Libertine: On the Prowl
Vidi, vici, veni -- I saw, I conquered, I came. _______________________________________________________________
One Car Families
When I was growing up, one didn't usually see as many cars per household as is common today. Many middle class families had just one car, even when another car could have been afforded.I'm not sure of why this was so, but I would imagine the fact that more women were stay at home mothers back then, plus the fact that people simply stayed at home more had something to do with it. I'm guessing that the biggest reason was that people had a different yardstick of what they really needed as opposed to what was a luxury back then.
And this many times turned into a reasonable amount of inconvenience for many families, particularly the at home mother. In most one-car families, the husband took the car to get to work each morning, leaving the wife stranded at home until he returned, even in areas where public transportation was readily available. This meant that the mother could not go grocery shopping, take a kid to the doctor, or pick them up from school if they got sick there during the day.
We had only one car when my mother was still alive, though I know my Dad could have afforded a second car. However, as a thoughtful husband, he took the bus and later the high-speed commuter train to go to work, leaving my mother with the car for the day. She simply drove him to the bus stop por train station each morning, then picked him up again in the afternoon.
I remember one time when I was nine or ten that I went with her one afternoon to pick him up at the bus stop but he never appeared at the right time. It turned out that he fell asleep on the 20 mile bus ride back home and had ridden past his stop. I don't remember exactly how we sorted it out, but I imagine we just went home and waited for him to call.
I can't imagine one-car households where more than one licensed driver lives anymore -- even poor people now usually have more than one car, even if both of them are old bombs. But if gas prices continue their upward spiral, I imagine we could see this phenomenon again one day soon.
I'd be curious to hear about the experiences of any of my readers who grew up in one-car households.
Everything Is In Working Order
Today I went to the doctor to get a checkup. I hadn't been to the doc in eighteen months, so I figured I was overdue.Fortunately, I checked out just fine and I'm good to go for another year or ten thousand miles, whichever comes first. Everything is in working order.
I'm quite relieved to get that particular monkey off my back for awhile at least.
Not much else to report today.
Autism Controversy
Far right radio talk show host, Michael Savage, lived up to his pseudonym last Wednesday when he dismissed autism as a phony disease when he said, "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out..."What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, `Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, you idiot.'"I'm wondering what medical school this obnoxious cretin went to to be able to pull such a harsh, absolute statement straight out of his ass? The man has a PhD, but that's not the same thing as being an MD.
You know the guy has to be a real wingnut when another right wing talk show host, Neal Boortz, htakes the time to criticize him on the air (unrelated to the autism issue). Last week, Boortz said something to the effect that he could understand why Savage would not want to use his real last name (Weiner) on the air, but one had to question the mentality of someone who would pick "Savage" as a pseudonym. Boortz went on to wonder what people in other countries must think of our country when they hear Savage refer to it as "Savage Nation".
Indeed.
Not Everything Is Going Up
Gas prices are up, higher than they've ever been in my lifetime. When I first bought my car in 2003, it took five dollars to to go from three quarters of a tank to full. Now, it takes fifteen dollars.Food prices are likewise up. A couple of months ago, baking potatoes were 88 cents a pound. When I was in the market last night, they were $1.48 a pound. Other food items have risen as well, though some not quite so dramatically as the potatoes. It's also costing me more to feed my cats.
There's one thing that hasn't gone up in all this frenzy of escalating prices, however.
Yep, you guessed it. It's my salary. Still just as low as ever. Of course.
If it keeps up like this, pretty soon I won't be able to afford to eat, nor be able to drive to the grocery store to buy the food in the first place
Thoughts?
Misplaced Trust
It seems as if like a phoenix, the EFX2 blog site has risen yet again from the ashes. But this is no thanks to He Who Must Not Be Named, aka Keith, who is the owner of the blog hosting site. Repeated attempts to contact him about the problem continue to go unanswered.The only reason EFX2 is alive again (sort of) is because of ChicaX, who cared more about the blog site and its people than the man who owned the place. She wouldn't give up on it, and eventually found a way to get it running again. However, she, nor any of the other Community Leaders, have full access to to the inner workings of the place, so her fix will likely be a temporary one. To really fix the place so it will remain stable would require that full access, but this would require He Who Must Not Be Named turning over the "keys" to the place to someone who is willing to take on the responsibility.
