1- I don't care for Texas Holdem' but I kick ass at HiLo Omaha.
2- I've always walked in nature and am capable of Muir-like ecstasy in certain places, no drugs required.
3- Gardening is in my blood now but I used to turn my nose up at manmade gardens until I visited this place: https://www.harlandhandgarden.com
4- My dogs are my constant companions and two of my favorite beings.
5- When I was younger I only read fiction under duress. Now I'm vacuuming up all the great novels I can get to.
6- I achieved long time marital happiness on only my second try. I like having a constant human companion the way I like the company of my dogs. Both are needed for me to feel complete. If Lia passes before me I won't bury her in the garden like the dogs but I will replace her and she knows I expect her to do the same in my absence.
7- Regular solitude is something else I figured out that I needed regularly to be happy. But I find it hard to appreciate solitude accept against the background of a steady, committed relationship.
8- Sometime in high school I read something that talked about the noise in our heads and our habit of narrating our experience. As a result I've always avoided the narration. Language is for communicating with others. The essence of being human is being the space where ideas and thoughts can gather and be recognized.
9- I am happy in my childlessness. I fulfilled my childrearing responsibilities at the office when I taught. Kids can be cute but I don't really want them pooping and shedding all over the house.
10- I'm far more interested in why god belief has been so important for so many for so long than I am in either religion or atheism. Every religion is flawed and atheism isn't anything at all, but the influence of religious experience in shaping what we have become I find fascinating. I've got no beef with any believer who accepts their share of agnosticism and admits that whatever it is they believe is a mystery about which all they have is hunches.
2- I've always walked in nature and am capable of Muir-like ecstasy in certain places, no drugs required.
3- Gardening is in my blood now but I used to turn my nose up at manmade gardens until I visited this place: https://www.harlandhandgarden.com
4- My dogs are my constant companions and two of my favorite beings.
5- When I was younger I only read fiction under duress. Now I'm vacuuming up all the great novels I can get to.
6- I achieved long time marital happiness on only my second try. I like having a constant human companion the way I like the company of my dogs. Both are needed for me to feel complete. If Lia passes before me I won't bury her in the garden like the dogs but I will replace her and she knows I expect her to do the same in my absence.
7- Regular solitude is something else I figured out that I needed regularly to be happy. But I find it hard to appreciate solitude accept against the background of a steady, committed relationship.
8- Sometime in high school I read something that talked about the noise in our heads and our habit of narrating our experience. As a result I've always avoided the narration. Language is for communicating with others. The essence of being human is being the space where ideas and thoughts can gather and be recognized.
9- I am happy in my childlessness. I fulfilled my childrearing responsibilities at the office when I taught. Kids can be cute but I don't really want them pooping and shedding all over the house.
10- I'm far more interested in why god belief has been so important for so many for so long than I am in either religion or atheism. Every religion is flawed and atheism isn't anything at all, but the influence of religious experience in shaping what we have become I find fascinating. I've got no beef with any believer who accepts their share of agnosticism and admits that whatever it is they believe is a mystery about which all they have is hunches.
