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I am a fifty year old mongrel-mix Caucasian male, husband of Linda and father of three, who lives in South Hadley, MA. I have worked as a lawyer, an electrician and an onsite computer technician, but currently I hold my MCSA on the way to an MCSE in networking. I have just come off a sabbatical year taking care of my youngest, Benjamin, while completing a certification program at UMass. My son Dan studies chemical engineering at FIU in Miami; my daughter Mae is a high school artist/writer in Seattle.
I am a trivia buff who has qualified for Jeopardy!, a lover of poetry and of most types of music, a weekend warrior/athlete in walking/running and summer softball. I used to play a lot of adult league soccer in Seattle and am watching as much of the World Cup as humanly possible! I also used to be a member of Mensa as well as the elected leader of my local group, but left when I didn't feel the organization was living up to its promise and stated goals.
I have reached the 15 gallon plateau as a blood donor (mostly platelets). This is primarily the way I give back to the community; I have been lucky enough to inherit a healthy body. Most of all, I believe in giving my children a better start in life than their parents. We must pass on all that is good in our culture.
I have been a lifelong Democrat with a Socialist tinge as I have been to Europe twice in my life, living in Germany during an unofficial "Junior year abroad". I love Al Gore! Re-elect him in 2004! America needs to do a better job of distributing wealth among its citizens and among all the people of the world. We need to set an example when it comes to priorities.
I am a life member of the American Humanist Association. There is nothing in my experience that suggests that there is or ever was or will be a god. Actually, I am positive that there is no "god" - I just can't prove it! But then again, I don't need to. I believe that my life on earth is finite, but that the human spirit is infinite.
Let there be Science! |
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I have been a great supporter of the space program, the best investment of our tax dollars. I have always kept track of the spacecraft we have launched, the people manning them and the unmanned projects to various extraterrestrial destinations. I was a great fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation and now never miss an episode of Enterprise.
The SETI project is another good way to explore the universe, to gather and analyze the data that will enable us to make informed choices about how to spend our collective energy on earth to plan our eventual move into space. We must give the best and the brightest among us the resouces to develop the technology to meet this challenge. Mankind, like the individual himself, is at its best when challenged.
There is no question that life exists outside of our own solar system. Even the most jaded gambler would take that bet! Although it is a "long" shot in more ways than one, it is a sure shot. Rather than we detecting signals from other intelligent life forms, they are much more likely to come to us to make first contact.
Life more intelligent than ours will be wise enough to know we are no threat to it. But we should prepare ourselves. I would be embarrassed if aliens dropped in on us now! We can scarcely explore our own backyard, our own solar system for all the wars and conflicts here on Earth. Just like the Soviet cosmonauts who came back to a changed Russia, we should tremble for what explorers might find upon their return.
At the root of our problems are our various belief systems which exaggerate the differences among us instead of the common humanity we share. We have to give up our childish "one true god and his one true faith" mantras if we are to venture forth as the highest form of life representing Earth to the universal community.
We are dangerously close to destroying ourselves even as we begin our greatest adventure. We must stop the insanity!
We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to . . . space! |
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