After reading that EFX was up again, I went over to the site chat box, where several people were dancing the happy dance that it's back. There were also several blog posts conveying the same message. Though EFX2 has been up and down like an elevator in its rather short life, and He Who Must Not Be Named has shown time and time again that he's washed his hands of the place and moved on, many EFXers have chosen to naively put their blind trust yet again into a blog site that never shown any lasting stability. Though many of us created new blogs at Blogger, Wordpress, and most commonly at Vox, many EFXers will drop their new blogs like a bad habit to give their full allegiance yet again to the haphazard disaster of a site known as EFX2.
Some of these same people are also quick to defend He Who Must Not Be Named continuing to ignore requests for assistance: "maybe his computer doesn't work', "maybe he's sick", and the ever-popular, "don't complain -- at least it's FREE".
I crack up every time I hear the last excuse. What fucking good is FREE when it doesn't work at all? And I'd add that Vox is free, Blogger is free, and Wordpress is free. But they WORK. I think the hosting site working should be a basic requirement of any blog hosting site, free or not. I'd also turn that sentiment around to those who are complaining about the lack of the comment alert system at Vox and other places into "Don't complain -- at least it WORKS....and it's free, too!"
Such bloggers talk about the community feel of EFX, others talk about the convenience of comment alerts. Granted, Blogger is abysmal when it comes to interactivity, but Vox has excellent interactivity where one can easily keep up with their EFX friends. No, it doesn't have comment alerts, but it WORKS. I think having to do a little work and manually checking one's friends' blogs for new comments is a very small tradeoff for having a blog system that is there when you need it. Indeed, what use is a community feel when you can't get to the community to interact or comment alerts when you can visit the blog to read the comments?
However, unlike the last major breakdown of EFX, where nearly everyone ran back to EFX with no hesitation, I noticed that several others are like me in that they no longer trust the place and aren't so eager to carelessly abandon their new blog homes for their unfaithful lover, EFX2. Last September, I was nearly alone in urging people to continue to maintain their new blogs, as EFX was surely going to shit the bed again bigtime, sooner or later. All that time, I continued to maintain my Blogger blog, as well as one on Blog City, so when EFX hit the iceberg yet again, a couple of weeks ago, I lost NOTHING.
This time, however, several people share my caveats and I read several comments urging people to back up their blogs, maintain the new blogs they've created and, if they must absolutely have their EFX fix, to double post and not depend on EFX to be their sole blogging home.
Don't get me wrong. I love my EFX2 blog -- I'd missed my New York City skyline custom header. But I'd be an idiot to place any faith in EFX2 ever again. It's a matter of "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me". I'll likely double post there, but I'll not neglect my other 3 mirror blogs. It's not that hard to do mirror blogs. You write the post once and publish at one blogging site. Then you copy n' paste at the others. Simple. Doesn't take a lot of time.
Thoughts?
An Odd Trip
An Oregon man, Kent Couch, realized his dream on Satirday by flying in a balloon-suspended lawnchair from Oregon to Idaho. He flew 235 miles in nine hours in a lawn chair attached to 150 giant, helium-filled, party balloons.
Flying about 100 to 200 feet from the ground, he ended his trip by shooting some of the balloons with a BB gun to lower himself to the ground.
"If I had the time and money and people, I'd do this every weekend," Couch said before getting into the chair. "Things just look different from up there. You've moving so slowly. The best thing is the peace, the serenity."
I had to laugh when I heard about this -- it sounded exactly like something Homer Simpson would do. And, in fact, there was a King of the Hill episode, where Bill Dauterive did this very thing, though, of course, it didn't turn out as well for Bill as it did for Kent Couch, as you would imagine.
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Marriage Survey
Stolen from Chica X...1. Do you believe in marriage?
Do I believe that marriage exists Then, yes, of course I do. Do I believe in marriage for myself? Not as it's currently commonly understood and legally defined, no. Do I believe in marriage for others?. Hey, whatever floats your boat. It's an intensely private thing that everyone should be free to decide about for themselves.
2. What is marriage to you?
To me, marriage is ideally two or more people of whatever gender combination who are romantically and sexually involved who decide to commit to living together long-term as a family. It is the private commitment that essentially makes the marriage to me, not the government or the church, though those may be involved.
3. If you are married, why did you do it? If you are not, why have you not married?
I was married once, very briefly. I did it against my better instincts, as I was much younger then and more suggestible. I stay unmarried now because I prefer not to limit myself to a single woman and because I value my independence and privacy.
