Driven to Know

It's a fever and always has been. Explore. Investigate. Research. Live for knowledge. Why are things the way they are? What makes things tick? How did the present come out of the past? Why do I do what I do? What is the basic truth of any matter? You would think I'd have jumped right in to formal education. I didn't. If fact I was always studying things that had nothing to do with my schooling right through college. Not surprisingly my grades were mediocre, but I was excited to have learned a great deal about the subjects I had assigned myself. My career in broadcast electronics had nothing to do with my formal education but a great deal to do with my early obsession with radio and TV, not the programs that could be received, but the technology and the miraculous ability of electromagnetic waves to be reflected through the atmosphere around the world. This blog is being created as a result of my decision to leave Facebook. The penalty for doing that is a loss of many ...