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On a Humorous
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I’m a part time bachelor in my 50s with a large variety of interests and hobbies. That may explain why I am a part time bachelor.
Interests: Meeting a rich woman with a big sailboat. Send picture of boat!
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The Sandbagger
A little about
me...
My life and this site is pretty much a reflection of a few perspectives that were relayed to me over the years. In my youth, my step dad pointed to some water puddled of water on a large rock by a river and said “life can be like that puddle of water. Without movement, it grows stagnant.” So if we don’t keep moving and progressing in life, we too, will become stagnant. Along that line comes the expression: Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them. That comment may be quite thought provoking, even though it was meant out of humor. I think that one of the most important goals is to keep our lives in balance. As the expression goes, we are only as strong as our weakest link. It is so easy to to get caught up in focusing our attention on our weaknesses and the weaknesses around us, that we lose sight of our strengths. In doing so, we lose support of our strengths and they can wither away.
So now I will give a bit of an overview of me and and what you will find about me in this site. As stated in the site introduction page, I have had periods of heavy seas in my life. Some of the pages in this site may reflect that. When you read them, you may feel like I am dwelling in the past. You may also get a variety of perspectives and opinions of what they imply. Some friends that have read them say they are a bit on the dark side. Though that may be true, they are only meant to reflect what I am trying to grow from and view objectively.
Having been raised in the foothills of Mount St. Helens in a very rural lifestyle, has given me the opportunity to view modern life from a more objective viewpoint. One thing that I am glad for that came out of it is that one learns how to be more individualistic and self-sustaining. But it also makes it harder for me to understand why people are so prone to rely on social circles for their sense of self-esteem.
The scope of my life spans several cycles of living in a large spectrum of social circles, from upper class to the class challenged, you might say. I am not sure how this came to be. It could be just another aspect of my fate or I just stumbled into them by chance. It could also be a reflection from being told, when I was in a near death situation, that God must have a plan for me.
My interests, hobbies, and work experiences have also been quite vast. My primary interests have evolved around science, psychology, ethics, and music. My hobbies have included off-road motorcycling, sailing, sailboat racing, rebuilding powered race boats, building and racing model sailboats, web design, 3D graphics, robotic programming, computer animations, playing pool and a variety of other competitive games.
My career has taken many turns over the years. It has involved employment in social work, construction, health care-medical industry, mechanic, manufacturing as quality inspector and auditor. It always has been influenced by the objective of supporting a more habitable world, socially and otherwise, with minimal polluting and resource depletion. In other words, leaving a small footprint. Our economy and social structures do not give us much opportunity to work in fields that support that objective, but I keep trying to steer that direction.
In conclusion: I was having a conversation with my cousin back in high school days. He said that we have the ability to know who we really are. I replied, we will never really know ourselves. I got a good laugh at my cousin’s dad who over heard the conversation. He responded with, if you don’t know what you are, drop your drawers and you can figure out. My perception on the matter is we are only what we allow ourselves to be. The environment, social groups, even our spiritual life is what we make it. If we do not like it, we only have ourselves to blame. It may be viewed as an aspect of laziness to get so caught up with focusing on what is wrong with our life and surroundings, that we loose sight of what is right with it, and forget to keep our objectives in mind.
I would like to thank George Harrison for the consolatory and heart warming expressions that he relayed though his music. Particularly in s song from his last recordings. The chorus goes: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. On that note, I would like to add that the length, direction, and depth of understanding we attain along the way is governed by our level of ambition or the lack of it. I would also like to thank Jethro Tull for his song: Thick as a Brick, and The Who for the song: We won’t get fooled again. I am grateful for the multitude of people who have shared there wisdom. If you would like to share some of yours, or would like to relay some constructive criticism of this site, feel free to email me. Please make the subject "Sandbaggage Rebuttle" so I can distinguish it from spam.
Throw Me a Line
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