4. Do you believe in divorce?
Of course. Marriage was made for people; people weren't made for marriage. Marriage shouldn't be a lifelong prison sentence; if it doesn't work out, then cut your losses and move on. It shouldn't be an endurance contest where its success is measured mainly by how long it lasts.
5. If you are divorced, why did you do it? If you have not, are there certain circumstances under which you would agree to a divorce?
My divorce was by default -- she walked out on me. It would have happened, anyway, however, as my promiscuous predilections would have forced the matter sooner or later. I'm much happier now.
Bonus : Do you believe that same sex marriages are a threat to traditional marriages?
I can't see how what strangers do could have any possible effect on any particular marriage. As I've said before, it's the commitment agreed to among those involved that truly define a marriage, not external circumstances, such as how marriage law is defined.
And we must ask ourselves, what is "traditional" marriage, anyway? Marriage has existed in many different forms since ancient times and these different forms have managed to co-exist well enough until the present time. So-called "traditional" marriage, as today's conservatives currently define it, will continue to exist alongside same-sex marriage as long as there are those who choose to enter into this type of marriage.
A Man of the 70s
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In a recent Alternet article, Seeking the Hairless Porn Star Ideal, the author laments the increasing ubiquity of women with hairless pubic regions. The article was prompted by a bad experience after having a Brazilian wax.
As one who has long lamented this growing trend, I felt moved to comment:
A Man of the 70s
I became sexually active in the mid-70s, when no women would ever think of removing every bit of their pubic hair. The most women did then was trim it up a bit if they had random hairs that poked out of their panties or bathing suits. Otherwise, they came as nature intended. I didn't have any problem with it, nor did any other man I know.
I never encountered a bald one until the mid to late 90s. I didn't like it then, and the passage of time hasn't improved my opinion this phenomenon.
I want a woman to look like a grown woman, not a prepubescent girl. In my opinion, it's kind of creepy to see a woman who imitates the appearance of a little girl by maintaining a hairless pubic area.
Seeing a woman with a five o'clock shadow between her legs or who has an angry red rash there also doesn't do much to arouse me.
I hear guys nowadays say they prefer the hairless look because they prefer a woman to be "clean".
I don't know where people get the idea that hair = dirty. I have to deal with a similar misconception as a long haired male -- "clean cut" being a synonym for "short hair".
In the instance of female pubic hair, there's no problem if the woman bathes regularly, and I've seen no indication that women who go au naturel bathe any less frequently than their hairless sisters. So, it's not really a cleanliness issue.
I don't have a problem with a bit of trimming to keep it from showing when wearing a bathing suit, but removing every speck of hair is obsessive-compulsive and going overboard.
It's a trend that I hope eventually falls by the wayside.
Claustrophobia.
Just a little claustrophobic, hmm?
Apparently the owner of this tiny house on wheels doesn't mind. Dee Williams wanted to live a more environment-friendly life, and this 84 square foot doll house was one of the ways she chose.
The small house, which fits into a standard parking space was built from salvaged materials.
Her heating bill is only six dollars a month and solar panels allow her to have free electricity.
It might be fun when going camping or otherwise traveling, but I don't think I could take it full time. For one thing, I'd not be able to fit my entire book collection in there, though the loft bedroom looks sufficient for bedroom activities.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The other day I got a curious email from one of the directors of a clearinghouse-type website that dealt with various types of health issues.I was invited to join this site as a featured blogger for their new sexual health section. The writer of the email told me he'd been searching for the best "medical bloggers" and that he thought I was a "fantastic writer", and that he'd particularly liked my post about the paraplegic groom who'd been denied a church wedding.
I checked out the site and found it was a mainstream site with conventional viewpoints.
Though flattered, I was also extremely puzzled. I am in no way a "medical blogger". The only thing remotely medical I've ever written is to rant about our broken health insurance system. Indeed, the post he cited had only the most tenuous of connections to medical issues, as the focus of the article was not paraplegia, per se, but the unfairness of the Catholic Church.
I also suspected that when he extended his invitation to me that he'd not read any of my posts dealing with sex in any depth. I replied to him, expressing my puzzlement and I made it perfectly clear that I wasn't sure I'd fit in over there, given my decidedly alternative opinions on sexual matters. I told him that my moniker of "Libertine" wasn't just a nickname, but, rather, a description.
He's not replied back, so I guess I have my answer.
Oh, well.
