The stair-steps to humanity presented in the book include the identification of humanity’s key achievements, as well as its stumbles backwards, as cultures and civilizations have risen and fallen from prehistoric times down to the present day. From Savagery to Greatness is unique in its identification of the stair-steps of mental evolution, and in putting that in a combined perspective with prehistoric and historic physical and social evolution. From Savagery to Greatness is intended as an easy-to-read book for anyone interested in a comprehensive overview of our past. No special knowledge is needed, beyond an interest in knowing our beginnings, our history, and what drove it. Easy-to-understand explanations are included throughout its 130 pages, along with pictures, illustrations, an easy-to-follow timeline chart, an index, and a bibliography. The intent was to make this book a real page-turner, as intriguing as a good mystery novel. But this is real-life. This is what happened, and why. More than once our ancestors were on the brink of extinction. The plot is complex and improbable, but not impossible, or we would not be here. Don't miss the ultimate success story! |
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published November 2019
When it comes to thinking, Scott wrote the book.
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published May 2018
Let's Go Fly! – Scott's experiences as a pilot
Generations
is the story of how Scott's mother, once a pilot herself, learns that he has become a pilot — and takes her first flight in 40 years.
The story appeared in the November 1998 issue of AOPA Pilot, the monthly magazine published by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, with more than 600,000 members.
Read other flying stories by Scott, taken from more than thirty-five years and 2,600+ hours logged of piloting his airplanes.
Poetry by Scott
Poetry should make you feel what is real.
Recent Speeches, Classes, and Presentations
2022 March 5 – Political Luncheon – spotlight on specific local, state, national, and international political issues
2022 February 24 – Press conference held by Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis,
announcing the formation of the
Community Relations Council – Chairman's speech
2021 November 6 – Charlotte Conference – "Three Heroes – Archimedes, Hypatia, Boethius"
PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
and
Notes (PDF)
2021 October 10 – Greenville Tech Charter School – Careers in Aviation – Introduction to Navigation
2021 September 25 – Triple Tree Aerodrome – Annual Fly-In – Making Sense of the Weather (PDF)
2021 September 14 – Upstate Aviation Club – Weather Made Simple
2020 March 7 – Political Luncheon – The Foundations of Freedom
2019 November 16 – Charlotte Conference – "From Savagery to Greatness - Stair-steps to Humanity"
Class Outline (PDF),
Presentation Slides (PDF), and
Class Handout (PDF)
Scott's book: "From Savagery to Greatness - Stair-steps to Humanity"
2019 September 9 – First Monday Luncheon, Poinsett Club – Mauldin is Growing
2018 May 26 – Charlotte Conference – "Applied Epistemology" –
Presentation Notes (PDF),
Class Handout (PDF)
Scott's book: "Techniques for the Operation of the Mind"
2016 December 5 – First Monday Luncheon, Poinsett Club – The Presidential Election - What Happened?
Résumé Highlights
1967-current – Writer and Author
1998 – first article published in nationally-distributed magazine: Generations
1986-current – Investor
2012-2019 – Councilman, City of Mauldin, two terms
Elected 2011 – Council Committee Chair, Building and Zoning;
member Economic Development, Finance Committees
1974-2019 – Project Management, employment interviews, performance evaluations;
Business Requirements Analysis; Applications Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Maintenace;
Data Requirements Analysis, Design, Maintenace; Database Analysis, Design, Administration;
Technical Writing; Training; Quality Management and Process Improvement
1987 – U.S. Patent 5,113,493: Full Speed Animation System for Low Speed Computers
1987-1989 – Adjunct Professor, Limestone College
1970-1974 – Bachelor of Science, Mathematics; Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; Dual Degree
1986-current – Private pilot, IFR rated, 2,600+ flight hours logged;
Study of Meteorology, Weather, Climate
1976-current – Study of Philosophy, History, Economics
1962-current – Study of Politics
Contact Scott for your authoring and writing requirements.
