Exponential Ramblings

  What attracts me to befriend someone is an equal mixture of passion and compassion. Passion for life and compassion for people and animals.   I was joking around yesterday about watching the men work on the lawn at the house I am staying in while in South Carolina. Quite honestly, I enjoy watching people work. I enjoy watching people own their business, whether it's landscaping or the boardroom. There is something sexy and awe-striking about being fully engaged in work. I am not only watching the sinewy muscles of a lanky man know exactly how to trim the palms in the yard, I am watching their brain at work.    I am a self-proclaimed sapiosexual. I like brains. I like watching people use them. I can only dream about watching the axon terminals of each neuron pass along signals to the dendrites of the next neuron. It is an absolutely fabulous process to imagine.    I am also one of the least judgmental people you will meet. I feel that every per...

As I sit down with my PB&J I glance at my surroundings and all that has gone astray Magazines and books piled here, there, and everywhere which reminds me of my mum and her own controlled chaos much like Smaug, surrounded by my pretties Her taste is murder-mysteries which she can eat in a day two at the most depending on that day's Silken Prey In my field of view are girly magazines that tell me how to live and eat better pounds of poetry housed with authors that tug at my heart or make me guffaw science and math books and articles strewn about as I make sense of the project currently at hand I won't forget Sir Terry Pratchett, who is tugging at my right brain or the mounds of music books so that I may sight read music faster without the lines of Parker's cocaine These are the things that make me the smartest person I know Lest I open my mouth and remove all doubt.

Or... how not to judge a book by it's cover...   Exactly what is an atheist supposed to look like?    A short story from the beginning of last week:  So I'm putting gas in the car on the way to work this morning when a senior approaches me and begins a conversation. I look down and see what is in her hands [Jehovah Witness materials] and I tell her with my mischievous, Irish eyes and grin on my face... "I'm an atheist." I have never seen anyone so shocked in my life.. and I'm young yet. She asks "have you always felt that way?" My response, "Pretty much... I was a Christian... once." Her: "Oh, how interesting, have a nice day!" I think I must be the first female atheist she has ever met! LOL And we're so much nicer that she expected! Don't let that Virginia plate fool you honey!   In actuality, I am a spiritualist. Which is much more difficult to describe than atheism. I am confident and comfortable with my le...

First thought: I never thought I would reach this age. In a lot of ways, it is very humbling to realize that you have beaten the odds of all the things that could happen to you by the age of 40. I have also realized that I have started building up my own rules, a la NCIS's Gibbs-style. My rules so far: Never sign anything until you have read the fine print. Never witness anything, you live longer. Also known as the plausible deniability rule. No one can read your mind. Speak it.  Out of all the addictions one could have in life, caffeine is not so bad.  I am soft, I am strong, I am a woman and my curves are my beauty. Intelligence and confidence is the penultimate in sexiness. It's good to take a mental health day and pamper oneself. Say yes to every opportunity that takes you out of your comfort zone.  Own less stuff. There is great freedom in simplicity. Love is the greatest gift of all. Spread that shit around. You can't change your past, ke...