Driving Like It's 1975
When I'm out driving my car around town, I've noticed that most drivers around me drive as if gas is still fifty cents a gallon. Either unaware that gas is now four dollars a gallon or simply not caring, I see other drivers making little or no effort to drive in ways that would make the most of their gas mileage.Most people drive as if the speed limit is merely a suggestion, and a bad one at that. Their egos compel them to drive as fast as they can possibly get away with at all times, even when they're not in a particular hurry or running late to get somewhere.
They hurry up to red lights, then jam on their brakes at the last possible moment. When the light turns green, they jam the pedal to the floor with jackrabbit starts. They weave in and out of traffic so they can get to their destination 30 seconds faster. It's important to hurry, you know! Even when you've got no particular place to go and no particular time to be there.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to spend any more money at the gas station than I absolutely have to. I've got other things to spend money on than gas. I like taking my car onto the highway and driving fast, just like the next guy, but at four dollars a gallon, it won't hurt my ego any to drive the speed limit in around-town driving.
Of course, I get laid regularly, so my ego doesn't need propping up by trying to turn quiet residential streets into Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Your mileage may vary, of course.
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10 Gas Saving Tips
1. Don’t speed.
Driving 65 mph instead of 75 mph will increase your fuel economy by about 10 percent.
2. Avoid "jack rabbit" starts.
Flooring the gas pedal wastes gas and leads to drastically higher pollution rates.
3. Anticipate stops. (Don't hurry up to red lights)
Think ahead to anticipate stops so your vehicle can coast down. Accelerating hard and braking hard wastes gas, increases pollution, and wears out your brakes.
4. Keep your tires properly inflated.
For every 3 pounds below recommended pressure, fuel economy goes down by about 1 percent.
5. Avoid rush hour, if possible.
Stop-and-go driving burns gas and increases emissions of smog-forming pollutants. For hybrids that can stay in electric mode at low speeds, the effects of stop-and-go driving are greatly reduced.
6. Travel light.
An extra 100 pounds in your trunk reduces fuel economy by about 1 percent.
7. Combine trips.
Warmed-up engines run more efficiently and generate less air pollution.
8. Leave off the air conditioning, if possible.
AC increases fuel consumption, increases smog-forming NOx emissions in some vehicles, and can involve environmentally damaging fluids. At high speeds, open windows increase drag; use vents if possible. (I must admit this isn't one I follow -- I can't stand being hot. But I try to follow the others as much as possible, so I don't feel guilty about this one).
9. Check your own fuel economy every few weeks.
If you notice the numbers slipping, then think about how your driving might have changed, and consider getting a tune-up or an oil change.
10. Drive less.
Give your car a rest by taking public transportation, riding a bike, or walking. The exercise will do you good.
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How Fundamentalists View Movie Characters
The other day, I was listening to a Focus on the Family broadcast, as I routinely do with those whom I disagree with, for the purposes of knowing one's enemy.On the day I listened, they did a review of a movie, as they do on most broadcasts.
The comments about the movie were pretty unremarkable, until the reviewer said that he really liked that there was "no blurring between good and bad" with the characters; but that the difference between bad and good was sharply and clearly defined.
In other words, he liked predictable, simplistic, cardboard cutout, one-note bad (and good) guys that have absolutely nothing to with real life.
Never mind that both "good" and "bad" guys often have mixed motives for what they do: people doing good things for self-serving reasons, and people doing stuff that is normally considered wrong for good motives that serve the greater good (or at least they believe it does).
"Bad" guys don't think they're bad and heroes frequently shy away from being described as such. And no one is all bad or all good; we're all a complex, multifaceted jumble of mixed motives and conflicting desires.
And this is precisely what makes stories about real people more compelling than one-dimensional, "clearly-defined" good and bad guys.
But I'm not surprised that Focus on the Family would prefer this type of character. It fits in neatly with their simplistic, black and white, dualistic and absolute morality worldview, where there is no room for shades of grey.
Thoughts?
Thoughts on Blogging
On my daily sweep of what Alternet had to offer today, I came upon a rather elitist article about blogging, "Is Personal Blogging Fast-Fading?". The gist of the article was:The golden age of the digital diarist may be over. Have we realized blogging isn't as fun as it sounds? Or that we're not so interesting after all?
As a long-time, successful blogger, I had to comment:
Simplistic and Misleading Article
This article would make a person who knew nothing about blogs believe that all blogs are either badly-written accounts of people's mundane daily lives or commercially driven generic blogs for the purposes of making money.
