About Me

For some reason, I like to stir the pot. Who knows why.  Maybe it keeps the boredom away.  Maybe I like to find out what other people think, or how they react.  I am a scientist in my own way. Poke it with a stick and see what happens.  I've always been like that.  In high school I used to argue issues with my friend for the fun of it.  He was a bright guy (Stanford eventually, then Harvard). He could generally back me into a corner.  It didn't matter, because I enjoyed the  banter, and I learned things. Saw the issues in a different light.

I'm still like that.  It can drive you crazy. You say this, but I ask what about that and that?  Most people like to keep their beliefs.  Maybe they feel secure that way.  Why be challenged?  A common reaction is to laugh me off, because they know I am a pot stirrer.  Some will get angry, because they are very serious about their convictions.

Sometimes if you engage me, we both will see something in a different light.  Who knows, we may even reach a compromise, or at least give each space to accept different points of view.  We can certainly finally arrive at the roadblocks.  Sometimes their is no agreement.  I find the journey fascinating not so much for the outcome, but for what I learn about humanity along the way.

In this blog I will take a stance, and hopefully receive some comments to begin a dialogue.  Name calling will not be an adequate response ( although I will learn something about you). My favorite quote is attributed the the Kennedy's or Shaw:  "Some people see the world as it is and ask why? I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"  Try to be unconventional.  Look at it this way.