Hey everyone,
Sorry for the long gap in posts. I've recently moved to Texas from California. Talk about a study in contrasts! But that's another story for another time. Anyhoo, that and my general lack of ideas about what concerning cognitive development to discuss explains my dearth of attention paid to my baby, mentathlete. Ah, but Daddy's back!
I did not get to go to New York at all this March. The US Memory Championship, The American Crossword Puzzles Tournament, and all the rest will have to wait until next year. No biggie. You'd think that after all of the training I did for those things, I'd be let down about not being able to attend, but I'm not. At some point, the training for those mind sports had morphed from fun to a full-time job. This wouldn't have been so bad had I not already had a full-time job.
There is only so much one can do in a day. So I've reverted to "dabbling" in mind sports, much like the Williams sisters (and Kim Clijsters, now that I think of it) have been accused of "dabbling" in tennis. Hey, there was a time when being an amateur or dilettante was considered respected. Such a person was considered to be a well rounded-person and Renaissance Man...or Woman.
There's so many things that I want to do and take a stab at, that "professional dabbler" or "scanner" may best sum me up. Now, mind you, I'm still about being a responsible adult, with some sort of consistent way to support oneself (in my case, pursuing the work as a statistician of some kind), but that is merely so that I can support the other endeavors.
Alrighty, bye for now.