Both types of blogs exist in spades, of course, but people blog for a wide variety of reasons.
I've been blogging successfully for four years. The original blog was started as a theme blog; a platform to discuss my decidedly alternative approach to sexual ethics. It branched out into an eclectic mix of topics added to the original theme. This blog also has an extensive list of links for those interested in various types of non-monogamous sexual orientations.
I do not often write about the mundane details of my everyday life. My blog is primarily my personal op-ed page where I give my personal take on a wide variety of topics; mainly cultural and social issues, politics, religion, rants, and sex.
My goal is to make people think; to consider things in ways they might not have considered before. Whether or not they end up agreeing with me is beside the point; if they've stepped outside the box, even if just for a moment, then I've done my job.
I know I've done my job when I get emails from people who are struggling with their own non-monogamous leanings who say that my blog has helped them make better sense of things.
I've met lots of like-minded people while blogging, while also making friends with and gaining understanding of those who have a different view of the world.
A couple of blog posts about why I blog:
Making People Think
Blogging Is Its Own Reward
Your thoughts?
Dobson's Perfect Candidate
Several months ago, Focus on the Family's James Dobson blasted John McCain for being insufficiently conservative and vowed not to vote in November if he happened to be the Republican nominee.More recently, he condemned Barack Obama for his inclusive vision of Christianity, accusing him of "distorting" the Bible. "I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology," Dobson said. Apparently the concepts of feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, caring for the sick, and blessed are the peacemakers are not in Dobson's Bible.
Dobson's statements and actions this year clearly show just how extreme and out of touch he is with mainstream America, both liberal and conservative.
The Daily Kos metioned someone that would be more in line with Dobson's values if he were a candidate, but apparently Lord Voldemort might even be too liberal for Dobson, as he's apparently endorsed McCain ;-): Voldemort (R) officially endorses McCain
As seen on the back of Dobson's car:
Sometimes A Cigar is Just a Cigar
When checking Alternet this morning, my eyes was immediately caught by the title to one article: Do Jerks Get Laid More?I thought to myself, "here we go again." Yet another expression of the tired opinion that Monogamous = Nice Guy, Non-monogamous = Jerk. Needles to say, I find that black and white assumption to be simplistic at best.
My response to this article follows below:
Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar
I'm one of those guys who has had a large number of sexual partners since I first became sexually active in the mid-1970s. I'm unmarried and have been for my entire adult life, barring one brief misadventure into marriage in the early 80s.
I don't think I'm a jerk or a narcissist, however. I just have a high libido and I prefer casual sex with a variety of partners, rather than settling down into a monogamous relationship with just one partner.
I'm not a jerk, as I'm honest with women and tell them up front what I'm all about -- they have a chance to walk away if that's not their cup of tea.
Though I'll occasionally have a one night stand and I do have more serious relationships (never monogamous), I'm mainly the "friends with benefits" type for several women concurrently.
That is, there are a lot of women who, for whatever reasons, don't want a serious relationship at various points in their lives, but they still have sexual needs they want fulfilled. These are the kinds of women whom I typically choose for my partners. There's lots of great sex with no strings attached on both sides. And though the cast of characters continues to shift over the years, it's worked well for me -- and for them, too.
And that's what it's all about. People still have sexual needs even if they don't have the time or inclination to pursue a full-blown relationship, monogamous or not.
Your thoughts?
George Carlin, 1937-2008
I was sad to hear of George Carlin's passing yesterday, too soon at the age of 71.As a comedian and a social critic, he was almost without peer. I will miss his witty, acerbic observations about life and our society.
I hope he gives them all hell in the afterlife, if, indeed, there is one.
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"The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things — bad language and whatever — it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition. There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have."
--George Carlin
When Did You Consider Yourself Divorced?
I've got a question for those who have been divorced or are about to.When did you consider yourself divorced? In relation to the first question, when did you consider yourself free to date and to get into a new relationship?
Was it when you made the decision to divorce? Was it when you or your spouse moved out? Was it when you got a legal separation (if you did)? Or did you not consider yourself divorced and available to date until the court told you so and gave you the papers to prove it?
The reason I ask this is because I've encountered women who consider themselves married in every way, thus unavailable, up until the moment the judge officially grants the divorce. I don't think I've ever known a man who kept himself closed to new relationships up to that point.
