Attention, YourHub.com: Jim Miller is at your service.
Miller, who works at River Bend Nature Center, has posted no fewer than 75 items on the Wichita Falls category of YourHub.com, including 68 blogs, since registering Sept. 26, 2006.
Miller is one of six on the nature center's paid staff and loves it to death.
"The last time I felt this way about a job was when I was a rookie in the newsroom at the newspaper," said Miller, who said he performs a multitude of duties. "Like most nonprofits, you do what needs to be done."
That ranges from working with the center's education program, overseeing maintenance, serving as a field guide and leading tours.
Miller noted that work on the Bryant Edwards Learning Center, the final phase of River Bend's major construction projects, had been completed and the building opened in October.
"(Some) people thought we were closed," Miller said, noting that River Bend's Conservatory is now open seven days a week. "We're still the best-kept secret in Wichita Falls."
Miller said he was on hand Dec. 2 in the Wichita Falls City Council chambers supporting co-workers Heather Vasquez and Samantha McMahen as they presented a case for the city to implement a curbside recycling program. Miller had posted an item Nov. 30 on YourHub, letting everyone know about the effort.
"It went very well," Miller said of the presentation, which was not associated with River Bend. "We were able to point out our gratitude for what the city does, but we would like to see more - a full-blown curbside recycling program.
"It's extremely cost-effective and, in fact, it will pay for itself and make money," he said. "They were very receptive. It didn't hurt that we were able to pack the room."
Miller said that the recycling program in place at Sheppard Air Force Base has returned an extremely nice net profit.
"The city should realize approximately $200,000 a year," Miller said.
Miller said of YourHub, "It's an excellent outlet. I still believe it's a very, very worthwhile community service.
"It's fun, and I enjoy reading the other contributors. I would like to see some new blood and new topics."
Miller also recently made a case for becoming both the honorary bouncer and chief astronomer for YourHub.com.
Nancy Dickerson, who posted the first of her 20 blogs Oct. 16, was the victim of what some might consider a rude amateur-hour blog critic who has been taking random cheap shots belittling views of some people on the site who dare to use their freedom of speech to mention faith, religion or God.
"Nancy Dickerson is doing a fantastic job," Miller said of her contributions.
After seeing the comments criticizing one of Dickerson's recent entries, Miller responded to the critic by writing, "Your off-topic, right-field rants ... are the same as butting in on a conversation. They are just plain rude, crude and socially unattractive."
Miller told me that he encourages the local blog critic to "post on his own, so we can continue to ignore him."
Miller's Nov. 29 post, "Do you see what I see?", informed readers of nature's latest exciting "planetarium" show -- when Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon were to be in close proximity -- along with the "earthshine" effect of the sun's light reflecting off our planet to the obscured (otherwise dark) portion of the moon and back.
Miller closed the post by writing that such facts were for textbooks, but added, "What I see (Dec. 1) and every night is an awesome celestial dance testifying to something greater than you and I."
Column written by Mark Wilson, originally published Dec. 10, 2008, in the Wichita Falls Times Record News.