By way of introduction....
My name is Geoffrey. I was named for Chaucer, not the giraffe. Mom was an English Lit. grad. I will be 35 in June. That is approximately 15 years longer than anyone thought I would make it. But here I am. I hold down a good job as a PACS Administrator (yeah, go ahead and look that one up...oh, and sweet dreams) and I am married to an extraordinary woman of whose loyal companionship I am completely undeserving. I have an eleven year old son who was born on Christmas day. He is more than I could have ever hoped for and it is only by God's mercy that he isn't as screwed up as his father. My mother passed away suddenly in 1996, but my father has since remarried. I have a sister that is sixteen months my junior and a "step-sister" from my "step-mother's" first marriage (her first spouse died as well.)
All in all, I am happier now than I have ever been; indeed, this may be the first period in my life when I have been "happy." I do find that I have not completely suppressed a lifelong restlessness; a restlessness that is only sated by time spent with God in the wilderness. For now, however, I am completely domesticated and resolved to spend my free time learning and growing with my family and friends.
I have a few well-defined interests, principal among them being the combat sciences or "martial arts." I also enjoy the outdoors, mostly hiking away from civilization. A former Chemistry buff, I now have an avid interest in Physics and Mathematics academically. I am something of a Sinophile and have a keen interest in Taoism that I have pursued for more than twenty years now. I do enjoy computers and have an aptitude for such things, but find it all too sterile for me sometimes. I like to play in the dirt.
I am lazy with a capital L. I could live out the remainder of my life with no responsibilities and find profound happiness in doing so. That's not to imply that I would not be active, or even productive, but my timetable has never been in sync with those around me. So, I struggle daily to play the game by everyone else's rules, as much for my family's sake as any other reason.
As far as the direction this blog will take, your guess is as good as mine. If the title of the blog is any indication, it will find its own way.
Shalom!
All in all, I am happier now than I have ever been; indeed, this may be the first period in my life when I have been "happy." I do find that I have not completely suppressed a lifelong restlessness; a restlessness that is only sated by time spent with God in the wilderness. For now, however, I am completely domesticated and resolved to spend my free time learning and growing with my family and friends.
I have a few well-defined interests, principal among them being the combat sciences or "martial arts." I also enjoy the outdoors, mostly hiking away from civilization. A former Chemistry buff, I now have an avid interest in Physics and Mathematics academically. I am something of a Sinophile and have a keen interest in Taoism that I have pursued for more than twenty years now. I do enjoy computers and have an aptitude for such things, but find it all too sterile for me sometimes. I like to play in the dirt.
I am lazy with a capital L. I could live out the remainder of my life with no responsibilities and find profound happiness in doing so. That's not to imply that I would not be active, or even productive, but my timetable has never been in sync with those around me. So, I struggle daily to play the game by everyone else's rules, as much for my family's sake as any other reason.
As far as the direction this blog will take, your guess is as good as mine. If the title of the blog is any indication, it will find its own way.
Shalom!
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