I don't get that. Granted, I'm not monogamous, but if I were, I would consider myself free the moment I knew the marriage was broken beyond repair and that there was no turning back on a divorce. What is the point in remaining "faithful" to someone you no longer love and will no longer share your life with?
In a time when most divorces are of the no-fault variety, I don't see the point of keeping up the pretense of a marriage between the time the couple agrees to divorce and the time the government makes it official.
Thoughts?
Higher Gas Prices and Riding Bicycles
Now that gas prices are skyrocketing, I'm seeing more and more adults riding bicycles around town.Nearly all these bike riders use the road, rather than biking on sidewalks, as many places around town don't even have sidewalks.
In accordance with what is the law in most states, such bicyclists ride with car traffic, instead of against it.
I've never understood that law. As a kid, I always rode against traffic. When one rides against traffic, they can see what's coming at them and can adjust their path accordingly. When my son was a kid, I'd told him to ride against traffic as well.
I'd feel uncomfortable riding with traffic, having to blindly trust motorists to watch out for me. And as a motorist, I'm frequently confronted with bicycle riders who misjudge the proper place to aim their bicycles on the road and end up too close to the lane of car traffic.
As gas prices remain high, we can expect to see even more bicyclists on the roads, which has the potential to create even more traffic problems. Some places have roads sufficiently wide enough to create special bike lanes, but most do not.
What are your thoughts on this issue?
Personality Type Report
Here are the results of yet another personality test I took online. It matches the results of other tests I've taken.Personality Type Report
Your Personality Preferences
INTROVERT
While you may not be anti-social, you do need (and deserve) your private time and space to retreat from the world. Unlike extroverts, you need to develop a concept of the world or some aspect of it before experiencing it. Too much socializing may sap your energies. Your energies are derived from exploring the inner world of ideas, impressions and pure thought.
INTUITIVE
While you do process information through your senses you add a twist to your processing by relying on intuition and serendipity. You look for undercurrents of meaning and abstractions in what you experience physically. You do not just see things just as they are, but as what they could be. While you may rely on common sense at times, you trust inspiration far more.
PERCEIVING
You like to have as much information as possible before making a decision. Putting off a final decision until the last moment does not make you uncomfortable. Indeed once a decision is made, a course plotted, you may feel a bit uneasy, because you feel bound to a certain course of action. You would much prefer to wait and see what happens. You enjoy the opportunity to improvise. Commitments are not etched in stone to you, and are changeable.
THINKING
You evaluate data and reach conclusions by using your ability to apply logical, objective analysis to the information before you. Your thinking process values consistency and fairness over the affect your decisions will have on others. You compare courses of action logically and make your choices based upon what consequences you see them as having. If there is something wrong with a plan, you are the one to ferret it out. It is important to remember that this does not mean you are cold and unfeeling, but that your thinking process is analytical.
Your Personality Type
Introvert/Intuitive/Thinking/Perceiving
You need your time to yourself. Indeed, you need this time so much that some may see you as being more than somewhat private, but aloof and unapproachable. You are iconoclastic, nonconformist by nature and capable of brilliant, original thought. Your analytical skills make you a natural problem solver. You are able to ferret out the contradictions and flaws in logic in almost anyone's thinking--including your own. You are independent, inquiring, and insightful.
In relationships you are loyal to those you care for, but you can become so absorbed in your work and inner world that you neglect them. You may show your feelings for others in ways that are too subtle for them to recognize. To be at your best you need to be insulated from conflict. Your appearance or that of others doesn't cause you much concern. You are non-materialistic. You can be difficult to approach at first, but are usually very accepting of people and their idiosyncrasies once you know them. You are a conceptual thinker, so it is only natural that a good conversation to you revolves around conceptual things and is devoid of chitchat. Many of the activities you love may exclude those around you--they are single person or two person pursuits. You will pursue knowledge throughout your life.
Famous People of Your Type:
Socrates, Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Sir Isaac Newton, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, William Harvey, C. G. Jung, William James, Albert Einstein, Tom Foley, Henri Mancini, Bob Newhart, Rick Moranis, Meryl Streep, Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen.
Occupations Suited to Your Type Include:
Archaeologist, architect, artist, astronomer, biologist, chemist, programmer, engineer, designer, historian, inventor, mathematician, musician, philosopher, photographer, doctor, psychologist, researcher, scientist, professor, and writer.
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