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The Start of a Journey

Today I decided that I know what I want to be when I grow up.

An intellectual.

I intend to undertake a regimen of intellectual exercise which will grow my mind and expand my thinking.  I don't yet know the entirely of what this will include--that's going to be part of the exercise.  I do have a few ideas on places to start.

Books
Though I have read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, I want to branch out into more non-fiction.  There is a whole world of... well... this world, right here, which can be so interesting and strange and complex when compared to fiction.  I still love fiction and I will continue to read it and even write about it here, but its non-fiction I will place at the focus of my intellectual renaissance.

TED
This is a fantastic site which I only recently re-discovered.  There is a wealth of mind-expanding talks on a huge wealth of interesting topics.

This blog
Writing about experiences will make them more concrete in my mind, as a public forum this will let me share them with others.

Here we go...