Welcome to my blog. Here I will be sharing some of my thoughts and views of the world. You may ask yourself why you should care. Maybe you shouldn't, but then maybe you may find something in my musings that sparks with you.

Let me tell you something about me. I am in my 40's and have been married to my lovely wife for over 20 years and we are child-free by choice. I am finally, after putting it off to start providing for my family, finishing my degree to teach. I am going for a MA in Adult Education. I come from a long line of teachers. My great grandmother was a teacher, all of her children (7 girls) were teachers, and with the exception of my mother, all of their girls were teachers. I will be the first male teacher of the family. I wish to teach Theater Arts, Forensic Debate, Creative Writing, and/or Philosophy. I am looking to teach high school and college. I am also a wannabe writer. I am currently working on a series of fantasy novels.

 I do not fit with where I live. I think, and that is against the code. I try to get others to think. That is very much against the code. I live in a very rural, very homogeneous area. When I say that the area is homogeneous I do not mean that it is racially so, we are about evenly split with two races, and a bare recognition of a couple of others. What I mean is that most everyone believes the same way, acts the same way. I have tried to act and think their way, but it just goes against reason and my moral beliefs. I was raised in the Southern Baptist Church and was very religious most of my life. But I have come to realize that the church is just a scam. It is a political tool and nothing more. I am undecided as to whether I believe in a god anymore. It is hard to completely be done with that belief as I feel that it is a an essential part of each of us to yearn for something out there to have the answers and bear responsibility, but looking at the founding of and the utilization of organized religions it is clear that they were created as paths to political power. There are other rationals given, but the facts do not change that. This does not mean that god/allah/[insert deity name here] does not exist, but he/she is not to be found in churches.

I also have very strong political views. There is the standing joke about there being no such thing as a honest politician  or one that is not corrupt. Everyone accepts this as a truth, but no one wants to do things to change that. It is felt that they are powerless. They are only powerless because they accept instead of challenge. To challenge would require them to think, something that most people will never do, yet proclaim loudly to do. Then after they have actually had a thought it then requires that they take action. This does not mean run for office, file a lawsuit, or anything so dramatic. It can be as simple as writing your politician, starting or signing a petition or, most importantly, actually pay attention. Look at what is going on and know what has gone on before. As George Santayana stated, "Those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it."

I was diagnosed as an adult with Asperger's syndrome. For me this was a relief, because it explained so much in my life. I never fit in or understood social situations. Often it seems that I say inappropriate things. Not that I am using bad language, or saying anything mean or ugly, just things that people do not want to hear or think impolite, but are really the things that need to be said.